March 23, 2011 at 11:47 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/23/2011)
Looks like everyone behaved while I was out yesterday. Good job, everyone
Errr, crap, you're back fast. Back in a bit, I've got some mass editing to do.
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March 23, 2011 at 11:55 am
Kit G (3/23/2011)
Ah, so nice to know that Boston has retained the title of "Worst City to Drive In". My dad went to MIT in the early 60s and when he commented to his landlady that people didn't seem to obey the traffic lines, her reply was "Lines? Lines are for the birds."
You do get used to it though. Each city has its own driving character that seems insane to outsiders and you adjust.
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March 23, 2011 at 11:58 am
Off-topic Self Promotion!
A-Kon 22, the biggest Anime convention in the U.S., will be throwing a launch party for The Ladies of Trade Town anthology (edited by Lee Martindale). Why is this a self promote? Well, because I'm one of the authors and I will be there as part of the panel and a mass signing event, and for the party (of course).
Details at: http://www.a-kon.com/bm/at-the-kon/guests/writer-lee-martindale-makes-it-to-a-kon-22.shtml
and
http://www.redroom.com/blog/gloria-oliver/ladies-trade-town-anthology-release-and-party
And may I just say the cover (see in the second link) is absolutely AWESOME. @=)
Okay, self-promo over. Return to your regularly scheduled Threadness now while I get back to SQL Server stuff. (Apparently I still have reading to do on Transaction file logs and data files).
March 23, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Hm, an anthology of sci-fi and fantasy hookers. Anyone else have that list of books to read that just gets longer... and longer... and longer...? 😀
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March 23, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Craig Farrell (3/23/2011)
Hm, an anthology of sci-fi and fantasy hookers. Anyone else have that list of books to read that just gets longer... and longer... and longer...? 😀
My "to read" book list has been getting longer for over 40 years. I need a way to stop time for everyone but me (and to become immortal) so I can catch up.
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March 23, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Craig Farrell (3/23/2011)
Hm, an anthology of sci-fi and fantasy hookers. Anyone else have that list of books to read that just gets longer... and longer... and longer...? 😀
Last time I measured my reading pile, it was over 1 metre high. Of course, I've bought a few things since then so.....
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March 23, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Brandie Tarvin (3/23/2011)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/23/2011)
Looks like everyone behaved while I was out yesterday. Good job, everyoneWait. You mean we could have raised cain and gotten away with it?
Darnit!
I did - I have him on cold storage in my basement.
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March 23, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Brandie Tarvin (3/23/2011)
Off-topic Self Promotion!A-Kon 22, the biggest Anime convention in the U.S., will be throwing a launch party for The Ladies of Trade Town anthology (edited by Lee Martindale). Why is this a self promote? Well, because I'm one of the authors and I will be there as part of the panel and a mass signing event, and for the party (of course).
Ooohh... Congrats
Return to your regularly scheduled Threadness now while I get back to SQL Server stuff. (Apparently I still have reading to do on Transaction file logs and data files).
Didn't offend I hope?
Best source (I've found): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/maintain/sqlIObasics.mspx (SQL 2000, but the fundamentals haven't changed)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/iobasics.mspx
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March 23, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Brandie Tarvin (3/23/2011)
Off-topic Self Promotion!A-Kon 22, the biggest Anime convention in the U.S., will be throwing a launch party for The Ladies of Trade Town anthology (edited by Lee Martindale). Why is this a self promote? Well, because I'm one of the authors and I will be there as part of the panel and a mass signing event, and for the party (of course).
Details at: http://www.a-kon.com/bm/at-the-kon/guests/writer-lee-martindale-makes-it-to-a-kon-22.shtml
and
http://www.redroom.com/blog/gloria-oliver/ladies-trade-town-anthology-release-and-party
And may I just say the cover (see in the second link) is absolutely AWESOME. @=)
Okay, self-promo over. Return to your regularly scheduled Threadness now while I get back to SQL Server stuff. (Apparently I still have reading to do on Transaction file logs and data files).
Congratulations and have fun.Sounds like a great event.
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March 23, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Craig Farrell (3/23/2011)
Jack Corbett (3/23/2011)
I'm not going to make the duck tour, but I am planning on getting into Boston somehow for the dinner. I hate driving in any city and Boston is always the worst. Any recommendations for parking?On the sidewalk or two lanes from the curb, like everyone else...
