InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comSat, 25 May 2013 19:34:47 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]Tim Mitchell (4/2/2009)[/b][hr]Thanks for the tension breaker. It reminded me that things aren't so bad here. :cool:[/quote]If you want that reminder in spades, read [i]The Devil Wears Prada[/i]. The movie, quite frankly, is not much like the book (surprise) and all too flattering to the boss, Miranda Priestly. Yeah, and if you've seen the movie and not read the book and are thinking, "Whaaat?" because Priestly's character was insane as a boss, I'm serious. That book gave me a whole new level of respect for my boss. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:31:40 GMTK. Brian Kelleyhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxSo here I was reading this story, thinking to myself, "Yeah, it sounds bad, but TJay's not normally a whiner so he must be at the end of his rope". Quite a believable story, though - although unlikely, it's not difficult to imagine a perfect storm situation where one inherits a system in chaos without valid backups or contingency plans.Thanks for the tension breaker. It reminded me that things aren't so bad here. :cool:Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:18:47 GMTTim Mitchellhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxI was on the edge of my seat. Good thing it was fakeThu, 02 Apr 2009 18:51:34 GMTjayoub1http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]mike brockington (4/2/2009)[/b][hr][quote][b]Jack Corbett (4/2/2009)[/b]Yeah, but it was published on April 1st and in the April 1st newsletter.[/quote]Yeah, but here in the UK, the April 1st newsletter doesn't arrive until the morning of the 2nd.And it was still a lame story - didn't make me laugh, or cringe.[/quote]I am in the UK too. yayyy!!! but I enjoyed the article even if it arrived on April 1st or 2nd.Good Work TJ!! Well Done !! You caught and I am glad that it was just a joke it was actually scary to even think like that :-PThu, 02 Apr 2009 18:30:33 GMTmaechismo_8514http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]mike brockington (4/2/2009)[/b][hr][quote][b]Jack Corbett (4/2/2009)[/b]Yeah, but it was published on April 1st and in the April 1st newsletter.[/quote]Yeah, but here in the UK, the April 1st newsletter doesn't arrive until the morning of the 2nd.And it was still a lame story - didn't make me laugh, or cringe.[/quote]Which, of course, begs the question of what does make you laugh or cringe?Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:31:58 GMTGSquaredhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]Jack Corbett (4/2/2009)[/b]Yeah, but it was published on April 1st and in the April 1st newsletter.[/quote]Yeah, but here in the UK, the April 1st newsletter doesn't arrive until the morning of the 2nd.And it was still a lame story - didn't make me laugh, or cringe.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:23:39 GMTmike brockingtonhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxNice one, TJ! I was cringing through most of it, glad it was just an April Fool's Day article! :)Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:16:48 GMTMichelle Ufford-459603http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]mike brockington (4/2/2009)[/b][hr]Very Lame.And it's not even 1st April now.[/quote]Yeah, but it was published on April 1st and in the April 1st newsletter.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:41:32 GMT Jack Corbetthttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxVery Lame.And it's not even 1st April now.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:09:27 GMTmike brockingtonhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxIf it was true ooooooooooooooooo good it was 1st April.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:58:28 GMTAnipaulhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxI liked it.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:23:30 GMTChiragNShttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxNot cool.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:03:22 GMTgrublehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxYeah, you had me going. I was feeling bad for you, man. I thought I had worked with that TechDBA.Forget all that moaning. Thanks for the prank.JeffWed, 01 Apr 2009 15:53:56 GMTchudmanhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxit's great that you have got lot of time...JKWed, 01 Apr 2009 14:40:41 GMTssismaddyhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxPersonally, I think April fools jokes are sort of tired and immature. But if you are going to do one, there is a right way and a wrong way. Don't leave your reader feeling like a sucker.Here is one that I think was done right:http://kendalvandyke.blogspot.com/2009/04/undocumented-trace-flag-improves.htmlTJayBelt's left enough people feeling like suckers that I think you could say it was not done right. It was way too straight and then at the end it was not funny or clever, so I just felt played.