Are the posted questions getting worse?
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Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
If any would-be employee claims to be a Threadzian, we have two questions that we can now ask them during the interview.1) What does sp_kleenex do and when would you use it?
2) How many parameters does DBCC Timewarp really have?
If they don't have an answer for either, they get booted out of the building...
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Isn't the answer to #2 just "I'll tell you yesterday"?
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Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
If any would-be employee claims to be a Threadzian, we have two questions that we can now ask them during the interview.1) What does sp_kleenex do and when would you use it?
2) How many parameters does DBCC Timewarp really have?
If they don't have an answer for either, they get booted out of the building...
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Speaking of DBCC TimeWarp... I watched Grant use it Sat at SQLSat111 during lunch demo. I don't think any other attendees really knew what was really happening though...
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WayneS (4/16/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
If any would-be employee claims to be a Threadzian, we have two questions that we can now ask them during the interview.2) How many parameters does DBCC Timewarp really have?
Speaking of DBCC TimeWarp... I watched Grant use it Sat at SQLSat111 during lunch demo. I don't think any other attendees really knew what was really happening though...
I want video proof of anyone who uses it at a SQL Saturday, Rally, or PASS event. I want to see what happens. I'll buy Drink of Choice to the first 3 people who provide such proof to me the next time I see them.
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Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
WayneS (4/16/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
If any would-be employee claims to be a Threadzian, we have two questions that we can now ask them during the interview.2) How many parameters does DBCC Timewarp really have?
Speaking of DBCC TimeWarp... I watched Grant use it Sat at SQLSat111 during lunch demo. I don't think any other attendees really knew what was really happening though...
I want video proof of anyone who uses it at a SQL Saturday, Rally, or PASS event. I want to see what happens. I'll buy Drink of Choice to the first 3 people who provide such proof to me the next time I see them.
You already had proof. However you invoked it again and now you are ahead of the rest of us again. Sorry no proof anymore. If you can just DBCC TimeWarp -3 you should have your proof in your inbox again...assuming PM's are now working for you again.
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Sean Lange (4/16/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
WayneS (4/16/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
If any would-be employee claims to be a Threadzian, we have two questions that we can now ask them during the interview.2) How many parameters does DBCC Timewarp really have?
Speaking of DBCC TimeWarp... I watched Grant use it Sat at SQLSat111 during lunch demo. I don't think any other attendees really knew what was really happening though...
I want video proof of anyone who uses it at a SQL Saturday, Rally, or PASS event. I want to see what happens. I'll buy Drink of Choice to the first 3 people who provide such proof to me the next time I see them.
You already had proof. However you invoked it again and now you are ahead of the rest of us again. Sorry no proof anymore. If you can just DBCC TimeWarp -3 you should have your proof in your inbox again...assuming PM's are now working for you again.
Or have ever worked for you or ever will work for you. This is DBCC TimeWarp, after all.
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WayneS (4/16/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (4/16/2012)
If any would-be employee claims to be a Threadzian, we have two questions that we can now ask them during the interview.1) What does sp_kleenex do and when would you use it?
2) How many parameters does DBCC Timewarp really have?
If they don't have an answer for either, they get booted out of the building...
@=)
Speaking of DBCC TimeWarp... I watched Grant use it Sat at SQLSat111 during lunch demo. I don't think any other attendees really knew what was really happening though...
haha! That's great! What was the outcome?
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And then there are those that you think should be able to understand what you are telling them only to have that believe shot out from under you.
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L' Eomot Inversé (4/15/2012)
Revenant (4/14/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/13/2012)
Evil Kraig F (4/13/2012)
Some days, this helps:Or this (my drink of choice tonight)
The image does not display in my IE9. Or was ite meant to be a Zen koan?
displays fine in my Firefox 11 (32 bit XP Pro). It looks like an empty tequila bottle with a very poor quality cork, but I'm not a tequila man so maybe cork standards are different.
It's not empty. You can see the level right above the "TEQUILA 100% DE AGAVE" hexagon.
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EL Jerry (4/16/2012)
L' Eomot Inversé (4/15/2012)
Revenant (4/14/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/13/2012)
Evil Kraig F (4/13/2012)
Some days, this helps:Or this (my drink of choice tonight)
The image does not display in my IE9. Or was ite meant to be a Zen koan?
displays fine in my Firefox 11 (32 bit XP Pro). It looks like an empty tequila bottle with a very poor quality cork, but I'm not a tequila man so maybe cork standards are different.
It's not empty. You can see the level right above the "TEQUILA 100% DE AGAVE" hexagon.
Interesting... It did not display on Friday but it does today.
Nice bottle but unfortunately, tequila is not my favorite libation.
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With "the one", do you think it time to tell him the following?
1. Get out a blank piece of paper.
2. Put your name and today's date at the top.
3. At the bottom, sign your name.
4. In between the lines written above write, I Quit.
5. Give this to your boss.
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Lynn Pettis (4/16/2012)
With "the one", do you think it time to tell him the following?1. Get out a blank piece of paper.
2. Put your name and today's date at the top.
3. At the bottom, sign your name.
4. In between the lines written above write, I Quit.
5. Give this to your boss.
LOL those instruction might be too clear to be understood by the subject.
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Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/ -
Sean Lange (4/16/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/16/2012)
With "the one", do you think it time to tell him the following?1. Get out a blank piece of paper.
2. Put your name and today's date at the top.
3. At the bottom, sign your name.
4. In between the lines written above write, I Quit.
5. Give this to your boss.
LOL those instruction might be too clear to be understood by the subject.
IMHO - you guys should walk away from that one.
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SQLRNNR (4/16/2012)
Sean Lange (4/16/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/16/2012)
With "the one", do you think it time to tell him the following?1. Get out a blank piece of paper.
2. Put your name and today's date at the top.
3. At the bottom, sign your name.
4. In between the lines written above write, I Quit.
5. Give this to your boss.
LOL those instruction might be too clear to be understood by the subject.
IMHO - you guys should walk away from that one.
To be honest, I think anyone involved in that one should walk away. Problem is, once we do, what if he suddenly has an ephany and actually posts useful and vital information that could actually help us help him?
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Sean Lange (4/16/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/16/2012)
With "the one", do you think it time to tell him the following?1. Get out a blank piece of paper.
2. Put your name and today's date at the top.
3. At the bottom, sign your name.
4. In between the lines written above write, I Quit.
5. Give this to your boss.
LOL those instruction might be too clear to be understood by the subject.
jcrawf02 (4/16/2012)
Although his grammar is unintentionally hilarious at points, creating other words in English when the end of one gets tacked onto the start of another. example: "It snot my database" <-- I HATE when that happens, takes forever to run sp_kleenexmaby if you typed "IQ uit
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Lynn Pettis (4/16/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/16/2012)
Sean Lange (4/16/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/16/2012)
With "the one", do you think it time to tell him the following?1. Get out a blank piece of paper.
2. Put your name and today's date at the top.
3. At the bottom, sign your name.
4. In between the lines written above write, I Quit.
5. Give this to your boss.
LOL those instruction might be too clear to be understood by the subject.
IMHO - you guys should walk away from that one.
To be honest, I think anyone involved in that one should walk away. Problem is, once we do, what if he suddenly has an ephany and actually posts useful and vital information that could actually help us help him?
Come back and prod it with an 11 foot pole?
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