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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 1

Ed Wagner (6/24/2016)
GilaMonster (6/24/2016)
Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news?
Yes, for a change we do. Our High Court has ruled that the appeal against the president's corruption charges be dismissed with costs. There's pretty much no avenue left to him now to avoid facing those 700 odd charges of corruption dating from 2009.
700 charges of corruption? :w00t: Wow! If he manages to get out of the country, may he has a future in politics elsewhere. 😉

700 and some odd. I rounded down.

Maybe if we can get rid of him we might not get our loan rating downgraded again.

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Grumpy DBA SSChampion Points: 12687 More actions · Answer 2

Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).

"Grumpy" is a lifestyle, not something that comes and goes.

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 3

Grumpy DBA (6/24/2016)
Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).
"Grumpy" is a lifestyle, not something that comes and goes.

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50216 More actions · Answer 4

Reading the comments on an article on another site (UK-based tech site) and it feels like I'm reading the comment section on just about any US-based site about some of our politics...

Anyone want to pool all of our financial resources, buy up a small-ish (I'm thinking a couple square miles) island somewhere in the South Pacific or the Caribbean and then declare ourselves the sovereign nation of DBMS?

The only requirement I'd have is, under no circumstances can I be elected as the leader...

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 5

jasona.work (6/24/2016)
Reading the comments on an article on another site (UK-based tech site) and it feels like I'm reading the comment section on just about any US-based site about some of our politics...
Anyone want to pool all of our financial resources, buy up a small-ish (I'm thinking a couple square miles) island somewhere in the South Pacific or the Caribbean and then declare ourselves the sovereign nation of DBMS?
The only requirement I'd have is, under no circumstances can I be elected as the leader...

Count me in. We'd need to have electricity and really good internet service. 😀

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50216 More actions · Answer 6

Ed Wagner (6/24/2016)
jasona.work (6/24/2016)
Reading the comments on an article on another site (UK-based tech site) and it feels like I'm reading the comment section on just about any US-based site about some of our politics...
Anyone want to pool all of our financial resources, buy up a small-ish (I'm thinking a couple square miles) island somewhere in the South Pacific or the Caribbean and then declare ourselves the sovereign nation of DBMS?
The only requirement I'd have is, under no circumstances can I be elected as the leader...
Count me in. We'd need to have electricity and really good internet service. 😀

Well, let's see, electricity, we'd have several giant hamster wheels hooked up to generators and storage batteries (which would also help keep everyone in shape, everyone puts in equal time on the wheels,) internet we just make sure to pick an island near one of the big trans-oceanic backbones and get tapped into that.

I'd have suggest something like solar or wind for the power, but why despoil our lovely island when we can go the Gilligan route instead...

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 7

jasona.work (6/24/2016)
Ed Wagner (6/24/2016)
jasona.work (6/24/2016)
Reading the comments on an article on another site (UK-based tech site) and it feels like I'm reading the comment section on just about any US-based site about some of our politics...
Anyone want to pool all of our financial resources, buy up a small-ish (I'm thinking a couple square miles) island somewhere in the South Pacific or the Caribbean and then declare ourselves the sovereign nation of DBMS?
The only requirement I'd have is, under no circumstances can I be elected as the leader...
Count me in. We'd need to have electricity and really good internet service. 😀
Well, let's see, electricity, we'd have several giant hamster wheels hooked up to generators and storage batteries (which would also help keep everyone in shape, everyone puts in equal time on the wheels,) internet we just make sure to pick an island near one of the big trans-oceanic backbones and get tapped into that.
I'd have suggest something like solar or wind for the power, but why despoil our lovely island when we can go the Gilligan route instead...

Excellent - now all we have to do is solve the water, food and shelter problems and we'd be good to go.

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182948 More actions · Answer 8

Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).

