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  • RE: Stack Ranking

    GSquared (7/20/2012) Microsoft's version of it is pretty well guaranteed to create a hostile environment that will innovate rarely.

    I totally agree, this would be akin to posting everyones...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Geeky Books

    "I think it(reading) improves your thinking and engagement with the world."

    It depends on what you read.:-D

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Using Technology In New Ways

    I love technology a lot, it can improve our lives considerably. However, when it starts tracking our day-to-day personal habits like driving, eating, drinking,etc., then I think we are quickly...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Why It's Good To Be Wrong

    Many times in life, I have found, it's not really about being right or wrong...it's about being at a point in life of having the guts (or balls) to get...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Kill a SPID

    When we tell the user community repeatedly to be out of the database by 6PM sharp during critical upgrades or maintenance windows, we mean it.:-D They have found out the...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The DBA Tax

    That's correct. They never appreciate a DBA until disaster strikes. Also, on the topic of telling them what I do, that's not my job to tell the Director what I...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The DBA Tax

    The idea is that you want to prove you have value to the company, whatever your position. Make sure they see you as valuable, or I would advise you move...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The DBA Tax

    Great article about addressing fear. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.:-D

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Fix Failures Fast

    Eric M Russell (7/3/2012)


    Sometimes I think that new DBAs and developers need to be "burned in" longer before they are "deployed to production".

    I don't know about that. I know people...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The High Availability Poll

    Bob Cullen-434885 (7/2/2012)


    The company I do most of my work for DO want the utopian 100% availability,.

    I have often found that what a company needs and what they want aren't...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Security and Honesty

    call.copse (7/2/2012)


    I think you have to get some perspective about this - if we reported every time we actually got some kind of attack, we would be registering reports approximately...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The High Availability Poll

    cfradenburg (6/29/2012)


    It depends on what application the server is running. I work at a hospital so some apps are extremely critical and are set up in an HA configuration....

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The Next Generation

    I would love to see more women in this business personally. However, with the demanding off hours and last minute weekend emergencies it can be very difficult for many of...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The Cloud

    Boltz42 (6/21/2012)


    If Steve worked with our company, he'd be in a lot of trouble. Seriously, the number of problems we've had because users haven't rebooted there machine in ages is...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: The Cloud

    Using Azure for cloud storage is way too cost prohibitive for most companies today. Only the big boys can usually afford it. I would go with Microsoft SkyDrive long...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

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