As you recall, we had a fun contest to come-up with some funny
epitaphs for computer professionals and we received hundreds of
entries:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_tips_headstone_epitaph.htm
We had a tremendous response and a
list of really great epitaph ideas. Sadly some of the best are
inappropriate for mixed company, but thanks for sending them!
You gave confirmed what I already knew, that Oracle professionals
are among the most creative folks anywhere!
Congratulations to each of these
lucky winners who will receive a free 10g reference poster and a
free copy of the bestselling Rampant book
Oracle Database 10g New Features.
The top-3 winners
include these creative entries:
GRAND Prize
Winner:
"OCP DBA DOA DU2 10g" - Clive Allwork
Second Place:
"maxextents unlimited? Sadly Not." - Tom Schofield
Third Place:
“Version no longer Supported. - Upgrade path not possible.” – Dipak
Thakrar
Honorable
Mention:
The following entries receive a
free Oracle10g Reference poster:
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He checked in, as an Internet DBA,
but he didn't check out – George Hat
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I overtuned my life. The time
passed too fast. - Roberto Veiga
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I was Packaged and Bundled! -
Mary Ann Casey
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I did data my way! – Rick Powell
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"ORA-00051" - TIMEOUT_ON_RESOURCE
– Ashwin Kumar
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"Take backup of db, not me" -
Jc.KC Padmesh
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SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE - Torsten
Pattberg
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SHUTDOWN ABORT - 1944 -
2004 - Vincent Wong
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"Is it hot in here, or is it just
me?" – David McWhinnie
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"End-of-file on communication
channel" - Gerard Vaz
·
'ORA-03113: end-of-life on communication channel' -
Namrata Berry
-
"No Listener found - Shutdown in
progress" - Waseem Shahzad
Again, many thanks to all of you who took the time to submit an
entry and I look forward to your participation in future contests.
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