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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 1

Jeff Moden - Tuesday, August 28, 2018 2:30 PM
Email addresses have been transferrable for at least 10 years.

Right??? I have gone down that path. She is a total technophobe and would rather pay $15/month instead of letting me transfer it for her and spend nothing. I even told here if she really feels compelled she could put the money in our boys 529 plans instead of AOLs pocket. /Sigh

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004354 More actions · Answer 2

Sean Lange - Tuesday, August 28, 2018 3:25 PM
Right??? I have gone down that path. She is a total technophobe and would rather pay $15/month instead of letting me transfer it for her and spend nothing. I even told here if she really feels compelled she could put the money in our boys 529 plans instead of AOLs pocket. /Sigh

"Sigh" indeed. That would be a very worthy place to put $15 buck a month.

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 3

So today I got bad news and will have to start job hunting again. :pinch:
I'll appreciate if anybody knows about any open positions.

Luis C.
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Luis Cazares - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 4:42 PM
So today I got bad news and will have to start job hunting again. :pinch:
I'll appreciate if anybody knows about any open positions.

Sorry to hear you need to start a job search, they can be tasking. Not sure where you are looking or if you would be interesting in relocating, but I will keep an eye out.

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

Lynn Pettis - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 5:44 PM
Luis Cazares - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 4:42 PM
So today I got bad news and will have to start job hunting again. :pinch:
I'll appreciate if anybody knows about any open positions.
Sorry to hear you need to start a job search, they can be tasking. Not sure where you are looking or if you would be interesting in relocating, but I will keep an eye out.

Thank you. I'm in Atlanta and prefer not to relocate, but I'm open to it.
My biggest problem is companies not wanting to deal with visas.

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?

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 6

Luis Cazares - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 4:42 PM
So today I got bad news and will have to start job hunting again. :pinch:
I'll appreciate if anybody knows about any open positions.

Sorry to hear that.

If I was still working, I might be interested in discussing a job with you because your posts here plus the fact that many people I respect respond to your posts in a way that indicates that they respect you combine to make pretty good evidence of your competence. But sadly it's ten years since I was last recruiting, and anyway that was for jobs in Beirut which I guess might be a location that wouldn't suit you at all.

So I wish you the best of luck in hunting for a new position, but sadly that's all I can do.

Tom

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 7

TomThomson - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 6:43 PM
Luis Cazares - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 4:42 PM
So today I got bad news and will have to start job hunting again. :pinch:
I'll appreciate if anybody knows about any open positions.
Sorry to hear that.
If I was still working, I might be interested in discussing a job with you because your posts here plus the fact that many people I respect respond to your posts in a way that indicates that they respect you combine to make pretty good evidence of your competence. But sadly it's ten years since I was last recruiting, and anyway that was for jobs in Beirut which I guess might be a location that wouldn't suit you at all.
So I wish you the best of luck in hunting for a new position, but sadly that's all I can do.

With all the Lebanese descendants in Mexico, it would be funny if I moved to Beirut. I appreciate the kind words and I'm hopeful that I'll find something soon. I'm already getting responses for different positions.

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

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99130 More actions · Answer 8

Luis Cazares - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 4:42 PM
So today I got bad news and will have to start job hunting again. :pinch:
I'll appreciate if anybody knows about any open positions.

Sorry to hear the news Luis, but good luck, I'm sure you'll find something.

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk

Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99130 More actions · Answer 9

I know they are there for a reason, however, there are some days that I really hate the restrictiveness of the group policy permissions that are applied to every domain account at work...

I've been tasked with updating the data source of every report in a repository on SSRS, as it's moving. Powershell is a great way of doing this, so off I went to install the ReportingServicesTools Module. Firewall blocked the download (anything the firewall is unable to read (i.e. anything that isn't a pdf, excel or word document, it basically blocks)... Finally got that signed off, and now I can't actually add the module because running scripts are disabled across the domain. >_<

Looks like I need to get a minion to manual go into every report in that repository (all 300 odd of them), and manually update them all. Now, to just need to find a "willing" minion. :Whistling:

Thom~

Excuse my typos and sometimes awful grammar. My fingers work faster than my brain does.
Larnu.uk

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246960 More actions · Answer 10

Luis Cazares - Wednesday, August 29, 2018 4:42 PM
So today I got bad news and will have to start job hunting again. :pinch:
I'll appreciate if anybody knows about any open positions.

Good luck, Luis. I'd expect a person with your skills & always-helpful attitude to get snapped up very quickly.

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jonathan.crawford SSCertifiable Points: 6612 More actions · Answer 11

Steve - anyone can add a topic to the Editorials forum? Why? And also, this unprofessional topic got posted there (why someone would put this out there is beyond me) https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1992419/What-was-your-Shadiest-Day

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ZZartin SSC-Dedicated Points: 30920 More actions · Answer 12

jonathan.crawford - Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:53 AM
Steve - anyone can add a topic to the Editorials forum? Why? And also, this unprofessional topic got posted there (why someone would put this out there is beyond me) https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1992419/What-was-your-Shadiest-Day

Thought I posted that on this board not editorials, anyways please move it. As for the subject matter in light of things like GDPR and breaches etc, I was interested in what others may or may not have done when presented with situations where they were technically doing something legal but might have rubbed them the wrong way. If that makes you uncomfortable why?

Thomas Rushton SSC-Insane Points: 22649 More actions · Answer 13

jonathan.crawford - Thursday, August 30, 2018 8:53 AM
Steve - anyone can add a topic to the Editorials forum? Why? And also, this unprofessional topic got posted there (why someone would put this out there is beyond me) https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/1992419/What-was-your-Shadiest-Day

management alerted.

Thomas Rushton
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 14

ZZartin - Thursday, August 30, 2018 9:01 AM
Thought I posted that on this board not editorials, anyways please move it. As for the subject matter in light of things like GDPR and breaches etc, I was interested in what others may or may not have done when presented with situations where they were technically doing something legal but might have rubbed them the wrong way. If that makes you uncomfortable why?

Moved, and yes. Editorials is just a forum like others.

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 15

Just WOW. I don't know what else to say.

Edit: This isn't about the Shadiest day either.