You're a better man than I, Gunga Din! I would have laughed right in = his face! -- Ron Reidy Lead DBA Array BioPharma, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thu 12/23/2004 10:11 AM To: Reidy, Ron; johan.muller@xxxxxxxxx; jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx; = oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc:=09 Subject: RE: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert Similar reaction here as well!! Of course that was AFTER the interview! Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Reidy, Ron [mailto:Ron.Reidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:05 PM To: Goulet, Dick; johan.muller@xxxxxxxxx; jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert Bwaaa ha ha ha, bwaaa ha ha ha, bwaaa ha ha ha! Dork! -- Ron Reidy Lead DBA Array BioPharma, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Goulet, Dick Sent: Thu 12/23/2004 9:54 AM To: johan.muller@xxxxxxxxx; jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx; =3D oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc:=3D09 Subject: RE: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert The last self proclaimed "Oracle expert" that we had around here claimed it was possible to drop the system tablespace without causing an error. So much for "experts".=3D3D20 Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Johan Muller [mailto:johan.muller@xxxxxxxxx]=3D3D20 Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:41 AM To: jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert Adapted (freely) from the jargon file: "It is better to be described as a expert (hacker) by others than to describe oneself that way." For more (and the rest of the file): http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gennick Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:24 AM To: Nick Tilbury @ Northampton Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re[2]: When one can call oneself expert Thursday, December 23, 2004, 9:40:29 AM, Nick Tilbury @ Northampton (ntilbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: NTN> I just answer their questions if I can, but also just as=3D3D20 NTN> importantly, if I don't know I SAY SO ! I find that my most frequent answer to questions are the three words "I don't know." Hopefully, I can find out, but "I don't know" is most often where I begin. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which = =3D contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is =3D intended=3D20 to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are = =3D not the=3D20 intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, =3D distribution=3D20 or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify =3D the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us =3D by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This electronic message transmission is a PRIVATE communication which = contains information which may be confidential or privileged. The information is = intended=20 to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are = not the=20 intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, = distribution=20 or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please notify = the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, or notify us = by telephone (877-633-2436, ext. 0), and then delete it from your system. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l