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I know, that's crazy talk. Everybody knows Canada is the 51st state already.

Another brilliant image! We must share this with everyone.

I was wondering if the Atlanta outage was related to the work they have been doing there. It's possible they could have overloaded that older system as they try to update everything. I have no idea about any of it, but ATL always seems to be in a state of constant upgrades. I'm not much of a bourbon lover, I'm more scotch.…

Amazon runs on thin margins. But to raise prices when you are making money is not the best message to send to your customers. I've been with Prime since it was $79/year. That price seemed about right, as I would save that amount in shipping. I'm not sure, but I think I save $99 in shipping now. But will I save $119? If I…

I am certain that is the case, yes.

Thanks for the comment. There is a lot of information available on the intertubz for anyone getting started in databases. My favorite thing to recommend is Pluralsight, but that costs. For a no-cost option you can always check out the sessions that are made available by PASS at events such as SQL Saturdays and their online…

Understanding normalization is a good thing, I believe. If nothing else it helps you to understand the times when de-normalization is necessary. But with hardware advances happening at a faster pace with each passing day it would seem that even the most poorly designed databases can perform well, to a point.

I thought the whole point of NoSQL was that it didn't need management?

It was brilliant, IMO. I wish I had thought of it first!

I added more thoughts around automation, specifically for DBAs. You can read it here: The Disappearing DBA

OK, I now have Duluth on my short list of "places where I want to jog but I'll probably just sit and drink by the water instead".

Same here. Never knew about it before.

Hmmmm...I didn't think about other movies, but now that you mention it I think I could come up with more of these posts.

Yes, *you* would like that, but not the dev team. At least not any dev I ever worked with.

The only thing I can think about making chipping worthwhile would be for medical data. Imagine if you are in an accident, the ambulance arrives, and they are able to quickly get a detailed medical history of you prior to starting treatment. That has real value, IMO.

At first I thought you left a comment to say you were unfollowing this article...glad to see that isn't what you meant!

Oh, dear, I do hope there isn't a correlation between bacon and jerks.

I don't know all the specifics of the upgrade or the maintenance process in play for you there, but it seems that you've lost your connection. This is a common issue for database servers and applications, and it depends on the nature of the work and how the apps try to connect. Your DBA team should be able to explain what…

I think the idea is to give you the ability to input your values. The reason for the TCO calculator isn't about the math as much as it is reminding people about all the line items that make up TCO.

I can't agree completely with that sentiment. I worked in that exact environment. I decided that by taking responsibility and following through to make things better, was seen as a positive. Even if and when the finger was pointed at me, by standing up and saying "Ok, let's talk about this, and let's see how I can help"…

Yeah, I recognize that the bar isn't set too high in our industry.

Yeah, I've been eyeing a Tesla battery for a while now. My house get's decent sunlight for us to consider solar panels to offset some power costs. The issue we face is one of solar panel ownership. Not everyone wants to buy a house with panels. And if you lease your panels to a solar company, then you may have issues when…

The idea of dirty bombs goes way back in history. The idea of dirty drones is a bit newer. I'm certain someone is working on counter measures.

I don't know that management is doing anything wrong. Sometimes, as tech changes, you need to move people away from some tasks and onto new ones. And sometimes you are shorthanded and have to find someone to take on extra work for a period of time. We've all been there.

It may *sound* angry to you, but it read just fine to me.

Thank you!

Yes, the use of Wikipedia has bothered me for years. It is, at best, a starting point for the reader to jump to the cited references. But using it as truth? No way. Years ago I was getting some database help from a person that helped write the code for SQL Server. His answer to me didn't match what was on a Wikipedia page.…

Whoops...fixed!! (Here's hoping a bunch of people didn't go off and think that snapshots were OK to use as database backups.)

This is what I imagine court will be like in the future: Just because I don't know, doesn't mean I'm lying - YouTube

Thanks!