April 4, 2022 at 5:39 pm
Even though I retired 12 years ago it seems that databases and IT in general are so much a part of my life they are even heavily in my dreams. While you could wish to dream of beautiful women such as my dear wife, fabulous wealth, and magical vacations, most of my dreams involve my current and past computer-related problems and activities. And I can report that I have often even come up with good solutions to problems I'm working on.
Recently I installed a second NAS device on my home network, and the setup software insisted on labeling each disk for me, duplicating volume labels that already exist and creating three unwanted default shares on each of the disks I inserted, one for me, one for 'public', and one for 'backups'. (Don't you love it when manufacturers think they know more about what you want than you do?).
Last night my dream was of figuring out how to find the source of these things, change the default labels, and get rid of unwanted folders (directories as we used to call them) which appeared in Windows Explorer but would reveal no Properties.
The real-life aspect of this is that the 120-page PDF manual that came with the device is pretty much worthless for finding the answers. And the ability for use of the device as simple BYOD storage is buried in the extensive RAID setup documentation. Thank goodness for multiple monitors so we can have the documents handy.
Rick
Disaster Recovery = Backup ( Backup ( Your Backup ) )
April 4, 2022 at 7:04 pm
Funny that you mention that. I do the same thing.
A long time ago, I remember that I would solve something (it wasn't SQL back then) in a dream, wake up, and say "Man, I have to remember that for tomorrow" and then, the next morning, remember that I had solved the issue in a dream but couldn't remember how I solved it. I also had a dandy shower with a nice red heat lamp in the ceiling and I'd close my eyes and enjoy it and, you guessed it, solved the problem with my eyes closed. I get out of the shower, dry myself off, look in the mirror and realize I'd just forgotten the solution.
I started keeping a diver's tablet and pen near the bed and also one in the shower. It all worked a treat.
Lately, I've had some real crunches in SQL and have started to do the same thing. I don't keep a diver's tablet in the shower, though. I'm making it easy for people to social distance and don't see the inside of a show much any more. 😀
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
April 4, 2022 at 7:29 pm
I wonder if it is because in our dreams our minds are more focused on one thing at a time and it is easier without so many distractions.
Rick
Disaster Recovery = Backup ( Backup ( Your Backup ) )
April 4, 2022 at 7:32 pm
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July 5, 2022 at 2:39 am
I wonder if it is because in our dreams our minds are more focused on one thing at a time and it is easier without so many distractions.
I would have to say that's definitely a part of it. Sometimes, even the thought of a possible interruption is enough to stop a thinking process.
I have to say that products like Teams have made that problem even worse. Don'cha just love it when someone types "Hi Jeff" and sends that and then spends the next 5 minutes typing or they send a Teams message asking me to look at an email they just sent that I actually need to ignore for an hour?
The thing that keeps me going is the joy of solving problems and taking actions to prevent the ones I know will happen without proper intervention. I'm not as old as you are but I have no plans to retire even though I could have half a decade ago.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
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