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

Koen Verbeeck (11/16/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (11/16/2011)
I know I know 😀
But I still have to read 10 pages here on the forum 🙂
It's only 2 pages at 50 posts per page! Much faster that way. 😀
:w00t: The productivy gains I get from reading this thread.

I'm faster at wasting time.

If I had a nickle for every company I saw acting like that :hehe:.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259135 More actions · Answer 2

:w00t: The first question at the new PowerPivot forum is solved! 😎 :smooooth:

(I hope this forum is a bit more succesful than the Data Mining one)

edit: linkie

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MCSE Business Intelligence - Microsoft Data Platform MVP

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259135 More actions · Answer 3

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (11/15/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/15/2011)
jcrawf02 (11/15/2011)
Hey, I like the condensed version of The Thread...
Same here.
No offense if I forgot anything else. I didn't reread the whole 2 weeks either :hehe:.
Hmmm, if I knew you were presenting this summary, I would'nt have to go through 100 emails.
But thanks anyway 🙂
You know you can just open the FIRST one and read on through right? Saves a lot of time :hehe:

I've changed my forum settings, and I've noticed two things:

* my finger hurts from scrolling 🙂

* I see 5 times as much nonsense at the same time

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MCSE Business Intelligence - Microsoft Data Platform MVP

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 4

Koen Verbeeck (11/16/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (11/15/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/15/2011)
jcrawf02 (11/15/2011)
Hey, I like the condensed version of The Thread...
Same here.
No offense if I forgot anything else. I didn't reread the whole 2 weeks either :hehe:.
Hmmm, if I knew you were presenting this summary, I would'nt have to go through 100 emails.
But thanks anyway 🙂
You know you can just open the FIRST one and read on through right? Saves a lot of time :hehe:
I've changed my forum settings, and I've noticed two things:
* my finger hurts from scrolling 🙂
* I see 5 times as much nonsense at the same time

Time for another trick. Buy a mouse with hyperscroll.

1 swing of the finger and he mouse can scroll for about 1 minute (free wheel scroller).

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 5

Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse MX

It recharges its batteries with USB cable (± once month even with extreme use).

And it works on glass or even a white piece of paper. Now you know all my tricks! 😀

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Performance-Mouse-Mac/dp/B002HWRJBM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321449065&sr=8-1

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 6

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (11/15/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/15/2011)
jcrawf02 (11/15/2011)
Hey, I like the condensed version of The Thread...
Same here.
No offense if I forgot anything else. I didn't reread the whole 2 weeks either :hehe:.
Hmmm, if I knew you were presenting this summary, I would'nt have to go through 100 emails.
But thanks anyway 🙂
You know you can just open the FIRST one and read on through right? Saves a lot of time :hehe:

Or change your subscription settings on The Thread and don't bother with e-mails from it.

I already know it will be updated throughout the day just about every day. No need to have a bot tell me so.

- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
Property of The Thread

"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everyone agrees it's old enough to know better." - Anon

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259135 More actions · Answer 7

GSquared (11/16/2011)
Or change your subscription settings on The Thread and don't bother with e-mails from it.
I already know it will be updated throughout the day just about every day. No need to have a bot tell me so.

I just noticed there is apparently a "no notification but add to list" option. :w00t:

The things I'm learning today 🙂

Need an answer? No, you need a question
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MCSE Business Intelligence - Microsoft Data Platform MVP

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

Koen Verbeeck (11/16/2011)
GSquared (11/16/2011)
Or change your subscription settings on The Thread and don't bother with e-mails from it.
I already know it will be updated throughout the day just about every day. No need to have a bot tell me so.
I just noticed there is apparently a "no notification but add to list" option. :w00t:
The things I'm learning today 🙂

Since we can't search in those it makes it pretty much useless!

That's AFTER Steve use his cleansing script to delete the older ones! I don't know how much that really deleted but maybe I'm due for another round. Or a way to search only in the threads I posted!

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

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Logitech Wireless Performance Mouse MX

+1000000

I love that mouse.

