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  • RE: Phrases that Resonate

    Anyone like a game of bullshit bingo?

  • RE: Phrases that Resonate

    Only just remembered. Most of our users don't understand much about the IT infrastructure necessary to support the business, but when a colleague called himself a network ferret, the penny...

  • RE: Phrases that Resonate

    A good few years ago, a guy called Keith Bontrager, when heading up a company manufacturing mountain bike parts, summed up his customers' buying dilemma - and the compromise every...

  • RE: Phrases that Resonate

    Knut Boehnert (6/16/2011)


    I know this as "Pebkac" - Problem exists between keyboard and chair.

    ...also known as the eye-dee-ten-tee problem (ID10T) or the "layer 8 issue" (the logical extension to the...

  • RE: The Three Percent Difference

    jmadsen 98862 (5/20/2011)


    majorbloodnock (5/19/2011)


    Without making it complicated by compounding the raises...

    ...except that that's the important bit. The incentives in the short term are fairly small, but the compounding really starts...

  • RE: The Three Percent Difference

    mtucker-732014 (5/19/2011)


    ...People who feel like 'wage slaves' feel constrained in the second sense. They are certainly not owned by theie employer, but are often prevented from moving to better employment...

  • RE: The Three Percent Difference

    Burhan Insel-262978 (5/19/2011)


    I'd highly disagree here. It's rather insulting to make this comparison and it's more extreme than needed. You can easily leave your job in most any situation.

    We, employees,...

  • RE: The Three Percent Difference

    Without making it complicated by compounding the raises...

    ...except that that's the important bit. The incentives in the short term are fairly small, but the compounding really starts to kick in...

  • RE: An Impressive SQL Server

    We've all been invited to give our examples on "if they managed to do x with SQL Server, I'd be impressed". After 55 posts so far, it seems we've had...

  • RE: An Impressive SQL Server

    Actually, I've just thought about it a bit more, and what would really impress me would be if Microsoft would finally allow at least the choice of using SQL Server...

  • RE: An Impressive SQL Server

    That Oracle might use SQL Server as a back end for any of their serious systems is, I'm sure, highly unlikely. However, I'd love to see how much they use...

  • RE: The Job Posting - Do I really have to be the SQL God?

    Tom.Thomson (4/14/2011)


    majorbloodnock (4/14/2011)


    Jeff Moden (4/14/2011)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/14/2011)


    fname lname-1111520 (4/13/2011)


    I get it: "then", "than", "there's", "there are". Stop reading (and I did), it can't be coherent.

    Oink? You stop...

  • RE: The Job Posting - Do I really have to be the SQL God?

    Jeff Moden (4/14/2011)


    Koen Verbeeck (4/14/2011)


    fname lname-1111520 (4/13/2011)


    I get it: "then", "than", "there's", "there are". Stop reading (and I did), it can't be coherent.

    Oink? You stop reading a...

  • RE: The Job Posting - Do I really have to be the SQL God?

    fname lname-1111520 (4/14/2011)


    Craig Farrell (4/14/2011)


    fname lname-1111520 (4/13/2011)


    I get it: "then", "than", "there's", "there are". Stop reading (and I did), it can't be coherent.

    Huh? Could you specifically...

  • RE: How to Deal with the Stresses and Anxieties in Today's IT Industry

    All this is good advice for managing pressure that's coming your way, but it's also well worth remembering that quite often pressure that people are trying to apply isn't yours...

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