December 1, 2010 at 7:37 pm
David Burrows (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/30/2010)
For any that might be interested in an opportunity to heckle a threadizen, check this out[/url].Anyone know if there will be a recording available, 2.30AM is a tad late for me 🙁
Heh... at least you stand a chance of NOT being interupted at that time of day. 😀
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December 1, 2010 at 8:05 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/30/2010)
For any that might be interested in an opportunity to heckle a threadizen, check this out[/url].The 744 pixel wide image doesn't really fit well unscaled in a 670 pixel wide slot.
I know. That is a pain of the wordpress plugin. I scaled it down to 670 and then published it. Lo and behold the published version jumps to 744 again.
Ah. In that case if I ever get round to blogging I might look for a better tool than wordpress - or maybe just use WPM for scaling rather that using the publishing tool.
Tom
December 1, 2010 at 8:28 pm
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Who is Karthik?
Take your pick of these three choices:
(1) A famous Tamil actor, who briefly had a go a politics but went back to movies pretty rapidly when he discovered he was no good at it (he was the local head of a party which took an absolute drubbing in the Tamil Nadu state elections in 2006).
(2) A fairly popular Tamil crooner (no relation to the actor above, so far as I know) who sounds pretty dreadful to my western ears.
(3) Someone whose posts to sqlservercentral have led to some threadizens (including me) forming a somewhat dim view of him.
As Kathik (or whatever Karthik is short for) is a fairly common Tamil name (it gets abbreviated to Karthi as well as to Karthik) there are actually plenty more possibilities, but I think the three above are the best known.
Tom
December 1, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/30/2010)
For any that might be interested in an opportunity to heckle a threadizen, check this out[/url].The 744 pixel wide image doesn't really fit well unscaled in a 670 pixel wide slot.
I know. That is a pain of the wordpress plugin. I scaled it down to 670 and then published it. Lo and behold the published version jumps to 744 again.
Ah. In that case if I ever get round to blogging I might look for a better tool than wordpress - or maybe just use WPM for scaling rather that using the publishing tool.
Wordpress is good for blogging. I would recommend just finding a different tool to scale the images to your liking.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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December 1, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Who is Karthik?
Take your pick of these three choices:
(1) A famous Tamil actor, who briefly had a go a politics but went back to movies pretty rapidly when he discovered he was no good at it (he was the local head of a party which took an absolute drubbing in the Tamil Nadu state elections in 2006).
(2) A fairly popular Tamil crooner (no relation to the actor above, so far as I know) who sounds pretty dreadful to my western ears.
(3) Someone whose posts to sqlservercentral have led to some threadizens (including me) forming a somewhat dim view of him.
As Kathik (or whatever Karthik is short for) is a fairly common Tamil name (it gets abbreviated to Karthi as well as to Karthik) there are actually plenty more possibilities, but I think the three above are the best known.
I was trying to keep the recursion going...
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events
December 2, 2010 at 2:03 am
Jeff Moden (12/1/2010)
David Burrows (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/30/2010)
For any that might be interested in an opportunity to heckle a threadizen, check this out[/url].Anyone know if there will be a recording available, 2.30AM is a tad late for me 🙁
Heh... at least you stand a chance of NOT being interupted at that time of day. 😀
Meh! What about the nagging wife :Whistling:
Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.
December 2, 2010 at 2:11 am
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
Greg Edwards-268690 (12/1/2010)
GilaMonster (12/1/2010)
You know there's a problem when...In the last 2 weeks there have been three resignations at current client:
The senior developer (leaving only 2 permanent developers)
The Chief Enterprise Architect
The CIO
I sense the fire under the pressure cooker might get bigger.
The last 2 - seems like you have a car with no steering wheel.
Greg E
No - the first two may be a problem, but the last one probably means that the monkey is no longer playing with the steering wheel.
In this case the CIO was doing a fairly decent job of fixing all the historical problems with the IT department (of which there were many). Left because the executives above (CFO mostly) was making it impossible to do the job. (CIO can't even approve a $3000 hardware purchase without the CFO's approval, and the CFO always says no)
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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December 2, 2010 at 2:28 am
Ya, I agree with Michael
December 2, 2010 at 2:33 am
Junglee_George (12/2/2010)
Ya, I agree with Michael
You mean you read the whole Thread?
Congrats...
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December 2, 2010 at 4:06 am
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Who is Karthik?
