A number of years ago, I was doing some contract work at Pac Bell's campus in San Ramon (suburb of San Francisco). They took me up to the 5th floor south, and showed me the "Scott Adams Memorial Cubicle". (This was shortly after Adams "left" the company.) The official Pac Bell line was that they had reorganized and no longer needed Adams' position. The unofficial story is that management figured people knew Adams worked for Pac Bell so the Dilbert strip reflected badly on the company. Who knows... At that point, Dilbert was syndicated in 43 newspapers, and Adams sure didn't need the day job anymore <g>. (OT: this was an interesting office building. Four wings in a + shape, 5 floors -- a horizontal high-rise. They had a robotic mail delivery system named "Homer". These automated carts followed "tracks" under the carpet on a variety of routes. They had sensors to detect obstacles. If you stood in front of one, it would politely ask you to move. When they stopped in a department, they made a noise to clue people to come take their group's incoming mail and deposit outgoing. Outside they had a huge pond with a flock of geese, which would sometimes chase people. If not, they would deposit "hazardous materials" all over the grounds. They had a significant maintenance chore keeping the paths between the entrances and parking lots clear of "goose poo". All this plus the bureaucracy of the phone company must have been fertile breeding for some of the Dilbert themes.) Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
