The Hot-Potato TARs on the Apps side drive me nuts (this isn't inventory, it's OM. Transferring. . . This isn't OM, it's inventory. Transferring . . . ). In fact, I'd say I'm a happy camper as a consultant on every project until I get the first "annoying" TAR, and then I'm trying to figure out what I really want to do with my life.
They have 2 TARs open right now for one client where if Oralce Support submits another response like the last two, my client is going to stop considering dropping Oracle for a custom solution, and instead do it, careers and costs be damned.
So now I get to spend my days escalating TARs up through various duty managers to find someone who can save this client. Wheeee.
I realize it's not YOUR fault and you're most likely an ethical guy.
But there's a point where when your friends say "hey can you drive me to the bank real quick?", put on masks, and run in with guns where you have to think "gee, maybe I'm part of the problem".
Your current corporate masters charge a couple of hundred for "setting up and securing your computer." For grins, I asked them what that entailed. It means they'll connect the computer to the internet and turn on the Windows firewall. That's about it.
And I've decided that Neighborhood Watch programs just don't work!
Normally, I'd cite statistics of crime in neighborhoods with/without these programs, but that was too much work. So I decided to make an unfounded assertion and hope for +5 insightful!
If month-by-month is some sort of reference to the technique I'm about to describe, sorry. But:
They're actually comparing same month on a year-to year basis. Not April --> May but May 2005 --> May 2006, which has a tendency to be more accurate and account for seasonal trends. It's still trend-spotting and as a forecasting tool isn't fantastic, but it's not nearly as bad as April --> May comparisons and the like.
It's sad, but I'd love to see a mass exodus of the creative people who brought us StarCraft to somewhere else, so that we could get some games that are worth playing.
I'm pretty certain all of the lead designers moved on a while ago.
Guild Wars is an ex-Blizzard thing, as is Hellgate: London.
Most dead heads I knew, and I knew plenty, didn't listen to any of the studio albums. Some of them didn't even own them. (they also spurned me for my love of Terrapin Station but they can go screw)
They claimed the live shows was "where it's at" and this still holds true for bands in their genre.
Disco Biscuits, String Cheese Incident, Umphree's McGee, moe, all these jam bands distribute their music for free via bittorrent. And we're talking studio-board stuff sometimes.
I hate jam bands, myself (it's jazz music for white people) but they're doing just fine with this model.
totally off topic, but have you considered the possibility that the Others bring winter, and not the other way around?
Makes the Stark motto, Winter Is Coming all the more interesting. Just something I picked up in one of the Sam the Slayer chapters in 3.
he kills characters. And not just bit parts - he'll waste protagonists. Makes his feints so much better . . . the Dragon Reborn will never die. Hell, Mat and Perrin weren't going to either because he set himself up so they all had to be together to win.
And WRT Feast For Crows not going very far. . . true. But the reason was 4 and 5 both were Feast at one point, and were split into two different books.
Anyway I'm responding to the wrong post I think but, yeah. Best fantasy writer in a long long time.
Mazrim Taim was Demandred, Jordan got called out on it, and changed it.
I stopped reading after it was apparent he'd lost total control of his book (ok well past that since I got through Lord of Chaos) and started tap dancing on the Demandred thing.
George R.R. Martin, now that's an author! Jordan's just a wannabe Tolkien who won't let his characters fuck.
TY for the info.
FWIW, the parent-child solve in Oracle is set based. CONNECT BY I think is the syntax, but it's been almost 7 years since I was working BOM hierarchies that utilized it heavily.
Are we talking parent-child hierarchy tables? If so, Oracle's had statements to take care of that for a long time, since 1998 or so. Perhaps not ANSI standard, but they get the job done.
College is so unlike the real world it should be removed from any gross generalizations, unless they're strictly about college students.
I didn't online date in college either; it's damned easy to meet people and the shared experience makes the whole "dating game" trivial.
But it's still happening online - not with formal dating services but Facebook, and (for younger) MySpace and its amalgams are how many people are meeting at this point.
Maybe not that old, but you've missed the boat on what is pretty much the new paradigm for dating.
I met my girlfriend on line. We went to a wedding in March of a couple who met online. At the table we were at, all 4 couples had met online.
In the younger generation (20somethings and below) it is THE way to meet people for dates, and there's no social stigma attached to it.
And frankly, condemning it is awfully myopic. I've been online dating since 2000, off and on. It's frustrating as hell at times (but so is hustling for numbers in real life) but the bottom line is you do get a greater compatibility baseline. Naturally you have to know what you're looking for. (hint: Nice Cans shouldn't be the priority) You get the benefit of seeing a glimpse of their value system, know immediately if they share interests, and you can weed out the vapid. Which is difficult to do in the bar scene, or any other type of method for meeting women.
Veering back on topic, I think some regulation is necessary, but not necessarily legislation. Fraudulent sites are what peeve me. For example: Match.com had a well publicized case where an employee's job was to write members to keep them on the hook with their dating site, as it's one of the worst out there at this point.
The big question is whether additional legislation is necessary, or if simply enforcing the laws already on the books would cover it. (Fraud and the like) Frankly, I'd like to see them give a run at using what we've got, then determining (through case law) that the laws aren't adequate. If that's the case, then sure, legislate.
