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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 1

GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Two that produced the 'wtf' reaction tonight...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1031451-391-1.aspx
Seriously?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1031507.aspx
Petty games with words and an attempt to be right?

Nono, it was an attempt to be accurate. C'mon, get it right. 😛

And now, she's gonna shoot me. 😀

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 2

Craig Farrell (12/7/2010)
GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Two that produced the 'wtf' reaction tonight...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1031451-391-1.aspx
Seriously?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1031507.aspx
Petty games with words and an attempt to be right?
Nono, it was an attempt to be accurate. C'mon, get it right. 😛
And now, she's gonna shoot me. 😀

I don't think she's the type that would shoot you. I'd watch out for sharp blades instead. 😀

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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 3

Alvin Ramard (12/7/2010)
Craig Farrell (12/7/2010)
GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Two that produced the 'wtf' reaction tonight...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1031451-391-1.aspx
Seriously?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1031507.aspx
Petty games with words and an attempt to be right?
Nono, it was an attempt to be accurate. C'mon, get it right. 😛
And now, she's gonna shoot me. 😀
I don't think she's the type that would shoot you. I'd watch out for sharp blades instead. 😀

Ahhhh, rats. She's still got that Katana and the project from heck going, don't she? Heavens to Mergatroid... exit, stage left.

- Craig Farrell

Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

Just be aware that fox is another of those 'interesting' people we have around here. Check posting history.

Gail Shaw
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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 5

Craig Farrell (12/7/2010)
GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Two that produced the 'wtf' reaction tonight...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1031451-391-1.aspx
Seriously?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/FindPost1031507.aspx
Petty games with words and an attempt to be right?
Nono, it was an attempt to be accurate. C'mon, get it right. 😛
And now, she's gonna shoot me. 😀

Stab you. Sheesh! 🙂

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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (12/7/2010)
Just be aware that fox is another of those 'interesting' people we have around here. Check posting history.

No worries. I have my humor bat handy. One of the nice side effects of constantly being a joker is you can get away with a few comments others would be slammed for.

Nope, I never do anything with a plan. Life just ends up in my favor by accident. It's good to be the target... errr... crap.

- Craig Farrell

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 7

Craig Farrell (12/7/2010)
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One of the nice side effects of constantly being a joker is you can get away with a few comments others would be slammed for.
Nope, I never do anything with a plan. Life just ends up in my favor by accident. It's good to be the target... errr... crap.

Is THAT right, Curly?!? **SLAM** 😛

More seriously: I second Gail regarding Fox' posting history check...

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 8

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/7/2010)
My lunch yesterday

Hey Steve, what size of a steak you were able to hide underneath the green stuff? :-D:hehe:

Lutz
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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 9

LutzM (12/7/2010)
Craig Farrell (12/7/2010)
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One of the nice side effects of constantly being a joker is you can get away with a few comments others would be slammed for.
Nope, I never do anything with a plan. Life just ends up in my favor by accident. It's good to be the target... errr... crap.
Is THAT right, Curly?!? **SLAM** 😛
More seriously: I second Gail regarding Fox' posting history check...

Nyuck nyuck nyuck, try it again Moe. That was fun!

I did check, offhand, just because of the shortness. I had a curiousity. Then I took off the kid's gloves. 😉

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 10

Lynn Pettis (12/7/2010)
Betty simply asked "Are you all morons or just trained to be that way?".

My Ann never managed anything quite that polite! ;-):-P:-D

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 11

GSquared (12/7/2010)

It depends on the question:
"Hello, I need technical support. Do you have the IQ necessary to tie your own shoes and feed yourself breakfast?"
"Hello, I have a technical issue I need help with. Are you the kind of moron who ends up on support calls because you can't qualify for anything better paying?"
"Hello, I've got an issue with your company's product. Were you hired this morning, like the last guy I spoke to?"

I guess the first two are disrespect, but the third invites the answer "Yes, buut I was an expert user for 10 years before they hired me today".

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 12

Roy Ernest (12/7/2010)
jcrawf02 (12/7/2010)
Where do space aliens outsource to?
India... 🙂

Nonsense. They outsource to Hollywood.

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 13

Brandie Tarvin (12/7/2010)
I have to wonder if this thread is encouraging people to respond more harshly to articles, posts, etc. Certain we've seen an uptick amongst ourselves of bashing other posters. But today I see this in response to one of Jeff's articles.
Mike McIver (12/7/2010)
Really . . . I don't know where to start. <CommentCutting> This article is an example of how poor coding propagates...

I've seen that sort of attack on Jeff's articles quite often; there are those, unfortunately, who don't believe in writing whatever works efficiently with checks to make sure you know (before it causes any problems) if it stops working. A pity, but we have to live with them. What you quote is fairly mild compared to some of the nonsense that we've seen before. (Incidentally, a URL would be useful to save messing around with google - especially as google returns no results for what you quote).

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 14

Roy Ernest (12/7/2010)
I am trying to keep my word that I gave to Jeff. I am writing an article on how to have successful net meetings. 🙂 If I dont write it, I might get a frozen Pork chop launched at me. 🙂

Only one frozen posk chop???

Optimist! 😛

Tom

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 15

Tom.Thomson (12/7/2010)
Brandie Tarvin (12/7/2010)
I have to wonder if this thread is encouraging people to respond more harshly to articles, posts, etc. Certain we've seen an uptick amongst ourselves of bashing other posters. But today I see this in response to one of Jeff's articles.
Mike McIver (12/7/2010)
Really . . . I don't know where to start. <CommentCutting> This article is an example of how poor coding propagates...
I've seen that sort of attack on Jeff's articles quite often; there are those, unfortunately, who don't believe in writing whatever works efficiently with checks to make sure you know (before it causes any problems) if it stops working. A pity, but we have to live with them.

I've had similar comments on a couple of my articles too. It's not a recent thing.

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

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We stand on the bridge and no one may pass