What do you do for a job?

[rodgerd]

Arr good, another developer that like hassling the DBA. Shoes on the other foot for me as I'm hacking code for the next 6 months and presenting it to the crew I used to work with as a DBA.

Funny thing is the DBA loves it. Most of the other developers he works with don't get much past basic joins, and then whine about DB performance when they make multiple queries and futz with data in the application layer, or don't want to learn about how to take full advantage of the tools.

Me, I'm lazy. I'm not gonna rewrite Oracle in Java when I can get it to do subselect and UNION magic to make my life easier, and if a little effort on my part learning about function based indexes makes things hum along, well, so much the better when it comes time to talk contract renewal. I have my eye on a pretty little RF400, and I got to pay for the toys somehow.

(Look, see, motorcycle content!)

Just read you homepage and agree fully about the whole region coding bullsh*t. Have also been tearing my hair out waiting for b5 season4.

It's gotten to the point where the local distributors are just taking the piss.

I think I've seen your Brutale parked in Manners Mall a month or so ago. Nice looking bike in the flesh - magazine photos always play up the "wierd" things like the tank wings and oval lights in such a way they don't look right, but it looks beaut in person.

[rodgerd]

i cannot think of any fatal crash that i have attended that hasn't had speed or alcohol as an aggravating factor, so you'll excuse me if i'm a bit cynical

Ahh, well, the officers who attended mine can tell you about one that didn't. Just the stupidity of having these five words:

Learner. Driver. Subaru. Legacy. Turbo.

I now know what a Legacy looks like upside down, since I somersaulted over the bonnet. Actually felt a bit sorry for the driver, though. Like the law says, he had a full license driver with him. You'd think she would have mentioned that doing a U-turn on a blind bend wasn't a clever thing to do.

The cop who attended had an alarming story about having had one of his patrol cars peeled in half when he'd stopped on the motorway, lights flashing, and someone travelling at 100 km/h "didn't see him".

[matthewt]

Funny thing is the DBA loves it. Most of the other developers he works with don't get much past basic joins, and then whine about DB performance when they make multiple queries and futz with data in the application layer, or don't want to learn about how to take full advantage of the tools.

Your DBA is probably glad to have someone that actually thinks about how the data will be pulled out rather than just doing the same thing they always have for the past 10 years. I'm in a team of 6 developers now, a couple are legends the rest are fairly average. Coming from a DBA background performance is all I think about.

It's gotten to the point where the local distributors are just taking the piss.

I just heard that season 4 is due in mid September !!


Whitcoulls had 3 copies of seasons 1,2,3 and the season 1 packs were in a smaller plastic box rather than the current box sets.

I think I've seen your Brutale parked in Manners Mall a month or so ago. Nice looking bike in the flesh - magazine photos always play up the "wierd" things like the tank wings and oval lights in such a way they don't look right, but it looks beaut in person.

I've only parked it there twice and usually when I bored at lunch on a Friday. Normally it's in the part alongside Mobil on the Park. Not sure why they put those wings on the tank, maybe so it would look a little less like the monster. Who knows. To be honest I didn't like them much until I actually saw one. I think they look quite different when you see them for real.

[Holy Roller]

slave for Fonterra, recklessly spending farmers money

Hope you are higher up the food chain than the other 700 unfortunates

[bane]

Hope you are higher up the food chain than the other 700 unfortunates

when these sorts of purges go on, its best to be right at the top of the food chain or pond scum. Nearly fully qualified as the latter...

[bane]

is thast your gsx that's in at boyds at the moment bane?

nope, not mine Marty

[sAsLEX]

in the Puss as a GREENIE, just to see who remebers that term

And 'pusser' normally refers to the Supply Officers

[Two Smoker]

in the Puss as a GREENIE, just to see who remebers that term

And 'pusser' normally refers to the Supply Officers

So you get all the newbie's told to go to the supplies officer to get a Long Wait....... LMAO

[Kwaka-Kid]

Im an A$$hole.

When im not im at home wrecking a perfectly fine bike with my own trial-mods and trying to learn stuff.

Trust me, KB dont need my help Unless of course your bikes TOO reliable or something?

[NordieBoy]

Computer fixer upper for a large firm in Nelson for the last 8 years.

[Kickaha]

You know thoose virtual cannons made from PVC pressure pipe that use a BBQ igniter and hair spray to fire potatoes, oranges etc

My mates one was whipped up in about 5 minutes,but used exhaust tube and a sparkplug and coil hooked into a wall switch too fire it and used acetalyne as a propellant.


I manage a small retail store for Bridgestone/Firestone,unfortunately this does not give me access to the Bridgestone motorcycle tyres,at least not at a decent price,it does however give me a fair bit of freedom to work on the important things in life like sidecars and buckets.

[Yamahamaman]

sgt on TAG and GDB.

I work in a bank providing management information from a wide range of databases and we have all sorts of unimaginable TLA's (3 letter acronyms) not to mention quite a few ETLA's (enhanced 3 letter acronyms or in other words 4 letter acronyms)

[spudchucka]

My mates one was whipped up in about 5 minutes,but used exhaust tube and a sparkplug and coil hooked into a wall switch too fire it and used acetalyne as a propellant..

Holy crap!!!!!!!!

[Hooks]

Well I'm a chef and a solo Dad....so if you need a babysitter or a good cook then I'm your man .......And if you need to your tread depth checked then I qualified at that too !!...Otherwise I have 25 years biking under my belt and can usually pull it apart and put it back together again with a minimum of parts left over !!

[marty]

I manage a small retail store for Bridgestone/Firestone,unfortunately this does not give me access to the Bridgestone motorcycle tyres,at least not at a decent price,it does however give me a fair bit of freedom to work on the important things in life like sidecars and buckets.

hey kickaha - the 2005 BMX nationals have just been given (again) to rangiora - i'm thinking about freighting my gear down and riding my bike (if i've got a new one by then....) down. pity all your roads are straight though. there is the s bend over the rail tracks into town though i guess