Politicians need to be put up against the wall. Maybe I'll run on that platform.
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The Hot-Potato TARs on the Apps side drive me nuts (this isn't inventory, it's OM. Transferring. . . This isn't OM, it's inventory. Transferring . . . ). In fact, I'd say I'm a happy camper as a consultant on every project until I get the first "annoying" TAR, and then I'm trying to figure out what I really want to do with my life.
They have 2 TARs open right now for one client where if Oralce Support submits another response like the last two, my client is going to stop considering dropping Oracle for a custom solution, and instead do it, careers and costs be damned.
So now I get to spend my days escalating TARs up through various duty managers to find someone who can save this client. Wheeee.
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Because I LOL now. Like Lollys.
It was sarcasm about the post above. I didn't expect to get any mods except maybe flamebait. Shows what I know. (next to nothing! I'm a manager!)
But there's a point where when your friends say "hey can you drive me to the bank real quick?", put on masks, and run in with guns where you have to think "gee, maybe I'm part of the problem".
Your current corporate masters charge a couple of hundred for "setting up and securing your computer." For grins, I asked them what that entailed. It means they'll connect the computer to the internet and turn on the Windows firewall. That's about it.
Normally, I'd cite statistics of crime in neighborhoods with/without these programs, but that was too much work. So I decided to make an unfounded assertion and hope for +5 insightful!
It's not a strange email - it's from someone in your company with a spreadsheet attachment. Worms are sophisticated these days.
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You can really see it behind your ears if you're a pack+ a day smoker who's without and sweating. The paper towel will be yellowish.
Slashdot's more left. ;)
Because I worked for him too!
But still worth less than $1,000. Even if it's not Canadian $.
They're actually comparing same month on a year-to year basis. Not April --> May but May 2005 --> May 2006, which has a tendency to be more accurate and account for seasonal trends. It's still trend-spotting and as a forecasting tool isn't fantastic, but it's not nearly as bad as April --> May comparisons and the like.
I'm pretty certain all of the lead designers moved on a while ago.
Guild Wars is an ex-Blizzard thing, as is Hellgate: London.
They claimed the live shows was "where it's at" and this still holds true for bands in their genre.
Disco Biscuits, String Cheese Incident, Umphree's McGee, moe, all these jam bands distribute their music for free via bittorrent. And we're talking studio-board stuff sometimes.
I hate jam bands, myself (it's jazz music for white people) but they're doing just fine with this model.
totally off topic, but have you considered the possibility that the Others bring winter, and not the other way around?
Makes the Stark motto, Winter Is Coming all the more interesting. Just something I picked up in one of the Sam the Slayer chapters in 3.
And WRT Feast For Crows not going very far. . . true. But the reason was 4 and 5 both were Feast at one point, and were split into two different books.
Anyway I'm responding to the wrong post I think but, yeah. Best fantasy writer in a long long time.
I stopped reading after it was apparent he'd lost total control of his book (ok well past that since I got through Lord of Chaos) and started tap dancing on the Demandred thing.
George R.R. Martin, now that's an author! Jordan's just a wannabe Tolkien who won't let his characters fuck.
Perhaps they avoid it because GoogleFight references are hack, even with the if-it's-a-meme-it's-a-funny /. crowd?
TY for the info.
FWIW, the parent-child solve in Oracle is set based. CONNECT BY I think is the syntax, but it's been almost 7 years since I was working BOM hierarchies that utilized it heavily.
Are we talking parent-child hierarchy tables? If so, Oracle's had statements to take care of that for a long time, since 1998 or so. Perhaps not ANSI standard, but they get the job done.
Bills of Materials lend themselves perfectly well to tree structures.
I didn't online date in college either; it's damned easy to meet people and the shared experience makes the whole "dating game" trivial.
But it's still happening online - not with formal dating services but Facebook, and (for younger) MySpace and its amalgams are how many people are meeting at this point.
I met my girlfriend on line. We went to a wedding in March of a couple who met online. At the table we were at, all 4 couples had met online.
In the younger generation (20somethings and below) it is THE way to meet people for dates, and there's no social stigma attached to it.
And frankly, condemning it is awfully myopic. I've been online dating since 2000, off and on. It's frustrating as hell at times (but so is hustling for numbers in real life) but the bottom line is you do get a greater compatibility baseline. Naturally you have to know what you're looking for. (hint: Nice Cans shouldn't be the priority) You get the benefit of seeing a glimpse of their value system, know immediately if they share interests, and you can weed out the vapid. Which is difficult to do in the bar scene, or any other type of method for meeting women.
Veering back on topic, I think some regulation is necessary, but not necessarily legislation. Fraudulent sites are what peeve me. For example: Match.com had a well publicized case where an employee's job was to write members to keep them on the hook with their dating site, as it's one of the worst out there at this point.
The big question is whether additional legislation is necessary, or if simply enforcing the laws already on the books would cover it. (Fraud and the like) Frankly, I'd like to see them give a run at using what we've got, then determining (through case law) that the laws aren't adequate. If that's the case, then sure, legislate.
Politicians need to be put up against the wall. Maybe I'll run on that platform.
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