Two of my OLAP databases disappeared in the last few days. Thankfully I had a backup. However, I would want to investigate the root cause. How do I proceed?

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2269946/amd-lifts-the-lid-on-temash-and-kabini-chips[^] COMPUTEX ahoy!!

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/analysis/2269647/ethernet-turns-40-years-old-today[^] Apart from the TV remote, Ethernet is another piece of technology desperately in need of a revolution or better, replacement.

I got drunk on friday night and the loathsome happened. PM calls up, prepones some deadlines and in 30 min I am staring at my laptop screen. The pressure gets to me and I start churning out code but drinking at the same time. When I get up after some hours, sober now, I found I had actually coded some neat $hit , nevermind the drool-pool I left on my desk. Achievement Unlocked : Drunken Coder. :-O

Sorry, but I never knew someone had all the time in the world to write an article on a phallus, embellished with pseudo-theology . ;P

Completely agree. I practise my religion because of huge peer\societal expectations (read pressure) NOT because I am a believer ( hold the Belieber jokes already).

I just took a few months off and upon return I dont see any activity in the Soapbox. Please please someone post those recycled jokes to the soapbox; I would hate to go to the original source ;P

I too think its idiotic to have a price barrier to ward off people (If that is their intention). WIth 10k per person they are simply ignoring the frontline\programmers who will be the first to adopt their technology. Wonder what the managers and journalists do during those coding sessions.

Typical comeback line would be : "Yes, I do watch a lot of gay porn." :D

The professor of a contract law class asked one of his better students, "If you were to give someone an orange, how would you go about it?" The student replied, "Here's an orange." The professor was outraged. "No! No! Think like a lawyer!" The student then replied, "Okay. I'd tell him `I hereby give and convey to you all and singular, my estate and interests, rights, claim, title, claim and advantages of and in, said orange, together with all its rind, juice, pulp, and seeds, and all rights and advantages with full power to bite, cut, freeze and otherwise eat, the same, or give the same away with and without the pulp, juice, rind and seeds, anything herein before or hereinafter or in any deed, or deeds, instruments of whatever nature or kind whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding...' ".

Sex with me is like the Curiosity Mars landing. My girlfriend slept halfway through.

On a related note..my applications keep forgetting the pinned items :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Reality : Just spoke to a friend in Delhi.. it was business as usual. Apparently there was a backup power grid meant for business which kicked in.

The only time I use Yahoo is when I need to give my ID to malicious sites ;) ;)

Last time I checked $ex was the worlds favorite sport :D

when Bond escorted the Queen to the stadium[^] Edit: Updated with a working link.

Yeah.. highly advanced and extremely difficult to decrypt.

So I have to deal with these accidental DBAs and DB developers every now and then. Listening to their chatter it seems they are always upbeat and savvy about the latest SQL Server. Today I chanced upon the actual code written by one of these creatures. Took me a 20 min yoga session to cool down my boiling blood. I mean, how the f*** in the world do you write such lame code when you have the latest and the greatest software with power packed features. Even if I forgive your illiteracy, I will never EVER forgive your lack of hygiene. No indentations , no comments at all? Burn in hell :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Christian Graus wrote:

So, our government gives a financial incentive to parents to vaccinate kids, because of the loonies who think vaccinations cause autism, etc

And I thought such psychos existed in India only..:mad:

Since the last time I posted this joke.. that huge muscular guy has transformed into a gorilla. Gotta blame the protein shakes. [ CP ].