Daleto,

Just a friendly note....before responding to a thread, look at the date the last post was made....you just responded to a thread that ended in 2007.

-SQLBill

Talk about perseverance!!! A tip of the hat to you Sean - are you perhaps a dentist? As they say...that was so painful it was like pulling teeth.

-SQLBill

At one company where I worked, our 'IT Tech lead' told us he had found a top vendor to provide a consolidated monitoring tool. We did intrusion detection using...

Harley Davidson Sportster 1200. Just cruising down a windy country road. I can feel it now......

Currently, I drive a Chevy Silverado 1500 pickup truck. Motorcycles can't pull...

We have SS2000, SS2005, SS2008 and are looking into SS2012. Why do we still use SS2000?

Money and stubborness are two of the biggest reasons.

Money - we are constantly expanding...

ken.trock (3/6/2012)

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Interesting that you'd push your brother into IT from where he came from. Hope it works out.

I'm in IT and I could jump into sales with no trouble if...

A while back, my brother lost his job and was looking for another one; possibly another career. What did he do - he was a salesman. I suggested...

djackson 22568 (2/28/2012)

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SQLBill (2/28/2012)

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While I can't take a break from my job (except for vacations), I am branching out into a new area for me. I'm working on becoming...

While I can't take a break from my job (except for vacations), I am branching out into a new area for me. I'm working on becoming a professional photographer...it's...

Evil Kraig F (2/22/2012)

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SQLBill (2/20/2012)

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After the first eight hours, we realized this was going to take awhile, so we began 'tag-teaming'. Two people would oversee the one doing the work...

Peter Maloof (2/22/2012)

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Bill:

What happened to the manager? I hope he was gagged and hog-tied to a chair (an uncomfortable one) and forced to sit there for the entire six days.

Then...

Movies: The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Safe House

TV series: I'm liking Person Of Interest....so it should go off the air in a few more months 🙂

Shark Tank is another...

The one big issue with 'going solo' is that you are the employer - you have to provide your own benefits. Health coverage doesn't come inexpensively. Paid vacation/sick...

Nice editorial...reminds me of one job I worked as the only DBA. We had a clustered server crash and what started out looking like just a hard drive failure turned...

Maybe there's a good reason why there are a lack of responses. Maybe the first question should have been:

Do you know what SOPA is?

I believe people get tired hearing all...