Do you want fries with that? On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Michael B. Smith < [email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry... > > I just got off one of those conference calls that make me think I should go > flip burgers at McDonalds... > > I spent an hour convincing a client that a license for "SQL 2008 Developer > Edition" did not give him permission to run it as a production SQL instance > while the application was being iteratively developed. I was tactful about > it, but it grated on my nerves... > > You just want to say "which part of 'no production use' don't you > understand ID-10T???!!!" > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Don Ely [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:44 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: List Statistics - > > I don't disagree with you because there were clearly issues then. Date > formatting for instance was a biggie if I recall correctly... > > I was just being funny, why you gotta get all fired up on me??? :P Let me > dawn my flame retardent suit... Or is that flame retarded suit? Hmmmm... > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Michael B. Smith < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was head of IT for a telecom company until sometime in 1999. I can >> assure you - if we did NOT have those "sky may fall" teams to update >> thousands upon thousands of lines of COBOL code - the sky would've fallen, >> at least for that company. >> >> We found many issues that required addressing. >> >> I doubt that we were the only ones. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Don Ely [[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:56 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: List Statistics - >> >> The sky is falling! The sky is falling! >> >> No it's not! >> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Don Guyer <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I’ve been on since preparations for the Y2k disaster, that never was. >>> >>> >>> >>> Don Guyer >>> >>> Systems Engineer - Information Services >>> >>> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group >>> >>> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue >>> >>> Devon, PA 19333 >>> >>> Direct: (610) 993-3299 >>> >>> Fax: (610) 650-5306 >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:34 AM >>> >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Re: List Statistics - >>> >>> >>> >>> Sure was... >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:28 AM, paul chinnery <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Weren't you a subscriber to the old Exchange list? The one with Ed >>> Crowley and Ed Woodrick? Now, that list had some flame wars. >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:23:34 -0700 >>> Subject: Re: List Statistics - >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> 1998-2002 were the real flame war years... >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:22 AM, James Kerr <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> This list always seems to be copacetic until somebody posts something >>> political. I don't recall any major flame wars erupting here but my memory >>> is short. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> >>> *From:* David Lum <[email protected]> >>> >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >>> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 10:09 AM >>> >>> *Subject:* RE: List Statistics - >>> >>> >>> >>> It’s only a true flame war if someone gets thrown off the list J >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:07 AM >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Re: List Statistics - >>> >>> >>> >>> You call todays iterations "flame wars"? >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Sherry Abercrombie <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> And the flame wars are not common now??? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Don Ely <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Those were the good ol days where flame wars were common place... >>> hehehehehehe >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Steven M. Caesare < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Indeed! >>> >>> >>> *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:22 AM >>> >>> >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Re: List Statistics - >>> >>> >>> >>> Me too!!! >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hehe… ASB, Kelly, ME, Bart, John Harris, DaveR, Les, Martin, Dean, and >>> yours truly(sc)…along with a number of others were here back in the day. >>> >>> ASB started Admin_Misc not too long after. I spoke with him today, as a >>> matter of fact. >>> >>> -sc >>> >>> >>> *From:* Len Hammond [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2009 10:22 PM >>> >>> >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Re: List Statistics - >>> >>> >>> >>> While I never had a conversation with Bob, I do remember the name and his >>> many posts. As well as many others, both Michael's, Andrew Baker, Sherry >>> Abercrombie and Erik Goldoff are in my older memories. I have a bunch of >>> e-mails archived in Lotus notes (nothing to get at them with anymore) and I >>> left that job with Notes in 2000 and it seems as I had been a part of the >>> list for 2 or 3 years by then. I took 2 or 3 years away from the list >>> and not long after I came back ASB quit posting. I followed an old link >>> recently and Andrew's Ultra Tech II web site is still active. The oldest >>> post in this current archive is from 2004 and all in a g-mail account - I >>> still search things there often. >>> >>> >>> >>> There are a bunch of folks on this list from whom I have learned many >>> things. It's been a great 10 years. Thanks for the memories. >>> >>> >>> Len Hammond >>> CSI:Hartland >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Blackman, Woody <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I remember Bob... from the old nt-list >>> >>> Subject: Re: SID creation >>> From: Bob Jiantonio <[email protected]> >>> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 09:35:48 -0500 >>> X-Message-Number: 28 >>> >>> In Windows NT, a SID (security identifier) is a unique number that the >>> installation of Windows NT Workstation or Server generates, using a >>> randomizer based on three seeds: >>> >>> the name of the computer >>> >>> the time the computer account (not the user account) was created >>> >>> the duration of the thread that created the computer account >>> >>> Join the 38,000 subscribers who receive the latest >>> NT info by subscribing to NTools Newsletter - Its free! - >>> http://www.ntsoftdist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?join=nt-list >>> /------------------------------------------------------------------\ >>> | "...the best WinNT utilities, from one source, | >>> | with mainframe quality tech support" | >>> |------------------------------------------------------------------| >>> | Sunbelt Software -- http://www.sunbelt-software.com | >>> | Bob Jiantonio -- mailto:[email protected] >>> | 101 N. 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