September 23, 2010 at 2:21 pm
jcrawf02 (9/23/2010)
Stefan Krzywicki (9/23/2010)
Ray K (9/23/2010)
You want bad driving? To my south, I have NYC/New Jersey drivers, to my east, I have Boston/Massachusetts drivers, and to my north, I have the crazy Canadians!(Thankfully, not much to the west -- mostly farm vehicles and big rigs . . . )
NYC/NJ drivers really aren't that bad. Pretty average for densely populated areas. Boston's not great, but still not the worst I've encountered. DC is pretty bad, Philly is pretty bad, Columbus is just idiots.
Always amazes me that I can drive up 71 to 95 all the way to Niagara Falls and back (5.5 hrs each way), and nobody tries to kill me until that last mile when I'm on 270....
Where at in relation to Columbus? I'm around Polaris.
I lived on Caleb Dr., just off Bethel, just past Sawmill. There were 2 main things that got me about driving in Columbus, there are others, but 2 big ones.
1) Columbus thinks it is a southern town. It snowed one year around 8 inches and it paralized the city. Some streets never got plowed, they just waited for it to melt. This was during a blizzard where NYC got several feet of snow. NYC had clear streets the next day, Columbus didn't for a week. Because of Columbus' purchasing and incorporating nearby towns they have around the same number of street miles as NYC. NYC has 5,000 snow plows. Columbus has 50. Even on the streets they did plow, people drove at 15 MPH 'cause there was snow nearby. This brings me to number 2.
2) Water anywhere near a road, other than in a proper river-like container, causes people to drive as slow as they can either a) 'cause they're scared it'll get near their car or b) so they can see such a strange phenomenon.
I was on 315 near downtown when traffic came to a crawl, bumper to bumper. When I finally got to the point where it sped up again, it was because there was a hydrant open near the road! There wasn't any water ON the road, but everyone slowed to 5 MPH going past.
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September 23, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (9/23/2010)
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Ray K (9/23/2010)
You want bad driving? To my south, I have NYC/New Jersey drivers, to my east, I have Boston/Massachusetts drivers, and to my north, I have the crazy Canadians!(Thankfully, not much to the west -- mostly farm vehicles and big rigs . . . )
NYC/NJ drivers really aren't that bad. Pretty average for densely populated areas. Boston's not great, but still not the worst I've encountered. DC is pretty bad, Philly is pretty bad, Columbus is just idiots.
Always amazes me that I can drive up 71 to 95 all the way to Niagara Falls and back (5.5 hrs each way), and nobody tries to kill me until that last mile when I'm on 270....
Where at in relation to Columbus? I'm around Polaris.
I lived on Caleb Dr., just off Bethel, just past Sawmill. There were 2 main things that got me about driving in Columbus, there are others, but 2 big ones.
1) Columbus thinks it is a southern town. It snowed one year around 8 inches and it paralized the city. Some streets never got plowed, they just waited for it to melt. This was during a blizzard where NYC got several feet of snow. NYC had clear streets the next day, Columbus didn't for a week. Because of Columbus' purchasing and incorporating nearby towns they have around the same number of street miles as NYC. NYC has 5,000 snow plows. Columbus has 50. Even on the streets they did plow, people drove at 15 MPH 'cause there was snow nearby. This brings me to number 2.
2) Water anywhere near a road, other than in a proper river-like container, causes people to drive as slow as they can either a) 'cause they're scared it'll get near their car or b) so they can see such a strange phenomenon.
I was on 315 near downtown when traffic came to a crawl, bumper to bumper. When I finally got to the point where it sped up again, it was because there was a hydrant open near the road! There wasn't any water ON the road, but everyone slowed to 5 MPH going past.
Sounds like Memphis.
One more thing for Memphis. Forecast snow for Friday (for example) and driving will be worse on Friday, even if it doesn't snow!
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September 23, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Bad driving you say? Let me quote my Cuban buddy in Miami, "What do you expect, they were driving live farm animals last week! Horses, cattle, mules, and donkeys just don't go that fast."
I swear he said that. (Please, no offense intended, only humor.)
September 23, 2010 at 2:56 pm
UAMCRay (9/23/2010)
Bad driving you say? Let me quote my Cuban buddy in Miami, "What do you expect, they were driving live farm animals last week! Horses, cattle, mules, and donkeys just don't go that fast."I swear he said that. (Please, no offense intended, only humor.)
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September 23, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Bad driving? Try driving anywhere in southern california when it sprinkles. If you haven't had the pleasure, imagine watching multiple vehicles performing 360's on the freeway at 80 mph.
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September 23, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I got used to NY drivers. I drove a rig in the tri-state for a bit, and grew up there. They're not so bad, they're predictable. They're going to leave the left lane for the exit at 1/8 of a mile and stand on their brake. You know it's coming.
Boston near the big dig forgot to re-institute lane lines for what... 12 years? Boston drivers now just play invent a lane. It's all good, as long as you remember to do it too. Again, predictable.
LA drivers are nuts. If there's anything remotely faster by 0.1 second, they'll be squeezing into it, even if the last 1/4" of your bumper's in the way. Predictable.
Arizona drivers go 80mph down side streets, predictable... UNTIL... oh gods, until...
A single. Drop. Of. Rain.
Okay, yes, we live in a desert. But really?! C'mon people! You've got 90 mph'ers blowing 20 mph'ers away in the left lanes while some guy has PARKED in the right lane trying to remember where his windshield wipers are!
