fleshyorgans

Maybe someone will find this post and explain to me why SQL Server behaves like this. My question isn’t “how should I rewrite this query”, but “why does SQL Server act like this”. The behavior I see is that for some reason it’s easier to do TOP bignumber than TOP smallnumber. In my instance, TOP […]

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My work machine recently developed the click of death, so I had to get a new hard drive and reinstall everything. Just in case this happens again, and in case anyone else is interested, below is the list of things I install in addition to the standard Ubuntu installation:

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Update: Seems the original link was removed for some reason. I’ve posted a link to the new location, which is a source bz2 file.
One of the things I love about Gnome is how it doesn’t overwhelm you with options and settings for things. But one of the things I hate about it is how it […]

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Started a new batch of beer, this evening.
Two things:

Degrees Celsius ≠ Degrees Fahrenheit
5 gallons of water takes a long-ass time to come to a boil, even starting at 150° F

TIA

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I have a buttload of pictures on Flickr. A few days ago I went through and added all the ones I particularly like to a set. Check it out.
I’m not saying they’re good, just that I like them best.

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