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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 1

I currently have around 5,000 SF books and another 5,000 History, Science and fiction books. Not only are large numbers of them unavailable on eReaders, I couldn't afford to replace them if they were. I look forward to using an eReader for my SQL Server and other tech books.

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L' Eomot Inversé (1/9/2012)
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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.
Voted.
Me, too.
The helpful people at Microsoft have closed it as duplicate. Since it isn't a duplicate I've asked them to open it again and look at it. The thing they think it is a duplicate of is a request to restore the capability to store IEEE 754-1985 NaN and Infinities that was in SQLServer 2000 but removed from SQLServer 2005 (well, you can still store them provided you import them from 2005 but then you get an error wny time you read them), so in fact the only thing it has in common with my request is the identifier "IEEE 754" in the title; and the features I'm asking for weren't in any IEEE 754 document when that other request was raised (back in 2006), so it's no surprise it doesn't mention them. I suspect that they looked at the title, ignored every word in the title except "IEEE-754" (they even ignored the "-2008"), and jumped immediately to the conclusion that because there was another connect item that mentioned IEEE 754 this must be a duplicate, without looking at the content of either request.

I will talk with the QA lead. That may or may not change the outcome because all suggestions go through a rather harsh triage. Let's hope this one gets through - it makes sense.

Thanks for the info, Tom.

Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 3

jcrawf02 (1/9/2012)
Aaron Aardvark (1/9/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (1/9/2012)
Try changing your screen name. Maybe that'll work. @=)
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hahaha! Very nice.

I was thinking something more subtle - like Paul could just get Steve to put an additional sort on the query.

Looks like Paul saw the same movie and doubled up his bets too.

Just in case....

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 4

L' Eomot Inversé (1/9/2012)
The helpful people at Microsoft have closed it as duplicate. Since it isn't a duplicate I've asked them to open it again and look at it.

Asking in the comments rarely works. Log in, click "Edit this item" and change the Status from Closed to Active (though one should always explain why in the comments of course, as you have done, sort of).

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Greg Edwards-268690 (1/9/2012)
I was thinking something more subtle - like Paul could just get Steve to put an additional sort on the query.

Working on a SQL injection attack to change the collation to Latin1_Generally_Selfish_CI_AS, where 'I' always sorts highest 🙂

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 6

Very funny, Jason.

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 7

!Aaron Aardvark! (1/9/2012)
There is a points target I'm keeping an eye on:

Guess I'm going to have up my game to stay ahead of you. Enough others have passed me.

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!Aaron Aardvark! (1/9/2012)
Very funny, Jason.

😀

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 9

Watch out, ASCIIbetical sorting can get tricky! Even without ASCII null-character codes in the string.

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Jack Corbett (1/9/2012)
!Aaron Aardvark! (1/9/2012)
There is a points target I'm keeping an eye on:
Guess I'm going to have up my game to stay ahead of you. Enough others have passed me.

Considering your height, that is going to require a very tall ladder.:hehe:

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GSquared (1/9/2012)
Watch out, ASCIIbetical sorting can get tricky! Even without ASCII null-character codes in the string.

Then let's go EBC

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GilaMonster (1/9/2012)
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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

Yes, these two are great sources. Because of Paul's recommendation, I read Shantaram. That's one fantastic book, but it's about 900 pages.

Then, thanks to one of Ms. Shaw’s recommended books, now I'm stuck in physics and cosmology. :blink: The book I'm reading now is The Fabric of the Cosmos, which for instance covers Entanglement (a highly bizarre phenomenon to say the least).

By the way, if you know that there is a difference between Special and General Relativity, you might just be a nerd!

I, um, have to admit that I know there's a difference. 🙂

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 13

@jack-2: referring to your current avatar:

you might need to put the guitar aside for a moment. Looks like it would make typing a little complicated 😀

Or do you expect to get double points if you sing your post?

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 14

Here in Puerto del Carmen Ann and I have only 31 metres of bookshelf, but it's widely spaced shelving so I can pile a lot of books sideways on top of a row the right way up. Most of it is double packed with two rows sideways on top of the rest, but someof it is big books that won't fit that way (some bigger than A4). Ann insists on not double packing in the living room (it doesn't look nice) so that's where most of the big books live (but we do stack a flat layer or two on top of the upright books if there's room, even in the living room), so that's 5.5 metres that I'm not allowed to double pack. We are running out of space. Back in the UK we have rather more space, about 205 feet of shelving; roughly half of that I built to take standard paperbacks with only enough space to put one flat on top, but the rest is quite widely spaced. Most of that is crammed full, double packed, with stuff balanced on top where it will fit, and again we are running out of space - and that's with a few boxes of books in the loft space. In both countries we get rid of books to local charities so as not to be overwhelmed.

The books are about 70% fiction (including poetry and plays and opera libretti as well as novels and short stories): science fiction, fantasy, historical novels, whodunnits and "classics"; mostly in English but quite a lot of French (starting with Le Chanson de Roland, which is surprising considering that our oldest English book is much more recent - the Canterbury Tales), a fair chunk of Gaidhlig, and a bit of Spanish, some German (I must get rid of that - I'm so rusty I can't read it any more) and some Italian, a couple of books in Latin, and a couple in Old Irish. The nonfiction includes a lot of maths and computer science (mine) and theology (Ann's) plus lots of history, linguistics, text books on various languages (Russian, Greek, Japanese, Czek,...) and all sorts of odds and ends.

Tom

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

mtillman-921105 (1/9/2012)
Then, thanks to one of Ms. Shaw’s recommended books, now I'm stuck in physics and cosmology. :blink: The book I'm reading now is The Fabric of the Cosmos, which for instance covers Entanglement (a highly bizarre phenomenon to say the least).

You're welcome 😀

I'll add that "The Fabric of the Cosmos" to my to-buy list. btw, don't get the physics book on the 2011 post (on Quantum Gravity). It's a tough read.

By the way, if you know that there is a difference between Special and General Relativity, you might just be a nerd!

Err, so what are you if you know what the differences are?

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