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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/5/2011)


    instance time v os time? Sheesh, is there a technical discussion taking place again?

    Perhaps, but it is in the guise of a smartass discussion.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (10/5/2011)


    SQL Kiwi (10/5/2011)


    GilaMonster (10/5/2011)


    You get a difference because the query adds the milliseconds since the computer started to the time that SQL started. So if SQL Server started...

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Oh Jeff, look what your "simple" question has done!

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jeff Moden (10/5/2011)


    Ninja's_RGR'us (10/5/2011)


    Jeff Moden (10/4/2011)


    GilaMonster (10/4/2011)


    Jeff Moden (10/4/2011)


    I wonder how many of us there are that try to completely ignore certs and degrees in the interview process?

    I don't. If...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (10/3/2011)


    I have been victimized from the start. My very first article was copied the day it was published on ssc, here:

    http://sqltechsearchs.blogspot.com/2008/06/calculating-age-of-individual.html

    Plagiarized, this person is even taking credit...

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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (10/3/2011)


    Well, my two articles are off codevc.com. Now I just need to keep an eye on the two blogs on blogspot.com to make sure those come down.

    Does...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQL Kiwi (10/3/2011)


    Stefan Krzywicki (10/3/2011)


    All I can think of when seeing this picture is the Star Trek episode from the original series with Frank Gorshan as the guest star.

    +100 geek...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQL Kiwi (10/3/2011)


    GilaMonster (10/3/2011)


    The SA fans tend to paint faces green or green and gold for important rugby games. Dying hair green is also popular.

    Yeah it's great fun and really...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (10/3/2011)


    No contact links anywhere on that EMC blog. So I went to the EMC site, the contact us link is prominent, but you get a 404 error (and...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    We're working with EMC and this is very discouraging.

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jack Corbett (10/1/2011)


    Hey guys I got some really cool news today. I was awarded MVP status!

    I just hope I can honor that award the way that all the MVP's...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Grant Fritchey (9/29/2011)


    GilaMonster (9/29/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (9/29/2011)


    GilaMonster (9/29/2011)


    Wooooooooot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    2 years, many, many weekends, late nights and a mad rush to the end (and I'm not even counting the ones Jonathan did),...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/29/2011)


    Evil Kraig F (9/29/2011)


    GilaMonster (9/29/2011)


    Wooooooooot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    2 years, many, many weekends, late nights and a mad rush to the end (and I'm not even counting the ones Jonathan did), it's here

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/books/76296/

    Awesome...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (9/29/2011)


    Chapter 1 of the book is now available for free on Simple-Talk

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/a-performance-troubleshooting-methodology-for-sql-server/

    Congratulations on publication and thanks for the free chapter. I could certainly use a book like this. I...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Trey Staker (9/27/2011)


    @craig-2

    Did you hear that Itzik Ben-Gan is teaching an advanced t-sql class here in Phoenix the week after pass? It's really pricey but I got my company...

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    When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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    It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
    What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
    You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

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