January 28, 2014 at 1:14 pm
Great quote of the day:
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GilaMonster (1/16/2014)
That risk is why the log backup interval should be less than the allowable data loss for the system.
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I need to remember to use this.
January 29, 2014 at 4:49 am
Talking of Grant, did anyone see the picture of him on the SQLCruise yesterday- almost as red as the livery of that company he works for!
Rodders...
January 29, 2014 at 6:17 am
rodjkidd (1/29/2014)
Talking of Grant, did anyone see the picture of him on the SQLCruise yesterday- almost as red as the livery of that company he works for!Rodders...
Bring him to the Upper Midwest.
We could use something to radiate some heat into the freezer.
January 29, 2014 at 6:33 am
Greg Edwards-268690 (1/29/2014)
rodjkidd (1/29/2014)
Talking of Grant, did anyone see the picture of him on the SQLCruise yesterday- almost as red as the livery of that company he works for!Rodders...
Bring him to the Upper Midwest.
We could use something to radiate some heat into the freezer.
Yeah, really. After he heats up Minnesota, send him over to Michigan. I know we're not as cold as Northern Minnesota, but this is still cold for us. I hear *this* arctic blast is supposed to be ending and we're forecast to get up to a balmy 15 F later today. At least we didn't get 16" of snow the day before this one hit like we did with the last one. Given the lack of activity in the road commission around here, driving in the last one was just plain dangerous.
January 29, 2014 at 6:38 am
Could use some of that chill down here. We had a couple of weeks of 35 C+ (high for JHB). Seriously unpleasant.
Gail Shaw
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January 29, 2014 at 7:00 am
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Could use some of that chill down here. We had a couple of weeks of 35 C+ (high for JHB). Seriously unpleasant.
That sounds seriously unpleasant - that's 95 F. We're on opposite ends of the spectrum right now.
Speaking of weather, Gail, I saw a documentary on strange weather phenomenon a couple days ago and they talked about one that occurs in either Cape Town or Johannesburg. Have you ever seen the mountain where the clouds stay near the top and continuously roll downwards? I think it was called a table cloud. It looked really cool.
January 29, 2014 at 7:09 am
Ed Wagner (1/29/2014)
Greg Edwards-268690 (1/29/2014)
rodjkidd (1/29/2014)
Talking of Grant, did anyone see the picture of him on the SQLCruise yesterday- almost as red as the livery of that company he works for!Rodders...
Bring him to the Upper Midwest.
We could use something to radiate some heat into the freezer.
Yeah, really. After he heats up Minnesota, send him over to Michigan. I know we're not as cold as Northern Minnesota, but this is still cold for us. I hear *this* arctic blast is supposed to be ending and we're forecast to get up to a balmy 15 F later today. At least we didn't get 16" of snow the day before this one hit like we did with the last one. Given the lack of activity in the road commission around here, driving in the last one was just plain dangerous.
I think you and Jeff are usually a day behind us as this heads East most of the time.
I can remember a time or two where snowmobile worked better than 4 wheel drive to get around.
Some of what you had back in December reminded me of the Halloween Blizzard of 1991.
This cold, black ice comes into play. And chemicals have stopped working to melt it.
Makes for slow and dangerous commute.
January 29, 2014 at 7:10 am
Ed Wagner (1/29/2014)
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Could use some of that chill down here. We had a couple of weeks of 35 C+ (high for JHB). Seriously unpleasant.That sounds seriously unpleasant - that's 95 F. We're on opposite ends of the spectrum right now.
It's cooled down since. Fortunately.
Houses here don't typically have built in heating or air conditioning, the weather isn't usually extreme enough to need it.
Speaking of weather, Gail, I saw a documentary on strange weather phenomenon a couple days ago and they talked about one that occurs in either Cape Town or Johannesburg. Have you ever seen the mountain where the clouds stay near the top and continuously roll downwards? I think it was called a table cloud. It looked really cool.
Table Mountain, Cape Town.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
January 29, 2014 at 7:35 am
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Ed Wagner (1/29/2014)
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Could use some of that chill down here. We had a couple of weeks of 35 C+ (high for JHB). Seriously unpleasant.That sounds seriously unpleasant - that's 95 F. We're on opposite ends of the spectrum right now.
It's cooled down since. Fortunately.
Houses here don't typically have built in heating or air conditioning, the weather isn't usually extreme enough to need it.
Speaking of weather, Gail, I saw a documentary on strange weather phenomenon a couple days ago and they talked about one that occurs in either Cape Town or Johannesburg. Have you ever seen the mountain where the clouds stay near the top and continuously roll downwards? I think it was called a table cloud. It looked really cool.
Table Mountain, Cape Town.
I have seen over 100 F, and under -30 F here, so it's hard to imagine no heater or air conditioning.
And with Alaska hitting 62 F yesterday, when our high was 0 F, makes me question why do I live here.
I'll have to look for Table Mountain, sounds very interesting.
January 29, 2014 at 7:40 am
As we are talking weather... Don't think I've mentioned this before...
We have a off shore team working on site. They go back to India in a month or so. We work with two of them. Ever since October they keep asking if it's going to get colder - to which the answer is "Yes!"
They even rented somewhere closer so they didn't have to walk to train station, sit on train, walk to work. They now have a 5 minute walk I think. Because they were cold.
Anyhow, we want it to snow now, they have never seen snow, I just want to see two adults acting like kids for a day once they have seen snow. The appeal will then wear off pretty quickly 🙂
Rodders...
