I always admit when I make a mistake. Gives me much more credibility when I say "this time it ISN'T me"
--- "Goulet, Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer my bosses attitude on the subject of mistakes: > > Admit that you did it & then go fix it. We'll crucify you later, if > we have the time. > > For some reason, known only to the Devil himself, they never find the > time. > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:14 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > This reminds of watching the Indy 500 a couple of years ago. > > One of the drivers managed to spin in turn 4 of the first lap of the > race, > and subsequently was unable to finish the race. > > Before continuing, you need to know that when in a corner, one thing > you should *never* do is take your foot off of the gas pedal. > > The resulting weight transfer will greatly reduce the amount of > weight > on the rear tires, and could easily cause you to spin. > > Back to the story: The driver was interviewed shortly afterward in > the > pits, and put the blame squarely on the car. "It was something with > the > car". > > Technology in the form of an onboard camera told another story. He > let off the gas twice in turn 4. The first time the rear of the car > squirmed > a bit and he recovered. The second time it sounded like he > completely > released the accelerator, and the spin came shortly afterwards. > > He could have been a smart guy too, if he had remembered the camera. > > Too bad there wasn't a camera on the smart guys at Orbitz, maybe it > would tell a different story. ;) > > None of us are immune to making mistakes, and about the time you > start feeling invincible, watch out. > > Jared > > > > > > > "Goulet, Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 07/18/2003 09:44 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: Recent reports on outages caused by DB2 > and 9iRAC issues > > > Interesting quote in eWeek. We may all be "smart guys", but how > often do > we like to admit to causing a problem. > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:55 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Reports on "Bugs" in IBM's DB2 which led to "a critical operational > situation" > http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/30095.html > and > http://www.danskebank.com/link/ITreport20030403uk/$file/ITreport20030403uk.pdf > > > Report on Orbitz blaming an outage on Oracle's 9iRAC [and Orbitz > going out > of 9iRAC] > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1196879,00.asp > and > http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/software/story/0,10801,83186,00.html > > > > Hemant K Chitale > Oracle 9i Database Administrator Certified Professional > My personal web site is : http://hkchital.tripod.com > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- > Author: Hemant K Chitale INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City > Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, > California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To > REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the > message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name > of > mailing list you want to be removed from). 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