March 1, 2011 at 8:34 am
GSquared (3/1/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
How 'bout I throw some high heels, a mini skirt, and a lumberjack into the mix to really leave you screaming for the brain bleach?@=)
HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT!!! THEY SWORE THEY'D NEVER TELL!!!! :w00t:
A picture is worth a thousand words... @=)
March 1, 2011 at 8:43 am
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
A picture is worth a thousand words... @=)
So if a picture is worth a thousand words and movies show 24 pictures per second and most movies are around 2 hours then the average movie is 172,800,000 words. If you figure a good sized novel is 60,000 words then the average movie is 2,880 novels, beyond the reach of even Rober Jordan, Steven King or other overly wordy writers. Even Isaac Asimov didn't write that many books in his lifetime.
Of course the average movie script is 120 pages, so make of that what you will.
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March 1, 2011 at 8:47 am
Koen Verbeeck (2/28/2011)
GSquared (2/28/2011)
Kiara (2/28/2011)
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jcrawf02 (2/28/2011)
I'm just growing tired of having to explain Microsoft's commercials to my wife. Some idiot on the screen says "To the Cloud..." and I have to explain that no, that's VPN, or no, that's Photoshop, and that's not new at all.case in point: http://blog.juggle.com/2010/12/06/the-cloud-is-a-lie-how-microsofts-to-the-cloud-ads-confuse-and-mislead/[/url]
Wonderful marketing, I'm sure it allows them to sell "cloud-enabled" tech at a higher cost, but highly annoying.
I like the ad where they're in the airport and they can watch something they have Tivoed at home on their laptop. At the end when the woman says "Yay cloud" she sounds pretty sarcastic to me.
When I read this quoted in your response, it almost comes across as a sexist remark, wanted to take this opportunity to apologize for the way that was phrased. I'm not explaining something to my wife *because* she's my wife, it's purely a coincidence that I know something that she doesn't. In fact, it happens so rarely that it makes it all the more annoying to waste it on something like bad marketing... 🙂
Well, I didn't take it as sexist. I have the same discussions with my husband - because I'm the techie, and he's not. For what it's worth - I didn't read your comment as sexist, but more as "techie talking to non-techie partner".
Hopefully, no one ends up actually taking offense at the comment!
-Ki
Darn it! Somebody needs to be offended by it! If nobody else will, I'll volunteer for it. :hehe:
He talks to his wife? I'm so offended!
:hehe:
Well, sometimes. But, y'see, he uses all these big words that I don't get. I mean, they have more than one syll... syll... what's that word again? :w00t:
Now that I have just completely disgusted myself, I think I'll go back to trying to talk to this web service. I've apparently offended it, and it doesn't want to talk to me... 😀
-Ki
-Ki
March 1, 2011 at 8:47 am
Stefan Krzywicki (3/1/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
A picture is worth a thousand words... @=)So if a picture is worth a thousand words and movies show 24 pictures per second and most movies are around 2 hours then the average movie is 172,800,000 words. If you figure a good sized novel is 60,000 words then the average movie is 2,880 novels, beyond the reach of even Rober Jordan, Steven King or other overly wordy writers. Even Isaac Asimov didn't write that many books in his lifetime.
Of course the average movie script is 120 pages, so make of that what you will.
173 Megawords per movie... Cameron paid too much to make Avatar on a "value per word" basis...
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March 1, 2011 at 8:48 am
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
How 'bout I throw some high heels, a mini skirt, and a lumberjack into the mix to really leave you screaming for the brain bleach?@=)
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok...
-Ki
-Ki
March 1, 2011 at 8:51 am
Kiara (3/1/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
How 'bout I throw some high heels, a mini skirt, and a lumberjack into the mix to really leave you screaming for the brain bleach?@=)
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok...
-Ki
Yep, you're a perfect fit for The Thread.
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March 1, 2011 at 9:18 am
GSquared (3/1/2011)
Kiara (3/1/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
How 'bout I throw some high heels, a mini skirt, and a lumberjack into the mix to really leave you screaming for the brain bleach?@=)
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok...
-Ki
Yep, you're a perfect fit for The Thread.
Yep, and that of itself is pretty scary! :w00t:
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March 1, 2011 at 11:13 am
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GSquared (3/1/2011)
Kiara (3/1/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
How 'bout I throw some high heels, a mini skirt, and a lumberjack into the mix to really leave you screaming for the brain bleach?@=)
"I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok...
