I think that women and men are different. We ought to operate under the same rules, and be treated fairly, with equivalent opportunities, but we need to recognize they are...

I think lots of people don't want games, but some take advantage of them. Until we recognize that women are equal, and that they deserve fair treatment, regardless of the...

I got the DVDs last year, after missing most sessions. I've listened to a few and they are pretty good. You definitely miss something by not seeing the speaker, but...

... too much quoting

Assuming you've tested it, on real data, and it returns accurate results, and someone else verifies this, it's probably ready.

But as mentioned, you need to test it in your environment.

david_wendelken (10/4/2010)

I am writing in a very precise manner. "totally unheard". Not ignored, discounted. "totally unheard." It was as if I had never, ever spoken. ...

Overall that might be true, though I wonder. Most of the "geeks" and IT folks I now don't really negotiate at all.

I'm not sure it matters. Once you enter simple mode, you can't recover using the transaction log, and you can't take a log backup. The checkpoint might not write for...

david_wendelken (10/4/2010)

So, rather than piss and moan about not getting equal pay for equal work, why not learn what career and job negotiating strategies work best and use them? ...

I think in the past that it was viewed that the employer was doing you a favor by giving you a job, and that the workers brought less thought and...

I tend to agree with Derrick. Obviously space isn't an issue, though I'd be curious what you do with the backups and how long you keep them.

I'd add in log...

What are you getting?

We are happy to help, but please do some testing and explain or ask about what specifically you don't understand. What about the results don't make sense?

With...

Profiler grabs the events and activities occuring, but it doesn't really help monitor performance. Performance Monitor is better, but you need a way to load those log files up and...

Roy, I believe there are some poll services at PollMonkey that you can use for free.

Or maybe you ought to make this a part of your regular meeting. Get people...

I'd...