Take your pick of these three choices:
....
I was trying to keep the recursion going...
If he completes that PhD can we call him Doctor Who, or would that infringe BBC copyright?
Tom
December 2, 2010 at 4:31 am
GilaMonster (12/2/2010)
In this case the CIO was doing a fairly decent job of fixing all the historical problems with the IT department (of which there were many). Left because the executives above (CFO mostly) was making it impossible to do the job. (CIO can't even approve a $3000 hardware purchase without the CFO's approval, and the CFO always says no)
That illustrates why there are so few good CIOs - most of the good ones have quit in frustration at being blocked at every turn by a CFO who thinks that anything the CIO wants to buy is just another toy for the techies. It's definitely a bad sign for the company, and for anyone contracted to it, when this happens.
CFOs need to be kept in order by a strong CEO or strong Chairman (I think that's Company President in the US) to avoid the CFO taking decisions outside his area of competence on the pretext that they are purely money decisions, but in many companies they are not controlled. Of course letting everyone spend anything they like regardless of budget doesn't work either, again the CEO or the Chairman needs to excercise some control. When the CEO wants to spend as if money's going out of fashion it gets really fraught, just as it does when the CEO wants to do R&D and Production IT without spending a penny.
Tom
December 2, 2010 at 6:32 am
Tom.Thomson (12/2/2010)
GilaMonster (12/2/2010)
In this case the CIO was doing a fairly decent job of fixing all the historical problems with the IT department (of which there were many). Left because the executives above (CFO mostly) was making it impossible to do the job. (CIO can't even approve a $3000 hardware purchase without the CFO's approval, and the CFO always says no)That illustrates why there are so few good CIOs - most of the good ones have quit in frustration at being blocked at every turn by a CFO who thinks that anything the CIO wants to buy is just another toy for the techies. It's definitely a bad sign for the company, and for anyone contracted to it, when this happens.
CFOs need to be kept in order by a strong CEO or strong Chairman (I think that's Company President in the US) to avoid the CFO taking decisions outside his area of competence on the pretext that they are purely money decisions, but in many companies they are not controlled. Of course letting everyone spend anything they like regardless of budget doesn't work either, again the CEO or the Chairman needs to excercise some control. When the CEO wants to spend as if money's going out of fashion it gets really fraught, just as it does when the CEO wants to do R&D and Production IT without spending a penny.
CEO wants to do R&D and Production IT without spending a penny
Did you peek at my company's org chart?
CEO, CFO - both finance guys, no CIO.
You hit it on the head as usual - good balance, and area of competence, is critical.
Greg E
December 2, 2010 at 7:32 am
Can anyone point me to a good example of an abstract that was submitted for PASS? A weblink or something?
I want to apply as a speaker for SQL Rally and I'm sure it's different from the stuff I've written up for SQL Saturdays. Of course, as soon as I can get the Rally site to recognize my PASS site login as being a valid account, maybe I can log in and see the Speaker's Contract page. @sigh.
December 2, 2010 at 7:44 am
Brandie Tarvin (12/2/2010)
Can anyone point me to a good example of an abstract that was submitted for PASS? A weblink or something?I want to apply as a speaker for SQL Rally and I'm sure it's different from the stuff I've written up for SQL Saturdays. Of course, as soon as I can get the Rally site to recognize my PASS site login as being a valid account, maybe I can log in and see the Speaker's Contract page. @sigh.
I believe there's a few people in here that have written one. 🙂
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December 2, 2010 at 8:28 am
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (12/1/2010)
Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (11/30/2010)
For any that might be interested in an opportunity to heckle a threadizen, check this out[/url].The 744 pixel wide image doesn't really fit well unscaled in a 670 pixel wide slot.
I know. That is a pain of the wordpress plugin. I scaled it down to 670 and then published it. Lo and behold the published version jumps to 744 again.
Ah. In that case if I ever get round to blogging I might look for a better tool than wordpress - or maybe just use WPM for scaling rather that using the publishing tool.
Wordpress is good for blogging. I would recommend just finding a different tool to scale the images to your liking.
I agree. I like WordPress well enough and there are so many tools and plugins you'll likely find answers there for whatever you want to do. I haven't had time to explore many of them myself yet. I've just gotten to making a custom header image for one of the blogs. Between the Holiday and illness (mild), I've let the blogging slip. I need to get back to it.
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