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@drachenstern I still firmly believe that the name scares away folks. I brought it up first on meta ( got downvoted). Some other person brought it up on Meta.DBA and got upvoted like lots :P

drachenstern

Is this the right format for referring? http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9293/2161 ?

Josh

> The usage to associate tits with boobs tho

@drachenstern

I can't in good conscious upvote a post on English.SE that says "tho"

Sathya

@drachenstern yes, that'll get you couple of badges, too

drachenstern

@Sathya I do too, that's why I am trying to suggest new names on meta.dba

@Josh oh, I missed those

also, it's how all the cool kids talk ;)

@Sathya that's what I'm aiming for ;)

Sathya

btw @Josh in case it wasn't obvious, I've put in my nomination as a Diamond for SU superuser.com/election /shameless selfpromo

Yi Jiang

5:16 PM

I'm curious, what happens if that English question gains enough hotness to appear as a ad on SO?

drachenstern

thanks @Josh

Sathya

@drachenstern I haven't visited dba today, but got a great answer yesterday

drachenstern

@Sathya congrats then :D

I try and check in daily, doesn't always happen

Sathya

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Q: Calculating percentage of a row over total sum

Apologies for the bad title, I wasn't sure what would be a good title for this. This is currently (simplified view of the) data I'm working with Agent | Commission ---------|------------ Smith | 100 Neo | 200 Morpheus | 300 I need to calculate the percentage of the t...

Josh

@Sathya you get my vote!

Sathya

5:17 PM

@drachenstern yeah, I spend waay too much time in SU.. though I do have the beta badge for dba :D

@Josh :D

Coding Gorilla

@drachenstern Oh, I got a great question to ask!

drachenstern

@CodingGorilla come on with it then ;)

@Sathya same here :D

Coding Gorilla

I think this will be my first question ever, on any SE site

mootinator

I got a 'nice question' already on programmers, hehe.

Josh

OK lunchtime for me. Catch you boobs later. Er, um, I mean titmouses. Or would it be titmice?

mootinator

5:18 PM

Hooray for subjectivity.

Josh

Sathya

laters @Josh just thought I'll peek in before I go off to sleep

Josh

@Sathya glad you did. sleep well!

drachenstern

@Sathya night!

Yi Jiang

Okay, I seriously need sleep. Just spelt identicon as favicon ><

Tim Stone

5:20 PM

Whoops, get to bed!

Sathya

thanks, 'night @drachenstern & @Josh

Yi Jiang

I'm seriously contemplating sharing that English question on Facebook :P

drachenstern

@YiJiang I just did ;)

mootinator

@YiJiang This must be the work of a decepticon!

drachenstern

facebook.com/cole.brand/posts/119958541410060

is that visible to ya'll?

Yi Jiang

5:22 PM

@drachenstern Yes

drachenstern

"What is the difference between 'tits' and 'boobs'?" http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9293/2161 (cc @codinghorror)

Tweeted by drachenstern on January 19, 2011 at 5:17 PM

I also tweeted it ;)

@averyj yeah blog about that, I am curious about the state of mono for big asp.net apps.. guess why? :)

Tweeted by codinghorror on January 19, 2011 at 6:21 AM in reply to averyj

Sathya

btw, @drachenstern is similar to Eliza Dushku :P ( well, so says twitter anyway :P )

cheers!

drachenstern

lol, I wouldn't doubt it ;)

You should follow all four of those people @Sathya ;)

Coding Gorilla

@drachenstern dba.stackexchange.com/questions/710/…

Sathya

I think I'll stick to just 2 of them :P

//laters

drachenstern

5:32 PM

@CodingGorilla it really is about the indexes. Can you post any more information on the DDL or the indexes involved?

I really know more about SQLServer than I do about ORA, but in this case, it also depends on the type of table (in a SQLServer context) heap versus clustered

Coding Gorilla

There are 34 indexes on the one table, the index data is actually larger than the data itself (I didnt build this bahemoth)

drachenstern

zomg

does Oracle have a heap versus clustered indexing strategy?

yeah, you're killing yourself on the indexes, add that to the question, it's important

Yi Jiang

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Q: IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!! (elections available only to high rep users)

I am worried that the moderators can now only be selected from those with 10.3k reputation. I understand that we must limit our options using some method, as too many choices would make this process more difficult. However: - Very high rep users are not any more likely to moderate than those i...

discussion reputation moderator-nomination election

Brilliant title!

Coding Gorilla

@drachenstern Oracle doesn't support clustered indexes I dont believe, but they do have a couple of different indexing methods

the research I've done indicates that we're using the appropriate method though

@drachenstern updated the question btw

drachenstern

K /me /afk atm

Coding Gorilla

5:42 PM

I need a better way to keep up with the 15 SE sites that I want to participate on... it's really hard switching back and forth between all sites

how do you guys do such?

Tim Stone

I just opted to not follow many sites at the moment, heh.

I've actually been fairly inactive except on Meta, though I do visit the rest daily.

drachenstern

The supermulticollider and this room

Coding Gorilla

@drachenstern what's that

drachenstern

The supermulticollider is that thing on the top left

Josh

ok, got distracted by Pollyanna

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A: IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!! (elections available only to high rep users)

There have been a number of similar arguments on the ServerFault election page as well, notably: I think a balance of 10k and non-10k users is important in moderator circles, as it prevents grandfathering (i.e. "That's just the way it's always been done") and provides new insight. – Mark...

balpha

5:47 PM

Poll: Who here thinks that interesting tags are yellow, who thinks they're pink?

