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  • GilaMonster (6/19/2012)


    Grant Fritchey (6/19/2012)


    GilaMonster (6/19/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    "Surface"? Really?

    What kind of marketing department names a tablet with such a mundane moniker?

    Surface was previously the name of their table computer (touch screen, about the size of a coffee table).

    I loved that thing. I'd have had one for the house if it didn't cost the entire national debt of Paraguay.

    Same here. I would have loved to get one for the D&D table, would have made games so much easier to run. But at the price it was, not feasible.

    I'd been hoping they'd keep putting out new versions and eventually it'd become, if not reasonable, at least down to the price of a high end tv.

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  • Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    "Surface"? Really?

    What kind of marketing department names a tablet with such a mundane moniker?

    It's almost as if they WANT the tablet to fail.

    Hmmm,

    Could it be we will be getting new products from Microsoft named:

    - Texture

    - Volume

    - Area

    - Softness

    - Liquid

    - Solid

    - Plasma

    and so on?

    Honestly, I think that product could have a better name :-D.

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  • Stefan Krzywicki (6/18/2012)


    WayneS (6/18/2012)


    Ladies, Gentlemen, and Threadizens of all shapes and sizes! Come one, come all for the latest news of the day!

    Me, your humble dba, from out of the blue, happened to have thrown into his lap the proverbial dream job. (Or did it fall from the sky and bean me? Either way, it's a silver platter.) It seems like it is everything that I always wanted - indeed my dream job. So today, I've submitted my resignation with my company. (Actually, I submitted it last week, and just turned down their counter-offer today, but hey, whose splitting hairs here???)

    I'll be starting the new job in a couple of weeks. I'll be a DBA with a small company that some of you'll in the northeast corridor might have heard about... Ntirety. I do believe that this is going to be an awesome experience, and am looking forward to working with these fine guys and gals.

    Congratulations. This'll require a relocation on your part?

    that's part of what makes it my dream job... no relocation! 😀

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  • Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    I am putting a team together to develop the next best thing in mobile computing. The device will be called Cheese and the OS will be called Wine (or Whine might be more appropriate).

    Who wants in?

    IMHO, the next best thing in mobile computing needs to involve cherrys and chocolate.

    Wayne
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
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    If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!
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  • WayneS (6/19/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (6/18/2012)


    WayneS (6/18/2012)


    Ladies, Gentlemen, and Threadizens of all shapes and sizes! Come one, come all for the latest news of the day!

    Me, your humble dba, from out of the blue, happened to have thrown into his lap the proverbial dream job. (Or did it fall from the sky and bean me? Either way, it's a silver platter.) It seems like it is everything that I always wanted - indeed my dream job. So today, I've submitted my resignation with my company. (Actually, I submitted it last week, and just turned down their counter-offer today, but hey, whose splitting hairs here???)

    I'll be starting the new job in a couple of weeks. I'll be a DBA with a small company that some of you'll in the northeast corridor might have heard about... Ntirety. I do believe that this is going to be an awesome experience, and am looking forward to working with these fine guys and gals.

    Congratulations. This'll require a relocation on your part?

    that's part of what makes it my dream job... no relocation! 😀

    Working from home, the best commute in the world. I interviewed with them back in December. They went with someone in the Dedham office instead. I would have loved to work from home. Oh well, I have a pretty good job now with awesome benefits. Now, if I can just get to Afghanistan for a while...

  • WayneS (6/18/2012)


    Ladies, Gentlemen, and Threadizens of all shapes and sizes! Come one, come all for the latest news of the day!

    Me, your humble dba, from out of the blue, happened to have thrown into his lap the proverbial dream job. (Or did it fall from the sky and bean me? Either way, it's a silver platter.) It seems like it is everything that I always wanted - indeed my dream job. So today, I've submitted my resignation with my company. (Actually, I submitted it last week, and just turned down their counter-offer today, but hey, whose splitting hairs here???)

    I'll be starting the new job in a couple of weeks. I'll be a DBA with a small company that some of you'll in the northeast corridor might have heard about... Ntirety. I do believe that this is going to be an awesome experience, and am looking forward to working with these fine guys and gals.

    Congrats

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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  • Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    "Surface"? Really?

    What kind of marketing department names a tablet with such a mundane moniker?

    It's almost as if they WANT the tablet to fail.

    It could be worse - like Underneath

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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  • Grant Fritchey (6/19/2012)


    GilaMonster (6/19/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    "Surface"? Really?

    What kind of marketing department names a tablet with such a mundane moniker?

    Surface was previously the name of their table computer (touch screen, about the size of a coffee table).

    I loved that thing. I'd have had one for the house if it didn't cost the entire national debt of Paraguay. I'm not surprised they repurposed the name.

    I could use a surface computer. A monster sized touch screen tablet to go on a 9x12 wall.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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    SQL RNNR
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  • SQLRNNR (6/19/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    "Surface"? Really?

    What kind of marketing department names a tablet with such a mundane moniker?

    It's almost as if they WANT the tablet to fail.

    It could be worse - like Underneath

    Or the uPad.

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  • Wow, getting the Attunity drivers to work with Oracle is an enormous pain. This shouldn't be something that takes days to get right.

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  • Stefan Krzywicki (6/19/2012)


    Wow, getting the Attunity drivers to work with Oracle is an enormous pain. This shouldn't be something that takes days to get right.

    Are you really that surprised? :hehe:

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  • SQLRNNR (6/19/2012)


    Stefan Krzywicki (6/19/2012)


    Wow, getting the Attunity drivers to work with Oracle is an enormous pain. This shouldn't be something that takes days to get right.

    Are you really that surprised? :hehe:

    The only surprise is that anyone uses Oracle for anything.

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  • WayneS (6/19/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    I am putting a team together to develop the next best thing in mobile computing. The device will be called Cheese and the OS will be called Wine (or Whine might be more appropriate).

    Who wants in?

    IMHO, the next best thing in mobile computing needs to involve cherrys and chocolate.

    So, Cheese & Wine will be the platform and OS. Chocolate Covered Cherries will be the app that can only run on Cheese & Wine, right?

    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.

  • Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    WayneS (6/19/2012)


    Brandie Tarvin (6/19/2012)


    I am putting a team together to develop the next best thing in mobile computing. The device will be called Cheese and the OS will be called Wine (or Whine might be more appropriate).

    Who wants in?

    IMHO, the next best thing in mobile computing needs to involve cherrys and chocolate.

    So, Cheese & Wine will be the platform and OS. Chocolate Covered Cherries will be the app that can only run on Cheese & Wine, right?

    With the Peptobismol Framework. 😀

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