Todd Hoff put up a provocative post on High Scalability called MySQL and Memcached: End of an Era?In addition, he provides a lot of useful links, that DBMS-oriented folks such as myself might have previously overlooked.
While office theft by employees has been a problem since the invention of the office, it seems during times of economic uncertainty office theft rises substantially. Just how bad is it? How about 994 billion dollars being attributed to employees stealing? The infographic below clearly shows that employee theft is on the rise; and more startling is the fact that no one is immune to the lure of free pencils or getting a five-finger-discount when it come to electronics and other office equipment. All levels of education are guilty and those with bachelor's degrees are the biggest offenders when it comes office theft....
