March 23, 2011 at 6:09 pm
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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:
Warning: They melt if you put them in your fish tank, and the rest of your fish get grumpy. I no like chocolate fish. Plastic ones work better. 😉
Chocolate covered salmon sushi... Hm...
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March 23, 2011 at 10:35 pm
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March 23, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (3/23/2011)
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.
Many years ago when Data General was still Data General, I was back in the Boston area for training (Milford actually). I learned that to drive in Boston required two people. One to navigate, the other to drive and avoid the idiots. It was interesting to come back home and introduce my wife to what I learned about driving while back there. Don't know if I could drive like that again without a refresher course.
March 24, 2011 at 3:49 am
Boston seems to have scary drivers, but Rome is scary too:
According to insurance stats, Boston isn't even in the top 10:
CityPercentage of Drivers Reporting an Accident
1. Baltimore, Md.36.5%
2. Johnstown, Pa.34.5%
3. Portland, Maine33.4%
4. Des Moines, Iowa33.2%
5. Erie, Pa.33.1%
6. Bangor, Maine32.9%
7. Birmingham, Ala.32.4%
8. Austin, Texas32.3%
9. Manchester, N.H.32.2%
10. Lincoln, Neb.31.8%
(Source: insurance.com)
However, nor USA neither Italy seem to qualify for the top 10:
No. 10: The Gambia. Population (2007): 1,708,681; Number of registered vehicles: 14,450; Number of on-road fatalities: 54; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 36.6.
No. 9: United Arab Emirates. Population (2007): 4,380,439; Number of registered vehicles: 1,754,420; Number of on-road fatalities: 1,056; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 37.1
No. 7 (tie): Angola. Population (2007): 17,024,084; Number of registered vehicles: 671,060; Number of on-road fatalities: 2,358; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 37.7
No. 7 (tie): Niger. Population (2007): 14,335,521; Number of registered vehicles: 76,061; Number of on-road fatalities: 570; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 37.7
No. 6: Iraq. Population (2007): 28,993,374; Number of registered vehicles: 2,242,269; Number of on-road fatalities: 1,932; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 38.1
No. 5: Afghanistan. Population (2007): 27,145,275; Number of registered vehicles: 731,607; Number of on-road fatalities: 1,779; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 39
No. 4: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Population (2007): 6,160,483; Number of registered vehicles: 1,826,533; Number of on-road fatalities: 2,138; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 40.5
No. 3: Egypt. Population (2007): 75,497,913; Number of registered vehicles: 4,300,000; Number of on-road fatalities: 15,983; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 41.6
No. 2: The Cook Islands. Population (2007): 13,325; Number of registered vehicles: 10,692; Number of on-road fatalities: 6; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 45
No. 1: Eritrea. Population (2007): 4,850,763; Number of registered vehicles: 60,849; Number of on-road fatalities: 81; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 48.4
(Source: MSN)
EDIT: fixed part of my dyslexic English
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March 24, 2011 at 4:38 am
GilaMonster (3/23/2011)
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
No, you didn't offend. I'm just really confused and trying to figure out where I picked up that notion. The problem with me being a speed reader is I don't always pick up the nuances in the material I read, so I have to read and re-read and re-read (and get bonked on the head with a Clue-By-Four) before I catch on to some things.
March 24, 2011 at 4:42 am
Thanks for the congrats, guys. If any of you are in Dallas, Texas during that time frame, I'd love to see you there.
No. 10: The Gambia. Population (2007): 1,708,681; Number of registered vehicles: 14,450; Number of on-road fatalities: 54; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 36.6.
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No. 1: Eritrea. Population (2007): 4,850,763; Number of registered vehicles: 60,849; Number of on-road fatalities: 81; Fatality rate per 100,000 people: 48.4
The Gambia? I've never heard of that country. Or Eritrea. As far as Lincoln, NE goes, that explains why Omaha traffic (once good) has been getting worse. It's all those Lincolnites going north. @=)
March 24, 2011 at 4:53 am
Brandie Tarvin (3/24/2011)
The Gambia? I've never heard of that country. Or Eritrea. ...
It was an Italian colony. I think they learned how (not) to drive from us. 🙂
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March 24, 2011 at 5:34 am
Gianluca Sartori (3/24/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (3/24/2011)
The Gambia? I've never heard of that country. Or Eritrea. ...It was an Italian colony. I think they learned how (not) to drive from us. 🙂
I had to look them up after reading the driving post. Interesting history on Eritrea.
March 24, 2011 at 6:06 am
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.
Makes you wish you had an 'into the ditch' button.
If this was combined with a 'walking from here' button, someone could retire.
Life is too short to be so impatient.
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March 24, 2011 at 6:46 am
GilaMonster (3/23/2011)
And drive on the wrong side, and in the emergency lane, and on the pavement, and where there just isn't any space
I've seen that happening in England as well. 😛
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March 24, 2011 at 6:57 am
Brandie Tarvin (3/24/2011)
No, you didn't offend. I'm just really confused and trying to figure out where I picked up that notion.
Done any reading/work on Exchange? A friend who is an Exchange guru informed me that the changes -> log -> data is how Exchange works, hence likely where the misconception in general comes from, people familiar with Exchange assume SQL works the same way and spread misinformation based on that assumption.
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March 24, 2011 at 7:00 am
Craig Farrell (3/23/2011)
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!
I think driving in Manhattan has gotten better over the years. Back in the late 80s I drove a truck route in Manhattan (delivering comic books) and traffic was crazy. Once, when not driving the truck I was in traffic for the Lincoln Tunnel and a cabbie was across several lanes of traffic, pointed almost 90 degrees to the rest of the cars. He leaned over and unrolled his passenger window (no power windows back then in cabs) and yelled at me that he needed to go to the gas station and pointed to the next corner.
I let him pass in front of me and he drove across my lane and another, up onto the sidewalk which is wide enough for a car and drove down the sidewalk to the gas station. The only thing cabbies didn't do back then was challenge trucks... too often.
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March 24, 2011 at 7:02 am
Gianluca Sartori (3/24/2011)
GilaMonster (3/23/2011)
And drive on the wrong side, and in the emergency lane, and on the pavement, and where there just isn't any spaceI've seen that happening in England as well. 😛
The worst is when I've seen people driving the wrong way on a divided highway.
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March 24, 2011 at 7:09 am
Stefan Krzywicki (3/23/2011)
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.
Except Houston. Everyone there knows the driving is insane and nobody has ever adjusted to it yet.
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March 24, 2011 at 7:10 am
GSquared (3/24/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (3/23/2011)
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.
Except Houston. Everyone there knows the driving is insane and nobody has ever adjusted to it yet.
Haven't driven in Houston yet. I look forward to it! : -)
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