This seems like as good a day as any to review CrossValidated, and the whole StackExchange constellation of websites. It’s been a month since I joined, exactly, and today I also crossed the 1,000 reputation threshold on the site. So why not give my impressions of it? First, how I got there in the first […]
Birthday gift code puzzle
This is a SAS code puzzle. The code works as is, but can you make it simpler? We do this while enjoying simulation and the quirkiness of the Gregorian calendar. The problem A person receives a gift on a random day. Relative to his birthday, how many da…
Organizing and promoting OLAP cube jobs
One of the sweet new capabilities in 9.2 OLAP for cube developers is the Cube Job that is automatically created for each new cube. The job is used as a interface mechanism to schedule the cube refresh code without manually retrieving the PROC OLAP c…
Measuring the value of my DVD-by-mail movie service
Like millions of other Americans, I recently was asked to make a decision of tremendous importance to my household — a decision that would affect the welfare of everyone in my family. That decision, of course, was whether to continue to receive Netflix movies by mail, or opt for the […]
A Great Start to the Fall User Group Season
The Toronto Area SAS Society (TASS) meeting last Friday was the perfect way to kick-off what promises to be a very busy Fall/Winter user group season. As I blogged about on the SAS Canada Community site, I was really looking forward to a tightly-themed…
A Great Start to the Fall User Group Season
The Toronto Area SAS Society (TASS) meeting last Friday was the perfect way to kick-off what promises to be a very busy Fall/Winter user group season. As I blogged about on the SAS Canada Community site, I was really looking forward to a tightly-themed…