"Most folks I know only go there if they are in desperate need of something and can't wait for mail order."
I learned to just deal with it and wait for mail order. There were a few times after swearing I'd never enter ConPukeSA again that I went there in "desperate need" and they didn't have the item or it was ridiculously overpriced and poor quality. I think it took me 3 or 4 times before it really sunk in that there was zero point in even going into that place and that all I needed to do was just go to newegg or zipzoomfly and wait a few days for the thing to arrive. Much less frustration to wait a few days than to enter that ripoff zone on the remote chance of finding what I needed.
Some of my worst experiences as a customer happened in that dump on Chicago avenue. I was glad when it closed. Sales people standing around in groups ignoring customers. Being yelled at (and I mean really loud scary screaming) by a manager when I complained about their changing a warranty agreement after it had been sold to me. Being yelled at by a sales guy with hot dog breath when I muttered "finally" after waiting over 30 minutes for assistance. Every time I walk by that closed-down store I smile.
"Purging it can be a bigger headache because the data is often inextricably linked to and used by a variety of customer and marketing applications; simply removing it could cause huge disruptions."
Hmmm, sound like no data modeling, rushing through the design phase, etc. just to save costs and get the fucktard managers to stop screaming about needing it "yesterday" and other such shit. Excuse me if I don't shed a tear.
Bought a new T60 last spring, it's flimsy and definitely won't hold up to use as an on-the-road laptop, so I've gone back to my old T30 until I can find an alternative. I'll probably just give the new T60 to my sister since it will just sit on her desk and won't be used in a mobile manner. Too bad.
It has the word "patent" in it, so it must be YRO. So if a little girl scuffs her patent leather shoes, it must be reported to slashdot regardless of the fact that "rights" and "online" are not involved. If it was her right shoe then it will show up here even faster because such an event is certainly as important as losing our freedoms.
Seems more like an HP ad. Doesn't explain why this home server would replace web apps. Even if someone could design one machine that could be a central server for all your devices, why would it also host applications? How will it be updated and won't it be updated from some server outside the home? What home user is going to keep it secure (how many open wifi connections to "linksys" can you find right now)?
Also, way too much of what go's on in Enterprise Manager is undocumented. Oh, the way to do it in the GUI is documented, but under the covers it is impledmented with undocumented Transact SQL.
You can use the SQL Server Profiler tool to capture the SQL that's run when you do something in Enterprise Manager. I've done this when I wanted to do something in my own admin tools that I know can be done in EM.
I think part of his point is that you don't own your property, you own title to use it in a certain manner.
Thinking of property tax as a rental fee to the county is a bit of a twist, but do take into consideration that in some counties (like mine) it is quite substantial.
The weather is starting to warm up, which means I can finally sit on the balcony with my laptop and work in the fresh air... and taking both my cell phone and landline phone with me. I looked around my living room and noticed that my TV does not have a "rabbit ear" antenna, there's no "record player" (or phonograph or turntable, whatever you prefer) to be found, etc. Why do I still have a landline phone when my cell is always with me? So I got rid of the landline. It felt great... but telling everybody was a trip. Family members wanted to know if I was having money problems, and asking all these questions as though you MUST have a phone line.
Q: "What if you need 911?"
A: I live in a condo with 150 neighbors and on-site security, if I can't get 911 on my cell I'll yell
Q: "How will you get on the internet?"
A: Cable broadband
Q: "What if you need to send a fax?"
A: I've never had a fax machine in my home. My office is a ten-minute walk so I fax from there.
Q: "What if your cell phone batteries die?"
A: Every land line phone I have is cordless and uses batteries so that was already an issue.
Plus there was the whole "what if you drop and break your cell phone" or "what if you lose your cell phone" or "what if your cell phone is stolen" and on. As though I couldn't walk into a store within 12 hours and get a new one. Here's one of the funnier things... the person most concerned about the whole dead-battery thing doesn't have internet in their home (they do have computers though, and a vacation home and two boats so it's not a poverty thing like some others have implied) because they are religious and their church has convinced them that the internet is just about porn and having the internet in your home is inviting satan into your family or whatever.
Next week on Slashdot... a PC case made of elephant tusk, monitor trimmed in baby white fur seal skin, overclocked CPU cooled with whale oil, and the mouse will be an actual mouse.
holding a sign that said "if you run my dumb ass over, you're entering into a contract..."
IANAL but I think this wouldn't work because you can't enter into a contract that involves illegal activity, and running someone's "dumb ass over" is illegal.
When I was working on my PhD, the childish behavior of professors never ceased to astound me. These are mostly people who've spent their lives in school. For them to comment on the "real world" is a joke. I, on the other hand, do work and solve problems in the real world, and just because accounting software is "easily available" doesn't mean it works for all situations. Oftentimes, my clients have tried "off-the-shelf" and failed before they contact me to develop a custom solution.
My godaddy site and webmail was down until about 30 minutes ago. Glad I only have one site left there and moved all the others to 1-and-1 since those sites have been fine all day.
In an age where, even when we behave innocently, we have to worry about the RIAA & MPAA serving us search warrants and the Big Brother in D.C. throwing us in prison, this is a load of crap.
Americans aren't pumping out puppies, it's that we welcome people looking for a better life. So lay off the environmental left wing crap, those people would be somewhere creating pollution.
