Archive for the “Rant” category
Mother Nature 2, Snowboarding Trips 0
by Marshall on February 13, 2005
For the second straight year, Mother Nature put a kibosh on a skiing/snowboarding trip. Last year we experienced unseasonably warm tempertures (60 degrees in February) and this year we get an inch of rain. It actually works out pretty good (…)
Why oh Why SQL Server?
by Marshall on January 25, 2005
Why can you not import a CSV file properly and ignore commas within string columns? I have been trying to import a very large (~250,000 line) Comma Seperated Value file into SQL Server for almost an hour now. Its very (…)
Seasons Over
by Marshall on January 9, 2005
Well, I wish that I could say that I didn’t expecte the Packers to lose, but I thought it would at least be close. It is pretty hard to beat the same team 3 times in a season. Today’s 31-17 (…)
Economies of Scale
by Marshall on December 7, 2004
I would like to strangle every person who uses the phrase “Economies of Scale”.