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djj SSCoach Points: 18831 More actions · Answer 1

Greg Edwards-268690 (2/16/2016)
We have a stretch of road on the west side of the cities, and every time someone dies, all the news is about spending millions to improve it.
Never mind it was someone driving too fast for conditions, or that just lowering the speed limit might be a better solution.
Can't wait until they suggest everyone drive a tank, then someone drives it off the side of a mountain.
Then it will still somehow be the roads fault.

Thus the power of the press. Unfortunately, a news outlet that reports facts that are not sensationalized would not stay in business. Maybe a web based site could do it.

I see a time when we have to wear helmets in a car and have seats like NASCAR.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden (2/15/2016)
TomThomson (2/15/2016)
Jeff Moden (2/15/2016)
Sean Lange (2/15/2016)
Grant Fritchey (2/15/2016)
Hugo Kornelis (2/15/2016)
jasona.work (2/15/2016)
So, a question for everyone:
How do you feel if someone comes back and tells you that they tested a solution you provided before they told their bosses it was the solution?
I can see how some might take that as a "you distrust *MY* copious knowledge of this?" insult. I'm kind of expecting the answers to this to be more on the lines of "Oh thank heavens someone who doesn't just blindly accept what some random person on the Internet told them," but just in case...
On another note, for those in the US who happen to work in an industry that is affected, Happy Presidents day!
For those who still have to work today, well, been there, done that...
I would be totally overjoyed.
I always tell people to verify and test anything that they take from the internet. I am not nearly vain enough to think that I should be the exception to that rule.
Really, I wish more people would get into the habit of taking the internet with a healthy dose of salt.
Come on. People don't put stuff up there if it's not true.
Now wait just a minute here...are you telling me that everything on the internet is not 100% accurate??? First it was television and now this?!?!?!?!? What next? Pretty soon you are going to tell me that politicians make up stories just to get elected.
Politicians don't make up stories... they actually believe their LOS is true.
No Jeff, they do make up stories; but their memory is so short tht by the time they've learnt the script they have forgeotten that they made the stories up and think they are true. And there are even some who know they are lying, but don't care because the voters who support them won't believe they are lying.
Kind'a what I was implying.
What's really sad is that out of all the people that are running in the two big parties, people like me are still going to end up having to vote for the lesser of two evils instead of for the best person to do the job, if you understand the distinction.

No Jeff. We have to cast our vote based on the evil of two lessers. 😀

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 3

GilaMonster (2/16/2016)
Cthulhu for president! Why vote for the lesser evil?

Cthulhu's already president - of the "other" united states.

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Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

The real problem is that those that govern have forgotten who are the masters and who are the servants. Government is supposed to the servants of the people not the people the servants of the government.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 5

Lynn Pettis (2/16/2016)
The real problem is that those that govern have forgotten who are the masters and who are the servants. Government is supposed to the servants of the people not the people the servants of the government.

+10000

Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 6

Lynn Pettis (2/16/2016)
The real problem is that those that govern have forgotten who are the masters and who are the servants. Government is supposed to the servants of the people not the people the servants of the government.

Couldn't agree more. I think a contributor to this is the sense of entitlement of some of these candidates, before they even get as far as politics. This obviously isn't a new thing and certainly not restricted to the buffoons already alluded to (you know who you are, you fruitcakes), it just seems so obvious these days. And of course it takes a ton of money to get started in most countries, and you don't get that by being humble.

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 7

jasona.work (2/16/2016)
GilaMonster (2/16/2016)
Cthulhu for president! Why vote for the lesser evil?
I'm leaning towards the Palpatine / Vader ticket myself...
Or if they don't make it, Bill and Opus...
(I refuse to get into my feelings on the current US election or the current state of US politics in general)

My standard write-ins are Donald and Mickey. But Donald might be too confusing this time around so maybe I will go with Goofy.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 8

SQLRNNR (2/16/2016)
jasona.work (2/16/2016)
GilaMonster (2/16/2016)
Cthulhu for president! Why vote for the lesser evil?
I'm leaning towards the Palpatine / Vader ticket myself...
Or if they don't make it, Bill and Opus...
(I refuse to get into my feelings on the current US election or the current state of US politics in general)
My standard write-ins are Donald and Mickey. But Donald might be too confusing this time around so maybe I will go with Goofy.