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:13:27 GMTNULLgarityhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]Duran (4/1/2009)[/b][hr]WWHHOOOOAAAA!!! Now lets not get carried away here! Putting Friends anywhere NEAR Seinfeld is just absurd and unjust![/quote]You're right, it isn't fair to "Friends", sorry. ;-)Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:40:37 GMTLynn Pettishttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxWWHHOOOOAAAA!!! Now lets not get carried away here! Putting Friends anywhere NEAR Seinfeld is just absurd and unjust!Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:34:40 GMTDuranhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxBack before the dotcom bubble burst, the old Visual Basic Programmer's Journal had a hilarious story in their magazine about a hot new startup, eMeringue. This was a service where you go online and order the meringue topping for your pie, then they deliver it by overnight mail. It had photos of a guy in a chef's hat making the meringue on a plate, and ended with photos of a customer delightedly opening the box and sliding the meringue on top of a pie. It detailed all the technology used in the web site and backoffice ordering software. Since there were other, equally ridiculous startup premises around, I remember reading the whole thing with a growing sense of disbelief. Who in their right mind would a) buy a meringue on line; and b) fund a business that sells meringue online? I remember thinking, "It's just sugar and eggs!" And there was no, "April Fool" line at the end. You had to wait until the next issue where they 'fessed up, but if it sounded crazy and was in the April issue, that was probably it.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:50:36 GMTDave-148053http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxGreat Read you got me at the end. :) For those that don't have time and it's not funny I would suggest avoid reading on the web today as much of it is April fools jokes. Oh and even dba's that don't have time need 1 day out of the year to laugh. patWed, 01 Apr 2009 09:54:27 GMTSqlAsylumhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]Duran (4/1/2009)[/b][hr]Hey we all have good senses of humour, but I think those who found this funny are the kind of people that still find series one of 'Friends' funny.[/quote]That's the problem with thinking. I thought the article was a good joke. I may have watched Friends, but it wasn't because i thought it was all that funny. I watched it with my wife. It had its moments, but otherwise was some what dull, just like Seinfeld.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:31:34 GMTLynn Pettishttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxFor those who have an issue with the article, think of it as a great learning tool. When you get a young or inexperienced DBA in, sit him or her down with this article. Let that person know that it's a good thing this was an April Fool's joke, because stuff like this happens and when it does, people get fired. Therefore, they need to check up on these sorts of things. The devil is in the details. And when they're done reading this article, have them read this blog post that reinforces a details-oriented mentality:[url=http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/2009/03/31/who-thinks-like-database-professionals.aspx]Who Thinks Like Database Professionals? [/url]Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:25:25 GMTK. Brian Kelleyhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxHey we all have good senses of humour, but I think those who found this funny are the kind of people that still find series one of 'Friends' funny.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:25:11 GMTDuranhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxApril Fools. Hah. Since it sounded like a month I had early in my career, I was really feeling for the DBA. Nice one.:w00t:Maybe those who are upset by this don't observe this day as a jokefest. Maybe they don't understand. But if they do... laughter is vital to physical and mental health. So, lighten up already! :hehe:Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:52:52 GMTOCTomhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]jcrawf02 (4/1/2009)[/b][hr][quote][b]GSquared (4/1/2009)[/b][hr][quote][b]Lynn Pettis (4/1/2009)[/b][hr]Geez, some people with no sense of humor. I read it thinking it was a real horror story unfolding on a poor DBA. Glad to see it was just a joke!Hey, if you don't have a sense of humor, you're in the wrong career field![/quote]Nah. If you don't have a sense of humor, you're in the wrong species! :-D[/quote]You mean the platypus?[/quote]Now that's a joke! lolWed, 01 Apr 2009 08:48:20 GMTLynn Pettishttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]GSquared (4/1/2009)[/b][hr][quote][b]Lynn Pettis (4/1/2009)[/b][hr]Geez, some people with no sense of humor. I read it thinking it was a real horror story unfolding on a poor DBA. Glad to see it was just a joke!Hey, if you don't have a sense of humor, you're in the wrong career field![/quote]Nah. If you don't have a sense of humor, you're in the wrong species! :-D[/quote]You mean the platypus?Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:39:44 GMTjcrawf02http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]Lynn Pettis (4/1/2009)[/b][hr]Geez, some people with no sense of humor. I read it thinking it was a real horror story unfolding on a poor DBA. Glad to see it was just a joke!Hey, if you don't have a sense of humor, you're in the wrong career field![/quote]Nah. If you don't have a sense of humor, you're in the wrong species! :-DWed, 01 Apr 2009 08:38:01 GMTGSquaredhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxGeez, some people with no sense of humor. I read it thinking it was a real horror story unfolding on a poor DBA. Glad to see it was just a joke!Hey, if you don't have a sense of humor, you're in the wrong career field!Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:35:53 GMTLynn Pettishttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxI, for one, enjoyed that. It reminded me of back when I was a newby, on Dec. 31, 1999, when my supervisor (a consultant) decided that it was a good idea go do an application update on our main database application. He had been finishing up a Y2K server update (talk about waiting until the last minute) and figured, "Why not kill two birds with one stone?" Well, the application update failed and when he went to restore it he discovered that a) none of the drive mirroring was working and hadn't been working for 3 months and b) none of the tape backups had worked for a few months either. Needless to say, I did not make it home in time for the New Years Eve party that I was hosting. My friends gamely carried on without me. And I took that as a sign that I better learn my own business quickly so I could take responsibility and get rid of that consultant who supposedly new more than I did.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:34:43 GMTcynthia.parkerhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspx[quote][b]Muralidharan Venkatraman (4/1/2009)[/b][hr]Please, if you don't have anything else to do, go read some whitepapers.Don't waste other dba's time.I spend every day some time to keep learning new stuff and was reading your storyand finally you came up saying april fool.If you are a dba with umpteen things to do with very little time to spare, you would not resort to such waste details.ThanksMurali[/quote]As Nelson from the Simpsons would say - "ha ha!"It took me no more than about 5 minutes to read this.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:24:22 GMTta.bu.shi.da.yuhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxPlease, if you don't have anything else to do, go read some whitepapers.Don't waste other dba's time.I spend every day some time to keep learning new stuff and was reading your storyand finally you came up saying april fool.If you are a dba with umpteen things to do with very little time to spare, you would not resort to such waste details.ThanksMuraliWed, 01 Apr 2009 07:19:29 GMTMuralidharan Venkatraman-417748http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxI agree with jcrawf02. Get sense of humor people! It is April Fool's Day. The scary thing is that I was reading the article as if it were true because I could see this happening!Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:52:52 GMT Jack Corbetthttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxThree thumbs downWed, 01 Apr 2009 06:32:54 GMTbcampbell-898585http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxIgnore the sore comments above, that was funny. I forgot it was April Fool's, thanks for the laugh!Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:43:42 GMTjcrawf02http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxThanks for the waste of time. Infuriating.That was just stupid.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:42:39 GMTNULLgarityhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxWhat an anti-climax.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:53:47 GMTChiragNShttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxWhat a waste of time. Thanks! I think i will stop reading these reports/stories now.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:48:59 GMTshaun-744740http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxYes, 20 minutes of my life wasted, thinking I might learn something new was well worth it...not!Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:19:53 GMTDuranhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxThe joke put one over on me. I'm not sure if the problem is that doing on calls is hard, or what you were explaining didn't make sense.But yeah, I get it. The joke was that I spent time reading your article.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:30:02 GMTRobert Sterbal-482516http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxThat could be the most boring article I have ever read.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:29:22 GMTTim Roberts-250428http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic687634-427-1.aspxwell that was worthwhileWed, 01 Apr 2009 01:28:41 GMTsurreydude