What should I be doing with my points?

  • Somewhere, somehow I've missed something.

    (Actually, that is not a rare event in my life)

    I keep reading comments by people who feel they have been robbed of a point or two in the QotD.

    So what can we do with these points we are collecting?

    Has anyone ever been asked how many SSC points they have in interview?

    regards Ian

  • The points are just for boasting rights, they just get you different forum titles.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • Thank you Gail.

    I will close the EBay auction right now.

  • You can always take them down the company store and exchange them for valuable merchandise.

    Where was the company store located again?

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Grant Fritchey (4/27/2011)


    Where was the company store located again?

    Cambridge? Or Denver?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass
  • GilaMonster (4/27/2011)


    Grant Fritchey (4/27/2011)


    Where was the company store located again?

    Cambridge? Or Denver?

    With all your points I figured you'd just buy the store and move it down to SA to force us to visit you.

    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

  • Judging from some people's anger level at question semantics, the points are worth more than a gallon of gas. :hehe:

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  • I'm saving mine up so I can get either the secret decoder ring, or the "run faster" button for my code. I'm not sure which yet.

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  • You can use them on most major airlines for free upgrades to DBA class.

    Just ask at the ticket counter when you check in.

  • Jason Selburg (4/27/2011)


    Judging from some people's anger level at question semantics, the points are worth more than a gallon of gas. :hehe:

    It is a matter of pride, of self assurance,y when a person knows the correct answer and then is told that his/her knowledge is faulty, when in reality it is not.

    After all ,I use my points when bidding on E-Bay or have to use Pay-Pal

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

    Please help us, help you -before posting a question please read[/url]
    Before posting a performance problem please read[/url]

  • Its a shame they cant be used/traded as brownie points with the wife/in-laws.

    Adam Zacks-------------------------------------------Be Nice, Or Leave

  • Michael Valentine Jones (4/27/2011)


    You can use them on most major airlines for free upgrades to DBA class.

    Just ask at the ticket counter when you check in.

    The prospect of a long-haul flight in a cabin full of DBAs is probably best avoided. Imagine if a Star Trek film came on.......

  • Richard Warr (4/28/2011)


    Michael Valentine Jones (4/27/2011)


    You can use them on most major airlines for free upgrades to DBA class.

    Just ask at the ticket counter when you check in.

    The prospect of a long-haul flight in a cabin full of DBAs is probably best avoided. Imagine if a Star Trek film came on.......

    I actually put a related post to Steves editorial today.........

    Why do we have that sort of rep? Sure Trans-warp is possible while faster then light would use an un-achievable amount of power. Lighsabers are not possible without a reflective integrity field and MHD rules!

    But where do we get a geek rep?

    Adam Zacks-------------------------------------------Be Nice, Or Leave

  • Schadenfreude-Mei (4/28/2011)


    Richard Warr (4/28/2011)


    Michael Valentine Jones (4/27/2011)


    You can use them on most major airlines for free upgrades to DBA class.

    Just ask at the ticket counter when you check in.

    The prospect of a long-haul flight in a cabin full of DBAs is probably best avoided. Imagine if a Star Trek film came on.......

    I actually put a related post to Steves editorial today.........

    Why do we have that sort of rep? Sure Trans-warp is possible while faster then light would use an un-achievable amount of power. Lighsabers are not possible without a reflective integrity field and MHD rules!

    But where do we get a geek rep?

    The geek rep is avaliable at Grant's Company Store.

    I checked already.

    In fact it was the only thing I had enough points for.

  • Ian-440692 (4/28/2011)


    Schadenfreude-Mei (4/28/2011)


    Richard Warr (4/28/2011)


    Michael Valentine Jones (4/27/2011)


    You can use them on most major airlines for free upgrades to DBA class.

    Just ask at the ticket counter when you check in.

    The prospect of a long-haul flight in a cabin full of DBAs is probably best avoided. Imagine if a Star Trek film came on.......

    I actually put a related post to Steves editorial today.........

    Why do we have that sort of rep? Sure Trans-warp is possible while faster then light would use an un-achievable amount of power. Lighsabers are not possible without a reflective integrity field and MHD rules!

    But where do we get a geek rep?

    The geek rep is avaliable at Grant's Company Store.

    I checked already.

    In fact it was the only thing I had enough points for.

    I thought it came with the jobe title.

    Does Grant's offer a free scarf and thermos? And maybe some Red Dwaf'esc Dwain Dibbly teeth?

    Adam Zacks-------------------------------------------Be Nice, Or Leave

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