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)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > > 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 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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!! > > > > > > Thank You > > > > > > Stephen P. Karniotis > > > Product Architect > > > Compuware Corporation > > > Direct: (248) 865-4350 > > > Mobile: (248) 408-2918 > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Web: www.compuware.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 5:41 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Subject: RE: the ora certified masters cert, yet again > > > > > > A tip o' the hat to all authors and presenters. However writing > a > > > book > > > makes no one an expert on anything. There are Oracle books > > > containing > > > fabulous stories of what happens when a tablespace is put in > backup > > > > > mode, > > > and while quite entertaining they do not further a correct > > > understanding of > > > Oracle. Authors take the time to put what they believe to be > true > > on > > > paper. > > > It's often what they have been told, not what they have learned > on > > > their > > > own. Richard Niemiec's sp? tuning books have been trashed > recently > > > > > because > > > they tout buffer hit ratios; however there was a consensus in the > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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