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Chris B. Behrens

Kennedale, TX

I'm a Christian Dad and software guru. I do public speaking on request...send me an email if you're interested.

Here's a particularly useful (IMHO) answer I gave to a very common problem:

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired

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117 votes

Story where scientist communicates with cities directly

story-identification artificial-intelligence sentience asked Dec 16, 2011 at 20:50
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80 votes

Why are there so few robots in Star Trek?

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77 votes

Why was a young actor in age makeup cast in the Battlestar Galactica miniseries, rather than an older actor?

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Are there any real-world basis to the traps in the Indiana Jones series?

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47 votes

How did Indy know to not look at the Ark?

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In Blade Runner, what was the Geisha advertising?

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How much of Wolverine has to be left to heal?

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36 votes

What's with Luke's arm?

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35 votes

What is the significance of the glowing orb at the end of the Phantom Menace?

star-wars phantom-menace asked Dec 26, 2011 at 19:39
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33 votes

Exactly what happened to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru?

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Top Answers
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What is a NullReferenceException, and how do I fix it?
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If only the Sith deal in absolutes, why does Obi-Wan say it that way?
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Why Do Jedi Use One Lightsaber in Combat?
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Was Darth Vader REALLY a Sith?
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Does same-species racism exist in Star Trek?
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Why and how did the Star Trek Universe evolve to a cashless/commerce-less society?
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How to retrieve all certificates in your X509Store
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Were there REALLY over 73,000 Federation starships commissioned?
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Is there a way to combat Sales perpetually overcommitting?
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Has there been any contact with life outside our own Milky Way in the Star Trek universe?
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Why was Padmé made to clean an astromech?
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EF Code First giving me error Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'People' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF.
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What does Sidious mean?
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When did Star Wars take place?
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Difference between "computation" and "calculation"
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Why Doesn't the Adamantium Bone Covering Kill Wolverine?
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Exception in static constructor
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remove virtual directory in IIS Express created in error
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Why don't zombies eat each other?
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Why do people ever leave holodecks?
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Why was the Earth in such bad shape in Interstellar?
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Interstellar and spaghettification in the black hole
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Why does Roy Batty save Deckard from falling?
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What is the largest ship in the Star Trek Universe?
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Why didn't Palpatine save Padmé?
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How did Vader summon a bunch of bounty hunters quickly, in the middle of nowhere, to hunt for the Millennium Falcon?
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Non-offensive substitute for a swear word
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"That is" vs. "i.e."
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Inline SVG Content not displaying in IE Screenshot
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How to use "you know"
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