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Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 22999 More actions · Answer 1

rodjkidd - Wednesday, November 28, 2018 5:11 AM
Thomas,
You just made me actually laugh in the office...
Luckily no one seemed to notice :O
Rodders...

Thomas,
you've just made me laugh in the office too. Again, nobody seemed to notice, which says something about my standing around here.

Rod,
I'm actually a Senior F-H H-B thank you very much.

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15915 More actions · Answer 2

Neil Burton - Wednesday, November 28, 2018 5:21 AM
Thomas,
you've just made me laugh in the office too. Again, nobody seemed to notice, which says something about my standing around here.
Rod,
I'm actually a Senior F-H H-B thank you very much.

Neil,
Silly me, I knew I should have gone for High Lord F-H H-B 😀

Rodders...

Hugo Kornelis SSC Guru Points: 64790 More actions · Answer 3

rodjkidd - Wednesday, November 28, 2018 7:05 AM
Neil,
Silly me, I knew I should have gone for High Lord F-H H-B 😀
Rodders...

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 4

You know what's annoying?
When you had an idea of something you wanted to look at the differences in, in SQL, but you didn't write down what you wanted to look at and can't recall *exactly* what it was.
But you can recall enough to kind of - sort of start your comparison...

Chad Crawford SSChampion Points: 11610 More actions · Answer 5

I'm doing a gameshow for our end-of-year user group meeting/party again this year. I'm doing Jeopardy again with buzzers and all, but I've completely rewritten it with all new questions since I've done it enough that people are starting to remember the answers. I'd like a second opinion on the new question quality - specifically if they are too hard (no one is going to get it) or too easy (boooring!). Is anyone willing to glance over some questions and give feedback on whether they are too simplistic or too nit-picky? There are 50 total (5 categories for Jeopardy and 5 for Double Jeopardy, with 5 questions in each category), but they are all pretty short. I have two categories to finish and should have it all ready tomorrow sometime.

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 22999 More actions · Answer 6

It's a funny old world; I noticed that somebody had 'liked' this post I made four years ago, almost to the day. When I made it there was a lot of uncertainty about my future, nobody knew what was going to happen or when and I was expecting the axe to fall any day.

Here I am four years down the line still with the same company. I've been promoted, had two decent pay rises, started doing a lot more DBA work and I'm on my second car since I started worrying about replacing the one I had then.

We're still not sure what's going to happen but the company's recently signed another contract extension, this time taking us to the end of 2020! I'm now pretty sure my next job will be with SQL Server, maybe I'll make Chief Floogle-Hoogle Hargle-Bargling Officer one day.

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 7

jasona.work - Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:07 AM
You know what's annoying?
When you had an idea of something you wanted to look at the differences in, in SQL, but you didn't write down what you wanted to look at and can't recall *exactly* what it was.
But you can recall enough to kind of - sort of start your comparison...

I don't think that's at all unusual. I have some of my coolest ideas when I'm nowhere near a computer. Remembering exactly what it is later...well, let's just say that the Vegas odds-makers could be put to work on that one.

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182911 More actions · Answer 8

Ed Wagner - Friday, December 7, 2018 5:14 AM
jasona.work - Thursday, December 6, 2018 10:07 AM
You know what's annoying?
When you had an idea of something you wanted to look at the differences in, in SQL, but you didn't write down what you wanted to look at and can't recall *exactly* what it was.
But you can recall enough to kind of - sort of start your comparison...
I don't think that's at all unusual. I have some of my coolest ideas when I'm nowhere near a computer. Remembering exactly what it is later...well, let's just say that the Vegas odds-makers could be put to work on that one.

Few options here
😎

Carry a notebook and a pen
Record the thought on your phone
Call your voicemail
Start taking memory enhancement supplements
Call a friend (limited calls available)
Carve it in stone😉

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 9

Eirikur Eiriksson - Friday, December 7, 2018 5:51 AM
Few options here
😎
Carry a notebook and a pen
Record the thought on your phone
Call your voicemail
Start taking memory enhancement supplements
Call a friend (limited calls available)
Carve it in stone😉

Heh - I've done #1 by jotting down a couple of notes on my phone or writing it down. I keep forgetting about #4. 😉 I've also been known to text myself once in a while.

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182911 More actions · Answer 10

Ed Wagner - Friday, December 7, 2018 6:32 AM
Heh - I've done #1 by jotting down a couple of notes on my phone or writing it down. I keep forgetting about #4. 😉 I've also been known to text myself once in a while.

Forgot #7, have a t-shirt printed😀
😎

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 11

Ed Wagner - Friday, December 7, 2018 6:32 AM
Heh - I've done #1 by jotting down a couple of notes on my phone or writing it down. I keep forgetting about #4. 😉 I've also been known to text myself once in a while.

I text myself all the time. Not even kidding here. Probably at least 5-6 a week.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 12

Back in the recording studio this week. We recorded a demo about a year ago and now we are working up a cd ep. Should be 4 songs and give us something we can sell at shows. Everyone else has already recorded their parts and my first time walking in the door is tonight. Should be interesting. We have all the horn parts charted out but I have never even met the sax player yet and he won't be there tonight either. Hoping I get to meet him in the next couple weeks at rehearsal. Otherwise I will have recorded with this guy and the first time I meet him is on stage New Year's Eve. 🙂

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 13

I text my hotel room number and parking spaces to myself. Sometimes I forget where things are on different trips.

Sergiy SSC Guru Points: 110208 More actions · Answer 14

Hey, Google, what was that I was about to google?

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xsevensinzx One Orange Chip Points: 25560 More actions · Answer 15

Was reading an article when I came across this excerpt. Figured the community would enjoy it.

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