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

Thought I'd mention this here for anyone who's a fan of golden age comics.

Kickstarter Project: The Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes by Jess Nevins

He's a world-class researcher and a good writer. I'm really looking forward to this coming out.

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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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What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/5/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/5/2012)
I'm sorry, but I started laughing to myself when I read this one.
As Jeff would say, bwahahaha

Whup? BWAAA_HAAAA!!! 😀

--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)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 3

SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Topic Change:
If you are in the area (or just visiting)
Check this out:
My wife has opened her new Photo Studio[/url]

Congrats, and very cool.

And apparently you married up :-P:w00t:

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Some help here. Am I wrong, do you need to restore the user databases after restoring the master database?

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 5

Lynn Pettis (4/4/2012)
Why is it people ask if you have had a similar problem, then disagree with you when you have and tell them what was happening?

If it turns out I'm right, is it okay to gloat? :w00t:

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 6

Lynn Pettis (4/5/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/4/2012)
Why is it people ask if you have had a similar problem, then disagree with you when you have and tell them what was happening?
If it turns out I'm right, is it okay to gloat? :w00t:

I think it's mandatory. But that might just be me ...

- 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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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 7

GSquared (4/5/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/5/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/4/2012)
Why is it people ask if you have had a similar problem, then disagree with you when you have and tell them what was happening?
If it turns out I'm right, is it okay to gloat? :w00t:
I think it's mandatory. But that might just be me ...

By the way, this is the thread in question.

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 8

Grant Fritchey (4/5/2012)
Koen Verbeeck (4/5/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/4/2012)
GilaMonster (4/4/2012)
Who feels like doing the impossible? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1278455-391-1.aspx
A lot of attitude on that one.
I think the attitude comes from a lot of frustration.
Yeah, I feel for him. I've had WAY too many arguments with people demanding that I rearrange the laws of physics because they said so.

Oh, sometimes it's worse than that - management insists that you exploit some snake oil whose vendor has "demonstrated" that he's repealed the laws of physics, or even worse suggests that since the snake oil purveyor has clearly managed to repeal not only both the first and second laws of thermodynamics but also Newtons principles and Relativity it is a sign of your incompetence that you can't do the same for 20% of the price he's asking for his oil.

At one place (that was rapidly going to pot because engineers and scientists had been superceded by salesmen and accountants as the people in charge oif R&D) we were asked to evaluate a storage product that was "guaranteed" to compress any data handed to it to something smaller than the original, and even guaranteed to do this if provided its own compressed data as input, and all at a nice fast rate. When the technical people said "it's crap, don't want to waste time looking at it" the senior management threw a tantrum.

Tom

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/5/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Topic Change:
If you are in the area (or just visiting)
Check this out:
My wife has opened her new Photo Studio[/url]
Congrats, and very cool.
And apparently you married up :-P:w00t:

Thank you

I tend to think I married up.

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]
Learn Extended Events

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 10

SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Koen Verbeeck (4/5/2012)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2012)
Yeah, I feel for him. I've had WAY too many arguments with people demanding that I rearrange the laws of physics because they said so.
If I say gravity goes up, then gravity goes up, dammit!
Define "up"

"Up" is the direction of the vector from the unbuttered side of the toast to the buttered side when the toast is at rest on the fluffy carpet.

What else do you imagine it could mean?

Tom

Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 11

SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/5/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Topic Change:
If you are in the area (or just visiting)
Check this out:
My wife has opened her new Photo Studio[/url]
Congrats, and very cool.
And apparently you married up :-P:w00t:
Thank you
I tend to think I married up.

Are you sure?

SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Define "up"

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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 12

L' Eomot Inversé (4/5/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Koen Verbeeck (4/5/2012)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2012)
Yeah, I feel for him. I've had WAY too many arguments with people demanding that I rearrange the laws of physics because they said so.
If I say gravity goes up, then gravity goes up, dammit!
Define "up"
"Up" is the direction of the vector from the unbuttered side of the toast to the buttered side when the toast is at rest on the fluffy carpet.
What else do you imagine it could mean?

Village Idiot: Mayor, Mayor! I dropped a piece of bread on the ground and it landed butter side up!

Mayor: You fool! You buttered the wrong side!

Brandie Tarvin, MCITP Database AdministratorLiveJournal Blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/[/url]On LinkedIn!, Google+, and Twitter.Freelance Writer: ShadowrunLatchkeys: Nevermore, Latchkeys: The Bootleg War, and Latchkeys: Roscoes in the Night are now available on Nook and Kindle.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/5/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Topic Change:
If you are in the area (or just visiting)
Check this out:
My wife has opened her new Photo Studio[/url]
Congrats, and very cool.
And apparently you married up :-P:w00t:
Thank you
I tend to think I married up.
Are you sure?
SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Define "up"

Maybe lateral?

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 14

"Up" is the direction radially outward from the local, subjectively predominant gravitational influence.

At least, that's what I say when someone asks, "What's up?"

- 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

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 15

SQLRNNR (4/5/2012)
Thank you
I tend to think I married up.

So did I. It's worked out well.