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for those of you with access to SO, the deadlock question id is 20047

I know, I'll just post this SO problem on SO! The system, she troubleshoots herself! Note: these are rare, like 5 per day rare.
@jezell maybe, but the query we always deadlock on, according to Profiler, makes zero sense.
@phuqker disagree; SQL server treats our Q&A DB like it's someone's bank account. We don't need banking accuracy on reads.
@shanselman we're having to finally use the hammer of thor on SQL 2k5 deadlocks -- setting read uncommitted on the db context :(
@hotdogsladies Dude, you get up before I've gone to bed. Just sayin'.
NEWS FLASH! GOOGLE SLIGHTLY ADJUSTS RESULTS BAR COLOR! http://tinyurl.com/6pgfz6
Great showdowns of the 8-bit era http://tinyurl.com/6kwfsh
@superdalgas where the heck did this Mr. T tattoo come from?? http://is.gd/1MWQ
I'm actually *surprised* now when I get the Fail Whale. Now that, my friends, is what I like to call "progress".
I'll always remember that one Taco Bell employee in Denver, the one with "f**k you" tatooed on his knuckles. Now THAT'S customer service.
Mirror's Edge looks INCREDIBLE. Holy friggin' crap. http://www.shacknews.com/on...
via @lazycoder I believe this shot captures the essential essence of gui programming http://is.gd/1LY1
@schwarzwald 's profile pic mesmerizes me http://tinyurl.com/632nc8
I really wish I didn't have to keep getting the "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" every month. Also, our ecosystem sucks.
"I was a little disturbed that.. we've built a system.. for discussing the system." http://tinyurl.com/5vwl9k
@mattgrommes correct. Not *supposed* to be about discussion except what's necessary to answer the dang question. Still, it happens.
@mattgrommes Stack Overflow is for any questions -- the kind that can actually be *answered* -- about programming.
can't outsource Stack Overflow RSS. "Hey Feedburner, syndicate RSS for 5,000 users, 500 tags + custom user feeds, kthxbye!"
I know a *large* percentage of Coding Horror traffic was redundant requests to my RSS feed before I outsourced the pain to FeedBurner