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		<title>ERROR: Ambiguous reference, column xx is in more than one table.</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/05/05/error-ambiguous-reference-column-xx-is-in-more-than-one-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 20:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, SAS messages are not all that they seem and a number of them are issued from PROC SQL when something goes awry with your code. In fact, I got a message like the above when ordering the results of the join using a variable that didn&#8217;t exist in either of the datasets that were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing from Nouveau to Nvidia Graphics Drivers on Linux Mint Debian Edition 64-bit</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/04/22/changing-from-nouveau-to-nvidia-graphics-drivers-on-linux-mint-debian-edition-64-bit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=2666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One way of doing this is to go to the Nvidia website and download the latest file from the relevant page on there. Then, the next stage is to restart your PC and choose rescue mode instead of the more usual graphical option. This drops you onto a command shell that is requesting your root [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synchronising package selections between Linux Mint and Linux Mint Debian Edition</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/04/18/synchronising-package-selections-between-linux-mint-and-linux-mint-debian-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=2643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To generate the package list on the GNOME version of Linux Mint, I used the Backup Tool. It simply was a matter of using the Backup Software Selection button and telling it where to put the file that it generates. Alternatively, dpkg can be used from the command line like this: sudo dpkg &#8211;get-selections &#62; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uninstalling VirtualBox Guest Additions on a Linux Guest OS</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/04/08/uninstalling-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-a-linux-guest-os/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=2631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Within the last few days, I updated my Linux Mint Debian Edition virtual machine installation to Update 4. Between not following the instructions so closely and problems with the update server, a re-installation preceded the update itself. When all was done, no desktop environment appeared and issuing the startx command revealed that it was one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calculating geometric means using SAS</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/19/calculating-geometric-means-using-sas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=2599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I needed to calculate geometric means after a break of a number of years and ended racking a weary brain until it was brought back to me. In order that I am not in the same situation again, I am recording it here and sharing it always is good too. The first step is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating placeholder graphics in SAS using PROC GSLIDE for when no data are available</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/18/creating-placeholder-graphics-in-sas-using-proc-gslide-for-when-no-data-are-available/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/18/creating-placeholder-graphics-in-sas-using-proc-gslide-for-when-no-data-are-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I found myself with a plot to produce but there were no data to be presented so a placeholder output is needed. For a lisitng or a table, this is a matter of detecting if there are observations to be listed or summarised and then issuing a placeholder lisitng using PROC REPORT if there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating waterfall plots in SAS using PROC GCHART</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/17/creating-waterfall-plots-in-sas-using-proc-gchart/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/17/creating-waterfall-plots-in-sas-using-proc-gchart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I needed to create a waterfall plot couldn&#8217;t use PROC SGPLOT since it was incompatible with publishing macros that use PROC GREPLAY on the platform that I was using; SGPLOT doesn&#8217;t generate plots in SAS catalogs but directly creates graphics files instead. Therefore, I decided that PROC GCHART needed to be given a go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do we need dongles anymore?</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/12/do-we-need-dongles-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent exposure to both the HTC Wildfire S and the HTC Desire S has me wondering if we need mobile broadband dongles anymore. The reason for my asking this is that both Android devices can act as mobile wi-fi hubs and they work very well as these too. Even the dedicated T-Mobile mobile wi-fi hub [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoother use of more than one SAS DMS session at a time</title>
		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/11/smoother-use-of-more-than-one-sas-dms-session-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/11/smoother-use-of-more-than-one-sas-dms-session-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://technologytales.com/?p=2575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you have access to SAS Enterprise Guide, being able to work on one project at a time can be a little inconvenient. It is possible to open up more than one Display Manager System (DMS, the traditional SAS programming interface) session at a time but you can get a pop up window for SAS [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://technologytales.com/2012/03/10/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello and Welcome This is where you&#8217;ll find various musings of mine about the world of computing and digital technology. Sometimes, they take the form of personal appraisals but you&#8217;ll often find ways of doing things shared on here too. The pace of posting isn&#8217;t forced but I do try to share as soon as [...]]]></description>
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