Clive Chinery (2/27/2010)

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The M in GMT is not Mean as...

...and why does it have to be Mean time? Can't it be Happy time? Can't we all just get along?

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Man, I think I am one of two with a dissenting view...I say if your application is local, use local time.

Where I work now, all of our customers are in...

Working here too...the commute into work was pretty light so I would guess a lot of people had the day off as well. However, I live in an area that...

I've found the key to relieving stress is to not let anything rattle me. Server down? It doesn't get fixed any faster if I'm stressing. I let things roll off...

I think skjoldtc makes a good point regarding the trench guy. A trench guy that becomes management without leaving the trench behind is doomed to fail. Yes, you have to...

Hey, I ALWAYS get holidays off...unless something breaks!

I think it's the same thing as being salaried...you take the occasional afternoon off or sneak out early knowing that you're going to...

I've fought quite a bit with 64 bit idiosyncracies. There have been many issues where I have spent a ton of time troubleshooting only to find a document where MS...

Thanks for the clarification Phil...

bpatin (11/18/2009)

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I meant PostgreSQL over MySQL, not SQL Server (which is really just an old fork of Sybase).

MySQL is not totally free for commercial purposes, and the recent purchase by...

bpatin: did you mean PostgreSQL over SQL? I agree PostgreSQL has more mature capbilities than MySQL, but licensing issues?

As far as this topic goes,...

It think it took Tom this long just to compile his list...which deserves some kind of special award. Think it was Spicoli in Fast Times that said, "I wanna party...

Agreed. I don't know how many headhunters I've talked to who are reading off a job description and want me to change a resume to exactly fit the requirement. HR,...

I've been primarily a developer, but took the time to ask and learn about databases from an Oracle DBA I was working with many years ago. In such an environment,...

LOL! Excellent!