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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736494 More actions · Answer 1

FWIW, a summary page for the Meltdown/Spectre CPU bugs is up: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server/166822/
Comments , missing links ,etc. welcome.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398909 More actions · Answer 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:13 PM
FWIW, a summary page for the Meltdown/Spectre CPU bugs is up: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server/166822/
Comments , missing links ,etc. welcome.

Is there anything we're supposed to do?

Seems like a third of the people have their hair on fire, a third are ignoring this and the last third knows something I don't.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

Steve, something changed in the notification emails?
I don't think I shout be getting users' emails instead of username.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

grant@scarydba.com - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:18 PM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:13 PM
FWIW, a summary page for the Meltdown/Spectre CPU bugs is up: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server/166822/
Comments , missing links ,etc. welcome.
Is there anything we're supposed to do?

Patch OS. Other than that, there's not much end-users can do.
Especially OSs in VM guests, as Meltdown allows malicious apps to break the isolation between VMs (probably why Azure moved their patching plans forward from next week to today once word started leaking)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736494 More actions · Answer 5

GilaMonster - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:22 PM
Steve, something changed in the notification emails?
I don't think I shout be getting users' emails instead of username.

Reported this. It should not be happening. My emails don't look like that. I see:

Maybe it's something the devs have against Grant.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:27 PM
GilaMonster - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:22 PM
Steve, something changed in the notification emails?
I don't think I shout be getting users' emails instead of username.
Reported this. It should not be happening. My emails don't look like that. I see:
Maybe it's something the devs have against Grant.

What did Grant do this time?

I have 4 new post notifications. 3 look normal, and then that one.

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

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736494 More actions · Answer 7

grant@scarydba.com - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:18 PM
Is there anything we're supposed to do?
Seems like a third of the people have their hair on fire, a third are ignoring this and the last third knows something I don't.

Yeah, patch. There's a browser exploit: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/meltdown-spectre-exploit-browser-javascript,36221.html

Patching my desktop now. Contacting RG about SSC server upgrades.

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 8

GilaMonster - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:28 PM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:27 PM
GilaMonster - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:22 PM
Steve, something changed in the notification emails?
I don't think I shout be getting users' emails instead of username.
Reported this. It should not be happening. My emails don't look like that. I see:
Maybe it's something the devs have against Grant.
What did Grant do this time?
I have 4 new post notifications. 3 look normal, and then that one.

I've seen the ones I received and it's only Grant that shows an email instead of his name. Maybe he updated his profile to display his email instead of his name?

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

GilaMonster - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:28 PM
What did Grant do this time?
I have 4 new post notifications. 3 look normal, and then that one.

No idea, but like I'll tell my kids, I'm they did something.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398909 More actions · Answer 10

GilaMonster - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:28 PM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:27 PM
GilaMonster - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:22 PM
Steve, something changed in the notification emails?
I don't think I shout be getting users' emails instead of username.
Reported this. It should not be happening. My emails don't look like that. I see:
Maybe it's something the devs have against Grant.
What did Grant do this time?
I have 4 new post notifications. 3 look normal, and then that one.

Pretty sure I'm innocent of this particular crime.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736494 More actions · Answer 11

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January 4, 2018 at 1:53 pm

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Email was Grant's fault. He's fixed it.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398909 More actions · Answer 12

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:53 PM
Email was Grant's fault. He's fixed it.

It was not. The fix required me to click apply twice. That means it would have required me to do that to screw it up in the first place. Of this crime only, I remain as pure as the driven snow.... that is piling up outside my window right now.

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 13

Grant Fritchey - Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:07 PM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:53 PM
Email was Grant's fault. He's fixed it.
It was not. The fix required me to click apply twice. That means it would have required me to do that to screw it up in the first place. Of this crime only, I remain as pure as the driven snow.... that is piling up outside my window right now.

Are you sure of the purity of that snow?

Robert Chipperfield (Redgate) Ten Centuries Points: 1380 More actions · Answer 14

Grant Fritchey - Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:07 PM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:53 PM
Email was Grant's fault. He's fixed it.
It was not. The fix required me to click apply twice. That means it would have required me to do that to screw it up in the first place.

I'll take the blame for the "apply twice" bug :-). But you know given half a chance, something will mess up much easier than it'll un-mess!

Anyhow, I think we're good now. Sorry folks. As you were.

Rob

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398909 More actions · Answer 15

Lynn Pettis - Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:16 PM
Grant Fritchey - Thursday, January 4, 2018 2:07 PM
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:53 PM
Email was Grant's fault. He's fixed it.
It was not. The fix required me to click apply twice. That means it would have required me to do that to screw it up in the first place. Of this crime only, I remain as pure as the driven snow.... that is piling up outside my window right now.
Are you sure of the purity of that snow?

It looks pretty pure, especially now that the sun is down. I'm not validating it's chemical composition because it's too darned cold to go out there to collect it.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
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