March 5, 2009 at 4:20 pm
You could always unsubscribe, noel. 😛
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March 5, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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March 5, 2009 at 4:31 pm
And I'm beginning to think this thread will never end.
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March 5, 2009 at 4:52 pm
This thread does seem to have become sort of an informal meeting place, moreso than the rest of the non-SQL threads. It seems that a lot of people like having it for that purpose. It's always fun to walk in first thing in the morning and see where it has wandered off to.
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March 5, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I keep telling you all, this is SSC's virtual "Water Cooler". It's where we all come to shoot the breeze, complain about anything (not just bad posts and/or posters). If you take the time to read through this thread you find things out about people you'd probably only discover if you happened to work with or live near them, and considering this is a world wide group, that isn't about to happen any time soon.
We can blow off steam, talk about the latest in Potato Launchers, what style of martial arts we study (or studied), and many other things.
I truely think that those who visit here regularly have become friends in many ways.
March 5, 2009 at 5:20 pm
[font="Verdana"]Potato Launchers? Have we graduated from Pork Chops?[/font]
March 5, 2009 at 5:24 pm
The potato goes with the pork chop. Next will come the salad shooters, and finally the dessert derringers.
March 5, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Perhaps you real experts who know lots of stuff can tell me why you persist in advising people who can't blow their nose yet.
This is not a sarcastic point .. I see people on here who know enough to solve any SQL issue yet spend time telling people how to backup a database. Why?
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because noone can read 250 pages of contributions
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March 5, 2009 at 6:39 pm
t.walker (3/5/2009)
because noone can read 250 pages of contributions
I have, but then again I've been here since day 1 and I've been amazed when I go off-line for a couple of days by how ling it takes to catch up.
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March 5, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Chris Morris (3/5/2009)
Hey Grant, your chum's back in town. I'm in the bleachers with a couple of beers.
Sorry, I was offline all day at our annual IS kickoff meeting. Go team & all that. I see all kinds of answers over there already.
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March 5, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Lynn Pettis (3/5/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (3/5/2009)
Apologies for not getting in there sooner. I could see the heat coming through the wires from people's ears.Supposedly this is an "MVP" as well. I suggested he post the thread in the MVP groups and see who was acting unprofessional.
I don't think it would look too good for him. If the "MVP Review" looks at the thread, they'll see that he deleted many of his posts from the thread.
Yes, it got heated, and perhaps a little borderline, but other than that I think everyone maintained what I thought was a level of professionalism (until he started deleting his posts).
Just tossing in my two cents, I don't think we got out of line. I think we completely called him on his behavior, which apparently doesn't happen very often, but I don't think he was abused. He really did, more or less, call out the top posters on what is really standard behavior, go to this link, read the BOL, why, etc. Then to find out he's an MSDN moderator and an MVP, and, oh, by the way, a bit of a plagiarist... I have zero sympathy for the guy now.
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March 5, 2009 at 7:36 pm
t.walker (3/5/2009)
Perhaps you real experts who know lots of stuff can tell me why you persist in advising people who can't blow their nose yet.This is not a sarcastic point .. I see people on here who know enough to solve any SQL issue yet spend time telling people how to backup a database. Why?
Respond on
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic669857-61-1.aspx
because noone can read 250 pages of contributions
'Cause once upon a time I needed help and other people helped me, so I try to pitch in where I can. And because I know that I'll need help again some time.
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March 5, 2009 at 9:56 pm
t.walker (3/5/2009)
Perhaps you real experts who know lots of stuff can tell me why you persist in advising people who can't blow their nose yet.This is not a sarcastic point .. I see people on here who know enough to solve any SQL issue yet spend time telling people how to backup a database. Why?
Respond on
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic669857-61-1.aspx
because noone can read 250 pages of contributions
Because we're nice guys.
Because we have nothing better to do.
Because we feel like it.
Because we like helping people.
Because we like feeling useful.
Because we want to make the world a better place.
Because we like the praise from people we help and admiration of our peers.
Because it's late at night, I can't sleep, and need something to do.
Because it seems to bother you.
March 5, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I can't sleep either so let's turn this around.
Socratic dialogues are always won by those who ask the questions. 😉
Why do you need to know?
Why do call this a "site maturity question" regarding SSC?
Why shouldn't we all?
Why don't you?
Why am I bothering to ask you these questions?
Why ask why?
Why not?
Why move to Wyoming?
Why, O Ming, why?
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