I think I've been subscribed to Small Craft Advisor for close to 4 years now. Content rich and reasonable advertising. It was reading before I started sailing just because I appreciated the magazine as a magazine, not just because of the subject matter.
Preach on brother!
I loved using AmiPro. Not sure whether this is nostalgia kicking in or not, but it had the most elegant implementation of paragraph styles I've used. To this day I dread working with paragraph styles in MSWord.
Nothing like building up a full head of steam, pointing sideways and strafing all the way up the side of a capital ship. Soooo much fun. You had the option of using retro rockets to simulate more planelike flying but also the in flight option to turn them off and experience full on inertia. That and it was very 3-D not to mention having a very cool opening video.
I've work in a PeopleSoft on Oracle environment right now as well as having worked with Kronos and Agresso (both other ERPish apps). I don't have any experience with student admin, but what you're describing sounds to me like a flawed implementation. Because the applications have to work in so many environments, there are many ways to set up the system to meet your business rules. Design, build, test applies very much to these apps.
All too often I people bag on a system (when that's what you see that's what the target is)when it's really an implementation problem. Unclear business requirements, over-customization, poor or even non-testing. These aren't out-of-the-box apps.
The reality is, that we go through through all that trouble and 9 out of 10 people barely recognize clean vs. distorted guitar let alone subtle differences. They might respond a little differently but yeah, they're just happy you're playing Crazy Train. Or they would be happy, it's not in our setlist;-)
Further to getting that sound quality (based around colouration and distortion characteristics, guitar players choose speakers that colour the sound and depending on the music or the nature of guitar tone they seek will choose a speaker that breaks up earlier. The whole guitar rig is chosen with the intent of a desirable sound. You're not after a hi-fi reproduction of what comes from the amp. It's not pretty.
I choose different tubes for my guitar amp depending on the EQ and break up characteristics that I want. A change in tubes changes my sound. An EL-34 has a different sound than a 6CA7 or a 6550 or a 6L6. One step further, there's a variance between the manufacturers of the "same" tube. Many guitar players (some referred to as "cork sniffers") seek out NOS (New Old Stock) tubes for the specific sounds they are after.
Through the guitar, effects, amp and speaker cabinet combination, I seek a desirable tone. Each element a piece that impacts my sound in a way that is desirable to me. Once I have that, I depend on the PA system (solid state) for an accurate reproduction of that tone
If it's not configured properly, it's going to be bad. That applies to whatever package you implement, regardless if it is Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP etc.. My experience has been that the vast majority of problems with ERP software are either configuration problems or customizations that don't work and play nice with the rest of the software.
And just adding to this, the agenda needs to be an OUTCOME oriented agenda. Each agenda needs a target or result so that the person chairing the meeting can keep things on track. If your agenda item is "discuss x problem" you can discuss it forever. If you're intend is to solve the problem, then instead of "discuss" break and down and start the agenda with "identify probable causes of x problem". If you know what you have to accomplish during a meeting, then it makes it transparent who needs to be there, who doesn't and what they should be doing. Then when the meeting is over you can look back and see if you hit the target you needed to.
This is oh so true. My biggest frustration comes people who claim to be "systems savvy" yet are clearly not. They keep trying to give an half-assed analysis ("it doesn't like the doomahicky of the thingamabobber) of what the problem is instead of presenting the facts. I hate having to dig through that cruft.
I used to play a fair amount of VGAP v3 with some buds on a BBS...you know, kickin' it old skool. Any comments on how SEIV stacks up against MOO3 or GalCiv?
...talk strategy. REAL gamers talk spousal management.
Re:Cell Phones aren�t dangerous -Dvorak Rant
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Cellphones On Airplanes
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· Score: 5, Informative
Here's the text from Dvorak's Inside Track about cell phones on planes:
Traveling through the air at 500 mph while talking on a cell phone causes two problems. The first is that too many towers can be tagged at the same time, causing network congestion. And apparently, with so many towers being pinged on so many different systems at once, billing cell-phone calls from someone who is flying is a nightmare. Often the call goes for free. Of course, nobody stops people from using cell phones on private jets.
In fact, if even turning on your cell phone on a plane is so dangerous, ask yourself why planes aren't checked over with radio emission scanners before takeoff. Where is the guy walking down the aisle with some device to sense phones that are turned on and packed away in suitcases? I know that I've accidentally left my cell phone on during a flight. I'm sure a lot of phones are on. So why don't airlines scan for them if they're so dangerous? It's a sham.
