Let's say you've got a nice ASCII file with numbers and dates separated by a tab character. So you want to import it into Access for analysis. Good luck!
The "problem" is that dates are formatted in the style 08-Aug-99, which is truly unambiguous. But Access, for some reason, barfs on it. It doesn't give you the opportunity to tell it the data type. Nooooo. It's too smart for that. It just errors out.
Yes, I knew it would. I just forgot.
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In the June 5, 2007 PC Magazine, they report that the "flash over substance" animated cursor can be exploited by viruses. This shows up in Microsoft Office, has been fixed in pre-Office 2007 versions, but not in Office 2007.
"The vulnerability was first revealed to Microsoft in December 2006 by research and consulting firm Determina. It is related to a flaw that Microsoft fixed in early 2005, and the fact that the earlier flaw was corrected without fixing this newer one reflects badly on Microsoft's analysis of the code."
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How can Microsoft get away with such hideous behavior in their software?
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