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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 1

Ninja's_RGR'us (9/6/2011)
Jeff Moden (9/6/2011)
Roy Ernest (9/6/2011)
Yay...!!! I beat the THREAD to the landmark. I hit 3000 posts before the thread hit 3000 pages. 🙂
I was going to post a prediction that you'd easily surpass my number of posts before the end of the year, as well. Congratulations, Gail! 🙂
My money's on pass at the latest. 🙂

I had the right date... wrong race & horse:-D.

So I guess I get only 50% of the prize right? 😀

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 2

Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (9/6/2011)
Jeff Moden (9/6/2011)
Roy Ernest (9/6/2011)
Yay...!!! I beat the THREAD to the landmark. I hit 3000 posts before the thread hit 3000 pages. 🙂
I was going to post a prediction that you'd easily surpass my number of posts before the end of the year, as well. Congratulations, Gail! 🙂
My money's on pass at the latest. 🙂
I had the right date... wrong race & horse:-D.
So I guess I get only 50% of the prize right? 😀

I like how you spin that. Instead of saying you had one of three right adn should get 33% of the prize, you say you got something right and something wrong, making it binary and increasing your stake to 50%. Sadly for you, it is an AND gate, you get nothing. Fortunaetly for you, the prize was also nothing, so even in losing, you win it all!

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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

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 3

Stefan Krzywicki (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (9/6/2011)
Jeff Moden (9/6/2011)
Roy Ernest (9/6/2011)
Yay...!!! I beat the THREAD to the landmark. I hit 3000 posts before the thread hit 3000 pages. 🙂
I was going to post a prediction that you'd easily surpass my number of posts before the end of the year, as well. Congratulations, Gail! 🙂
My money's on pass at the latest. 🙂
I had the right date... wrong race & horse:-D.
So I guess I get only 50% of the prize right? 😀
I like how you spin that. Instead of saying you had one of three right adn should get 33% of the prize, you say you got something right and something wrong, making it binary and increasing your stake to 50%. Sadly for you, it is an AND gate, you get nothing. Fortunaetly for you, the prize was also nothing, so even in losing, you win it all!

There was 300+ values for date.

Only 2 races and 3 horses to chose from. So the date has the greatest value, and by far.

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 4

Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (9/6/2011)
Jeff Moden (9/6/2011)
Roy Ernest (9/6/2011)
Yay...!!! I beat the THREAD to the landmark. I hit 3000 posts before the thread hit 3000 pages. 🙂
I was going to post a prediction that you'd easily surpass my number of posts before the end of the year, as well. Congratulations, Gail! 🙂
My money's on pass at the latest. 🙂
I had the right date... wrong race & horse:-D.
So I guess I get only 50% of the prize right? 😀
I like how you spin that. Instead of saying you had one of three right adn should get 33% of the prize, you say you got something right and something wrong, making it binary and increasing your stake to 50%. Sadly for you, it is an AND gate, you get nothing. Fortunaetly for you, the prize was also nothing, so even in losing, you win it all!
There was 300+ values for date.
Only 2 races and 3 horses to chose from. So the date has the greatest value, and by far.

Except you didn't guess a specific date, you said "at the latest". While there's a much larger range after than before, the probability of distant "after" dates is small. Not actually arguing with you about this, I'm just thinking about the best % calculation for this formula.

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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

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 5

Why is Remi's screen shot showing my numbers up top instead of his?

Or is there something in the code that makes even a screen shot show each user his own ranking there?

EDIT: Nevermind. This is me and my drain bramage. I just realized it was a cut-n-paste from something above those numbers.

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 6

Chad Crawford (10/14/2011)
Greg Edwards-268690 (10/13/2011)
Never got to go up and see the 4th of July Fireworks.
That would have been a treat.
I've done that and it wasn't as cool as I thought it would be. We ended up looking down at the fireworks against the ground so there was a lot of background "noise" and were further away than we would have been on the ground. I've only had that one experience though.
Chad

I guess they aren't as high as you'd think when you're a kid.

And part of my vision was of seeing them reflecting off a lake.

Land of 10,000 lakes, you can guess where most displays take place.

