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  • Reply To: Try, Try Again, Until It's Right

    1.9PB of data?  Well, that maybe is their first problem.  As usual, my first question is 'Do we really NEED to keep this sh!t?

    The designers of their systems better have...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: How to convert PDF data to database table in SQL server

    Emperor100 wrote:

    First convert the PDF to excel format. Remove any unwanted lines, rows or any characters. Verify the data is correctly formatted, then save it as .csv file.  Use import/export...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Balanced Technical Manager

    Remember the old piece of wisdom which says "Be careful what you ask for.  You just might get it."  In my fourth IT positon I managed a start-up department for...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Black Friday 2023

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    David.Poole wrote:

    I would quite like to experiment with a 3D printer.  One of my hobbies is building model railways and after trying to scratch build the Victorian bridge at...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Black Friday 2023

    Rod, our electricity went out about 8:30am on Thanksgiving and was out until around 1:00pm.  I'll bet lots of folks were upset about their holiday meal prep.  Then yesterday a...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: How to convert PDF data to database table in SQL server

    I ran across this post while searching how to do just this task.  I have a 776-page hardbound book with ancestry data that I want to import and parse into...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Black Friday 2023

    Rod, I hear you on the old furnace.  We bought a home right across the street from my youngest son who owns an HVAC company.  He had earlier done some...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Black Friday 2023

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    I've never really been much into tech gadgets, but I would like to have something like a 50" wide-screen display with a wrap-around screen for multi-tasking - or playing...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Black Friday 2023

    My Christmas shopping for my wife is done.  We are just making the move of all her 'stuff' from a 14-year-old Dell desktop to a brand new custom-built Win 11...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Declining Work for Mental Health

    I'm consciously going to make myself very unpopular but feel I must comment on this whole idea of 'working too hard' and the effects on 'mental health'.  I seriously doubt...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Singular or Plural

    I can't believe you folks are stewing over this.  Use freaking alias and move on.

    Now for my next cup of java before I get up.  It's past 9:00.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Singular or Plural

    It depends on whether it's Monday morning or Friday afternoon.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Can Data Save the World?

    david.gugg wrote:

    I would guess trust in science is at an all-time low, not because there is anything wrong with the scientific method, but rather because it has become so...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Can Data Save the World?

    Can data save the world?  Well, maybe

    Can data destroy the world?  Well, maybe.

    WILL data save the world?  I'm not very optimistic.

    I have related to you all earlier a situation where...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: No Degree Needed

    Rod at work wrote:

    As someone who has a degree, I agree that a degree is not necessary. I've lost out on even being considered for some jobs because my GPA was not...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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