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 (…)

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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 (…)

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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 (…)

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Economies of Scale

by Marshall on December 7, 2004

I would like to strangle every person who uses the phrase “Economies of Scale”.