Are the posted questions getting worse?
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djj (12/29/2015)
Michael L John (12/29/2015)
The Detroit area is actually not nearly as bad as people may think, and, Michigan in general is a pretty nice place.Plus, you can always cross the river and go to Windsor, Ontario! :-):-)
Only if you have a passport. 😀
You don't even need a passport, just get an "enhanced" Michigan drivers' license (costs about an extra $40, when renewing,) and you're good-to-go across the border (but not by plane, only car / boat / train.)
The wife and I have passports (Jamaica mon!) but when we take an occasional weekend trip to Toronto, Ontario, we leave them home and just use our enhanced licenses. Never had a problem at the border going either way.
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Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
Simply post a request for review on this thread
😎
Edit: hit by the reply bug again
OK, fair enough. Is there a notification alert sent out to those who have posted against the thread, in the event of it being updated? I don't think so, but might be useful.
Phil,
as Grant has "grant"ed you access to the community we are all willing to help:-D
(thats a obviously a pun and a joke)
My thought is that although this site does not have strong technical editorial influence, we as a collective should guard the quality of the postings as those are in greater terms juxtapositioned with our own work, just a thought
😎
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Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
Simply post a request for review on this thread
😎
Edit: hit by the reply bug again
OK, fair enough. Is there a notification alert sent out to those who have posted against the thread, in the event of it being updated? I don't think so, but might be useful.
Phil,
as Grant has "grant"ed you access to the community we are all willing to help:-D
(thats a obviously a pun and a joke)
My thought is that although this site does not have strong technical editorial influence, we as a collective should guard the quality of the postings as those are in greater terms juxtapositioned with our own work, just a thought
😎
I'll bet Grant loves 'grant' jokes, almost as much as I enjoy 'No Parkin' gags :w00t:
My suspicion is that many of us are just too busy to make the effort to go back and review articles whose content we expect to be updated as a result of our helpful comments. So we rely on the article authors to do the updates. In doing so, however, they may render the original comments inaccurate or unnecessary. I'm not sure whether this is all taken care of or not.
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- Martin Rees
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Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
Simply post a request for review on this thread
😎
Edit: hit by the reply bug again
OK, fair enough. Is there a notification alert sent out to those who have posted against the thread, in the event of it being updated? I don't think so, but might be useful.
Phil,
as Grant has "grant"ed you access to the community we are all willing to help:-D
(thats a obviously a pun and a joke)
My thought is that although this site does not have strong technical editorial influence, we as a collective should guard the quality of the postings as those are in greater terms juxtapositioned with our own work, just a thought
😎
I'll bet Grant loves 'grant' jokes, almost as much as I enjoy 'No Parkin' gags :w00t:
My suspicion is that many of us are just too busy to make the effort to go back and review articles whose content we expect to be updated as a result of our helpful comments. So we rely on the article authors to do the updates. In doing so, however, they may render the original comments inaccurate or unnecessary. I'm not sure whether this is all taken care of or not.
Grant probably takes "grant" jokes for granted now. 😀
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Alvin Ramard (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
Simply post a request for review on this thread
😎
Edit: hit by the reply bug again
OK, fair enough. Is there a notification alert sent out to those who have posted against the thread, in the event of it being updated? I don't think so, but might be useful.
Phil,
as Grant has "grant"ed you access to the community we are all willing to help:-D
(thats a obviously a pun and a joke)
My thought is that although this site does not have strong technical editorial influence, we as a collective should guard the quality of the postings as those are in greater terms juxtapositioned with our own work, just a thought
😎
I'll bet Grant loves 'grant' jokes, almost as much as I enjoy 'No Parkin' gags :w00t:
My suspicion is that many of us are just too busy to make the effort to go back and review articles whose content we expect to be updated as a result of our helpful comments. So we rely on the article authors to do the updates. In doing so, however, they may render the original comments inaccurate or unnecessary. I'm not sure whether this is all taken care of or not.
Grant probably takes "grant" jokes for granted now. 😀
"Grant"ing that those are good jokes
😎
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djj (12/29/2015)
Michael L John (12/29/2015)
The Detroit area is actually not nearly as bad as people may think, and, Michigan in general is a pretty nice place.Plus, you can always cross the river and go to Windsor, Ontario! :-):-)
Only if you have a passport. 😀
Heh... only if you have an invite. You have to remember that the Detroit area is where the weak are killed and eaten. 😛
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
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Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/29/2015)
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/29/2015)
I really appreciate the effort of those who write the articles posted on this site but sometimes the quality seriously suffers from the absence of technical review and the lack editing. Something for Steve to think about...😎
Heavy technical editing takes place at Simple-Talk.com. Here, it's a community edit of sorts.
