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  • Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?

    'Relational databases' may change over time, but relational thinking is what gives value to data.

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

  • Reply To: I Need a CS Degree. I Don't Need a CS Degree

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    I am very skeptical on the ROI of a degree. Not the value, but the return based on costs.

    Years ago, one could get a nice degree for not too...

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

  • Reply To: I Need a CS Degree. I Don't Need a CS Degree

    Duplicate due to server timeout...

    • This reply was modified 1 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567.

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

  • Reply To: I Need a CS Degree. I Don't Need a CS Degree

    I have a very mixed opinion on the current value of a degree.  I have pretty much always thought that there are potentially two benefits.  First is having the motivation...

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

  • Reply To: I Need a CS Degree. I Don't Need a CS Degree

    I have a very mixed opinion on the current value of a degree.  I have pretty much always thought that there are potentially two benefits.  First is having the motivation...

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

  • Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?

    well, I looked up excrement to be sure.  There must be a story.

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

  • Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?

    OK, Auto, your screen name got my attention.  Can you explain?

     

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

  • Reply To: Are We Dinosaurs?

    Grant, congratulations on having reached 61.  I wish you continued success and happiness approaching your retirement.  I do understand that we DBA's mostly have actually earned our retirement.  As I...

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

  • Reply To: Being an extroverted introvert at a conference

    Rod, and what could be more productive that sending 'upper management' to conferences?

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

  • Reply To: Being an extroverted introvert at a conference

    In my 42 years in IT with most of it as a DBA I never got to go to a conference.  The closest was a very few meetings with 2-3...

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

  • Reply To: Cleaning Up Your Database

    carl.gregory wrote:

    I'll admit that I am a culprit.  The dev instance looks like the SQL version of a condemned building.  Even PROD can be cleaned up a bit.

    A decent project...

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

  • Reply To: Cleaning Up Your Database

    Steve, you touched a live wire on this one with me.  In my humble opinion ( and you all know how humble I am ), if you don't do the...

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

  • Reply To: Your Computer Science Education

    Hey, folks, I don't recall where I saw this a few days ago, but saved it.

    This was very literally me back in 1969.  Not sure I could even have found...

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

  • Reply To: I don't want to be a PITA here...but

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    To be clear, I don't know how obvious or obscure the bug might be. It might be expected behavior to detect duplicate posts, though I'd expect it to say...

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

  • Reply To: I don't want to be a PITA here...but

    As the pols always say, "let me be clear".  The error isn't normally when uploading a file.  That apparently was my fault.  The error is usually when doing just 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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