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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 1

Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2012)
Try changing your screen name. Maybe that'll work. @=)

Am I winning yet?

Paul White
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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 2

Aaron Aardvark (1/9/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2012)
Try changing your screen name. Maybe that'll work. @=)
Am I winning yet?

Nope, try with underscore, apostrophes and other special characters.

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 3

Aaron Aardvark (1/9/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2012)
Try changing your screen name. Maybe that'll work. @=)
Am I winning yet?

Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.

- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 4

GSquared (1/9/2012)
Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.

You don't think 'Aaron Aardvark' has a nice ring to it? I'm considering making it permanent.

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 5

SQL Kiwi (1/9/2012)
GSquared (1/9/2012)
Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.
You don't think 'Aaron Aardvark' has a nice ring to it? I'm considering making it permanent.

Didn't say I didn't like it. I think "GSquared" is a silly screen name, but I like that enough to hang onto it.

Actually, the Aaron Aardvark thing reminds me of a Mad Magazine spoof on Perry Mason from ... longer ago than I care to admit that I read it. Works just fine by me.

Make sure to change the icon though. Either a picture of an aardvark, or something so completely non-sequitur that it could be one of my jokes!

- 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

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 6

SQL Kiwi (1/9/2012)
GSquared (1/9/2012)
Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.
You don't think 'Aaron Aardvark' has a nice ring to it? I'm considering making it permanent.

Reminds me of a commercial. Can't find the commercial so a Yellow Pages listing will have to suffice

http://listings.allpages.com/on-0014529166-hamilton.html

Note the name of the company...

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

SQL Kiwi (1/9/2012)
GSquared (1/9/2012)
Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.
You don't think 'Aaron Aardvark' has a nice ring to it? I'm considering making it permanent.

Oh and if you are going to change it - it needs to stay long enough for us to notice it. Email notification showed Aaron Aardvark but I had to read the post to find out who that was.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 8

SQLRNNR (1/9/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/9/2012)
GSquared (1/9/2012)
Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.
You don't think 'Aaron Aardvark' has a nice ring to it? I'm considering making it permanent.
Oh and if you are going to change it - it needs to stay long enough for us to notice it. Email notification showed Aaron Aardvark but I had to read the post to find out who that was.

Or change your screen name on a daily basis. Or even a couple of times throughout the day. There are name-generator pages out there (yes, there is enough of a need for random names that there are actually competitors who market against each other for this service).

See if people take your good advice as seriously if it doesn't have your name attached to it.

- 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

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 9

SQLRNNR (1/9/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/9/2012)
GSquared (1/9/2012)
Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.
You don't think 'Aaron Aardvark' has a nice ring to it? I'm considering making it permanent.
Oh and if you are going to change it - it needs to stay long enough for us to notice it. Email notification showed Aaron Aardvark but I had to read the post to find out who that was.

I have no idea what you are talking about (:laugh:)

Paul White
SQLPerformance.com
SQLkiwi blog
@SQL_Kiwi

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

Aaron Aardvark (1/9/2012)
SQLRNNR (1/9/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/9/2012)
GSquared (1/9/2012)
Yes, but not at the posts count thing. Just at the "change your name to something even sillier than GSquared" thing.
You don't think 'Aaron Aardvark' has a nice ring to it? I'm considering making it permanent.
Oh and if you are going to change it - it needs to stay long enough for us to notice it. Email notification showed Aaron Aardvark but I had to read the post to find out who that was.
I have no idea what you are talking about (:laugh:)

This little piggy went

:laugh:

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 11

Jack Corbett (1/9/2012)
Roy Ernest (1/9/2012)
I see lots of comments regarding post counts... Does everybody have a target? I have never thought about it at all.
When I get time post some thing, Thats it. 🙂
When I was running up my post count I tried to have 10 posts a day. Not counting posts to the THREAD, follow-ups to my initial posts, and marking posts as duplicates. I was in the top 5 pretty much all the time then. Now I post when I have time and are motivated, or not that often. I need to get back to it because it spurred blog posts and learning.

I do target 10 a day, to real posts, not this thing. It's a way of just ensuring I am contributing to the site regularly. Easy to drop off and forget about it.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (1/9/2012)
Ninja's_RGR'us (1/9/2012)
GilaMonster (1/9/2012)
Roy Ernest (1/9/2012)
I see lots of comments regarding post counts... Does everybody have a target?
No, no targets here (though I'll take a screenshot of max_smallint when that happens)
Would be so funny if the site broke and all of a sudden because of that, no thread you ever participated in could load.
Lol.
Steve, this is probably a good time to check that the points aren't stored in a smallint. Just in case...

Checked, ints everywhere. Posts, points, etc, which is funny since we store points per QoTd and it's never more than 10-12, so an int is silly. We aggregate to an INT.

Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 13

L' Eomot Inversé (1/9/2012)
Here is a connect item that I've raised as a result of the discussion about one of Paul's QotDs. I hope it will gather some votes from denizens of the thread.

Done

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

Ron

Please help us, help you -before posting a question please read[/url]
Before posting a performance problem please read[/url]

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 14

jcrawf02 (1/9/2012)
GilaMonster (1/9/2012)
Ninja's_RGR'us (1/9/2012)
There was a time I loved fiction, got any books to recommend?
Yes
http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2012/01/01/2011-book-review/
http://sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/2011-the-year-in-books.aspx
We both have 2010 posts as well if you feel like hunting
I threw this to Steve last week too, Jo Walton has some pretty good reviews, so I would bet you could get some good material by culling this list:
http://www.tor.com/features/series/ok-where-do-i-start-with-that

Thanks for the reminder. Nice list, though I don't like the "alphabetical" ordering on the main page.

I picked up Endymion, the 3rd book in the Hyperion series (Dan Simmons) on a recommendation from Paul Randal. Enjoying it so far.

BTW, the Steve Jobs bio is great. Isaacson is a great writer, Jobs comes across as both amazing and a complete idiot in the book, sometimes on the same page.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 15

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/9/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/9/2012)
GilaMonster (1/9/2012)
Ninja's_RGR'us (1/9/2012)
There was a time I loved fiction, got any books to recommend?
Yes
http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2012/01/01/2011-book-review/
http://sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/post/2011-the-year-in-books.aspx
We both have 2010 posts as well if you feel like hunting
I threw this to Steve last week too, Jo Walton has some pretty good reviews, so I would bet you could get some good material by culling this list:
http://www.tor.com/features/series/ok-where-do-i-start-with-that
Thanks for the reminder. Nice list, though I don't like the "alphabetical" ordering on the main page.
I picked up Endymion, the 3rd book in the Hyperion series (Dan Simmons) on a recommendation from Paul Randal. Enjoying it so far.
BTW, the Steve Jobs bio is great. Isaacson is a great writer, Jobs comes across as both amazing and a complete idiot in the book, sometimes on the same page.

I'm going to need a new bookshelf after I finish going through that list. Wait, I already need a new bookshelf. I'm going to need 2, and somewhere to put them.

Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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