-Ki
Yep, you're a perfect fit for The Thread.
Yep, and that of itself is pretty scary! :w00t:
LOL...
... wear heels all night and work all day!...
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March 1, 2011 at 2:10 pm
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Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
How 'bout I throw some high heels, a mini skirt, and a lumberjack into the mix to really leave you screaming for the brain bleach?@=)
I.....no, I can't even post that response. *waves innocently to Grant*
Well do you want video or just pictures?
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March 1, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Grant Fritchey (3/1/2011)
Well do you want video or just pictures?
Just don't put either on The Thread. Please... 😀
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March 1, 2011 at 3:09 pm
GSquared (2/28/2011)
And between Hotmail's issue last month (was it last month?) and Google's issue today, anyone who trusts any business-essential anything to "the cloud" is probably having second thoughts right about now.
There speaks an optimist.
Here is a different take on it.
In most companies the average middle management idiot thinks (a) he knows it all (b) anything he thought of can't ever go wrong and (c) all these technical people who know about computers are far less qualified to evaluate the risk of using the cloud than is a bean-counter with exactly nil knowledge of IT or computing technology who has heard of the cloud only because the middle management idiot has told him about it. The great advantage of that bean-counter, from the idiot's point of view, is that the bean counter will believe the idiot when he tells him the cloud will work fine and is risk free and is the best way forward - especially as the idiot makes things look as if the cloud would save money - and therefor will never argue with him. This is because the average bean-counter in most companies (all the way up to the CFO) is a rabid technophobe (but doesn't want to admit it) who hates having to talk to people who try to make hime understand that some technical issues are important, and would therefor much rather believe the idiot than anyone who is technically competent.
result: Hotmail's issue and Google's issue will change very few views about the cloud.
One interesting take on the cloud can be found here[/url].
Tom
March 1, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Tom.Thomson (3/1/2011)
GSquared (2/28/2011)
And between Hotmail's issue last month (was it last month?) and Google's issue today, anyone who trusts any business-essential anything to "the cloud" is probably having second thoughts right about now.There speaks an optimist.
Here is a different take on it.
In most companies the average middle management idiot thinks (a) he knows it all (b) anything he thought of can't ever go wrong and (c) all these technical people who know about computers are far less qualified to evaluate the risk of using the cloud than is a bean-counter with exactly nil knowledge of IT or computing technology who has heard of the cloud only because the middle management idiot has told him about it. The great advantage of that bean-counter, from the idiot's point of view, is that the bean counter will believe the idiot when he tells him the cloud will work fine and is risk free and is the best way forward - especially as the idiot makes things look as if the cloud would save money - and therefor will never argue with him. This is because the average bean-counter in most companies (all the way up to the CFO) is a rabid technophobe (but doesn't want to admit it) who hates having to talk to people who try to make hime understand that some technical issues are important, and would therefor much rather believe the idiot than anyone who is technically competent.
result: Hotmail's issue and Google's issue will change very few views about the cloud.
I like Assimov's definitions for optimists and pessimists.
An optimist is convinced this is the best of all possible worlds. And a pessimist is afraid that's probably correct.
- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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March 1, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (3/1/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (3/1/2011)
A picture is worth a thousand words... @=)So if a picture is worth a thousand words and movies show 24 pictures per second and most movies are around 2 hours then the average movie is 172,800,000 words. If you figure a good sized novel is 60,000 words then the average movie is 2,880 novels, beyond the reach of even Rober Jordan, Steven King or other overly wordy writers. .
Well, Corín Tellado wrote over 4000 novels, so has to be in the running.
Steve.
March 1, 2011 at 11:17 pm
David Benoit (3/1/2011)
Grant Fritchey (3/1/2011)
Well do you want video or just pictures?Just don't put either on The Thread. Please... 😀
Hey, I thought only code was barred on The Thread?
Hmmm, but this gives an idea. Excuse me whilst I pop off to the photocopier. I'm sure it will help me make amends for my faux pas earlier.
Steve.
March 1, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Fal (3/1/2011)
David Benoit (3/1/2011)
Grant Fritchey (3/1/2011)
Well do you want video or just pictures?Just don't put either on The Thread. Please... 😀
Hey, I thought only code was barred on The Thread?
Hmmm, but this gives an idea. Excuse me whilst I pop off to the photocopier. I'm sure it will help me make amends for my faux pas earlier.
Steve.
I think we should pass on the photocopier. Images of Grant in fishnet stockings is bad enough.
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