July 30, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Steve Jones - Editor (7/30/2009)
If we're going to have constantly shifting names, I'm going to get confused quickly.
I think 'Confused Quickly' must already be taken, you'll have to find another one.
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July 30, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Currently I'm more of a mathematical concept than a name.
Good one, Crawfish!! Thunderous laughter ensues.
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July 30, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Steve Jones - Editor (7/30/2009)
If we're going to have constantly shifting names, I'm going to get confused quickly.
Why do you want to get Confused Quickly? He didn't do anything wrong.
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July 30, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Nice one, jcrawf02.
I know many of you by your names here. Changing them around will have my head spinning. Especially in this thread!
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July 30, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Roy Ernest (7/29/2009)
Congratulations to Grant for winning the "Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit" contest. 😀
What's the link?
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July 30, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Steve Jones - Editor (7/30/2009)
I know many of you by your names here. Changing them around will have my head spinning.
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July 30, 2009 at 8:12 pm
It probably won't do the world any good at all, but I feel MUCH better now...
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762623-146-1.aspx
--Jeff Moden
July 30, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Jeff Moden (7/30/2009)
Roy Ernest (7/29/2009)
Congratulations to Grant for winning the "Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit" contest. 😀What's the link?
http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/AboutSummit/ROI/BestThingWinners.aspx
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July 31, 2009 at 1:52 am
WayneS (7/30/2009)
Jeff Moden (7/30/2009)
Roy Ernest (7/29/2009)
Congratulations to Grant for winning the "Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit" contest. 😀What's the link?
http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/AboutSummit/ROI/BestThingWinners.aspx
Thnx for the link Wayne.
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July 31, 2009 at 1:52 am
It must be very important to create 8 threads for this:
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762902-149-1.aspx
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762910-150-1.aspx
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762907-150-1.aspx
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762905-149-1.aspx
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762899-149-1.aspx
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762894-149-1.aspx
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762892-149-1.aspx
http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762890-149-1.aspx
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July 31, 2009 at 1:54 am
. (7/30/2009)
Currently I'm more of a mathematical concept than a name.
Whether the point be there
Or whether the point be not.
We'll point the point,
Whatever the point,
We'll point it,
Like it or not!
Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
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July 31, 2009 at 2:26 am
Jeff Moden (7/30/2009)
It probably won't do the world any good at all, but I feel MUCH better now...http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762623-146-1.aspx
Nice one Jeff. I feel better too (even though I had nothing to do with the thread).
Another reason not to take people with "Qualifications" at their word, but give them a technical test the same as any other applicant.
July 31, 2009 at 2:58 am
Going off on another direction entirely. What is happening to IT these days... technical support is c**p.
I have an on-going problem with a printer crashing. Call logged with ** technical support (name replaced to protect the company whose printer it is). Latest phone call (to UK support):-
Them: Good Morning ** Technical Support, Raj speaking, may I have your case number please.
Me: The case number is ...
Them: Ah, I see you're having problems with the printer having zzz error.
Me: Yes, that's right
Them. I see this was elevated to the next level within xx
Me: Yes, and they told me to get back to our application supplier, because it wasn't an xx problem.
Them: Ah, yes. How can I help you
Me: I spoke to the application support team, and they tell me that when they approved the printer it had version 1 of the firmware, but the new printers have version 2. I've checked your web site and can only find version 2. How can I get hold of version 1.
Them: We have the latest version on our web site at http://www.....
Me: Yes, I know, but I want the previous version of the firmware.
Them: The version of the firmware you need is on our web site
Me: Where? The only version I can find on your web site is version 2. I want version 1.
Them: Yes, that's right, you can get version 2 on the web site, it's the latest version.
Me (exasperated by now): I don't want version 2, I need version 1.
Them: But version 2 is the latest
Me: I know, but version 2 doesn't work, I need version 1
Them: Can I put you on hold while I speak to my mentor
Them (2 minutes later): Have you upgraded the printer to the latest version of the firmware? That should solve your problem.
Me (very exasperated): That version doesn't work. Can you please just tell me how to get hold of version 1 of the firmware.
Them: OK, I'll elevate the call to the next level. Is there anything else I can help you with today, sir.
Me (resigned): No thankyou
Them: Have a good day, and thank you for choosing xx.
2 days later, I'm still waiting to hear from the next level. Aaaaarrrrrggggghhh.
Am I the only one that seems to have these problems?
July 31, 2009 at 3:06 am
Ian Scarlett (7/31/2009)
Am I the only one that seems to have these problems?
Nope. Go back many pages in this thread and you'll find my tales of woe of dealing with ISP's 'technical' support. At one point they told me to reinstall the modem software to fix an intermittent error. The error? 'Remote computer did not respond. Connection rejected by network'
They were also exceedingly puzzled that IPConfig showed no network configuration (IP address, DNS) at a time that I couldn't connect to the ISP's network....
Gail Shaw
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July 31, 2009 at 6:25 am
Jeff Moden (7/30/2009)
It probably won't do the world any good at all, but I feel MUCH better now...http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic762623-146-1.aspx
Is it just me? Or is this just some cultural thing? I mean, is it really just some old-school western culture thing to expect people to be honest?
*sigh* Things like this make me feel very old and out of touch... 🙁
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