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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/13/2009)


    And what's the longest flight you've been on? I'm pretty sure after a 20 hour trip without changing planes you'll be saying a different thing.

    Yeah, no doubt I would...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    GilaMonster (4/13/2009)


    ... it's a very nice flight (2 10 hour flights with a 3 hour stop over in amsterdam). Much nicer than the Delta trip last year and cheaper too....

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Did you guys catch the second half of Brad McGehee's interview?

    My new favorite quote:

    Brad: All of the advice I provided in my book is very applicable in today's job...

  • RE: An Interview with Brad McGehee - Part 2

    My new favorite quote, and another reason to become an "Exceptional DBA" :-D:

    Brad: All of the advice I provided in my book is very applicable in today's job market. While...

  • RE: Managing Risk

    Tobar (4/7/2009)


    Great insight jcrawf02

    And now for something completely different ...

    What version of Risk did you use in the picture? Must be one of those new-fangled ones. Showing my age I...

  • RE: Managing Risk

    Good point Andy, I think when you're talking about Risk Assessment and/or Reducing Risk, you might have to carefully define what you're assessing. The point being that you want to...

  • RE: Portable Data Centers

    Just think of the trading value you could add to organizations! DBA in a box! (food and water sold separately, no assembly required)

    😀

  • RE: Troubleshooting

    Great article, this is perhaps the worst offense I see in day to day work, a missing or unclear plan that results in misguided or no actual progress.

    Thanks!

    Jon

  • RE: From the Real World: On Call Again

    GSquared (4/1/2009)


    Lynn Pettis (4/1/2009)


    Geez, some people with no sense of humor. I read it thinking it was a real horror story unfolding on a poor DBA. Glad to...

  • RE: From the Real World: On Call Again

    Ignore the sore comments above, that was funny. I forgot it was April Fool's, thanks for the laugh!

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bruce W Cassidy (3/17/2009)


    GSquared (3/17/2009)


    May be taking a "desert sabatical", if he was paying attention to The Thread.

    (Free association error: Connection between Pern books and SQL Server being established ......

  • RE: Calculating Age

    Richard Briggs (3/13/2009)


    I wouldn't store timestamp:

    Suppose AutoBirthdaySurprise.com, and received a request to send money and an 'ecard' to little Tommy in Aukland Wellington, if I was hosting in the UK...

  • RE: Calculating Age

    Andrew (3/13/2009)


    Richard Briggs (3/13/2009)


    I guess it depends on the application, may be relevant to birthday money transfers, birthday card emails sites etc.

    Perhaps, but everyone isn't born at midnight either, so...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Gail, I don't think you were being harsh at all, I read through all the pages just to see if I was missing something.

    Unless you deleted your posts where...

  • RE: Calculating Age

    Richard Briggs (3/13/2009)


    jcrawf02 (3/13/2009)


    Richard Briggs (3/13/2009)


    Comrades,

    Around one's birthday, we can be 16 in the UK, but still 15 in the US.

    Worth mentioning as may be relevant to certain age verification...

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