Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Are the posted questions getting worse?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

Evil Kraig F (9/17/2011)
The request? I thought we were just hoping to break Steve's spirit in general.
CRAP, I've been doing it wrong again!;-)

Knowing Steve, it'll take far more than a few hundred forum notifications for that. Sanity, now that may be a different matter

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 2

GilaMonster (9/17/2011)
Evil Kraig F (9/17/2011)
The request? I thought we were just hoping to break Steve's spirit in general.
CRAP, I've been doing it wrong again!;-)
Knowing Steve, it'll take far more than a few hundred forum notifications for that. Sanity, now that may be a different matter

Sanity? How can we break his sanity? No one possessing the least shred of sanity would edit a site with the contributors this site has! :w00t:

edit: how can I make a grammatical error in a comment that short???

Tom

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 3

Tom.Thomson (9/17/2011)
GilaMonster (9/17/2011)
Evil Kraig F (9/17/2011)
The request? I thought we were just hoping to break Steve's spirit in general.
CRAP, I've been doing it wrong again!;-)
Knowing Steve, it'll take far more than a few hundred forum notifications for that. Sanity, now that may be a different matter
Sanity? How can we break his sanity? No one possessing the least shred of sanity would edit a site with the contributors this site has! :w00t:
edit: how can I make a grammatical error in a comment that short???

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 4

I was fully expecting to see this thread over 30,000 by this time.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 5

SQLRNNR (9/17/2011)
I was fully expecting to see this thread over 30,000 by this time.

Shouldn't it be Cirque Du SQLeil?

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com

No doubt it's been mentioned before...it just always jars my brain a bit when I see it in your signature.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

SQL Kiwi (9/17/2011)
SQLRNNR (9/17/2011)
I was fully expecting to see this thread over 30,000 by this time.
Shouldn't it be Cirque Du SQLeil?
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com
No doubt it's been mentioned before...it just always jars my brain a bit when I see it in your signature.

Well, "DU" is "of the" as in Circus of the Sun. Circus of (De) SQL (or SQL Circus) is good for me, and the eil was just for the pun of it.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 7

SQLRNNR (9/17/2011)
I was fully expecting to see this thread over 30,000 by this time.

And an hour and a quarter later we still haven't got there. I'm surprised - I though by the time I got back from my important late evening meeting (in a local Irish music bar) 30,000 would have been far surpassed by people violating (as Gail and I were earlier) the spirit but not the letter of Steve's request not to count down (I probably should admit to having violated other spirits, including Talisker, Glenmorangie, and Bushmills during this non-count-down, but I didn't violate any letters.

Anyway, if I have it right this will leave the count at ....no, I mustn't say that number, but anyway, only a the littlest bit less than 10.

Tom

WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 8

Tom.Thomson (9/17/2011)
SQLRNNR (9/17/2011)
I was fully expecting to see this thread over 30,000 by this time.
And an hour and a quarter later we still haven't got there. I'm surprised - I though by the time I got back from my important late evening meeting (in a local Irish music bar) 30,000 would have been far surpassed by people violating (as Gail and I were earlier) the spirit but not the letter of Steve's request not to count down (I probably should admit to having violated other spirits, including Talisker, Glenmorangie, and Bushmills during this non-count-down, but I didn't violate any letters.
Anyway, if I have it right this will leave the count at ....no, I mustn't say that number, but anyway, only a the littlest bit less than 10.

I'm with you Tom... I was out all day with the grandkids, and fully expected it to be > 30k by now also.

Oh well... 7 to go!

(And just to drum up posting... didn't Steve and Red-Gate give something to the lucky guy that hit 20K?)

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 9

Hey Steve,

Six posts to go.

Cheers.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 10

SQL Kiwi (9/17/2011)
SQLRNNR (9/17/2011)
I was fully expecting to see this thread over 30,000 by this time.
Shouldn't it be Cirque Du SQLeil?
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com
No doubt it's been mentioned before...it just always jars my brain a bit when I see it in your signature.

Yes, come on Jason - admit that the only reasonm you changed the U to an E was so that we wouldn't find your picture here.

Tom

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 11

Tom.Thomson (9/17/2011)
Yes, come on Jason - admit that the only reasonm you changed the U to an E was so that we wouldn't find your picture here.

Now that makes much more sense as an explanation!

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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (9/17/2011)
WayneS (9/17/2011)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/15/2011)
Please let's not have quotes of every post that counts down from 95, 94, 93.
I'm going out of town for a few days. I'm hoping that I don't have 300 posts in this thread when I get back :w00t:
Jan Van der Eecken (9/17/2011)
And down to 20. This will become an ugly contest 😀
So, we're ignoring Steve (again)? (and this makes 19...)
Apparently so.

That's the whole fun of it! 😀

LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 13

SQL Kiwi (9/17/2011)
Hey Steve,
Six posts to go.
Cheers.

I'm not sure but it seems like your calculation seems to be slightly off... (by two posts :-D)

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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 14

SQLRNNR (9/17/2011)
I was fully expecting to see this thread over 30,000 by this time.

Stop repeating!

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 15

LutzM (9/17/2011)
SQL Kiwi (9/17/2011)
Hey Steve,
Six posts to go.
Cheers.
I'm not sure but it seems like your calculation seems to be slightly off... (by two posts :-D)

Nope we're done!

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