Comments on: Did You Really Just Spend Thousands on New Hardware? https://thomaslarock.com/2013/10/really-just-spend-thousands-new-hardware/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2013/10/really-just-spend-thousands-new-hardware/#comment-12960 Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:39:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=10820#comment-12960 In reply to datachick.

Like that? I got it from that one time I didn’t visit CERN.

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