January 29, 2014 at 7:42 am
Greg Edwards-268690 (1/29/2014)
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Ed Wagner (1/29/2014)
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Could use some of that chill down here. We had a couple of weeks of 35 C+ (high for JHB). Seriously unpleasant.That sounds seriously unpleasant - that's 95 F. We're on opposite ends of the spectrum right now.
It's cooled down since. Fortunately.
Houses here don't typically have built in heating or air conditioning, the weather isn't usually extreme enough to need it.
Speaking of weather, Gail, I saw a documentary on strange weather phenomenon a couple days ago and they talked about one that occurs in either Cape Town or Johannesburg. Have you ever seen the mountain where the clouds stay near the top and continuously roll downwards? I think it was called a table cloud. It looked really cool.
Table Mountain, Cape Town.
I have seen over 100 F, and under -30 F here, so it's hard to imagine no heater or air conditioning.
And with Alaska hitting 62 F yesterday, when our high was 0 F, makes me question why do I live here.
I'll have to look for Table Mountain, sounds very interesting.
I've seen a similar temperature range here and it does make life interesting. As for Alaska, I heard they just had their first daylight in a while. They go for a couple months without daylight and then a couple months in the summer without darkness. I think that would get old fast if I lived there.
If you get the weather channel, the program was called "Strangest Weather on Earth", but I'm sure you can find something about it online. It was beyond cool.
January 29, 2014 at 7:56 am
The weather here in New England has been odd this winter. We'll have a decent sized snow storm roll through (6+ inches), then we'll warm up to close to 50 F, lose most of the snow, and then the cold blast comes through (wind chill's ~-20 F) and ices up all the roads that have the snow melt.
On another note, I only see one threadizen has submitted a session to SQLSaturday #293 - Maine (June 28) thus far. This is a first-time city/state and the city of Portland, ME is considered one of the more interesting small cities in the US. Several microbreweries and good restaurants. As an incentive, I'll let you know that we are considering a lobster dinner for the speaker/volunteer dinner as that is something very Maine, and something that tends to be very expensive in other areas, but not too expensive in Maine, so a lot of people like to get lobster when they visit.
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January 29, 2014 at 7:58 am
rodjkidd (1/29/2014)
As we are talking weather... Don't think I've mentioned this before...We have a off shore team working on site. They go back to India in a month or so. We work with two of them. Ever since October they keep asking if it's going to get colder - to which the answer is "Yes!"
They even rented somewhere closer so they didn't have to walk to train station, sit on train, walk to work. They now have a 5 minute walk I think. Because they were cold.
Anyhow, we want it to snow now, they have never seen snow, I just want to see two adults acting like kids for a day once they have seen snow. The appeal will then wear off pretty quickly 🙂
Rodders...
I remember people from other sites (Mexico and China come to mind), coming to our site in the winter.
Not just snow, but we drove them out on the ice to fish.
Gave them something to talk about when they got back home. 😀
January 29, 2014 at 8:03 am
Jack Corbett (1/29/2014)
The weather here in New England has been odd this winter. We'll have a decent sized snow storm roll through (6+ inches), then we'll warm up to close to 50 F, lose most of the snow, and then the cold blast comes through (wind chill's ~-20 F) and ices up all the roads that have the snow melt.On another note, I only see one threadizen has submitted a session to SQLSaturday #293 - Maine (June 28) thus far. This is a first-time city/state and the city of Portland, ME is considered one of the more interesting small cities in the US. Several microbreweries and good restaurants. As an incentive, I'll let you know that we are considering a lobster dinner for the speaker/volunteer dinner as that is something very Maine, and something that tends to be very expensive in other areas, but not too expensive in Maine, so a lot of people like to get lobster when they visit.
Maine is a place I'd like to visit something.
From what I have seen, similar to northern MN.
I'll have to keep that SQL Saturday in mind as it gets closer.
Fortunately for us, it has stayed cold.
That freeze / thaw / freeze can be very ugly.
January 29, 2014 at 8:12 am
Ed Wagner (1/29/2014)
Greg Edwards-268690 (1/29/2014)
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Ed Wagner (1/29/2014)
GilaMonster (1/29/2014)
Could use some of that chill down here. We had a couple of weeks of 35 C+ (high for JHB). Seriously unpleasant.That sounds seriously unpleasant - that's 95 F. We're on opposite ends of the spectrum right now.
It's cooled down since. Fortunately.
Houses here don't typically have built in heating or air conditioning, the weather isn't usually extreme enough to need it.
Speaking of weather, Gail, I saw a documentary on strange weather phenomenon a couple days ago and they talked about one that occurs in either Cape Town or Johannesburg. Have you ever seen the mountain where the clouds stay near the top and continuously roll downwards? I think it was called a table cloud. It looked really cool.
Table Mountain, Cape Town.
I have seen over 100 F, and under -30 F here, so it's hard to imagine no heater or air conditioning.
And with Alaska hitting 62 F yesterday, when our high was 0 F, makes me question why do I live here.
I'll have to look for Table Mountain, sounds very interesting.
I've seen a similar temperature range here and it does make life interesting. As for Alaska, I heard they just had their first daylight in a while. They go for a couple months without daylight and then a couple months in the summer without darkness. I think that would get old fast if I lived there.
If you get the weather channel, the program was called "Strangest Weather on Earth", but I'm sure you can find something about it online. It was beyond cool.
My brother was stationed at Ft Wainwright (near Fairbanks, in central Alaska) when he was in the army. On the winter solstice, that area gets less than four hours of daylight. He said his first winter was VERY stressful - the dark and cold took a toll on a guy who was born in Texas and lived in Tennessee and Florida for his entire life.
Jason Wolfkill
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