December 1, 2015 at 6:51 am
Ed Wagner (12/1/2015)
GilaMonster (12/1/2015)
Ed Wagner (12/1/2015)
They appear to have a one-shot use though, before disappearing to somewhere else.Probably something to do with collapsing the quantum mechanical wave function. Using one collapses the function of possible problems to one, and as a side effect sets the crystal ball's location function to a constant across all of space-time.
If the location function is a constant, it certainly isn't here. 😛
It depends on what the constant is - and of course the location function is delivering 0 everywhere. A location function delivers the probability that the object is at the location referenced by the paramters fed in. The location function for a crystal ball in its excited state will deliver the value 0 for the probability that the ball is at the location for which the function is being called.
The ball is excited by being forced to provide an answer to an esoteric question like "what on earth is this idiot refusing to tell us that would enable us to help him". But when a searcher for esoteric knowledge reaches a situation where he knows exactly how fast he is solving the OP's problem(his speed is exactly zero - which in quantum mechanical terms means he's not just getting nowhere, he's already there), the probability of him being in a given location is (according to Mr Heisenberg) exactly the same as the probability of him being in any other location, and one in infinity is zero; thus he has the same location function as an excited crystal ball, so he may by chance happen to get hold of it and calm it down for long enough to ask it a question and force it to answer - of course once he's caught the ball he doesnt know how exactly fast he's going, as he doesn't know how long it will take him to get the ball calm enough to do some work and on top of that he will have to do some thinking about the actual problem, so he and the ball now have a fuzzy location rather than none at all. But being forced to answer excites the crystal ball again so as soon as the ball has identified the problem for him it is once again has zero probability of being in any particular place, so it disappears.
I think it must use dark matter in some way because when I try to answer some questions, I sure feel like I'm taking a shot in the dark.
Well, we don't know where the dark matter is either - it's almost as bad as the crystal balls; or perhaps even worse than them, as at least the difficulty of finding crystal balls has a reasonable explanation.
Tom
December 1, 2015 at 7:01 am
TomThomson (12/1/2015)
Ed Wagner (12/1/2015)
GilaMonster (12/1/2015)
Ed Wagner (12/1/2015)
They appear to have a one-shot use though, before disappearing to somewhere else.Probably something to do with collapsing the quantum mechanical wave function. Using one collapses the function of possible problems to one, and as a side effect sets the crystal ball's location function to a constant across all of space-time.
If the location function is a constant, it certainly isn't here. 😛
It depends on what the constant is - and of course the location function is delivering 0 everywhere. A location function delivers the probability that the object is at the location referenced by the paramters fed in. The location function for a crystal ball in its excited state will deliver the value 0 for the probability that the ball is at the location for which the function is being called.
The ball is excited by being forced to provide an answer to an esoteric question like "what on earth is this idiot refusing to tell us that would enable us to help him". But when a searcher for esoteric knowledge reaches a situation where he knows exactly how fast he is solving the OP's problem(his speed is exactly zero - which in quantum mechanical terms means he's not just getting nowhere, he's already there), the probability of him being in a given location is (according to Mr Heisenberg) exactly the same as the probability of him being in any other location, and one in infinity is zero; thus he has the same location function as an excited crystal ball, so he may by chance happen to get hold of it and calm it down for long enough to ask it a question and force it to answer - of course once he's caught the ball he doesnt know how exactly fast he's going, as he doesn't know how long it will take him to get the ball calm enough to do some work and on top of that he will have to do some thinking about the actual problem, so he and the ball now have a fuzzy location rather than none at all. But being forced to answer excites the crystal ball again so as soon as the ball has identified the problem for him it is once again has zero probability of being in any particular place, so it disappears.
I think it must use dark matter in some way because when I try to answer some questions, I sure feel like I'm taking a shot in the dark.
Well, we don't know where the dark matter is either - it's almost as bad as the crystal balls; or perhaps even worse than them, as at least the difficulty of finding crystal balls has a reasonable explanation.
Pure genius.
