Pet Peeves
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Your to quick in a morning Frank, was about to edit it
haha, another typo. And in english !!!
So, you're smoking and thump your cigarettes out of the car window???
I guess that's not political correct anymore.
Feel ashame, you !!!
Cheers,
Frank
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Developers who have to use "sa" (Bonne chance with that one)What about users? It's disturbing to see!
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I guess that's not political correct anymore. Feel ashame, you !!!I'm hanging my head now
"I didn't do anything it just got complicated" - M Edwards
Edited by - Ritch on 08/20/2003 06:56:11 AM
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Okay, a couple of things...
1. Arguing with Windows. During mediaeval times I worked on IBM mainframes, then moved on to Sun workstations, and finally for the past five years have been stuck in Windows NT/2000 like a sabre-toothed tiger in a tar pit. I preferred Unix to all else, once I got past its user-vicious syntax and began to appreciate [Darth Vader voice ON] THE POWER!
But Unix boxes are actually very primitive. In Unix, when you want to kill a rogue process, you issue this complicated command:
kill -9 <jn>
(The "-9" is Unixese for the "dammit" option, as in "kill <jn>, dammit!")
And then an unusual thing happens: the process dies.
I say, unusual, because this is not how Windows works. You see, Windows was written by a bunch of very bright people in Seattle. They're much brighter than I am. They know that when I issue a 'kill' command in Windows, that it's really only an invitation to a symposium debating the subject, resolved, how can the operating system best talk me out of wanting a process dead?
The conversation generally goes like this:
Lee: Kill process!
Windows: <silence>
Lee: Kill process!
Windows: <silence>
Lee: <sigh> Invoke Task Manager! Kill process!
Windows: <yawn> What process?
Lee: This one! Kill it! Kill it!
Windows: <look of disbelief> This process???
Lee: Yes! Kill process!
Windows: <look of sadness> If you kill this process, it will die. Are you sure you want this on your conscience?
Lee: Yes! Kill process!
Windows: But think of the other processes that depend on this one. How can you be so heartless?
Lee: Kill that process right now, or I push the power button!
Windows can then proceed to do one of three things. It can kill the process; it can lock up; or it can cough up a hairball, showing you the blue screen of death. You have about a one in three chance of survival.
Killing database processes is the same, only more so. I don't recall Oracle ever hesitating. Killing a process, in Oracle, means the process is about to die a quick and painless death. I dunno, maybe it has something to do with how each DBMS commits data. In SQL Server, it commits first and asks questions later; in Oracle, it commits when you tell it, or at the end of a session and you haven't said not to. In any event, the 'kill' command in SQL Server is not really a command at all, only a polite request. I feel like Yosemite Sam trying to whoa the damn camel. When I say whoa, I means whoaaa!!!!!
My perspective is that I will win these arguments so long as I'm the one holding the power cord.
2. Virginia drivers. Actually, I am a Virginia driver myself, of sorts, because I was born and raised right across the river in Newport News. Then I left the area for almost thirty years and wandered back five years ago. I've lived in Pennsylvania, Kansas, California, Nebraska, Colorado, and Mississippi, and I've seen them all. Virginia drivers are not the worst by any means, but they do have their idiosyncracies. The most irritating to me is, at intersections, people waiting for the green light to get greener. Drivers tend to sit at the intersection and wait until the light reaches the optimum shade of green. They're expecting a real number, but of course it's really a Boolean, isn't it?
Edited by - Lee Dise on 08/20/2003 11:56:34 AM
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I guess that's not political correct anymore. Feel ashame, you !!!
acquitance, I forgot
ROTFL
Cheers,
Frank
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Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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[Darth Vader voice ON] THE POWER!intentionally you didn't turn the voice off ?
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The conversation generally goes like this:Lee: Kill process!
Windows: <silence>
Lee: Kill process!
Windows: <silence>
Lee: <sigh> Invoke Task Manager! Kill process!
Windows: <yawn> This process?
Lee: Yes! Kill process!
Windows: <look of disdain> If you kill this process, it will die. Are you sure you want to kill this process?
Lee: Yes! Kill process!
what about these one
1. Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.
2. Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.
3. Press any key except... no, No, NO, NOT THAT ONE!
4. Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.
5. This will end your Windows session. Do you want to play another game?
6. Windows message: "Error saving file! Format drive now? (Y/Y)"
7. This is a message from God Gates: "Rebooting the world. Please log
off."
8. To "shut down" your system, type "WIN".
9. BREAKFAST.SYS halted... Cereal port not responding.
10. COFFEE.SYS missing... Insert cup in cup holder and press any key.
11. File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)
12. Bad or missing mouse. Spank the cat? (Y/N)
13. Runtime Error 6D at 417A:32CF: Incompetent User.
14. Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)
15. WinErr 16547: LPT1 not found. Use backup. (PENCIL & PAPER.SYS)
16. User Error: Replace user.
17. Windows VirusScan 1.0 - "Windows found: Remove it? (Y/N)"
18. Your hard drive has been scanned and all stolen software titles have
been deleted. The police are on the way.
