DISCLAIMER: This is definitely not recommended for any type of real environment that you rely on to be secure, but sometimes when you are setting up demo/sandpit/throwaway environments you want to be able to execute commands on Linux as root using sudo without getting prompted for your password. You could just work in a root […]
Improving customer loyalty with attrition modeling
Customer retention is a vital concern to many industries including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and insurance. Many organizations use data mining and analytics to analyze customer behavior to learn attrition risk factors mos…
Look before you buy: peek at your data details before opening
Are you afraid of big commitments? Do you like to shop around thoroughly before making a purchase decision? I can’t help you with most of Life’s Big Choices, but I can help you in one way: I can show you how to learn more about your data set bef…
NOTE: BI Clients V4.3 Available; SAS in Microsoft Outlook (SAS Central)
Version 4.3 of the SAS BI clients was released in the last couple of days. Read more in the What’s Different (Planning for Maintenance) page on the SAS web site.
Not only did I miss SAS Global Forum this year, but I also missed the announcem…
NOTE: World Programming vs SAS – Both Sides Claim Victory!
The court case between SAS and World Programming Ltd (WPL) recently ended with both sides claiming victory. No surprise there then! Outside the court, it became a battle of the press releases…
WPL’s press release told of David slaying…
!= does not == ne
In general, the more programming languages you work with, the better you are going to become as a programmer. I try to work with a new language about every year, so I can stretch my little brain in lots of different directions.However, the downside is…