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September 23, 2010 at 4:52 pm
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Always amazes me that I can drive up 71 to 95 all the way to Niagara Falls and back ....
Slight problem: I-95 is nowhere near Niagara Falls! It passes through New York via the City (across the GW Bridge, if I'm not mistaken) and along/near the New England coast all the way up to Maine!
I assume you're talking about I-90?
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September 23, 2010 at 5:23 pm
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jcrawf02 (9/23/2010)
Always amazes me that I can drive up 71 to 95 all the way to Niagara Falls and back ....Slight problem: I-95 is nowhere near Niagara Falls! It passes through New York via the City (across the GW Bridge, if I'm not mistaken) and along/near the New England coast all the way up to Maine!
I assume you're talking about I-90?
How's that for bad drivers? They take the road where it doesn't even go. 😛
(just kiddin)
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September 23, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Craig Farrell (9/23/2010)
LA drivers are nuts. If there's anything remotely faster by 0.1 second, they'll be squeezing into it, even if the last 1/4" of your bumper's in the way. Predictable.Arizona drivers go 80mph down side streets, predictable... UNTIL... oh gods, until...
A single. Drop. Of. Rain.
Okay, yes, we live in a desert. But really?! C'mon people! You've got 90 mph'ers blowing 20 mph'ers away in the left lanes while some guy has PARKED in the right lane trying to remember where his windshield wipers are!
I see you have driven in LA - but you forgot something. Turn signals are not to be used until you are at least half-way into the other lane. If you forget that rule, you will never be able to change lanes.
And, when it rains/sprinkles here - it's exactly the same thing as Arizona.
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September 23, 2010 at 8:03 pm
george sibbald (9/23/2010)
does anyone see a use for dbcc timewarp here:http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic991811-146-1.aspx
or maybe sp_configure 'go faster',1
which reminds, the article on what we would like to see in SQL, a go faster button is a definite must.
I looked at that, and it made me thing yet again that we need to ask ourselves if the ANSWERs are getting worse. This was a perfectly reasonable question, but of the answers to date only Leo's was reasonable: the others were disgraceful.
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September 23, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Brandie Tarvin (9/23/2010)
Better yet, give all the users db_owner or sysadmin access. That will speed everything up because then you won't have to worry about queries that fail for lack of permission. @=)
Better still, have only one user - SA; and make sure that its password is blank. :w00t:
Tom
September 23, 2010 at 8:16 pm
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Edit: Removed the quote because it quoted the wrong post...Why does it quote the wrong thing?... is it another side effect of DBCC Timewarp?
It goes away if you type fast enough, so it must be.
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September 23, 2010 at 8:30 pm
This was a perfectly reasonable question, but of the answers to date only Leo's was reasonable: the others were disgraceful.
I resemble that remark, but having been involved for an extended period of time in another thread where someone was constantly touting there own failed product, I don't feel apologetic about my comments. Perhaps I've gotten too cynical, but I am leery of any post that begins with "Hey, everybody... I heard about this great product that does such and such... Do you know about it, yet?" Even the title of that thread advertises the product by name with it's purported performance gains. Sounds like an advertisement to me.
The person asking the question knew the distinctive name of the product and could easily use the search engine of his choice to find any references to it, including when and if it the company was purchased and the name changed. After revisiting that thread, I feel truly sorry for him if he hasn't yet upgraded from SQL 2000 and is pinning his hopes on an article that was written years ago. If the author of the article is a reliable authority as the OP maintains, then he could just contact the author.
My two cents' worth and worth less than that.
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September 23, 2010 at 8:49 pm
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This was a perfectly reasonable question, but of the answers to date only Leo's was reasonable: the others were disgraceful.
I resemble that remark, but having been involved for an extended period of time in another thread where someone was constantly touting there own failed product, I don't feel apologetic about my comments. Perhaps I've gotten too cynical, but I am leery of any post that begins with "Hey, everybody... I heard about this great product that does such and such... Do you know about it, yet?" Even the title of that thread advertises the product by name with it's purported performance gains. Sounds like an advertisement to me.
The person asking the question knew the distinctive name of the product and could easily use the search engine of his choice to find any references to it, including when and if it the company was purchased and the name changed. After revisiting that thread, I feel truly sorry for him if he hasn't yet upgraded from SQL 2000 and is pinning his hopes on an article that was written years ago. If the author of the article is a reliable authority as the OP maintains, then he could just contact the author.
My two cents' worth and worth less than that.
But it would be very easy to click the link given and see what it was. And very easy to google the author of the referenced article, if you for some reason didn't recognise the name straight away. And very easy to see that the link from the article to the product was defunct. And then to conclude that the OP was probably wanting to know whether something said by someone he regarded as eminent authority (OK, maybe the whole eminent authority concept is stupid but I'll still take notice of and be willing to look at something Brad suggests) was still (after 5 years) valid and whether the product was still available: to accuse the OP of spamming and promoting a duff product without doing those simple checks was not reasonable; and when the OP pointed out that the author of the article he was asking about was someone who might be regarded as an eminent authority to say "I can't be bothered to look" was unreasonable again. If you can't be bothered to look, why the hell should anyone count your respoinse as worth anything - and why bother to post something completely worthless? The only reason I can see is to offer a gratuitous and undeserved insult to the OP.
Tom
September 23, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Okay Tom and Bob, I think that is enough. Just agree to disagree and let's move on.
And no, I'm not going to check out the link in that thread nor will I make a comment there either.
Nothing to see here, move along.
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