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Jim77
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

440 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-24 : 06:54:20
It may sound a silly question but what does a furry animal have to do with SQL ?

Merkin
Funky Drop Bear Fearing SQL Dude!

4970 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-24 : 06:59:50
Moved to the appropriate place

Some searching around here will enlighten.


Damian
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Emerson
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-24 : 07:00:08
YAK also stands for "you are kidding".
which also has nothing to do with SQL.

although.... hell it has a lot to do with sql... you've never seen code and said either WTF ot YAK?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow
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Jim77
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

440 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-24 : 07:27:32
all the time Spirit, it feels somewhat of the eating spaghetti analogy 'the more you eat the more you are left with' feeling.

Well it is good to know I am not the only one,
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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2365 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-24 : 07:51:08
To "Yak" means to talk incessantly about trivial things.
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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-27 : 09:27:15
quote:
Originally posted by Jim77

It may sound a silly question but what does a furry animal have to do with SQL ?



Ah...it really begs the question of what does one of the founders of the site have to do with big furry animals.....

It must be hard to get a date on a Friday night in KC

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afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2706 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-27 : 15:11:19
I thought it was a common word ?

Another way of saying talking/gist
http://www.yak.com/
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2006-03-27 : 15:34:41
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=61012

Tara Kizer
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