Boston: The only city I've ever seen where the drivers daily play 'Invent a Lane'...
Did they EVER finish the Big Dig?
Craig, 'Inventing a Lane' did not originate in Boston, it was first registered as a purely South African invention. Our "communal" taxis (can't call them bl@ck taxis) surely hold the copyright to that. Ask Gail if you don't believe me. :w00t:
March 23, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Changing topic to one that we had a couple of posts ago (think Craig and Brandie were involved in it and perhaps some other Threadizens).
I'm currently reading Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and came across the following passage:
What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That forces you to sort it out in your own mind. And the more slow and dumb-witted your pupil, the more you have to break things down into more simple ideas. And that's really the essence of programming. By the time you've sorted out a complicated idea into little steps that even a stupid machine can deal with, you've certainly learned something about it yourself. The teacher usually learns more than the pupil. Isn't that true?
Oh, how true this is.
Edit: just removed a comma in the quote.
March 23, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Jan Van der Eecken (3/23/2011)Craig, 'Inventing a Lane' did not originate in Boston, it was first registered as a purely South African invention. Our "communal" taxis (can't call them bl@ck taxis) surely hold the copyright to that. Ask Gail if you don't believe me. :w00t:
And drive on the wrong side, and in the emergency lane, and on the pavement, and where there just isn't any space (car owners will move aside, they don't want the damage as the taxies often aren't insured and won't stop in the case of minor accident)
BMW drivers are almost as bad. I nearly got taken out twice on the way home, by the same BMW. He started to pull out of a side road in front of me, I just hooted and swerved (no space to stop and I wasn't in a 'giving way' mood). He obviously didn't appreciate being behind me because as soon as we got onto a straight section of road he pulled into the oncoming traffic lane in order to pass me. There was oncoming traffic. Much swerving and hooting ensued, somehow he did not get hit.
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March 23, 2011 at 4:18 pm
GilaMonster (3/23/2011)
Jan Van der Eecken (3/23/2011)Craig, 'Inventing a Lane' did not originate in Boston, it was first registered as a purely South African invention. Our "communal" taxis (can't call them bl@ck taxis) surely hold the copyright to that. Ask Gail if you don't believe me. :w00t:
And drive on the wrong side, and in the emergency lane, and on the pavement, and where there just isn't any space (car owners will move aside, they don't want the damage as the taxies often aren't insured and won't stop in the case of minor accident)
BMW drivers are almost as bad. I nearly got taken out twice on the way home, by the same BMW. He started to pull out of a side road in front of me, I just hooted and swerved (no space to stop and I wasn't in a 'giving way' mood). He obviously didn't appreciate being behind me because as soon as we got onto a straight section of road he pulled into the oncoming traffic lane in order to pass me. There was oncoming traffic. Much swerving and hooting ensued, somehow he did not get hit.
'Sounds dangerous Gail. Maybe it is time to relocate. 'Just don't move to Boston! 😀
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March 23, 2011 at 4:24 pm
GilaMonster (3/23/2011)
Jan Van der Eecken (3/23/2011)Craig, 'Inventing a Lane' did not originate in Boston, it was first registered as a purely South African invention. Our "communal" taxis (can't call them bl@ck taxis) surely hold the copyright to that. Ask Gail if you don't believe me. :w00t:
And drive on the wrong side, and in the emergency lane, and on the pavement, and where there just isn't any space (car owners will move aside, they don't want the damage as the taxies often aren't insured and won't stop in the case of minor accident)
BMW drivers are almost as bad. I nearly got taken out twice on the way home, by the same BMW. He started to pull out of a side road in front of me, I just hooted and swerved (no space to stop and I wasn't in a 'giving way' mood). He obviously didn't appreciate being behind me because as soon as we got onto a straight section of road he pulled into the oncoming traffic lane in order to pass me. There was oncoming traffic. Much swerving and hooting ensued, somehow he did not get hit.
Ah, see, that just sounds like Manhattan to me... Home sweet home... of the lunatics, but they're MY lunatics!
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March 23, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (3/23/2011)
I may go to that one. I think it is between yours and plan reuse.
I'm giving away chocolate fish, if that helps...:hehe:
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