Occurrences

Young gamers in Korea have turned from national phenomena to national concern -- some have actually managed to "game" themselves to death, while blank stares and friendlessness are more common occurrences among the obsessed

An ex-police officer who tried to dodge a speeding fine by claiming a Frenchman was driving his vehicle at the time was jailed today. Hrm, now surely it's not a common occurrence for somebody to get a jail term for perverting the course of justice and speeding 8mph over the limit? Copper or no copper, it's harsh, but I guess the lying got him.

Corporate takeovers are a familiar occurrence in the world of business. Most are friendly in that they are implemented by the common consent of all parties for the good of all parties. But some takeovers are unfriendly...

A SQL Server Profiler trace has a lock event for “deadlock” and for “deadlock chain.” “Deadlock” corresponds to the -T1204 flag, and “deadlock chain” corresponds to the -T1205 flag. Turning on the deadlock trace flags and running a SQL Profiler trace during the occurrence of a deadlock should provide you the data that you must have to troubleshoot.

According to this article, a huge lake covering 38,000 square miles has formed in the Beaufort Sea - part of the Arctic Ocean. These lakes, known by their Russian name as a "polynya", are common occurrences and form by melting themselves out of the sea ice that surrounds them. What makes this polynya unique i