Nothing but happy news from Iceland these days 😀

😎

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50216 More actions · Answer 9

Ed Wagner (6/24/2016)
jasona.work (6/24/2016)
Ed Wagner (6/24/2016)
jasona.work (6/24/2016)
Reading the comments on an article on another site (UK-based tech site) and it feels like I'm reading the comment section on just about any US-based site about some of our politics...
Anyone want to pool all of our financial resources, buy up a small-ish (I'm thinking a couple square miles) island somewhere in the South Pacific or the Caribbean and then declare ourselves the sovereign nation of DBMS?
The only requirement I'd have is, under no circumstances can I be elected as the leader...
Count me in. We'd need to have electricity and really good internet service. 😀
Well, let's see, electricity, we'd have several giant hamster wheels hooked up to generators and storage batteries (which would also help keep everyone in shape, everyone puts in equal time on the wheels,) internet we just make sure to pick an island near one of the big trans-oceanic backbones and get tapped into that.
I'd have suggest something like solar or wind for the power, but why despoil our lovely island when we can go the Gilligan route instead...
Excellent - now all we have to do is solve the water, food and shelter problems and we'd be good to go.

/Me starts watching Gilligan's Island re-runs and taking notes...

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 10

Eirikur Eiriksson (6/24/2016)
Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).
Nothing but happy news from Iceland these days 😀
😎

HEY YOU GUYS! ^^

I FOUND AN ISLAND!!

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50216 More actions · Answer 11

ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
Eirikur Eiriksson (6/24/2016)
Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).
Nothing but happy news from Iceland these days 😀
😎
HEY YOU GUYS! ^^
I FOUND AN ISLAND!!

Yeah, but Iceland?

I mean, I'm sure it's a nice place and all, if you can deal with the occasional volcano, but I was thinking someplace where you could loaf around all day in a Speedo, year-round...

:hehe:

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 12

Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).

Not that I know of, I got nothing good to try and cheer anyone up unless you enjoy others peoples misery. All I'll say is I should be with my daughter and this next week is going to be a long one before I can get out to where she is right now.

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 13

jasona.work (6/24/2016)
ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
Eirikur Eiriksson (6/24/2016)
Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).
Nothing but happy news from Iceland these days 😀
😎
HEY YOU GUYS! ^^
I FOUND AN ISLAND!!
Yeah, but Iceland?
I mean, I'm sure it's a nice place and all, if you can deal with the occasional volcano, but I was thinking someplace where you could loaf around all day in a Speedo, year-round...
:hehe:

Yuk! 🙂

I've heard that the EU now has 1GB of free space.

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182948 More actions · Answer 14

jasona.work (6/24/2016)
ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
Eirikur Eiriksson (6/24/2016)
Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).
Nothing but happy news from Iceland these days 😀
😎
HEY YOU GUYS! ^^
I FOUND AN ISLAND!!
Yeah, but Iceland?
I mean, I'm sure it's a nice place and all, if you can deal with the occasional volcano, but I was thinking someplace where you could loaf around all day in a Speedo, year-round...
:hehe:

Not the whole year in Speedo, more like 1-2 days a year

😎

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182948 More actions · Answer 15

ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
jasona.work (6/24/2016)
ChrisM@Work (6/24/2016)
Eirikur Eiriksson (6/24/2016)
Luis Cazares (6/24/2016)
I'm sorry, is there any country that can give me good news? It seems that Mexico, US and UK are full of negative news and I'm getting grumpy and sarcastic (more than usual).
Nothing but happy news from Iceland these days 😀
😎
HEY YOU GUYS! ^^
I FOUND AN ISLAND!!
Yeah, but Iceland?
I mean, I'm sure it's a nice place and all, if you can deal with the occasional volcano, but I was thinking someplace where you could loaf around all day in a Speedo, year-round...
:hehe:
Yuk! 🙂
I've heard that the EU now has 1GB of free space.

That will probably fill up very quickly, depends on what kind of compression they are using though:-D

😎