And once the plane has landed, why do the flight attendants tell you that you can't use the phone until they open the door? With the plane on the ground, what difference does using a cell phone make? This nonsense is insulting.
Here's the full article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,589910,00.asp
The only way that spammers will stop sending you email is when people stop complaining about it (because that means it's working) and stop replying to it or responding to it in any way. Much like a 5 year old child, the only way to shut them up, IMO, is to just ignore them. Pretend they don't exist.
Stop spam locally, ignore spam globally.
The part you neglect to mention is the escalation of the undesirable behaviour before you get the desirable behaviour. Even if it would work, things would get a whole lot worse before they ever got better.
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I think I've been subscribed to Small Craft Advisor for close to 4 years now. Content rich and reasonable advertising. It was reading before I started sailing just because I appreciated the magazine as a magazine, not just because of the subject matter.
What do you do if your MP is Rob Anders? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Anders
Preach on brother! I loved using AmiPro. Not sure whether this is nostalgia kicking in or not, but it had the most elegant implementation of paragraph styles I've used. To this day I dread working with paragraph styles in MSWord.
Nothing like building up a full head of steam, pointing sideways and strafing all the way up the side of a capital ship. Soooo much fun. You had the option of using retro rockets to simulate more planelike flying but also the in flight option to turn them off and experience full on inertia. That and it was very 3-D not to mention having a very cool opening video.
I've work in a PeopleSoft on Oracle environment right now as well as having worked with Kronos and Agresso (both other ERPish apps). I don't have any experience with student admin, but what you're describing sounds to me like a flawed implementation. Because the applications have to work in so many environments, there are many ways to set up the system to meet your business rules. Design, build, test applies very much to these apps.
All too often I people bag on a system (when that's what you see that's what the target is)when it's really an implementation problem. Unclear business requirements, over-customization, poor or even non-testing. These aren't out-of-the-box apps.
You know...it's funny 'cause it's true.
The reality is, that we go through through all that trouble and 9 out of 10 people barely recognize clean vs. distorted guitar let alone subtle differences. They might respond a little differently but yeah, they're just happy you're playing Crazy Train. Or they would be happy, it's not in our setlist ;-)
Further to getting that sound quality (based around colouration and distortion characteristics, guitar players choose speakers that colour the sound and depending on the music or the nature of guitar tone they seek will choose a speaker that breaks up earlier. The whole guitar rig is chosen with the intent of a desirable sound. You're not after a hi-fi reproduction of what comes from the amp. It's not pretty.
I choose different tubes for my guitar amp depending on the EQ and break up characteristics that I want. A change in tubes changes my sound. An EL-34 has a different sound than a 6CA7 or a 6550 or a 6L6. One step further, there's a variance between the manufacturers of the "same" tube. Many guitar players (some referred to as "cork sniffers") seek out NOS (New Old Stock) tubes for the specific sounds they are after.
Through the guitar, effects, amp and speaker cabinet combination, I seek a desirable tone. Each element a piece that impacts my sound in a way that is desirable to me. Once I have that, I depend on the PA system (solid state) for an accurate reproduction of that tone
If it's not configured properly, it's going to be bad. That applies to whatever package you implement, regardless if it is Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP etc.. My experience has been that the vast majority of problems with ERP software are either configuration problems or customizations that don't work and play nice with the rest of the software.
And just adding to this, the agenda needs to be an OUTCOME oriented agenda. Each agenda needs a target or result so that the person chairing the meeting can keep things on track. If your agenda item is "discuss x problem" you can discuss it forever. If you're intend is to solve the problem, then instead of "discuss" break and down and start the agenda with "identify probable causes of x problem". If you know what you have to accomplish during a meeting, then it makes it transparent who needs to be there, who doesn't and what they should be doing. Then when the meeting is over you can look back and see if you hit the target you needed to.
This is oh so true. My biggest frustration comes people who claim to be "systems savvy" yet are clearly not. They keep trying to give an half-assed analysis ("it doesn't like the doomahicky of the thingamabobber) of what the problem is instead of presenting the facts. I hate having to dig through that cruft.
...wouldn't mind a little head. (You knew SOMEBODY had to do this.)
I used to play a fair amount of VGAP v3 with some buds on a BBS...you know, kickin' it old skool. Any comments on how SEIV stacks up against MOO3 or GalCiv?
...talk strategy. REAL gamers talk spousal management.
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