19. User Error: Intelligence Resource Level Insufficient
20. Netscape.exe... Bad file name...
May we suggest M/S Internet Explorer? (Y/y)
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2. Virginia drivers. Actually, I am a Virginia driver myself, of sorts, because I was born and raised right across the river in Newport News. Then I left the area for almost thirty years and wandered back five years ago. I've lived in Pennsylvania, Kansas, California, Nebraska, Colorado, and Mississippi, and I've seen them all. Virginia drivers are not the worst by any means, but they do have their idiosyncracies. The most irritating to me is, at intersections, people waiting for the green light to get greener. Drivers tend to sit at the intersection and wait until the light reaches the optimum shade of green. They're expecting a real number, but of course it's really a Boolean, isn't it?I was once in the US and I confess I like driving in the US!
It's kind of relaxed compared to German traffic. Especially on those famous german autobahns where every little damned idiot with a BMW, or a Mercedes thinks he bought a built-in right of way
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
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Anyway my main peeve at the moment is the total lack of junior dba positions, do companies expect good experienced dba's to grow on trees? After three years of searching the job market only seen a handful of Oracle junior positions. Is this just a UK philosophy??
No, it is rampant her in the Southeastern US too. I personally am in need of a junior DBA but there is no money in the budget for one. Heck, most of the IT staff here is lucky to still be employed, and we are all doing the work of at least two people. Maybe this will change when things pick back up next year.
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My first pet peeve is kinda dumb but it still is really annoying to me. When someone is giving me back change from a purchase I am making, why do they insist on giving me the paper money first and then throwing the change on top of the returned bills. My wallet is in one hand so I only have one free hand to manage things and it turns into a balancing act to keep the change from sliding off onto the counter or floor.
Another irritant is gas station attendents. It use to be in the old days that they would come to your window, greet you and ask you want you wanted. Now they just make a bee line to your gas cap at the back of the car and expect you to lean out the window and shout back at them.
Finally, I suffer from AutoFemPhone Phobia. Yup. I am afraid of women who are trying to operate a moter vehicle and a cell phone at the same time. Nothing sexist here, just experience.
Dagoboz
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Another irritant is gas station attendents. It use to be in the old days that they would come to your window, greet you and ask you want you wanted. Now they just make a bee line to your gas cap at the back of the car and expect you to lean out the window and shout back at them.Dagoboz
Dagoboz, where exactly do you live that gas station attendants STILL PUMP YOUR GAS?? lol. Do you have access to a time machine and secretly commute back to 1975 each evening after work?
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Dagoboz, where exactly do you live that gas station attendants STILL PUMP YOUR GAS??Dagoboz might live in New Jersey (USA). In my few travels through that state, I have not found a single gas station (petrol station for the Brits who laugh at our use of the term Gas Station) that allows you to pump your own gas (petrol).
-SQLBill
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Frank - forgive me please for not exlpaining Pet Peeves better, but you got it dead on anyway.
I have a new car but don't smoke in it so I guess I'm not guilty of that one anyway.
Lee - I'm still laughing about your Windows analysis and you hit the nail on the head. I have a love/hate relationship with NT and am still trying to figure out where I stand with Windows 2000. Your post will have me chuckling for a good while.
And if you think Virginia drivers are bad, please check us out in South Florida and get back to me. You just about feel like you're taking your life in your hands when you get on the road anymore (you also feel like you've left the United States sometimes, but that's another story).
Which reminds me of another annoyance...
People who put on their emergency flashers when it rains. I can see that it's raining, thank you very much. So turn off your flashers, put out your cigarrette (use the ash tray
), hang up your cell phone, and just drive please.Or how about people who own a $40,000+ SUV (sport utility vehicle) and slow down to 2 miles per hour when they come across a tiny puddle? You bought what basically is supposed to be an off-road vehicle and you're afraid to get it wet? Please!
Regards,
Sandman
My hovercraft is full of eels.
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Yes indeed Trea, as crazy as it sounds it is illegal to pump your own gas in the state of Oregon. I think there is or was one other state where you couldn't, New Jeresy or some place like that.
Time machine idea is cool though.
Dagoboz
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Yes indeed Trea, as crazy as it sounds it is illegal to pump your own gas in the state of Oregon. I think there is or was one other state where you couldn't, New Jeresy or some place like that.Time machine idea is cool though.
Dagoboz
You should let me borrow that time machine. I could go back to 1975 and kill Bill Gates. Do us all a favor.
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Here is Seattle they let us pump our own gas. Isn't big bro nice? I swear, there's all this crazy stuff going on and people make rules about pumping gas.
My pet peeve? The US intertainment history as a whole...it's one big rip-off scam.
For example, musicians are lucky get 1% of the profit on their sales.
Now there's all these lawsuits starting...the f-in industry is all upset because people are stealing music and they're the biggest thief of all!
2nd big pet peeve...backdoors to encryption software. I have no doubt that the US gov (and probably others) can crack 64 bit codes (probably 1024 as well), but why make it easy?
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More of a complaint than a pet peeve, really... How come we people in IT get paid so little and get no respect? We hold the keys, man!
(I think it's because we like to tinker more than we like to negotiate for more $$$. Let's unite!)
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Hi rainmaker23,
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5. People who drive their cars as if gas DIDN'T cost $1.50/gallon.so what's you problem ??????
If I remember right, a gallon is some 5 litres or so, right?
This morning I paid 1.21$ per litre
Cheers,
Frank
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Frank Kalis
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Webmaster: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs
My blog: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs/frankkalis/[/url]
), hang up your cell phone, and just drive please.
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