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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 1

WayneS (9/10/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
mtillman-921105 (9/10/2010)
The Dixie Flatline (9/10/2010)
I played a lot of Civilization. It took a while, but it finally dawned on me that the barbarians weren't my true enemies.
The developers are.
I get frustrated with it since it seems that I don't get much better at it over time. Maybe I'm just a meat-head, but as many hours as I've played it, I should be an expert now - but I'm not. I've been told that it boils down to who can make the most cities the fastest at the beginning of the game. There seems to be some truth in that, but it's easy to over-extend yourself. :hehe:
Oh... now THAT's funny. If we reflect back on the name of this thread and change just two words in the above... we get...
I get frustrated with it since it seems that I don't get much better at it over time. Maybe I'm just a meat-head, but as many hours as I've played it, I should be an expert now - but I'm not. I've been told that it boils down to who can make the most queries the fastest at the beginning of the day. There seems to be some truth in that, but it's easy to over-extend yourself. :hehe:
😛
That's good! But, just for good measure, let's change one more word:
I get frustrated with it since it seems that I don't get much better at it over time. Maybe I'm just a meat-head, but as many hours as I've played it, I should be an expert now - but I'm not. I've been told that it boils down to who can make the most queries the fastest at the end of the day. There seems to be some truth in that, but it's easy to over-extend yourself. :hehe:

Perfect for the game we all call "life". 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
..... Perfect for the game we all call "life". 😛

The game of life is hard to play

I'm gonna lose it anyway

The losing card I'll someday lay

so this is all I have to say.

😎

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
..... Perfect for the game we all call "life". 😛
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
so this is all I have to say.
😎

Isn't there another song along the lines of "Game of Life"?

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 4

CirquedeSQLeil (9/10/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
..... Perfect for the game we all call "life". 😛
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
so this is all I have to say.
😎
Isn't there another song along the lines of "Game of Life"?

IIRC, Yes.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 5

Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
..... Perfect for the game we all call "life". 😛
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
so this is all I have to say.
😎

According to Google, there's "The Game of Life" by Scorpion

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/10/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
..... Perfect for the game we all call "life". 😛
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
so this is all I have to say.
😎
According to Google, there's "The Game of Life" by Scorpion

Hmmm - not the one I was thinking of but can't recall the title

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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 7

Alvin is quoting from "Suicide Is Painless", aka the theme from M.A.S.H.

I had to look up the lyrics to confirm it. Oddly I can't make them fit the melody. There seem to be extra lines everywhere.

I always remembered the opening lyrics as follows from the movie, but I haven't watched it in years.

The game of life is hard to play

Gonna lose it anyway

Suicide is painless... so they say

Suicide is painless

It brings on many changes

And I can take or leave it if I please

Cheery stuff, huh?

Have a great weekend, guys and guy-ettes.

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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

The Dixie Flatline (9/10/2010)
Have a great weekend, guys and guy-ettes.

You too

and the song I was thinking was along the lines of Walk of Life by Dire Straits

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 9

Stefan Krzywicki (9/10/2010)
Heh, the XBOX version is a short version.

Yeah. The PC version can easily take (me) a week for a single game

Civ V comes out in 2 weeks (ish).

So if I disappear off the forums in 2 or so weeks time, you know why...

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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The Dixie Flatline SSC Guru Points: 53354 More actions · Answer 10

Crush the AI's ruthlessly, Gail.

No digital prisoners.

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Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. -- Friedrich Schiller
Stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. -- Stephen Stills

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 11

The Dixie Flatline (9/10/2010)
Alvin is quoting from "Suicide Is Painless", aka the theme from M.A.S.H.
I had to look up the lyrics to confirm it. Oddly I can't make them fit the melody. There seem to be extra lines everywhere.
I always remembered the opening lyrics as follows from the movie, but I haven't watched it in years.
The game of life is hard to play
Gonna lose it anyway
Suicide is painless... so they say
Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
Cheery stuff, huh?
Have a great weekend, guys and guy-ettes.

I figured someone would eventually figure out where it came from. 🙂

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (9/11/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/10/2010)
Heh, the XBOX version is a short version.
Yeah. The PC version can easily take (me) a week for a single game
Civ V comes out in 2 weeks (ish).
So if I disappear off the forums in 2 or so weeks time, you know why...

Good luck with that - I still need to get away for Starcraft

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (9/10/2010)
Jeff Moden (9/10/2010)
I don't have the time to read many books but that was a good one.
Title? Author?

Title: Colossus

Author: D.F.Jones

Published: May 1966. Hardback, ISBN 0-246-64345-5

UK Paperback 1968

Film Version: Colossus: The Forbin Project (released 1970?)

Didn't much like that book myself.

Tom

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 14

CirquedeSQLeil (9/11/2010)
GilaMonster (9/11/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/10/2010)
Heh, the XBOX version is a short version.
Yeah. The PC version can easily take (me) a week for a single game
Civ V comes out in 2 weeks (ish).
So if I disappear off the forums in 2 or so weeks time, you know why...
Good luck with that - I still need to get away for Starcraft

Sitting on my bookshelf are:

Anno 1404

Far Cry 2

Fallout 3

Mass Effect 2

Starcraft 2

All waiting to be played.

Currently trying to finish:

Settlers 5

HoMM 5

The Witcher

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

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

Anybody else want to try this one?

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
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SQL RNNR
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