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SELECT * FROM [TheWholeTable] Friday, August 31, 2007 <rant> Yes, the whole table. This report shows the cash-type trades done in London and grouped by currency type. 39 currency types. 1:07 minutes to run. 6,722 rows of data. 20.4 MB Excel file (when exported). It's a reporting tool, not a freaking SQL dump tool. Users, help us help you make this report more meaningful. </rant> Labels: development, omgwtf, work 0 comments
Komen Houston Race for the Cure. Thursday, August 30, 2007 Who is down for this? Date: Saturday, October 6, 2007 Time: 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Register Here If you don't want to run, you can still volunteer. Labels: event, houston, volunteer 0 comments
Some Pet Peeves. Thursday, August 23, 2007 1. "Can I ask you a question?" -Just ask it. 2. Out of nowhere, asking a question without any context or hint about what you're talking about. "How you implement it on the one report you did a while back?" -Clarify, we're not on the same page as you. 3. Calling me on my cell phone and asking, "Who is this?" -You called me, tell me who you are. 4. When a neighbor stares at you while jogging, you wave and say hello, and they do nothing, but continue to stare. -I said "Hello." It's common courtesy to respond. ...Or am I just that awesome that I make you speechless? 5. Trying to Ghant chart a project with a Waterfall mentality for an Agile project. 6. Just enough coffee in the coffee pot to not make more, but not enough for one full cup of coffee. -Quit being lazy, make another pot. 7. "I get it" with a nod, but you really don't get it. -Ask a question, don't go off for two hours trying something with no success that could have been answered in two minutes. 8. Estimating/Planning for a year long project with no contingency and not adjusting it...EVER. -Murphy's Law is always in play. Revisit the estimation/plan if something slips, might slip, or could slip because in the end, it will. 9. Some sorting algorithms: 1, 10, 11, 2, 20, 21, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. -Have we not evolved the sorting algorithm to understand that 2 comes after 1? 10. The fact that freezers don't have a light. -Thanks, James. You inspired this post. Haha... Labels: random 1 comments
According to My Calculations... Thursday, August 16, 2007 We have an data object that contains: 1. $principle (Long) - Principle 2. $days (int) - Number of Days Interest 3. $basis (int) - Basis (how many days in a year) 4. $dailyInterest (Long) - Daily Interest Average Rate = 100 * $basis * ( $dailyInterest/$days ) / $principle What screwed us over for an hour? DATA TYPE!!! $dailyInterest/$days is an integer division! Therefore 5/3 gave us 1, instead of 1.6666! So, boys and girls... MIND YOUR DATA TYPES! Labels: development, java, omgwtf, work 0 comments
Where's Wachovia? Thursday, August 09, 2007
I want to believe Virtual Earth because I'd just have to walk a few blocks, but Google right. The have the location right in front of the building entrance! Labels: dailywtf, google, maps, microsoft 0 comments
Houston's Museum District Day! Tuesday, August 07, 2007 Who is down for Museum District Day? ***Thanks for the correction, Jeremy - from the Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department(Fire 123, EMS 473). August 18, 2007 starting at 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM or whenever we get fed up with museums. Bring your cameras! I'm getting there early and leaving late. Participating Museums Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Houston Center for Photography Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum Children's Museum of Houston John C. Freeman Weather Museum *Contemporary Arts Museum Houston The Health Museum *The Menil Collection *Holocaust Museum Houston *Houston Center for Contemporary Craft *I want to go.
HJUG Happy Hour! Monday, August 06, 2007 HJUG Happy Hour! August 17, 2007; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM First drink free + appetizers @ Deco. Be there or be
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