Jeff Moden (11/28/2007)

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Heh... the only Latin I know is "Non Illigitimi ie Carborondum" (very loosly translates to "Don't let the ba----ds grind you down". What does your tag line...

Good succinct list, although I must admit I'd add another paragraph right at the beginning about backups - taking fresh ones and/or verifying existing ones, perhaps also performing a test...

In the longer term, though, I've found that being "indispensable" is a...

Years ago, my brother made sure he learnt how to make a deccent cuppa. His reasoning was that anyone who makes a good cup of tea isn't going to be...

Whilst I agree that Malcolm's original post might have been a tad sweeping for my taste, I agree in principle with his words of caution. The originator of this thread...

Malcolm Daughtree (11/20/2007)

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Clip from Editorial

Whether (and nothing to do with storms) it's by pictures, words or smoke signals, the point is that languages are continually evolving and so is their...

sushila (11/20/2007)

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majorbloodnock (11/20/2007)

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Steve Jones - Editor (11/20/2007)

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And I think that can be summed up simply as, "choose your language to suit your audience" - a useful and sensible skill to...

Steve Jones - Editor (11/20/2007)

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Guess the spell checker didn't help with my acronyms. I had to look a few up to write the editorial and I mis-spelled (Does that make...

How about this one?

P.S. Glossary specific to the editorial, as requested. Apologies for including most of the obvious ones.

OMG - Oh My God

DB - Suspect I might not need to...

Good topic.

I think the problem hinges on what people (mis)understand communication to mean. It's often forgotten that, just like a database transaction, communication involves saying what you mean, and then...

Derek Dongray (11/19/2007)

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The conclusion seems to be that there was NO right answer from the choices given.

Also one of the first references I've found to 'DBCC REBUILD_LOG' is

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/sqlserver2005dbcccommandquickreference/1628/

which has it...

@Brian - Thanks. Good to find the common ground again.

@jack-2 - I know what you mean. Unfortunately, the editorial asked, "should we ban personal storage devices...

Stewart Joslyn (11/16/2007)

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I think we're still technology fixated - you don't need a pen drive or any other IT hardware to steal a few social security numbers or bank details...

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I'm not going to pretend to be a Latin scholar, but I get the general idea....

Once again, I think this is an example of looking at the technology involved in a problem and then assuming it's a technological problem overall. I don't believe this is...