I'm surprised at a few names that didn't make anyone's lists.

Watson & Crick : discovered structure of DNA.

Jackie Robinson : Baseball color barrier in the US.

Neville Chamberlain :...

The domain name (.com versus .local) shouldn't be an issue unless the SQL Server is registering with a different FQDN (Fully-Qualified Domain Name like myserver.myad.com) that doesn't match the domain...

Caution: use Enterprise Manager. Reason being Enterprise Manager will ensure the proper file and registry permissions are set for the new service account. Merely making the change in Services won't....

When you say you're deleting the CA path from the client, what exactly do you mean? Are you saying you're removing the CA's certificate from the certificate store either under...

A pull subscription will mean that the subscriber is responsible for getting the information. However, it's a little bit more involved than that. As homebrew01 indicates, take a good look...

Are there any applicable errors in any of the following:

(1) OS Application Event Log

(2) OS System Event Log

(3) SQL Server log

Also, when you try and check on any of the...

As of the last time I checked, no. Microsoft hasn't built in a roll-back capability like they do with OS hotfixes and service packs because SQL Server is very much...

At some point I'm going to write a Perl script to cycle through the forums and compile new threads for me, but I haven't gotten the time as of yet....

It is an inflammatory issue, indeed. Hence the reason I pointed out that it does have religious implications. Fighting about those views on the Internet doesn't get anywhere. Especially not...

Depends on your outlook on the afterlife. But that's a religious topic.

Microsoft Clustering Services works just fine for this. I'm not very knowledgeable on the Veritas side, I've mostly seen it cited when you want to do clustering with servers not...

Depending on the state of your transaction logs you might be able to view the logs to see what happened. However, if they're coming in as dbo, that's not probably...

I believe there have been some studies that short people who spend a "reasonable" amount of time personal surfing tend to be more efficient workers over all. It is because...

I've seen DBAs sometimes slighted because they are "just" a DBA. However, DBAs are much like others who work in what is considered "infrastructure:" Little glory, lots of work. Unfortunately,...

Given my day, it's a day worth forgetting. If I ever get a chance to go back to being "just" a DBA, I'll strongly consider it. Days like this remind...