Are the posted questions getting worse?
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Brandie Tarvin (12/30/2015)
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.
Yeah, if you want to invest in property in Detroit, first track down a good, reputable, local property manager. One of the big issues a lot of people find trying to flip property in Detroit is that the property they bought has been gutted by scrappers. No wiring, no plumbing, etc.
So, they fix it up, bring it up to code, replace all the wiring, etc, only to find a couple weeks later that the place was broken into and gutted. Again...
Overall, the city is working to come back, but there's still a long, long way to go.
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jasona.work (12/30/2015)
Time to critique Steve Halls' article[/url]!😀
Um, I think he missed a comma in one sentence...
:hehe:
Certainly did. And invented a new noun, the "scree-shot" 😛
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BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/30/2015)
jasona.work (12/30/2015)
Time to critique Steve Halls' article[/url]!😀
Um, I think he missed a comma in one sentence...
:hehe:
Certainly did. And invented a new noun, the "scree-shot" 😛
😛
If that's the worst I have to face - I'll take it.
You do realize the improper use of DBCC TIMEWARP() means not only do you have to re-certify yourself, but that we're going to have to strip you of your Tent in the Desert privileges, right?
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SQL Bits training days / pre-con details are up on the web site, and looking at the email I just received they have extended the early bird price deadline to Jan 14th. 🙂
Rodders...
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BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/30/2015)
jasona.work (12/30/2015)
Time to critique Steve Halls' article[/url]!😀
Um, I think he missed a comma in one sentence...
:hehe:
Certainly did. And invented a new noun, the "scree-shot" 😛
😛
If that's the worst I have to face - I'll take it.
Nice job on the article Steve.
Rodders...
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Brandie Tarvin (12/30/2015)
BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/30/2015)
jasona.work (12/30/2015)
Time to critique Steve Halls' article[/url]!😀
Um, I think he missed a comma in one sentence...
:hehe:
Certainly did. And invented a new noun, the "scree-shot" 😛
😛
If that's the worst I have to face - I'll take it.
You do realize the improper use of DBCC TIMEWARP() means not only do you have to re-certify yourself, but that we're going to have to strip you of your Tent in the Desert privileges, right?
There's a 'proper' use of DBCC TIMEWARP?
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rodjkidd (12/30/2015)
SQL Bits training days / pre-con details are up on the web site, and looking at the email I just received they have extended the early bird price deadline to Jan 14th. 🙂Rodders...
In the past the pre-con details have been posted after the early bird deadline, which I thought was a little mean. Glad to see that has changed.
Start at my new job on the 6th, so guess what one of my first questions will be?
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BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (12/30/2015)
BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/30/2015)
jasona.work (12/30/2015)
Time to critique Steve Halls' article[/url]!😀
Um, I think he missed a comma in one sentence...
:hehe:
Certainly did. And invented a new noun, the "scree-shot" 😛
😛
If that's the worst I have to face - I'll take it.
You do realize the improper use of DBCC TIMEWARP() means not only do you have to re-certify yourself, but that we're going to have to strip you of your Tent in the Desert privileges, right?
There's a 'proper' use of DBCC TIMEWARP?
Of course there is! If you're going to use it for *constructive* purposes, like preventing that database corruption issue (or at least ensuring you back up the DB before it becomes corrupt,) or killing Hitler, or stopping yourself from dating that one seriously crazy person in college.
If you're going to use it to give yourself the winning lotto numbers for your first lotto ticket purchase when you became legally able to buy them, that's a non-proper use, as if you do that, why would you have become a DBA in the first place and how would you then have been able to use DBCC TIMEWARP? Plus, that sort of use tends to anger the hippo...
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BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (12/30/2015)
BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/30/2015)
jasona.work (12/30/2015)
Time to critique Steve Halls' article[/url]!😀
Um, I think he missed a comma in one sentence...
:hehe:
Certainly did. And invented a new noun, the "scree-shot" 😛
😛
If that's the worst I have to face - I'll take it.
You do realize the improper use of DBCC TIMEWARP() means not only do you have to re-certify yourself, but that we're going to have to strip you of your Tent in the Desert privileges, right?
There's a 'proper' use of DBCC TIMEWARP?
Of course... it's to fix your articles after they've been posted. :w00t:
The article looks good Steve.
Wayne
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BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
rodjkidd (12/30/2015)
SQL Bits training days / pre-con details are up on the web site, and looking at the email I just received they have extended the early bird price deadline to Jan 14th. 🙂Rodders...
In the past the pre-con details have been posted after the early bird deadline, which I thought was a little mean. Glad to see that has changed.
Start at my new job on the 6th, so guess what one of my first questions will be?
Ah yes I forgot that has happened in the past.
Good luck with the new job.
I'm still not sure what I am up to yet, I'll be there, but for how many days not sure yet. Depends on the outcome of the helperers (as Annette calls them) assignments!
Rodders...
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WayneS (12/30/2015)
Of course... it's to fix your articles after they've been posted. :w00t:The article looks good Steve.
Oh - just to fix my articles!
You weren't supposed to know - I left 'scree-shot' in so it looked like it wasn't edited before/after/whatever.
Thanks for your help with reviewing it. I won't hold the fact it would have been half the size without your suggestions against you. Honest.
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Brandie Tarvin (12/25/2015)
Eirikur Eiriksson (12/24/2015)
Brandie Tarvin (12/24/2015)
Oh, has anyone stayed at a Hyatt recently?He he, cash only:-D
😎
I'm genuinely curious how you manage that when all the hotels demand credit cards for incidentals these days.
When traveling, or just day to day small transactions, it helps to have a "beater" credit card with a $500 limit.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
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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 ratio may not be as low as you think, if your estimate is based on the people you interview and on "Nor can I find locally someone that claims to be good at T-SQL or claims to be an expert at performance tuning". There's a good proportion of high caliber people who only apply for jobs when they are personally invited by someone who knows them, so you won't be interviewing those. Then there are high-calibre people who have decided the want to work from home most of the time, or work part time, so you probably won't be interviewing those either. And my experience suggests that people who actually are good at T-SQL (or at performance tuning) are far less likely to claim to be good at it than people who are fairly incompetent at it, so what you suggest is a bad sign may actually be a good sign - and you should be well aware of that as you suffer greatly from interviewing those who claim to be good but actually haven't a clue (a pain I'm rather familiar with).
Tom
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rodjkidd (12/30/2015)
BrainDonor (12/30/2015)
Phil Parkin (12/30/2015)
jasona.work (12/30/2015)
Time to critique Steve Halls' article[/url]!😀
Um, I think he missed a comma in one sentence...
:hehe:
Certainly did. And invented a new noun, the "scree-shot" 😛
😛
If that's the worst I have to face - I'll take it.
Nice job on the article Steve.
Rodders...
Yes, a very nice job. But tying table variables to identity columns semed a bit weird :hehe: .
Tom
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