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December 1, 2015 at 7:35 am
GilaMonster (12/1/2015)
Me: Execution plans pleaseOP: You can use AdventureWorks2012
Well, yes I could, if I had it installed on the machine that I'm currently using (which I don't). Or I can spend that time on other questions. Guess which it's going to be.
Made me think it's a homework question.
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December 1, 2015 at 8:52 am
ChrisM@Work (12/1/2015)
TomThomson (12/1/2015)
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GilaMonster (12/1/2015)
Ed Wagner (12/1/2015)
They appear to have a one-shot use though, before disappearing to somewhere else.Probably something to do with collapsing the quantum mechanical wave function. Using one collapses the function of possible problems to one, and as a side effect sets the crystal ball's location function to a constant across all of space-time.
If the location function is a constant, it certainly isn't here. 😛
It depends on what the constant is - and of course the location function is delivering 0 everywhere. A location function delivers the probability that the object is at the location referenced by the paramters fed in. The location function for a crystal ball in its excited state will deliver the value 0 for the probability that the ball is at the location for which the function is being called.
The ball is excited by being forced to provide an answer to an esoteric question like "what on earth is this idiot refusing to tell us that would enable us to help him". But when a searcher for esoteric knowledge reaches a situation where he knows exactly how fast he is solving the OP's problem(his speed is exactly zero - which in quantum mechanical terms means he's not just getting nowhere, he's already there), the probability of him being in a given location is (according to Mr Heisenberg) exactly the same as the probability of him being in any other location, and one in infinity is zero; thus he has the same location function as an excited crystal ball, so he may by chance happen to get hold of it and calm it down for long enough to ask it a question and force it to answer - of course once he's caught the ball he doesnt know how exactly fast he's going, as he doesn't know how long it will take him to get the ball calm enough to do some work and on top of that he will have to do some thinking about the actual problem, so he and the ball now have a fuzzy location rather than none at all. But being forced to answer excites the crystal ball again so as soon as the ball has identified the problem for him it is once again has zero probability of being in any particular place, so it disappears.
I think it must use dark matter in some way because when I try to answer some questions, I sure feel like I'm taking a shot in the dark.
Well, we don't know where the dark matter is either - it's almost as bad as the crystal balls; or perhaps even worse than them, as at least the difficulty of finding crystal balls has a reasonable explanation.
Pure genius.
Yeah, that's pretty slick. No wonder that crystal ball is so elusive all the time.
December 2, 2015 at 5:41 am
While I realize the end of the year is still 4 weeks off, what a year it's been...
For me, I've had quite a few big changes in the last year. Moved into a new house (OK, technically that was last year, not this year, but it was September, so close enoug,) switched employers (but not jobs!)
But at this point, all I can really say is...
WHERE THE HECK DID THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS GO??????
Geez, it seems like it was only a couple days ago we were still in the midst of summer, and not long before that, that it was spring...
Every time I have a thought like this, I'm reminded of something I heard (or read) ages ago:
As you get older, the reason the years and months seem to go by so much quicker is becuase each one constitutes so much less of the total time you've been alive. When you're 10, a year is only 1/10th of your life. When your 45 (not that I am, really, I'm still only 25, honest :hehe:) a year is 1/45th of your life.
December 2, 2015 at 8:30 am
I think the year hasn't gone super fast. As I look back at what happened. It seems ages since I was in South Dakota this summer on vacation and for the SQL Sat. Even longer since I had the chance to go to Redmond in June, or VMWare in April. Ages since my daughter's last volleyball in Mar/April. Truly a long year.
On the other hand, it's a blur of memories. Was I just writing about the end of 2014 recently? So many things blend together.
December 2, 2015 at 8:36 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/2/2015)
I think the year hasn't gone super fast. As I look back at what happened. It seems ages since I was in South Dakota this summer on vacation and for the SQL Sat. Even longer since I had the chance to go to Redmond in June, or VMWare in April. Ages since my daughter's last volleyball in Mar/April. Truly a long year.On the other hand, it's a blur of memories. Was I just writing about the end of 2014 recently? So many things blend together.
