I think I am one of the oldest (56) around. Also spend 8+ hours per day in front of a screen. I started wearing glasses in high school...

Sometimes you have to get on the ship to steer it in the right direction.

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Problem solved: Make sure that the pieces of the client you are installing are all from the exact same version. 🙂 Oracle is not so clear about it...

Recommended or not. This is what the auditors want in a corporate world. To prevent network administrator access. I have not upgraded from SQL2000 yet. Busy...

.... And some of us are wallflowers because we don't have the internet speed. I do not have the time to wait 3 - 5 minutes for a page...

I have always quoted my best characteristic is to concentrate extremely well on one task. My worst is the same. Being able to shut off to the world...

I want SP5 for SQL Server 2000. (Dont care about SQL 2005. I am waiting for SQL 2008, although already legal on 2005)

If there is one thing that makes my hair raise, it is the words "best practice". I have found people using those words to motivate a decision without using...

If only we could rely on their honesty. A BIG international company (that we thought we could trust) tried to do some work for us and within a short...

Did a diploma in electronics (communication) when I left school. Started my BSC Computer Science in 1982. Had to fill in punch cards and learn about computer technology...

My wife told me that spending quality time with your kids is doing with them what they want to do, not what you wanted to do. So I started...

Quote: "In many ways I'm an ugly American, and one is that I prefer to see a presentation that's polished"

Replace American with South African and it applies to me as...

I tested Vista on my son's PC. (Because he has a monster of a machine for games).  He liked it. I did not. And after 3 months he also became...

Aaron, I know the feeling (Wife throwing/giving shirts away).  But since I have an older dress style, I don't like shirts without collars (showing my age here), and so I...

"unattached people can push a little harder "

I do not agree.  With a competant wife at home, that does not work, my support system allows me to push up to...