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ChrisM@home (4/26/2011)
Is it me, or are the posted questions from developers working on medical systems a little worrying?

Have you ever noticed all of the problems with data in that industry?

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ChrisM@home (4/26/2011)
Is it me, or are the posted questions from developers working on medical systems a little worrying?

Why do you say he's working with medical systems? I must have missed something.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 3

When did Brandie crack the top 25?

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GilaMonster (4/26/2011)
Working on PASS abstracts tonight. Am strongly tempted to write one of them at least in verse. Just for fun...

I was working on one at 4am Monday. Not sure if I want to submit it, but we'll see.

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ChrisM@home (4/26/2011)
Is it me, or are the posted questions from developers working on medical systems a little worrying?

Yes, they are

Jim Murphy SSCertifiable Points: 6263 More actions · Answer 6

GSquared (4/26/2011)
Edit: EVEN BETTER! Seusian verse!
"I would not index that on a train
I would not index that on a plain
I do not like cluster fragmentation
I do not like that data pagination..."

...dying laughing with tears in my eyes.

Gail - its always nice to add a personal touch, and for you that is either, uh, let me see:

a) Presenting while biting someones hand until they debatably die of either improperly brushed teeth or possibly venom.

b) <blush> snuggling.

c) or writing in verse; at least a little. Maybe add a little as a quote on a slide or two. Something. This is good stuff.

Although all of these options sound interesting and definitely add, er, life to the presentation. Sort of. Option C is the safest and still represents the Gila Monster we know.

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GilaMonster (4/26/2011)
I don't do epic verse.
Though... (read attached at your own risk, very amateur attempt)

I take exception to the words "very amateur". Read both and thoroughly enjoyed both.

Thanks for sharing you hidden talent, hidden that is till now.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 8

bitbucket-25253 (4/26/2011)
GilaMonster (4/26/2011)
I don't do epic verse.
Though... (read attached at your own risk, very amateur attempt)
I take exception to the words "very amateur". Read both and thoroughly enjoyed both.
Thanks for sharing you hidden talent, hidden that is till now.

That just needs to be added to her talents in (posted in random order)

- SQL Server (WAAYYYY beyond the talent level though, rather master level I'd say),

- martial arts (based on the IIRC black belt also a master level),

- AI (writing a ~~PhD~~ M.Sc thesis on such a topic does, again, show more than just talent)

- 3D graphic design (I remember some pictures Gail posted quite a while ago I simply would consider awesome),

- being a saint SSC contributor

Did I miss one?

Edit: Sorry, Gail... Corrected.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 9

M.Sc, not PhD (yet)

I dabble in a lot of stuff, some works out well, some doesn't. It's been several years since I last wrote fiction of any form. Kinda miss it.

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GilaMonster (4/26/2011)
I don't do epic verse.
Though... (read attached at your own risk, very amateur attempt)

Nice, no reason to be concerned at all. If you spent time on that instead of the alphabet soup wars you'd have some publishable works there. 😉

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ChrisM@home (4/26/2011)
Is it me, or are the posted questions from developers working on medical systems a little worrying?

I used to work for a medical software company. it was a nightmare of bad development and bad design. One of the nurses who worked with us commented one day while we were trying to fix something "We're going to kill someone with this." She was not joking, not even a little. I started looking for work later that day.

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (4/26/2011)
M.Sc, not PhD (yet)
I dabble in a lot of stuff, some works out well, some doesn't. It's been several years since I last wrote fiction of any form. Kinda miss it.

Any advice regarding time management in general?

Obviously, that seems to be yet another talent of you...

Lutz
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Evil Kraig F SSC Guru Points: 100851 More actions · Answer 13

LutzM (4/26/2011)
GilaMonster (4/26/2011)
M.Sc, not PhD (yet)
I dabble in a lot of stuff, some works out well, some doesn't. It's been several years since I last wrote fiction of any form. Kinda miss it.
Any advice regarding time management in general?
Obviously, that seems to be yet another talent of you...

Hehe, from what I've seen of some of her tweeting times, sleep 4 hours a day?

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ChrisM@home SSC-Insane Points: 24260 More actions · Answer 14

Grant Fritchey (4/26/2011)
ChrisM@home (4/26/2011)
Is it me, or are the posted questions from developers working on medical systems a little worrying?
I used to work for a medical software company. it was a nightmare of bad development and bad design. One of the nurses who worked with us commented one day while we were trying to fix something "We're going to kill someone with this." She was not joking, not even a little. I started looking for work later that day.

Not surprised. I worked for a private medical company 3 years ago, and subsequently for a second one which bought up a few hospitals belonging to the first. The software they were replacing was awful. The team I was with in both cases, replacing the old system with something more industry standard, was exceptional (I got lucky ;-)) and the rates for all of us were excellent. Since then I've turned down NHS (public healthcare) work because the rate has been terrible, about half standard. Pay peanuts and you get monkeys - horrible code written in twice the time.

Huge sums of money have been pumped into NHS code over the last few years. Not much of it appears to have been spent on development.

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LutzM (4/26/2011)
bitbucket-25253 (4/26/2011)
GilaMonster (4/26/2011)
I don't do epic verse.
Though... (read attached at your own risk, very amateur attempt)
I take exception to the words "very amateur". Read both and thoroughly enjoyed both.
Thanks for sharing you hidden talent, hidden that is till now.
That just needs to be added to her talents in (posted in random order)
- SQL Server (WAAYYYY beyond the talent level though, rather master level I'd say),
- martial arts (based on the IIRC black belt also a master level),
- AI (writing a ~~PhD~~ M.Sc thesis on such a topic does, again, show more than just talent)
- 3D graphic design (I remember some pictures Gail posted quite a while ago I simply would consider awesome),
- being a saint SSC contributor
Did I miss one?
Edit: Sorry, Gail... Corrected.

Heh Gail, grab yer coat...

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For better assistance in answering your questions, please read this[/url].

Understanding and using APPLY, (I)[/url] and (II)[/url] Paul White[/url]

Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins[/url] / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url] Jeff Moden[/url]