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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 1

Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx

You will have to ask Koen, he supposedly took it to the shop for repair and no one has seen it since

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 2

Eirikur Eiriksson (3/17/2015)
Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx
You will have to ask Koen, he supposedly took it to the shop for repair and no one has seen it since
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I handed it over to Grant. Do you honestly believe he could do a session at SQLBits within one minute notice without being prepared?

Ha! 😀 😉

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx

Sorry, mine's broken, it's only showing clouds.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 4

GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx
Sorry, mine's broken, it's only showing clouds.

You're holding it upside down:-P

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 5

ChrisM@Work (3/18/2015)
GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx
Sorry, mine's broken, it's only showing clouds.
You're holding it upside down:-P

Here I am, thinking that it was just the latest version, where everything is in the cloud, and I am finding out it's user error.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398886 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx
Sorry, mine's broken, it's only showing clouds.

OMG! That explains why I've been doing all this work in Azure.

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Sioban Krzywicki One Orange Chip Points: 27770 More actions · Answer 7

Grant Fritchey (3/18/2015)
GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Luis Cazares (3/17/2015)
Can someone help with a crystal ball or interrogation system for this thread?
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1668185-391-1.aspx
Sorry, mine's broken, it's only showing clouds.
OMG! That explains why I've been doing all this work in Azure.

At least I've figured out why they call it the cloud.

So many different products and ways to do things with such frequent upgrades and changing functionality, what you can and should do in that space is really cloudy. They should really call it the fog.

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 8

Someone is asking the question: "One of the database that I monitoring is showing the .mdf file full. Recovery model of that database is simple. How can I add more space to it?"

Is it ok to answer with: "Hire a DBA"?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 9

Alvin Ramard (3/18/2015)
Someone is asking the question: "One of the database that I monitoring is showing the .mdf file full. Recovery model of that database is simple. How can I add more space to it?"
Is it ok to answer with: "Hire a DBA"?
😎

*snigger*

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 10

For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 11

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/18/2015)
For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce

That was an interesting read. I can't disagree with any of it, but I can honestly say I don't think any of the negative reactions mentioned by the writer are ones I have had.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

Jack Corbett (3/18/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/18/2015)
For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce
That was an interesting read. I can't disagree with any of it, but I can honestly say I don't think any of the negative reactions mentioned by the writer are ones I have had.

I've a couple times (here and elsewhere) had the "You should read that article properly.", "I wrote the article"

I've had people assume I'm not technical but that the male colleagues with me are.

I've had a case where the client's senior dev outright told me that I didn't have a clue what I was talking about, but when my male colleague repeated the statements he was believed.

Multiple times people have assumed, prior to meeting me, that my title (when they have my name and surname) is 'Mr'. My usual reply there is that my father is retired and hence won't be coming (he was also in IT, former developer)

I've had cases where, at a meeting with a client, people will initially speak to my boss (male), not to me.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

Alvin Ramard (3/18/2015)
Someone is asking the question: "One of the database that I monitoring is showing the .mdf file full. Recovery model of that database is simple. How can I add more space to it?"
Is it ok to answer with: "Hire a DBA"?
😎

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Jack Corbett (3/18/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/18/2015)
For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce
That was an interesting read. I can't disagree with any of it, but I can honestly say I don't think any of the negative reactions mentioned by the writer are ones I have had.
I've a couple times (here and elsewhere) had the "You should read that article properly.", "I wrote the article"
I've had people assume I'm not technical but that the male colleagues with me are.
I've had a case where the client's senior dev outright told me that I didn't have a clue what I was talking about, but when my male colleague repeated the statements he was believed.
Multiple times people have assumed, prior to meeting me, that my title (when they have my name and surname) is 'Mr'. My usual reply there is that my father is retired and hence won't be coming (he was also in IT, former developer)
I've had cases where, at a meeting with a client, people will initially speak to my boss (male), not to me.

Looking at someone, you have no clue what they can and cannot do with the best of them.

This goes for a lot more than coding.

My daughter once was grabbed by a guy outside a bar.

The bouncer broke it up, and the cops were called.

Interesting to have the cops asking her if she wanted press charges.

While the jerk was nursing his broken nose.

Good for him that her friend, a local MMA fighter, wasn't out there at the time.

Let people and their actions, not their gender, looks, or size form your opinion.

And forming that opinion before often can lead to you having an embarrassing moment.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173068 More actions · Answer 15

GilaMonster (3/18/2015)
Jack Corbett (3/18/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/18/2015)
For your discussion: https://medium.com/@sailorhg/coding-like-a-girl-595b90791cce
That was an interesting read. I can't disagree with any of it, but I can honestly say I don't think any of the negative reactions mentioned by the writer are ones I have had.
I've a couple times (here and elsewhere) had the "You should read that article properly.", "I wrote the article"
I've had people assume I'm not technical but that the male colleagues with me are.
I've had a case where the client's senior dev outright told me that I didn't have a clue what I was talking about, but when my male colleague repeated the statements he was believed.
Multiple times people have assumed, prior to meeting me, that my title (when they have my name and surname) is 'Mr'. My usual reply there is that my father is retired and hence won't be coming (he was also in IT, former developer)
I've had cases where, at a meeting with a client, people will initially speak to my boss (male), not to me.

The sad thing is, almost every guy when offered this perspective, always replies "I don't think I'm like that." None of them every say "I'll pay attention when I interact with a woman and see whether or not I do any of the things on the list."

It's not that I don't believe you, Jack, but as Gail has so aptly illustrated, men tend to do some of these things so naturally that they don't see it in themselves on the occasions that they do act in this mannter.

It's the subtle sexism of the industry, unfortunately.

I got a new coworker a couple of years ago who knows less about SQL Server than I do. Every time he would ask me a question, he would go ask someone else the same question to validate my input. Part of it was that he didn't like the answers I was giving him. Part of it, I'm sure, was that he couldn't bring himself to trust the input of a female coworker. I'm sure there are other reasons, but he's not the only man who has done that to me.

Usually when women ask the question, if they don't like the answer, they ask me if there's another answer. They don't tend to treat my response as "an uninformed opinion."

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