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  • Reply To: Communicate Smarter Not More

    Steve, you are so very right on this.  The plethora of communications has exactly the opposite of the desired effect at least on me.  I'm no longer a bit curious...

    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 Impediments to Change

    While there are surely many impediments to change, I think IT organizations really need to take responsibility for keeping up-to-date analysis of the other side of the coin, the potential...

    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 End of XP

    In our home office, the leftover of a small business venture, we're still running XP on a digital music server, Win7 on a digital picture server, and Win 10 on...

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

  • Reply To: You're not really that good at SQL Server

    I think Phillip is right about the 'getting rusty' problem. I always thought I was pretty good at my job with the experience that I had accumulated, but now...

    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 Counter Offer - Part 1

    In my 42 years in IT, I never accepted a counter offer. I think it is pretty much exposing yourself to blackmail, and yes, being on the top of...

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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?'

  • RE: Giving Computers Ethics

    Eric M Russell - Friday, March 29, 2019 10:36 AM

    I get why regular folks in the early 20th century were eager to...

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

  • RE: Giving Computers Ethics

    Eric M Russell - Friday, March 29, 2019 7:06 AM

    Frank W...

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

  • RE: Giving Computers Ethics

    "This is an area where I feel AI and ML systems are moving faster than our ability to comprehend the implications."

    I can just imagine that thousands of attorneys...

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

  • RE: Bad Management

    Eric M Russell - Monday, October 19, 2015 8:02 AM

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    I've seen bad management result in a complete...

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

  • RE: Should the Data Lake be Immutable?

    ZZartin - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 7:57 AM

    roger.plowman - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 7:24 AM

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

  • RE: How Far are You Willing To Go To Get Something?

    I notice this is an old article, but I would have to say that for me now, the answer is a huge 'depends'.  As in, depends on the return.  As...

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

  • RE: Formatted ASCII Results from a SELECT

    Thanks, Bevan.  Some thing we can all use quite a bit.

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

  • RE: Should the Data Lake be Immutable?

    jj3pa - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 2:57 PM

    skeleton567 - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:53 PM

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

  • RE: Should the Data Lake be Immutable?

    jj3pa - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:19 PM

    Maybe I'm missing something, but the CS idea of immutable doesn't mean the variable can't...

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

  • RE: Should the Data Lake be Immutable?

    kinzleb - Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:03 AM

    I subscribe to the idea of using zones in a data lake, and having a...

    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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