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 7

Stefan Krzywicki (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (9/6/2011)
Jeff Moden (9/6/2011)
Roy Ernest (9/6/2011)
Yay...!!! I beat the THREAD to the landmark. I hit 3000 posts before the thread hit 3000 pages. 🙂
I was going to post a prediction that you'd easily surpass my number of posts before the end of the year, as well. Congratulations, Gail! 🙂
My money's on pass at the latest. 🙂
I had the right date... wrong race & horse:-D.
So I guess I get only 50% of the prize right? 😀
I like how you spin that. Instead of saying you had one of three right adn should get 33% of the prize, you say you got something right and something wrong, making it binary and increasing your stake to 50%. Sadly for you, it is an AND gate, you get nothing. Fortunaetly for you, the prize was also nothing, so even in losing, you win it all!
There was 300+ values for date.
Only 2 races and 3 horses to chose from. So the date has the greatest value, and by far.
Except you didn't guess a specific date, you said "at the latest". While there's a much larger range after than before, the probability of distant "after" dates is small. Not actually arguing with you about this, I'm just thinking about the best % calculation for this formula.

My unofficial guess was a couple days earlier so I was off by maybe 5 days.

Happy statistical analysis :-D.

Let us know what you find. Maybe this will revive this Thread!

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 8

Brandie Tarvin (10/14/2011)
Why is Remi's screen shot showing my numbers up top instead of his?
Or is there something in the code that makes even a screen shot show each user his own ranking there?
EDIT: Nevermind. This is me and my drain bramage. I just realized it was a cut-n-paste from something above those numbers.

Thanks for the good laughs :w00t:.

P.S. It's nice to see woman who strive to be on top... even if a little delusional!

P.P.S. Nice word play... Drain Bramage. I'll have to keep that in mind next time it hits me!

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

WayneS (10/14/2011)
The THREAD rules!
The authors of SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2 that frequent The Thread all signed my book with notes of The Thread's eternal survival.

You are most welcome

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 10

You have GOT to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC1DIf5hcVw

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 11

Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Chad Crawford (10/14/2011)
Here's a shot of Steve giving his presentation[/url]. If you look close, you can see his Kilt peeking out from behind the podium. Hope the link works, I got a flickr account just to post this shot.
Chad
What did you use to take that picture?
Steve looks like 1 of the aliens in Men In Black! Must have been abducted!

The only thing I had - old iPhone 3G, no focus, no flash.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004370 More actions · Answer 12

Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (10/14/2011)
Why is Remi's screen shot showing my numbers up top instead of his?
Or is there something in the code that makes even a screen shot show each user his own ranking there?
EDIT: Nevermind. This is me and my drain bramage. I just realized it was a cut-n-paste from something above those numbers.
Thanks for the good laughs :w00t:.
P.S. It's nice to see woman who strive to be on top... even if a little delusional!
P.P.S. Nice word play... Drain Bramage. I'll have to keep that in mind next time it hits me!

Heh... if you keep making remarks like your P.S. above, the "hits" you identified in your P.P.S. may come a whole lot sooner than you expect. 😉

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 13

Jeff Moden (10/15/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (10/14/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (10/14/2011)
Why is Remi's screen shot showing my numbers up top instead of his?
Or is there something in the code that makes even a screen shot show each user his own ranking there?
EDIT: Nevermind. This is me and my drain bramage. I just realized it was a cut-n-paste from something above those numbers.
Thanks for the good laughs :w00t:.
P.S. It's nice to see woman who strive to be on top... even if a little ~~delusional~~!
P.P.S. Nice word play... Drain Bramage. I'll have to keep that in mind next time it hits me!
Heh... if you keep making remarks like your P.S. above, the "hits" you identified in your P.P.S. may come a whole lot sooner than you expect. 😉

You're right. Not my best choice of word and not my intention.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736280 More actions · Answer 14

Roy Ernest (10/13/2011)
I am at the Presentation of Steve jones for the sql pass. MS supported event and guess what laptop Steve is using? An Apple.. 😀

😛

:w00t:;-):cool:

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736280 More actions · Answer 15

Chad Crawford (10/14/2011)
Here's a shot of Steve giving his presentation[/url]. If you look close, you can see his Kilt peeking out from behind the podium. Hope the link works, I got a flickr account just to post this shot.
Chad

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