Does the 'community edit' happen before or after publication? If before, how does one become a member of the 'community'?
Simply post a request for review on this thread
😎
Edit: hit by the reply bug again
OK, fair enough. Is there a notification alert sent out to those who have posted against the thread, in the event of it being updated? I don't think so, but might be useful.
Phil,
as Grant has "grant"ed you access to the community we are all willing to help:-D
(thats a obviously a pun and a joke)
My thought is that although this site does not have strong technical editorial influence, we as a collective should guard the quality of the postings as those are in greater terms juxtapositioned with our own work, just a thought
😎
I'll bet Grant loves 'grant' jokes, almost as much as I enjoy 'No Parkin' gags :w00t:
Heh... I'll bet that both have had mo-den enough of such jokes. 😛
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally) -
Grant Fritchey (12/29/2015)
That picture has always struck me... it's either a picture of Grant's back yard when he's BBQ'ing or a picture of Detroit on a bad night. Of course, it could be a picture of Grant BBQ'ing in Detroit. 😀
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally) -
Michael L John (12/29/2015)
Jeff Moden (12/29/2015)
Lynn Pettis (12/29/2015)
Jeff Moden (12/29/2015)
I rather like the mostly unedited type of articles that are posted on SQLServerCentral. As a regular working Joe-bag-o-dunuts, I don't have a whole lot of time to go through technical reviews although I do like the hints that Steve will give me before accepting my articles for publishing.The other reason why I like them is because it does provide a source of information as to what the quality of the art in the real world is. I can actually learn a whole lot about that from a really bad article and the discussions that follow. It can be a bit bothersome though. Here at SSC, I see all the remarkably smart people that take part in many of the discussions on an article and I'm jealous that I can't find a DBA that actually knows how to get the bloody current date and time or how to do native backups and restores. Nor can I find locally someone that claims to be good at T-SQL or claims to be an expert at performance tuning. It's absolutely sickening at how low the bar is for DBAs and Developers in the real world.
Keep telling you, some of the high caliber people that you'd like to higher aren't interested in relocating to your area. Nothing against you at all, possibly about the area, and then there is their life outside of work where they currently live.
You don't actually have to keep telling me that. I already know that. 😉 I'm just expressing my amazement that the ratio of "high caliber" people to the general population is so very low in the real world... not just in Michigan.
The Detroit area is actually not nearly as bad as people may think, and, Michigan in general is a pretty nice place.
Plus, you can always cross the river and go to Windsor, Ontario! :-):-)
The Detroit metro area isn't as bad as people might think it is, but only if you don't include the city itself. It's worse. I live in metro Detroit and I don't generally go to Detroit for much of anything.
Plus, why would you want to go to Windsor? There are plenty of casinos in Michigan.
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I agree except that Detroit city is slowly but surely making a comeback. Some of the surrounding burbs are really tough but that's true of any city.
Personally, I don't care for any big city much.
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally) -
Michael L John
If you assassinate a DBA, would you pull a trigger?
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Michael L John (12/29/2015)
I'm surprised that Flint didn't make the list. Oh...wait...that's probably because there isn't anyone left in Flint. 😛
Saginaw, for a city of its size, if remarkably dangerous.
Detroit is honestly trying to make a comeback. Now that they've gotten rid of some of the bigger corrupt politicians, filed bankruptcy and are trying to clean up the water department, at least there's a chance. The metro area is a nice one, but like any big city, you have to know where you're going.
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Ed Wagner (12/29/2015)
Michael L John (12/29/2015)
I'm surprised that Flint didn't make the list. Oh...wait...that's probably because there isn't anyone left in Flint. 😛
Saginaw, for a city of its size, if remarkably dangerous.
Detroit is honestly trying to make a comeback. Now that they've gotten rid of some of the bigger corrupt politicians, filed bankruptcy and are trying to clean up the water department, at least there's a chance. The metro area is a nice one, but like any big city, you have to know where you're going.
I've actually debated buying property in Detroit because everything is so cheap. My issue is that I don't know any of the neighborhoods and I wouldn't be there more than a few times a year at most to check in on it.
Then I heard about all the people getting scammed over remote property purchases and decided my hesitation was wiser than I knew.
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