I think that's how it is for most...
Big events stick out, and you look back and think "was it really that long ago?"
But the majority of the time just blurs together and it feels like the old Dunkin' Donuts commercials, the "time to make the donuts" bit...
December 2, 2015 at 8:42 am
jasona.work (12/2/2015)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/2/2015)
I think the year hasn't gone super fast. As I look back at what happened. It seems ages since I was in South Dakota this summer on vacation and for the SQL Sat. Even longer since I had the chance to go to Redmond in June, or VMWare in April. Ages since my daughter's last volleyball in Mar/April. Truly a long year.On the other hand, it's a blur of memories. Was I just writing about the end of 2014 recently? So many things blend together.
I think that's how it is for most...
Big events stick out, and you look back and think "was it really that long ago?"
But the majority of the time just blurs together and it feels like the old Dunkin' Donuts commercials, the "time to make the donuts" bit...
Yeah, my summer vacation (end of July) seems like it was so very long ago. Even SQL Saturday Pittsburgh (early October) seems like a long time ago.
Interesting perspective on 1/45 of your life, but I have to agree on the "time to make the donuts" feeling. I'm so busy doing so many things that time seems to just fly by and the only realization of it is that it's time to do the next thing. The occasional reflection (Thanksgiving, end of year, birthday, etc.) is something I find very valuable to assess progress in certain areas.
December 2, 2015 at 9:00 am
I see the great semi-colon debate is back on over here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1740157-1292-5.aspx
:hehe:
/me grabs a bucket of popcorn to watch the show;
//me doesn't always terminate statements with a semi-colon
///semi-colon;
December 2, 2015 at 9:14 am
jasona.work (12/2/2015)
//me doesn't always terminate statements with a semi-colon///semi-colon;
Neither do I, though I fix that any time I notice the mistake. I don't however start statements with terminators.
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December 2, 2015 at 9:20 am
Hmm...
Here's a way to maybe sort of settle the semi-colon discussion amongst the forum dwellers!
PAINTBALL!
Split into two teams, semi-colon as statement terminators vs semi-colons OK at the start of certain statements!
Each player on the losing team buys a round for everyone on the winning team!
:hehe:
I chose paintball over something like laser tag, because with paintball you've got more incentive to win, because (from what I've heard) it can sting when you get hit...
The other option would be to make it *really* sting and find a gun range with a shoot house and simunition rounds. 9mm paintball!
:hehe:
December 2, 2015 at 9:21 am
GilaMonster (12/2/2015)
jasona.work (12/2/2015)
//me doesn't always terminate statements with a semi-colon///semi-colon;
Neither do I, though I fix that any time I notice the mistake. I don't however start statements with terminators.
ditto.
I CTRL+B, C with Prompt, but also find issues.
I'll get this:
select col
from table
where name = x;
then I add a line.
select col
from table
where name = x;
and color = 'red'
And I get a syntax error and my eyes keep missing the ;.
December 2, 2015 at 10:32 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/2/2015)
then I add a line.
select colfrom table
where name = x;
and color = 'red'
And I get a syntax error and my eyes keep missing the ;.
I don't know how many times I've done this to myself. It's maddening, the amount of time it takes me to figure out the problem. Especially when I've got dynamic SQL or subqueries that are causing SSMS to plop me back to the WRONG LINE.
<dramatic sigh>
December 2, 2015 at 10:44 am
jasona.work (12/2/2015)
Hmm...Here's a way to maybe sort of settle the semi-colon discussion amongst the forum dwellers!
PAINTBALL!
Split into two teams, semi-colon as statement terminators vs semi-colons OK at the start of certain statements!
Each player on the losing team buys a round for everyone on the winning team!
:hehe:
I chose paintball over something like laser tag, because with paintball you've got more incentive to win, because (from what I've heard) it can sting when you get hit...
The other option would be to make it *really* sting and find a gun range with a shoot house and simunition rounds. 9mm paintball!
:hehe:
Good idea. Although those that use semi colons at the start of statements have to hold the gun the wrong way round :hehe:
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