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be careful with the "we".
My ego likes the "we" but there are quite a few members here that would rather see me reformat then reboot.
Just along for the ride.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Speak to the hand. The ears aren't listening.
You're a VB Beecha now.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: You're a VB Beecha now.
Just along for the ride.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Just regenerate - then DD would like you as well.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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maybe JSOP and 'Slacker' can get together and share notes :snicker:
'g'
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The coolest thing I've seen yet today...although it is only 8:43 AM. Monster Engine[^]
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I've only got to the first one and I'm thinking that monster has boobs and a vagina filled with teeth.
Someone should be talking to that kid.
Or possibly me.
One of us is disturbed anyways.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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ChrisElston wrote: One of us is disturbed anyways.
I can assure you: the kid is alright.
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 Cool.
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Unbelievable, it disturbs me that the kids think those are monsters. The real monsters are the talking heads on TV running for President. And once they are in office, they are even scarier because they can actually do real harm.
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I've got to find the hidden camera in our conference room. Imagine, someone posting pictures of that where kids could see. Sheesh!
Software Zen: delete this;
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Once upon a time there was a shepherd tending his sheep at the edge of a country road. A brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee screeches to a halt next to him. The driver, a young man dressed in a Briani suit, Cerutti shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses, Jovial Swiss wrist watch, and a Bhs tie gets out and asks the shepherd, "If I can guess how many sheep you have, will you give me one of them?" The shepherd looks at the young man, then looks at the sprawling field of sheep and says, "Okay."
The young man parks the SUV, connects his notebook and wireless modem, enters a NASA site, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a database and 60 Excel tables filled with algorithms, then prints a 150 page report on his high tech mini printer. He then turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1,586 sheep here."
The shepherd answers, "That's correct! You can have your sheep."
The young man takes one of the animals and puts it in the back of his vehicle. The shepherd looks at him and asks, "Now, if I guess your profession, will you pay me back in kind?"
The young man answers, "Sure."
The shepherd says, "You are a consultant."
"Exactly! How did you know?" asks the young man.
"Very simple," answers the shepherd. "First, you came here uninvited. Second, you told me something I already knew. Third, you charged me a fee and fourth, you don't understand anything about my business - and I'd really like to have my dog back."
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Once upon a time there was a post[^]...
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A repost of a repost, etc, etc.
Also, he couldn't have been a very good consultant given his choice of clothing and watch.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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<b>bhs tie</b>, no highly paid consult would buy one of those.
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Non of the shyte is the choice of any man with at least a modicum of satorial elegance.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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As some of you may know, I keep a small database-based app which holds frequently used text blocks that I can paste into Q&A answers - just saves me typing it all the time. I have been using this for a couple of months now, and for a variety of reasons I was looking at the DB this afternoon. Now, one of the columns I only added to allow the app to show the most often used text at the top of the list (easier to find), and I noticed that I don't use that many of the text blocks, so I thought I'd share some actual numbers with you (these are just the titles, not the full text):
Use the "Improve question" widget 138
Code block and Ignore HTML 84
We don't do homework 76
Don't Shout 44
Never post your email address in any forum 38
Google is your friend 34
Not a Question and Answers question 23
Do not install SQL Server as part of your installation 18
Urgency deleted only 18
Never accept code from a public website when money is involved 17
Spurious ??? removed 16 All the rest are sub-ten counts.
I'm surprised that Google comes in so low...but depressed that homework made number three.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Sounds about right...
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OriginalGriff wrote: keep a small database-based app
Care to share it ? 
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Send me your email and I'll mail you a copy of the source.
(There should be an email link at the bottom of this message to keep it private)
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Never mind the list here comes the question 
why so?
OriginalGriff wrote: Do not install SQL Server as part of your installation
Alberto Bar-Noy
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“The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!”
(C3PO)
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You should not include SQL Server in your installation. There are a couple of reasons:
0) You can only distribute SQL Server Express for copyright reasons - not SQL Server full version.
1) They may already have SQL Server installed on the network. If so, then they will presumably want to use that version.
2) If they do have SQL server installed and you start proliferating SQL server Express instances, you are going to annoy the heck out of the database administrator...
3) A single site installation of SQl Server is a lot more likely to be backed up than a number of scattered versions under user control.
4) Sql server is quite complex for a "normal" user to install and administer - it is not a good idea!
5) It will destroy the primary advantage of using Sql Server over SqlCE or SQLite - multiuser access. If everyone installs their own copy of SQL server, then you will have multiple copies of your database, each used by a single person. This will cause some confusion, and (depending on how you wrote the original database) may take some considerable effort to combine into a single instance when the problem is realized.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Ah OK I didn't miss anything when I argued that one to bosses.
Although we do install SQL Express if need be (with MS blessings on top of that) and I just can't wait for the LocalDB flavor of Denalli
Alberto Bar-Noy
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“The city’s central computer told you? R2D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer!”
(C3PO)
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My responses are all lovingly hand crafted using only the finest 1 bits from Nepal and a blend of rich aromatic 0's from Kenya.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Mine come straight from the bargain bin at Lidl...
I just hate typing the same thing over and over again. 
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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