Now that's confusing - they both look the same to me :hehe:

^{“Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw}

For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 9

Hugo Kornelis (2/15/2016)
Grant Fritchey (2/15/2016)
Hugo Kornelis (2/15/2016)
jasona.work (2/15/2016)
So, a question for everyone:
How do you feel if someone comes back and tells you that they tested a solution you provided before they told their bosses it was the solution?
I can see how some might take that as a "you distrust *MY* copious knowledge of this?" insult. I'm kind of expecting the answers to this to be more on the lines of "Oh thank heavens someone who doesn't just blindly accept what some random person on the Internet told them," but just in case...
On another note, for those in the US who happen to work in an industry that is affected, Happy Presidents day!
For those who still have to work today, well, been there, done that...
I would be totally overjoyed.
I always tell people to verify and test anything that they take from the internet. I am not nearly vain enough to think that I should be the exception to that rule.
Really, I wish more people would get into the habit of taking the internet with a healthy dose of salt.
Come on. People don't put stuff up there if it's not true.
I know, Grant. I know. It's not the people that do that, it's the aliens.

Well now that makes sense. Those doggone lizard people.

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- Theodore Roosevelt

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 10

ChrisM@Work (2/16/2016)
SQLRNNR (2/16/2016)
jasona.work (2/16/2016)
GilaMonster (2/16/2016)
Cthulhu for president! Why vote for the lesser evil?
I'm leaning towards the Palpatine / Vader ticket myself...
Or if they don't make it, Bill and Opus...
(I refuse to get into my feelings on the current US election or the current state of US politics in general)
My standard write-ins are Donald and Mickey. But Donald might be too confusing this time around so maybe I will go with Goofy.
Now that's confusing - they both look the same to me :hehe:

Hey, leave the duck in peace.

Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

ChrisM@Work (2/16/2016)
SQLRNNR (2/16/2016)
jasona.work (2/16/2016)
GilaMonster (2/16/2016)
Cthulhu for president! Why vote for the lesser evil?
I'm leaning towards the Palpatine / Vader ticket myself...
Or if they don't make it, Bill and Opus...
(I refuse to get into my feelings on the current US election or the current state of US politics in general)
My standard write-ins are Donald and Mickey. But Donald might be too confusing this time around so maybe I will go with Goofy.
Now that's confusing - they both look the same to me :hehe:

😀

Well, I hadn't considered looks when I suggested Goofy.

Maybe Bugs Bunny would be the better second write-in.

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

Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 12

Lynn Pettis (2/16/2016)
The real problem is that those that govern have forgotten who are the masters and who are the servants. Government is supposed to the servants of the people not the people the servants of the government.

I could not agree more. Part of the problem, too, is that the people have more power than they are using. In Chicago only 20-something percent of us vote and those that do aren't always very uninformed. It's not much better nationally. If we had an informed public who voted in much larger numbers we'd have a much, much better government. Until then...

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

djj SSCoach Points: 18831 More actions · Answer 13

Alan.B (2/16/2016)
Lynn Pettis (2/16/2016)
The real problem is that those that govern have forgotten who are the masters and who are the servants. Government is supposed to the servants of the people not the people the servants of the government.
I could not agree more. Part of the problem, too, is that the people have more power than they are using. In Chicago only 20-something percent of us vote and those that do aren't always very uninformed. It's not much better nationally. If we had an informed public who voted in much larger numbers we'd have a much, much better government. Until then...

I thought in Chicago 20% was the number of dead voting. 😀

My vote goes to Snoopy. He has actually out performed other (non-top two party) candidates in the past.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 14

jasona.work (2/15/2016)
So, a question for everyone:
How do you feel if someone comes back and tells you that they tested a solution you provided before they told their bosses it was the solution?
I can see how some might take that as a "you distrust *MY* copious knowledge of this?" insult. I'm kind of expecting the answers to this to be more on the lines of "Oh thank heavens someone who doesn't just blindly accept what some random person on the Internet told them," but just in case...
On another note, for those in the US who happen to work in an industry that is affected, Happy Presidents day!
For those who still have to work today, well, been there, done that...

The latter. Test my stuff. I make mistakes.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 15

jasona.work (2/16/2016)
So, saw Deadpool this weekend and I must say, it was really fun and quite funny.
They didn't overdo the "breaking the fourth wall" (if you're not familiar with the character, in the comics, he knows he's in a comic and being watched by the reader, so he occasionally talks to the readers,) and Ryan Reynolds NAILED the character.
Just one thing. It really, really, really earned it's R rating in the US. Don't take young kids to see this expecting a superhero movie, think more a raunchy R rated comedy crossed with an R rated action picture...
Jasons rating: Must see!

Completely agree. This might be my favorite Marvel movie of all.

We took the high schoolers, judging they could handle things. It was on the edge for the younger one, but quite entertaining for us all.

There are lots, and lots, of crude words, so be warned.