July 6, 2012 at 5:56 am
GilaMonster (7/3/2012)
For anyone not on/not paying attention to twitter.....It seems to be official.... I'm a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008.
https://twitter.com/SQLintheWild/statuses/220252281847808001
Absolutely awesome, Gail! Congratulations!
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July 6, 2012 at 6:25 am
Brandie Tarvin (7/6/2012)
Someone please explain to me why donut shops insist on placing single donuts in the bag icing side down. I don't want my icing sticking to the bottom of the bag. Can't they just turn the donut right-side up????[/rant]
Sigh... all that chocolate gone to waste.
Is this the same physics principle that comes in to play when the toast falls butter side down on the floor? Maybe they place the donut in the bag icing side up but the Pastry Principle causes it to stick icing side down.
July 6, 2012 at 6:36 am
OCTom (7/6/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (7/6/2012)
Someone please explain to me why donut shops insist on placing single donuts in the bag icing side down. I don't want my icing sticking to the bottom of the bag. Can't they just turn the donut right-side up????[/rant]
Sigh... all that chocolate gone to waste.
Is this the same physics principle that comes in to play when the toast falls butter side down on the floor?
Village Idiot: Mayor, Mayor, it's amazing! The toast I buttered fell out of my hand, but it landed on the floor butter side up!
Mayor: You fool! You buttered the wrong side!
Maybe they place the donut in the bag icing side up but the Pastry Principle causes it to stick icing side down.
Doesn't the Pastry Principle have something to do with Higgs and bosons?
July 6, 2012 at 6:50 am
Gail is an MCM. Amazing, wonderful, and hardly surprising. Well done!
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July 6, 2012 at 6:59 am
Celko did a helpful post AND he gave someone a compliment.
I'm not kidding.
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July 6, 2012 at 7:09 am
GilaMonster (7/3/2012)
For anyone not on/not paying attention to twitter.....It seems to be official.... I'm a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008.
https://twitter.com/SQLintheWild/statuses/220252281847808001
Congratulations, Gail. Well deserved.
July 6, 2012 at 7:12 am
Brandie Tarvin (7/5/2012)
So I have a non-SQL related WHOOT of my own. I got a 5 star review for my short story, Legend of the Beemen.http://lasrsff.blogspot.com/2012/07/legend-of-beemen-by-brandie-tarvin.html
Excuse me while I bounce around like a total geek. @=)
Congrats, Brandie.
July 6, 2012 at 9:37 am
Brandie Tarvin (7/6/2012)
Hey, guys. I'm going to post something and if it's inappropriate, please let me know.A lot of people have been displaced due to the recent East Coast flooding and the Colorado (and western states) wildfires. The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund is doing its best to help these people out, but they could always use more funds, especially from those of us who can't make it out there to volunteer with services.
I've got a random drawing contest going on at my blog to encourage people to donate to the fund. I'm offering a $20.00 Musa Publishing gift certificate (buys a lot of ebooks at Musa) to encourage people to donate (and post proof of donation).
If you could spread the word around, I would appreciate it. And if anyone wants to offer up a SQL book or something as part of the encouragement, that too would be welcome. But mostly I'm trying to spread the word. Here's the link to my blog: http://brandietarvin.livejournal.com/58628.html
Not inappropriate, and all help appreciated by those that are in need. Scouts have done a lot of stuff here to donate water and other goods.
July 8, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Brandie Tarvin (7/6/2012)
OCTom (7/6/2012)
Brandie Tarvin (7/6/2012)
Someone please explain to me why donut shops insist on placing single donuts in the bag icing side down. I don't want my icing sticking to the bottom of the bag. Can't they just turn the donut right-side up????[/rant]
Sigh... all that chocolate gone to waste.
Is this the same physics principle that comes in to play when the toast falls butter side down on the floor?
Village Idiot: Mayor, Mayor, it's amazing! The toast I buttered fell out of my hand, but it landed on the floor butter side up!
Mayor: You fool! You buttered the wrong side!
Maybe they place the donut in the bag icing side up but the Pastry Principle causes it to stick icing side down.
Doesn't the Pastry Principle have something to do with Higgs and bosons?
This is a textbook example of a binomial probability distribution where (p) the probability of the toast falling butter side down is 80% and the probability that it will fall butter side up (1-p) is 20.
If you'd like to model your toast in SQL with binomial random numbers, you can refer to my article here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Uniform+Random+Numbers/91103/
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July 10, 2012 at 10:16 am
GilaMonster (7/3/2012)
For anyone not on/not paying attention to twitter.....It seems to be official.... I'm a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008.
https://twitter.com/SQLintheWild/statuses/220252281847808001
Congrats. I'm not surprised that you made it.
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July 11, 2012 at 1:41 pm
July 11, 2012 at 1:44 pm
[edit - double post]
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking
July 11, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Excuse the double post, it seemed to have gotten stuck there for a minute. :blush:
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking
July 11, 2012 at 1:49 pm
mtillman-921105 (7/11/2012)
Excuse the double post, it seemed to have gotten stuck there for a minute. :blush:
That's okay, but the links don't seem to work where I am. Not getting any kind of blocked message, it just doesn't seem to work.
July 11, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Lynn Pettis (7/11/2012)
mtillman-921105 (7/11/2012)
Excuse the double post, it seemed to have gotten stuck there for a minute. :blush:That's okay, but the links don't seem to work where I am. Not getting any kind of blocked message, it just doesn't seem to work.
There should have been a redirect to here for that link
http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/
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