Tim Stone

Pink? O_o

Josh

now I'm headed to lunch

Coding Gorilla

Brown?

balpha

0

Q: Why do some questions in SO now have a pink background?

Title say it all. This seemed to happen in the past 24 hours.

support user-interface

Tim Stone

>_>

Yi Jiang

5:48 PM

@balpha Teh pinkz! Itz teh unicorns! They've come, deliverance is here!

balpha

#FFEFC6

clearly a yellow

Tim Stone

Oh, you know what?

It actually does look pink on my laptop, WTF.

Clearly my colour profile is wonky

Yi Jiang

I don't know, color blind?

balpha

laptops tend to be set to a very cold color temperature

which makes bright colors more blue

Tim Stone

Certainly not pink pink, but I guess I can see how you'd mistake it.

drachenstern

5:56 PM

I say goldish

Tim Stone

Yi Jiang

Orange - yellow

@TimStone Grapefruit color :P

Tim Stone

Heheh :P

Fosco

coral

drachenstern

I've never noticed that pinkish on my laptop, and I use it regularly

I guess I know how to configure my machine for color levels amongst other preferences :\

Tim Stone

6:00 PM

I never really noticed it before, it seems most other colours appear the same on both.

drachenstern

@TimStone looking at your screenshots the colors are cooler, the greens and reds are darker

mootinator

Disadvantage to telecommuting #37. Crying babies are loud.

Tim Stone

Yeah, the photo is slightly misleading too, there's a bigger difference there than in actuality.

Octavian Damiean

evening

drachenstern

Nooning

oh crap, it just ticked over to noon

Octavian Damiean

6:07 PM

lol

Coding Gorilla

It's 1pm :P

Tim Stone

My stomach demands lunch, but my work schedule demands I be done by now..

@CodingGorilla Exactly ;)

Octavian Damiean

lunch is a fantastic idea actually

drachenstern

that's ok, I've got an array out of bounds on something that shouldn't be out of bounds :\

Coding Gorilla

I just finished lunch, but I'm still hungry :(

drachenstern

6:09 PM

oh /facepalm ... new list new name ... the old one would be empty of course

Octavian Damiean

well actually not lunch but dinner already

mootinator

status-chef-boyardee-mini-ravioli-eaten

drachenstern

lol

[status-should-go-home-and-walk-the-dogs-and-eat-a-sandwhich]

mootinator

heh

drachenstern

Oy this page is getting too UI heavy :(

Coding Gorilla

6:20 PM

@mootinator Sorry for being a newbie, how do you do that? :(

mootinator

@CodingGorilla What @drachenstern did, only...different...somehow

drachenstern

hey mine didn't statusify :(

I thought it would at some point ... probably too long

status-should-go-home-and-walk-the-dogs

status-should-go-home-and-eat-a-sandwhich

status-should-stop-abusing-status

3

@CodingGorilla go ahead and give it a miss

mootinator

Ah yes. multiple tags.

Octavian Damiean

if just does not like dogs and sandwhich in the same sentence

drachenstern

the ole college try, as it were

Coding Gorilla

6:22 PM

You just put status- in front of it?

mootinator

And [] around it.

drachenstern

and in brackets, yes

also, hyphenated not spaced

mootinator

And it has to be the only thing on the line or something.

Coding Gorilla

status-needs-to-learn

drachenstern

going to the sandbox ...

Fosco

6:24 PM

status-needs-a-vacation

drachenstern

apparently 50 chars after the status-

Yeah I'm gonna pass @YiJiang before he gets back on ... wonder what that says about me :\

mootinator

@drachenstern We should vote for you for community moderator so you have less time to chat?

drachenstern

@mootinator nah, the only thing that would encourage is me losing my job :p ;) ~ Maybe not even then, I could learn to be like @TimStone and barely sleep?

Coding Gorilla

Can you vote yet? I think you can only nominate?

Octavian Damiean

indeed

ChrisF

6:34 PM

status-should-be-wallpapering

drachenstern

only nominations at this time

Tim Stone

@drachenstern That's not a skill you want to have.

Coding Gorilla

status-should-be-working-but-waiting-on-idiot-contractor

Tim Stone

Additionally, I thought it was alright to walk outside without shoes on...and I was right, until I accidentally stepped in water.

Octavian Damiean

lol

drachenstern

6:36 PM

@TimStone true, but I could find a way to swing it to my advantage I'm sure ... somewhere

Tim Stone

Heh :P

drachenstern

188.65.36.75/2011/01/18/…

look at the inner ring of the CD

Fosco

what about it?

drachenstern

the fact that the icon for iTunes that most of us see only at 32x32 or 64x64 has detail fine enough to include the inner edge stamp of a typical CD (albeit Apple and iTunes)

you gotta expand the image naturally ...

mootinator

6:55 PM

status-deprecated

drachenstern

What is?

Oh, that's the old one isn't it? yeah, but still

that's a lot of dedication

mootinator

True.

Makes the new one seem even less cool.