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  • Reply To: The Art of Commenting

    One of the greatest values of commenting is to answer the proverbial 'What was I thinking ?' question.

  • Reply To: Looking Back at the Decade

    I saw a flying car.  It's called an airplane.

  • Reply To: The Best DBA Gifts

    My best gift is another year with my wife of 40 years whom twice doctors gave up for lost, but who has survived and overcome bilateral below-knee amputation to become...

  • Reply To: Merry Christmas 2019

    Merry Christmas to all of you out there in SQL Server land.  I have enjoyed another year of trying to keep up with you all and empathize with the things...

  • Reply To: The DBA's Twelve Days of Christmas

    One time I had just presented the owner of a company a summary of accomplishments my shop had done for him.  His response set me back a bit as he...

  • Reply To: The harsh reality of charitable IT work

    DustyBin wrote:

    ... it used to amuse me to see the incredulous looks from people when I resorted to consulting the "Help" menu in MS Office applications.

    The true base of...

  • Reply To: The harsh reality of charitable IT work

    True, there are times when those in IT are expected to be broadly knowledgeable far beyond reality.  But I also saw a number of times where some of the folks...

  • Reply To: Human frailty and the custodianship of data

    I don't know for sure if it is 100% effective, but my personal practice is to always dismantle technology devices and destroy any memory and drives with a hammer before...

  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    My third oldest son has earned a 4-year degree but never has done his official internship, so doesn't have the actual official document.  He did work for a period in...

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  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    I think experience is more valuable than education but it is also much harder to get.  Comment for the interviewing process:  "Don't tell me what you know.  Tell me what...

  • Reply To: The Costumed DBA

    Jasona, I remember that on my first job as a developer trainee, all of us in a group of developers at Bendix Corp wore dress shirts and ties.  There were...

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  • Reply To: The Costumed DBA

    Hey, good morning to you all.  Sitting here in bed drinking coffee, I'm thinking maybe for my costume I'll dress up like I'm going to work!

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Experiment First

    Geoff,  sorry but I guess I missed the point.  Maybe it's the hot buttered rum I just finished, but that's all right.  I'm retired and sitting at my home office...

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Laptop Recommendations for 2019

    Steve and all:

    I've been using an Asus Republic of Gamers 17" laptop for probably 5 years now and love it.  Specs are:

    Intel i7-4700HQ 2.4 GHz processor, 8gb 64-bit x64 running...

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  • Reply To: Experiment First

    Rod

    I'm not all that familiar with Stack Overflow as I have only been on it a few times when it comes up in a general web search.  But I agree...

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