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

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 10

L' Eomot Inversé (11/15/2011)
"yell":
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AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA RRRRR GG GGG HHHHHH ##
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*/very handy...:hehe:
I had a very yell moment half a day ago, and I've been consigned to the doghouse.
Back in August I booked flights for me and Ann to get back to the UK for medical checks and stuff; for the last week, I've been telling Ann when she asks me (several times a day) that the flight was at about 8pm, and we'd be through customs at Manchester airport about 1am today. She spent a lot of phone time making arrangements to meet people while we were in the UK, and at lunchtime (about 13:20) opened her diary to enter all the agreed meets - to discover a note that we were taking the 13:15 flight. My name is mud. Even more mud because I booked on a no show no refund basis, and she counts the pennies against me as well as the pain. We will be flying on Saturday instead of yesterday. I may live it down by Christmas, or may not (the latter seems more likely). The only good thing is that I hadn't booked flights back here (because you can never tell how long the medics will take).
I urgently need advice on how to use dbcc timewarp to make my SQL Server installation warn me yesterday that I was going to screw up so that I didn't.

Ouch. If it makes you feel any better, I almost pulled something similar for our honeymoon. Accidentally must have hit the scroll on the mouse before I lost focus on the date, if we hadn't fried our laptop with the e-tickets a week before and had to call the airline (whereupon we discovered and corrected the issue), we would have missed our honeymoon flight by 24 hours...almost ended my marriage on the same day it began...:hehe:

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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."

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 11

Koen Verbeeck (11/16/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (11/15/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/15/2011)
jcrawf02 (11/15/2011)
Hey, I like the condensed version of The Thread...
Same here.
No offense if I forgot anything else. I didn't reread the whole 2 weeks either :hehe:.
Hmmm, if I knew you were presenting this summary, I would'nt have to go through 100 emails.
But thanks anyway 🙂
You know you can just open the FIRST one and read on through right? Saves a lot of time :hehe:
I know I know 😀
But I still have to read 10 pages here on the forum 🙂

I still don't get why you guys do email notifications. I just save the current page in my favorites, and overwrite it when I get caught up. No emails, lots of thready goodness.

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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."

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 12

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (11/16/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
Koen Verbeeck (11/15/2011)
Ninja's_RGR'us (11/15/2011)
jcrawf02 (11/15/2011)
Hey, I like the condensed version of The Thread...
Same here.
No offense if I forgot anything else. I didn't reread the whole 2 weeks either :hehe:.
Hmmm, if I knew you were presenting this summary, I would'nt have to go through 100 emails.
But thanks anyway 🙂
You know you can just open the FIRST one and read on through right? Saves a lot of time :hehe:
I've changed my forum settings, and I've noticed two things:
* my finger hurts from scrolling 🙂
* I see 5 times as much nonsense at the same time
Time for another trick. Buy a mouse with hyperscroll.
1 swing of the finger and he mouse can scroll for about 1 minute (free wheel scroller).

*cough* Page Down button *cough*

excuse me...

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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."

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

jcrawf02 (11/16/2011)
L' Eomot Inversé (11/15/2011)
"yell":
/*
AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA RRRRR GGGG HH HH ######
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG GG HH HH ######
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG HH HH ####
AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA RRRRR GG GGG HHHHHH ##
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG GG HH HH
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GGG G HH HH ##
*/very handy...:hehe:
I had a very yell moment half a day ago, and I've been consigned to the doghouse.
Back in August I booked flights for me and Ann to get back to the UK for medical checks and stuff; for the last week, I've been telling Ann when she asks me (several times a day) that the flight was at about 8pm, and we'd be through customs at Manchester airport about 1am today. She spent a lot of phone time making arrangements to meet people while we were in the UK, and at lunchtime (about 13:20) opened her diary to enter all the agreed meets - to discover a note that we were taking the 13:15 flight. My name is mud. Even more mud because I booked on a no show no refund basis, and she counts the pennies against me as well as the pain. We will be flying on Saturday instead of yesterday. I may live it down by Christmas, or may not (the latter seems more likely). The only good thing is that I hadn't booked flights back here (because you can never tell how long the medics will take).
I urgently need advice on how to use dbcc timewarp to make my SQL Server installation warn me yesterday that I was going to screw up so that I didn't.
Ouch. If it makes you feel any better, I almost pulled something similar for our honeymoon. Accidentally must have hit the scroll on the mouse before I lost focus on the date, if we hadn't fried our laptop with the e-tickets a week before and had to call the airline (whereupon we discovered and corrected the issue), we would have missed our honeymoon flight by 24 hours...almost ended my marriage on the same day it began...:hehe:

Reminds me of when I booked the flight... to the wrong town!

