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Are the posted questions getting worse?

  • February 2, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    #1281679

    credit them with the creative avatar of your choice.

    For example, maybe this one for Grant:

    He likes skirts.

    Or maybe this one for Jason, given his tenure in Las Vegas:

  • February 2, 2011 at 9:19 pm

    #1281706

    Amazing it is how arrogant some may be.

    And then to post here as well?

  • February 2, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    #1281709

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/31/2011)

    Yikes, lots of thread activity since I disappeared Fri am.

    Being unwired is nice 😉

    Sounds like great fodder for an editorial. 🙂

    --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:
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    How to Post Performance Problems
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  • February 2, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    #1281711

    jcrawf02 (1/31/2011)

    GilaMonster (1/31/2011)

    WayneS (1/31/2011)

    So... what's your favorite data modeling tool?

    Pencil and paper (or marker and whiteboard).

    Personally, I prefer using Grant

    Me too but he get's really ticked when you try to write on him. 😀

    --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)

  • February 2, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    #1281714

    WayneS (1/31/2011)

    So... what's your favorite data modeling tool?

    Starting a new job today... I get to use whatever tools I want. I've used ERwin and PowerDesigner in the past. IMHO, ERwin is too overpriced.

    Just trying to see what else is out there that others use and like.

    I'm with Tom on this one... beer and cocktail napkins. If a paper table cloth or Grant is available to write on, even better. 😀

    --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)

  • February 3, 2011 at 1:04 am

    #1281747

    Lynn Pettis (2/2/2011)

    Amazing it is how arrogant some may be.

    And then to post here as well?

    Yet another troll. If you don't feed them, they starve and disappear.

    -- Gianluca Sartori

  • February 3, 2011 at 3:22 am

    #1281784

    Gianluca Sartori (2/3/2011)

    Lynn Pettis (2/2/2011)

    Amazing it is how arrogant some may be.

    And then to post here as well?

    Yet another troll. If you don't feed them, they starve and disappear.

    I can see a genuine desire to educate, primarily on SQL but also on etiquette and how to get the best out of the site.

    But this guy obviously 'knows' everything he needs to know about forum etiquette so he can't learn anything else. He's just here for the 'trullz'

    There is a "Report" button I always wondered why then when phrases the like of which this pet troll uses appear directed at our well known and resprected users - this is what its for.

  • February 3, 2011 at 4:09 am

    #1281802

    Tom Brown (2/3/2011)

    [There is a "Report" button I always wondered why then when phrases the like of which this pet troll uses appear directed at our well known and resprected users - this is what its for.

    Already done, though I doubt Steve will get much more luck.

    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

  • February 3, 2011 at 5:16 am

    #1281828

    s/he's dissed another poster's spelling now. In the words of the people from Teh Interwebz: "wat?"

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  • February 3, 2011 at 5:22 am

    #1281835

    mazzz (2/3/2011)

    s/he's dissed another poster's spelling now. In the words of the people from Teh Interwebz: "wat?"

    Oooh, apparently I'm not worth $1. Hope my current client doesn't see that, I'm having enough trouble already getting money out of them. :hehe:

    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

  • February 3, 2011 at 5:46 am

    #1281850

    I have to say, it's entertaining as hell. You guys should keep poking him/her (most likely him). I'm so glad that's the exception, not the rule, for youngsters posting in here.

    It's just silly to obscure the language so badly when you're talking tech. All our little abbreviations & code words make it hard enough to understand that taking away common syntax & spelling just unnecessarily mucks up the communication. And let's face it, communication is the hardest thing to manage in business.

    "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

  • February 3, 2011 at 5:49 am

    #1281851

    Grant Fritchey (2/3/2011)

    I have to say, it's entertaining as hell. You guys should keep poking him/her (most likely him).

    That's his whole point. Trolling us to make us angry.

    Ignore him and he'll go away. I just hope he someday realizes that he has wasted a lot of time on something silly, while life is already so short.

    Need an answer? No, you need a question
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    MCSE Business Intelligence - Microsoft Data Platform MVP

  • February 3, 2011 at 5:51 am

    #1281853

    Koen (da-zero) (2/3/2011)

    Grant Fritchey (2/3/2011)

    I have to say, it's entertaining as hell. You guys should keep poking him/her (most likely him).

    I just hope he someday realizes that he has wasted a lot of time on something silly, while life is

    already so short.

    I just hope he never makes it in the industry. I'd hate to be the one stuck working with him.

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

  • February 3, 2011 at 5:52 am

    #1281854

    Grant Fritchey (2/3/2011)

    It's just silly to obscure the language so badly when you're talking tech. All our little abbreviations & code words make it hard enough to understand that taking away common syntax & spelling just unnecessarily mucks up the communication. And let's face it, communication is the hardest thing to manage in business.

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I've asked a number of posters to stop with the text speak and always wondered if I was overreacting when I did it.

    Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

  • February 3, 2011 at 6:03 am

    #1281857

    Brandie Tarvin (2/3/2011)

    Grant Fritchey (2/3/2011)

    It's just silly to obscure the language so badly when you're talking tech. All our little abbreviations & code words make it hard enough to understand that taking away common syntax & spelling just unnecessarily mucks up the communication. And let's face it, communication is the hardest thing to manage in business.

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this way. I've asked a number of posters to stop with the text speak and always wondered if I was overreacting when I did it.

    No, it really is important that we try (key word) to communicate as clearly as possible. IT (like science or engineering) requires as precise communication as you can. Things won't work otherwise.

    Personally, I hate it when I notice that I left a word out of a sentence. I hate it even more when I put out a bad fact (which I've had a few of lately, early Alzheimers?). Taking pride in making it hard for people to understand you? I'd be willing to bet that companies don't hire based on that and MVP awards and other stuff are not given out based on that. It's just silly youthful behavior by & large. The world will beat it out of them soon enough. Or they'll get a job with me, or Jeff... bwa-ha-ha-ha... oh, sorry.

    "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

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