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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182916 More actions · Answer 1

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/29/2015)
Now?

24 times more Steve:-D

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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 2

Are we there yet? 😀

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July 29, 2015 at 1:48 pm

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Still waiting...

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July 29, 2015 at 1:49 pm

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 5

I just love university logic.

They send my student card by courier. They send request for guest count for grad via SMS and email.

They send the document telling me my final mark and letting me know I have 3 weeks to deliver the final printed copies of the dissertation by post, and only by post.

And for the people living in the first world, that would be the SA postal service which was on strike for ~6 months last year and haven't got much faster since.

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
I just love university logic.
They send my student card by courier. They send request for guest count for grad via SMS and email.
They send the document telling me my final mark and letting me know I have 3 weeks to deliver the final printed copies of the dissertation by post, and only by post.
And for the people living in the first world, that would be the SA postal service which was on strike for ~6 months last year and haven't got much faster since.

I'm guessing they don't want anyone sending in the final printed copies via email or SMS. 😛

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

SQLRNNR (7/29/2015)
And in breaking news...
The thread is about to turn 50,000.
Let the countdown begin.

Am I missing something? Page header says 49730 posts.

I know we like countdowns, but counting down 270 posts is a bit much.

(or is the count toast since the posts disappeared back when?)

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6613 More actions · Answer 8

GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
SQLRNNR (7/29/2015)
And in breaking news...
The thread is about to turn 50,000.
Let the countdown begin.
Am I missing something? Page header says 49730 posts.
I know we like countdowns, but counting down 270 posts is a bit much.
(or is the count toast since the posts disappeared back when?)

...wondered that myself...*edit - aha, figured it out. Steve modified the header counts so he can be the one to get the 50,000th post.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736494 More actions · Answer 9

I saw it was hundreds away. I thought I'd just try to get Jason going a bit.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 10

Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)
GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
I just love university logic.
They send my student card by courier. They send request for guest count for grad via SMS and email.
They send the document telling me my final mark and letting me know I have 3 weeks to deliver the final printed copies of the dissertation by post, and only by post.
And for the people living in the first world, that would be the SA postal service which was on strike for ~6 months last year and haven't got much faster since.
I'm guessing they don't want anyone sending in the final printed copies via email or SMS. 😛

Thing is, I never received the letter. I only know about it because my thesis adviser found a copy in his pigeonhole, scanned it and emailed it to me.

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 11

GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)
GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
I just love university logic.
They send my student card by courier. They send request for guest count for grad via SMS and email.
They send the document telling me my final mark and letting me know I have 3 weeks to deliver the final printed copies of the dissertation by post, and only by post.
And for the people living in the first world, that would be the SA postal service which was on strike for ~6 months last year and haven't got much faster since.
I'm guessing they don't want anyone sending in the final printed copies via email or SMS. 😛
Thing is, I never received the letter. I only know about it because my thesis adviser found a copy in his pigeonhole, scanned it and emailed it to me.

That's not good!

Alvin Ramard
Memphis PASS Chapter[/url]

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

Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)
GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)
GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
I just love university logic.
They send my student card by courier. They send request for guest count for grad via SMS and email.
They send the document telling me my final mark and letting me know I have 3 weeks to deliver the final printed copies of the dissertation by post, and only by post.
And for the people living in the first world, that would be the SA postal service which was on strike for ~6 months last year and haven't got much faster since.
I'm guessing they don't want anyone sending in the final printed copies via email or SMS. 😛
Thing is, I never received the letter. I only know about it because my thesis adviser found a copy in his pigeonhole, scanned it and emailed it to me.
That's not good!

Indeed. The deadline for the final copies is next Sat, the binding process takes 3 working days and I'm away from home until Monday.

Fortunately I had an almost final copy of the dissertation in pdf and a trial version of Acrobat was sufficient to make the couple outstanding changes and the place doing the printing is happy to receive a 25MB pdf file via email.

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
SQLRNNR (7/29/2015)
And in breaking news...
The thread is about to turn 50,000.
Let the countdown begin.
Am I missing something? Page header says 49730 posts.
I know we like countdowns, but counting down 270 posts is a bit much.
(or is the count toast since the posts disappeared back when?)

270 is tiny for a mark as big as 50k.

And if those posts are still missing from the count, we are welllllllll beyond 50k now.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/29/2015)
I saw it was hundreds away. I thought I'd just try to get Jason going a bit.

I posted that and stepped away for work knowing it would take a while.

Come to find out I missed the gag.

Dang it.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 15

GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)
GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
Alvin Ramard (7/29/2015)
GilaMonster (7/29/2015)
I just love university logic.
They send my student card by courier. They send request for guest count for grad via SMS and email.
They send the document telling me my final mark and letting me know I have 3 weeks to deliver the final printed copies of the dissertation by post, and only by post.
And for the people living in the first world, that would be the SA postal service which was on strike for ~6 months last year and haven't got much faster since.
I'm guessing they don't want anyone sending in the final printed copies via email or SMS. 😛
Thing is, I never received the letter. I only know about it because my thesis adviser found a copy in his pigeonhole, scanned it and emailed it to me.
That's not good!
Indeed. The deadline for the final copies is next Sat, the binding process takes 3 working days and I'm away from home until Monday.
Fortunately I had an almost final copy of the dissertation in pdf and a trial version of Acrobat was sufficient to make the couple outstanding changes and the place doing the printing is happy to receive a 25MB pdf file via email.

Aren't you lucky then.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events