May 12, 2011 at 7:42 am
Info on my latest presentation - here.
It should be posted at some point for download and viewing.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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May 12, 2011 at 9:19 am
So it's a snow day here, kids off from school. I've already fired up the tractor, been up and down the driveway twice to plow out and the road once, and pulled the Suburban out of the ditch it slid into so my wife could make a flight to LA.
Am I done for the day? Is that enough?
May 12, 2011 at 9:30 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/12/2011)
So it's a snow day here, kids off from school. I've already fired up the tractor, been up and down the driveway twice to plow out and the road once, and pulled the Suburban out of the ditch it slid into so my wife could make a flight to LA.Am I done for the day? Is that enough?
Steve, I think you should know some messages are apparently getting posted a few months late.
Sorry it has been a rough day for you, but I appreciate your posting it so I can mention it to people here in Boston that have been complaining about the weather lately.
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
May 12, 2011 at 9:30 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/12/2011)
So it's a snow day here, kids off from school. I've already fired up the tractor, been up and down the driveway twice to plow out and the road once, and pulled the Suburban out of the ditch it slid into so my wife could make a flight to LA.Am I done for the day? Is that enough?
You haven't delivered the presents yet, Mr. Hawaiian Santa Claus, Sir. @=)
May 12, 2011 at 9:34 am
LOL, feels like it's a few months late. It's May 12, and while we've had snow in Mar (and June), we've never had a blizzard. This is the biggest storm of 2010-2011, kids are thrilled to have no school, with school ending next Thur for the year! Supposed to be field day tomorrow for my little girl, summer games outside all day, but I suspect that will be canceled.
May 12, 2011 at 11:23 am
Just got a job req email for a .Net position. Some strange requirements though.
"Strong analytical skills as well as demons ratable code maintenance/bug-fix experience are required."
Is demon rating how you get certs? 🙂
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
May 12, 2011 at 11:34 am
Maybe someone should point out to then that it's not just job applicants who need to just spell/grammar checkers on their job applications.
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
May 12, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (5/12/2011)
Just got a job req email for a .Net position. Some strange requirements though."Strong analytical skills as well as demons ratable code maintenance/bug-fix experience are required."
Is demon rating how you get certs? 🙂
I have heard of (and held) some soul-crushing jobs in my day...the economy must be worse than first thought if they're asking for demon ratings now too 😛 http://community.dice.com/t5/Tech-Career-Advice/Demons-ratable-engineering-problem-solving-skills/td-p/79804
There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
--Plato
May 12, 2011 at 3:22 pm
why do I need an iPad2? suggestions? (32GB wifi version, guy at work selling it)
my list so far:
1 - I can use it for my schoolwork online, reading the lectures, posting in the discussion board, etc, without having to hold my laptop on my lap/use a mouse/type on a keyboard (I'd get Swype, to alleviate my carpal tunnel issues - and probably create new ones)
2 - it's cool. But it's new, and maybe the novelty will wear off.
3 - I can read books from the library on it. Potentially schoolbooks, will have to check into that.
4 - games? might be more for my wife than me there.
5 - handy picture-sharing. This is kind of a lame one, I don't do much of this. But I guess I might if I had one.
What am I not thinking of? And if I got a Droid/iPhone, would I still use it for anything?
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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]
"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."
May 12, 2011 at 4:08 pm
jcrawf02 (5/12/2011)
why do I need an iPad2? suggestions? (32GB wifi version, guy at work selling it)
Err... you don't. 😉
(I'd get Swype, to alleviate my carpal tunnel issues - and probably create new ones)
No swype on the iPad.
http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?2626-Swype-iPad-App
3 - I can read books from the library on it. Potentially schoolbooks, will have to check into that.
e-books and writing was the main reason I got mine. Excellent for reading, far better than computer screen. OK for writing, I get a lot of blog posts mostly written on the iPad, but have to go back to LiveWriter/wordpress editor for final touches
4 - games? might be more for my wife than me there.
It's excellent for gaming.
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
May 12, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Thanks Gail! No Swype just sucks. That may be a deal-breaker, it won't be better for my wrists to type on that virtual keyboard than use my ergo one.
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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]
"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."
May 12, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Jeff, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1107435-338-1.aspx#bm1108098
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How best to post your question[/url]
How to post performance problems[/url]
Tally Table:What it is and how it replaces a loop[/url]
"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."
May 12, 2011 at 8:56 pm
jcrawf02 (5/12/2011)
Jeff, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1107435-338-1.aspx#bm1108098
Very cool. Thank you for the referral and glad it helped. Well done all the way around.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
May 12, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (5/12/2011)
Just got a job req email for a .Net position. Some strange requirements though."Strong analytical skills as well as demons ratable code maintenance/bug-fix experience are required."
Is demon rating how you get certs? 🙂
Demons and ratable code along with something about bugs. The only thing missing is a bunch of talkative, beer popsicle loving, dust bunnies and you have a picture of my mind. 😀
Am I hired? :hehe:
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
May 12, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Stefan Krzywicki (5/12/2011)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/12/2011)
So it's a snow day here, kids off from school. I've already fired up the tractor, been up and down the driveway twice to plow out and the road once, and pulled the Suburban out of the ditch it slid into so my wife could make a flight to LA.Am I done for the day? Is that enough?
Steve, I think you should know some messages are apparently getting posted a few months late.
Sorry it has been a rough day for you, but I appreciate your posting it so I can mention it to people here in Boston that have been complaining about the weather lately.
A bunch of people from work were outside smoking in the rain the other day and they were really getting it on about the weather here in Michigan. I asked them when was the last time a large area of Detroit had been contaminated by a nuclear reactor which was broken by one of the largest earth-quakes ever or when the last time an entire city in Michigan had been wiped off the map by a Tsunami or the last time millions of people in Michgan were affected by the worst flooding from the Mississippi in history or the last time thousands of homes had been wiped out by tornados or wild fires?
I saw those same people today... they weren't talking about the weather. 😛
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
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