Re: the ora certified masters cert, yet again

Chris, feel blessed, she stays during all of mine and asks bizarre questions :),

like: If 2 control files are being updated at the same time and one is on raid-5 and the other on raid 0+1, which one will be finished updating first.

joe

Grabowy, Chris wrote:

>Matt, she walked out in the middle of your presentation??
>
>Your lucky. She walked out of mine at the beginning, shaking her head. Oh
>well...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 5:40 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>well, if so, I'll finally get to see you present and won't have to walk
>out in the middle
>
>
>--- "Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)" <MATT.ADAMS_at_APPL.GE.COM>
>wrote:
>
>
>>Right now, I think Susan has me from 1-2, right after
>>lunch, but I'm not sure. The OOUG web site is a
>>little sparse on details.
>>
>>
>>
>>----
>>Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com
>>We have enough youth.
>>How about a fountain of intelligence?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:50 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>
>>
>>But Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatt... you were always scheduled at either the
>>same
>>time *I* was presenting (trust me, I'd rather have gone to yours, I
>>get
>>stage fright) or when at LEAST 2 other presentations I wanted to see
>>equally as much were there.
>>
>>Um, what time are you presenting at OOUG? My flight home is at 5, I
>>have to leave around 2:30 or so....
>>
>>
>>
>>--- "Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)" <MATT.ADAMS_at_APPL.GE.COM>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>But Rachel, you never came to any of my
>>>presentations!!!!! (in my best whiney voice)
>>>
>>>At least you'll get to see me present in July at OOUG.
>>>
>>>----
>>>Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com
>>>We have enough youth.
>>>How about a fountain of intelligence?
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:56 PM
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>
>>>
>>>that's 'cause you present well and have knowledge
>>>
>>>or.. to quote one of my favorite shows:
>>>
>>>"he has much knowledge. we must build an altar and worship him"
>>>
>>>
>>>:)
>>>
>>>
>>>--- "Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)" <MATT.ADAMS_at_APPL.GE.COM>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Actually, I had to miss this years (even though I was orginally
>>>>schedule
>>>>to give two presentations) due to a medical situation. I gave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>four
>>>
>>>
>>>>the
>>>>year
>>>>before that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----
>>>>Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com
>>>>We have enough youth.
>>>>How about a fountain of intelligence?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:09 PM
>>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>OK. As the DBA Focus Area Manager for the IOUG, we do our best
>>>>
>>>>
>>to
>>
>>
>>>>weed out
>>>>the fluff. If you were at IOUG this year, you should have
>>>>
>>>>
>>noticed
>>
>>
>>>a
>>>
>>>
>>>>significant reduction in the marketing fluff and more technical
>>>>content.
>>>>Yes, some showmanship is necessary when giving a presentation,
>>>>
>>>>
>>but
>>
>>
>>>>the
>>>>content has to be there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Many people on this forum have submitted presentations to my
>>>>
>>>>
>>track
>>
>>
>>>>and then
>>>>complained that they were not accepted. Let me give you some
>>>>concrete
>>>>numbers. This year, we received over 400 abstracts for the DBA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>track
>>>
>>>
>>>>alone
>>>>and accepted only 80. If one slips through the cracks, it won't
>>>>
>>>>
>>a
>>
>>
>>>>second
>>>>time. Believe me when I say that 2002 was the best
>>>>
>>>>
>>>content-organized
>>>
>>>
>>>>IOUG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Further comments? Submit an abstract for 2003 and find out!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thank You
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Stephen P. Karniotis
>>>>
>>>>Product Architect
>>>>
>>>>Compuware Corporation
>>>>
>>>>Direct: (248) 865-4350
>>>>
>>>>Mobile: (248) 408-2918
>>>>
>>>>Email: Stephen.Karniotis_at_Compuware.com
>>>>
>>>>Web: www.compuware.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:39 PM
>>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>unfortunately, I've seen this to be true at
>>>>many conferences, including the IOUG
>>>>and SEOUC.
>>>>
>>>>----
>>>>Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com
>>>>"Doing linear scans over an associative array is like
>>>>trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."
>>>> - Larry Wall (creator of Perl)
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>><mailto:ian_at_SLAC.Stanford.EDU> ]
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:54 AM
>>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I'll bet a dynamic animated speaker chockful of amusing anecdotes
>>>>whose
>>>>presentation is technically weak scores better than a plodding
>>>>monotonous
>>>>one with better information to convey :) Especialy if the
>>>>
>>>>
>>audience
>>
>>
>>>>is
>>>>composed of nascent DBA's :)
>>>>
>>>>Ian MacGregor
>>>>Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
>>>>ian_at_SLAC.Stanford.edu
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:09 PM
>>>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>one being a marketing venue, the other being a place where you
>>>>
>>>>
>>can
>>
>>
>>>>learn from ohers experiences.
>>>>
>>>>and to clarify further, if you are a lousy presenter, giving bad
>>>>information, you get horrible scores and, since the selection
>>>>
>>>>
>>>process
>>>
>>>
>>>>is not blind, don't get asked back to present again.
>>>>
>>>>So having a list of many presentations, at various conferences,
>>>>
>>>>
>>can
>>
>>
>>>>be
>>>>an indicator of knowledge.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--- "Karniotis, Stephen" <Stephen_Karniotis_at_compuware.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Let me clarify something. It was at Oracle Open World, not
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>IOUG-A
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Live
>>>>>where these presentations were made. Please do not confuse the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>two!!
>>>>
>>>>
>=== message truncated ===
>
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