This bug is reproduced on Delphi 7 and C++Builder 6 at least (probably in later versions too) when starting Borland make utility. Indeed, the message "Fatal: Command arguments too long" and the real problem are as like as chalk and cheese.

Check the length of your PATH variable. In my case the length was > 400 characters. Deleting some paths reduced the length down to 300-350 characters and solve the problem.

I know not much feedbacks about real tests on hyper-threading in OLAP world. Here is a SQL Server hyper-threading from Linchi Shea.

So, using hyper-threading doesn't mean that you will get the advantages always. At least some performance tests are required to ensure this technical choice.

Firebird doesn't support INSERT BULK command or bcp.exe utility. But the external tables can be a good replacement. Simple example is below.

Check that firebird.conf file allow to create external tables. Write or uncomment line like

ExternalFileAccess = Full

I'm glad to confirm that occasionally bought HP webcam HD 2300 is compatible with Linux Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04. The webcam design is perfect IMHO, the price in Europe (France) is moderate (about 25 euros on retailers like Darty). Good news to linux users.

For testing webcam install and run cheese program
sudo apt-get install cheese

How to insert fast a file (i.e. binary one) from disk to a SQL Server table?

Certainly the SQL Server account should have a corresponding permissions to access the file on the disk. For example I take the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\oembios.bin having the size about 12 MB. For really big files you'd better switch to the FILESTREAM approach.