I had to rent a mustang to drive the couple hours drive between the airports :-D.

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 14

Ninja's_RGR'us (11/16/2011)
jcrawf02 (11/16/2011)
L' Eomot Inversé (11/15/2011)
"yell":
/*
AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA RRRRR GGGG HH HH ######
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG GG HH HH ######
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG HH HH ####
AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA RRRRR GG GGG HHHHHH ##
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG GG HH HH
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GGG G HH HH ##
*/very handy...:hehe:
I had a very yell moment half a day ago, and I've been consigned to the doghouse.
Back in August I booked flights for me and Ann to get back to the UK for medical checks and stuff; for the last week, I've been telling Ann when she asks me (several times a day) that the flight was at about 8pm, and we'd be through customs at Manchester airport about 1am today. She spent a lot of phone time making arrangements to meet people while we were in the UK, and at lunchtime (about 13:20) opened her diary to enter all the agreed meets - to discover a note that we were taking the 13:15 flight. My name is mud. Even more mud because I booked on a no show no refund basis, and she counts the pennies against me as well as the pain. We will be flying on Saturday instead of yesterday. I may live it down by Christmas, or may not (the latter seems more likely). The only good thing is that I hadn't booked flights back here (because you can never tell how long the medics will take).
I urgently need advice on how to use dbcc timewarp to make my SQL Server installation warn me yesterday that I was going to screw up so that I didn't.
Ouch. If it makes you feel any better, I almost pulled something similar for our honeymoon. Accidentally must have hit the scroll on the mouse before I lost focus on the date, if we hadn't fried our laptop with the e-tickets a week before and had to call the airline (whereupon we discovered and corrected the issue), we would have missed our honeymoon flight by 24 hours...almost ended my marriage on the same day it began...:hehe:
Reminds me of when I booked the flight... to the wrong town!
I had to rent a mustang to drive the couple hours drive between the airports :-D.

at least it wasn't an Edsel

---------------------------------------------------------
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."

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 15

L' Eomot Inversé (11/15/2011)
"yell":
/*
AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA RRRRR GGGG HH HH ######
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG GG HH HH ######
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG HH HH ####
AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA RRRRR GG GGG HHHHHH ##
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GG GG HH HH
AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA RR RR GGG G HH HH ##
*/very handy...:hehe:
I had a very yell moment half a day ago, and I've been consigned to the doghouse.
Back in August I booked flights for me and Ann to get back to the UK for medical checks and stuff; for the last week, I've been telling Ann when she asks me (several times a day) that the flight was at about 8pm, and we'd be through customs at Manchester airport about 1am today. She spent a lot of phone time making arrangements to meet people while we were in the UK, and at lunchtime (about 13:20) opened her diary to enter all the agreed meets - to discover a note that we were taking the 13:15 flight. My name is mud. Even more mud because I booked on a no show no refund basis, and she counts the pennies against me as well as the pain. We will be flying on Saturday instead of yesterday. I may live it down by Christmas, or may not (the latter seems more likely). The only good thing is that I hadn't booked flights back here (because you can never tell how long the medics will take).
I urgently need advice on how to use dbcc timewarp to make my SQL Server installation warn me yesterday that I was going to screw up so that I didn't.

I just avoided something similar. We normally take Amtrak (American passenger train system) from Boston to Richmond and back again for Thansgiving. We are heading down on the 23rd and coming back on the 28th. I could have sworn this is what I booked.

I got a call from Amtrak on Monday that they were changing the schedule slightly for our return trip on December 26th. Fortunately, we were able to change that reservation right then and there. I still have to check my original booking to see if it was my error or theirs, but that would have been a huge mess indeed.

I wish you luck in your travels from here on out.

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