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X002548
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Posted - 2011-05-17 : 13:59:52
...is Carmen "Merkin" Diego?

It's been since 02/26/2009

anyone know anything?

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tkizer
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Posted - 2011-05-17 : 14:10:23
I spoke to him just a few weeks back over Twitter. His role is no longer SQL Server-centric, so he's not active here anymore.

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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

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Posted - 2011-05-17 : 14:56:54
What happened to Derrick Leggett?

No forum posts since 04/17/2007 or blog posts since 12/5/2005.



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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2011-05-17 : 15:08:06
Derrick turned into a pointy-haired manager. I believe he's now at the director level or some high title role. I don't think he's a DBA anymore.

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X002548
Not Just a Number

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Posted - 2011-05-17 : 16:16:14
What does it really mean to be a DBA anyway?

I would wither as a pointy haired mangler....

And hasn't Dilbert been hysterical lately

Brett

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DonAtWork
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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 11:23:38
NO, Dilbert has NOT been funny!

I SWEAR that Scott Adams is in the cube next to me just writing this crap down!!


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nigelrivett
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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 12:07:35
And what's happened to nr?
And why hasn't anyone mentioned that I reached 1000 posts?


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robvolk
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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 12:11:26
You reached 1000 posts a loooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg time ago, you're not fooling anybody.
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X002548
Not Just a Number

15586 Posts

Posted - 2011-05-19 : 12:30:20
And where is The Dr.?

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&id=6859



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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2011-05-19 : 12:51:04
The doctor got busy with making babies. His work life and the addition of two kids hasn't allowed him time here. I don't believe he was able to maintain his MVP status as a result.

I'm "in the know" about all of these guys, lol.

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tkizer
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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 12:54:33
Nigel, have you thought about having Bill rename your "nr" account to "nigelrivett"? He normally does not grant such requests, but he does make exceptions and especially for those of us with so much time invested here. When I got married, he renamed my account to reflect my last name changing. I also signed up with my old userid so that no one could use that name again, lol.

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nigelrivett
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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 13:05:31
I suggested it a long time ago but I think Bill had other things on his mind.
It doesn't really matter.
More challenging would be to merge the two accounts.

>> I also signed up with my old userid so that no one could use that name again, lol.
Didn't think of that.

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robvolk
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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 13:09:55
Merging them wouldn't be a problem, I'd do it but I leave those decisions to graz.
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 13:20:54
I sent Bill an email.

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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak

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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 13:25:17
Remind him to make you a forum admin too. I told him at SQLRally but I knew he'd forget.

Crap, I should just do this all myself and stop bothering him.
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 13:47:02
Lol.

Bill said he can probably get to this merge next week.

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nigelrivett
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 14:33:37
That's if Rob doesn't hijack the site first. Sounds like he's going for a takeover bid.

Thanks but I'm not worried about it.
Wonder what I could do to make it more difficult?

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robvolk
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Posted - 2011-05-19 : 14:47:49
I'm tempted, but I abuse my power already. That's why we're adding Tara as an admin, to keep me in check.
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jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2886 Posts

Posted - 2011-05-22 : 02:54:31
>> Wonder what I could do to make it more difficult?

new username each week or so. Stoad did that for a while because he kept getting banned. :)


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nigelrivett
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3385 Posts

Posted - 2011-05-22 : 06:24:35
Apparently it's easy to merge accounts - and once Tara is admin, I know she can type a lot faster than me so that won't work.


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