Slashdot Mirror
"Most folks I know only go there if they are in desperate need of something and can't wait for mail order."
I learned to just deal with it and wait for mail order. There were a few times after swearing I'd never enter ConPukeSA again that I went there in "desperate need" and they didn't have the item or it was ridiculously overpriced and poor quality. I think it took me 3 or 4 times before it really sunk in that there was zero point in even going into that place and that all I needed to do was just go to newegg or zipzoomfly and wait a few days for the thing to arrive. Much less frustration to wait a few days than to enter that ripoff zone on the remote chance of finding what I needed.
Some of my worst experiences as a customer happened in that dump on Chicago avenue. I was glad when it closed. Sales people standing around in groups ignoring customers. Being yelled at (and I mean really loud scary screaming) by a manager when I complained about their changing a warranty agreement after it had been sold to me. Being yelled at by a sales guy with hot dog breath when I muttered "finally" after waiting over 30 minutes for assistance. Every time I walk by that closed-down store I smile.
Pretty soon we'll be reading Slashdot on Rails.
I hope it never ends! Keep those "database expert in 24 hours" books coming, they're the locomotive to my gravy train.
That must be the reason that stealth is needed for defense
Hmmm, sound like no data modeling, rushing through the design phase, etc. just to save costs and get the fucktard managers to stop screaming about needing it "yesterday" and other such shit. Excuse me if I don't shed a tear.
Bought a new T60 last spring, it's flimsy and definitely won't hold up to use as an on-the-road laptop, so I've gone back to my old T30 until I can find an alternative. I'll probably just give the new T60 to my sister since it will just sit on her desk and won't be used in a mobile manner. Too bad.
...so I think getting a job will be a bit problematic.
It has the word "patent" in it, so it must be YRO. So if a little girl scuffs her patent leather shoes, it must be reported to slashdot regardless of the fact that "rights" and "online" are not involved. If it was her right shoe then it will show up here even faster because such an event is certainly as important as losing our freedoms.
Do you propose using flat text files for data warehousing?
This seems similar to the phase "Work will set you free" being posted on signs in nazi concentration camps.
At least that's what they said on South Park.
Seems more like an HP ad. Doesn't explain why this home server would replace web apps. Even if someone could design one machine that could be a central server for all your devices, why would it also host applications? How will it be updated and won't it be updated from some server outside the home? What home user is going to keep it secure (how many open wifi connections to "linksys" can you find right now)?
You can use the SQL Server Profiler tool to capture the SQL that's run when you do something in Enterprise Manager. I've done this when I wanted to do something in my own admin tools that I know can be done in EM.
I think part of his point is that you don't own your property, you own title to use it in a certain manner.
Thinking of property tax as a rental fee to the county is a bit of a twist, but do take into consideration that in some counties (like mine) it is quite substantial.
Q: "What if you need 911?"
A: I live in a condo with 150 neighbors and on-site security, if I can't get 911 on my cell I'll yell
Q: "How will you get on the internet?"
A: Cable broadband
Q: "What if you need to send a fax?"
A: I've never had a fax machine in my home. My office is a ten-minute walk so I fax from there.
Q: "What if your cell phone batteries die?"
A: Every land line phone I have is cordless and uses batteries so that was already an issue.
Plus there was the whole "what if you drop and break your cell phone" or "what if you lose your cell phone" or "what if your cell phone is stolen" and on. As though I couldn't walk into a store within 12 hours and get a new one. Here's one of the funnier things... the person most concerned about the whole dead-battery thing doesn't have internet in their home (they do have computers though, and a vacation home and two boats so it's not a poverty thing like some others have implied) because they are religious and their church has convinced them that the internet is just about porn and having the internet in your home is inviting satan into your family or whatever.
So like you said... "To each their own"
Next week on Slashdot... a PC case made of elephant tusk, monitor trimmed in baby white fur seal skin, overclocked CPU cooled with whale oil, and the mouse will be an actual mouse.
IANAL but I think this wouldn't work because you can't enter into a contract that involves illegal activity, and running someone's "dumb ass over" is illegal.
You are correct sir.
When I was working on my PhD, the childish behavior of professors never ceased to astound me. These are mostly people who've spent their lives in school. For them to comment on the "real world" is a joke. I, on the other hand, do work and solve problems in the real world, and just because accounting software is "easily available" doesn't mean it works for all situations. Oftentimes, my clients have tried "off-the-shelf" and failed before they contact me to develop a custom solution.
My godaddy site and webmail was down until about 30 minutes ago. Glad I only have one site left there and moved all the others to 1-and-1 since those sites have been fine all day.
I feel sorry for anyone buying drives on the low end of that range. A MTTF of 1 hour really sucks.
"It Windows Vista the indispensable upgrade that Microsoft wants you to think it is?"
Did this pass the Word grammar checker?
In an age where, even when we behave innocently, we have to worry about the RIAA & MPAA serving us search warrants and the Big Brother in D.C. throwing us in prison, this is a load of crap.
You polar bears better study hard or you'll end up in Iraq.
Americans aren't pumping out puppies, it's that we welcome people looking for a better life. So lay off the environmental left wing crap, those people would be somewhere creating pollution.