Well, you gave us some fun even it you didn't introduce yourself first. Please tell us about NYLXS.
I suggest you just hang around a bit until you find something that catches your fancy. What sorts of things have you done or do you like to do? Perhaps we can tell you some of the sorts of things that are likely to be up your alley. On Friday 27 May 2005 10:39 pm, Ruben Safir wrote: > Oh > > and Hello > > I'm Ruben Safir, and I was hoping to help with some of the coding and > the website. I'm the President of NYLXS, and seasoned programmer, ex-VA > Pharmacist, and a practicing Pharmacist. > > Sorry - I meant to say Hello First :) > > Ruben > > On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 20:35, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > The problem I have with the metaphor is that the OS isn't a passive > > thing like a pot or petri dish, it does useful work (though you may not > > be ware of what it is doing -- scheduling, memory management, etc.) > > > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Couldn't you have a Pot, Good Soil and Beautiful Flowers instead of > > > a petri > > > dish!!! ;-) > > > > > > On Friday 27 May 2005 02:46 pm, Mark Street wrote: > > > > After reflecting on the Linux/distribution rhetoric some..... a > > > > > > simple > > > > > > > metaphor is in order for the model we are assembling here with > > > > > > VistA. > > > > > > > I have opened the box, emptied all the contents on the table, > > > > > > quickly > > > > > > > scanned the directions, assembled the parts and pieces together > > > > > > into a > > > > > > > somewhat workable system. It is time for my metaphor. > > > > > > > > 1. The computer operating system - VAX, UNIX, Linux, Windoze, etc. > > > > > > = A > > > > > > > petri dish > > > > > > > > 2. The database - Cache, GT.M = the blood ager medium for the > > > > > > organisms to > > > > > > > grow. > > > > > > > > 3. VistA, objects, routines, applications - mumps code = the > > > > > > organisms > > > > > > > that grow and flourish on and in the medium. > > > > > > > > As we can see, the OS is merely a container for the medium and the > > > > organisms. Which is why it really doesn't matter which distribution > > > > > > of > > > > > > > Linux one uses. > > > > > > > > If you have a consultant or contract with anyone who is experienced > > > > > > or > > > > > > > proficient with UNIX/Linux it is not that difficult to get a petri > > > > > > dish out > > > > > > > of the packaging. The OS is just a petri dish. ; ) Feel free to > > > > > > clarify > > > > > > > or add to this metaphor > > > > > > > > Now, back to the mumps textbook. This stuff is strange..... no > > > > > > wonder you > > > > > > > guys have been working with it for 20 years. : | > > > > > > -- > > > Nancy Anthracite > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > > > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using > > > Yahoo! > > > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > > > Applications - visit > > > http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. > > --Benjamin Disraeli ==== > > Greg Woodhouse > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > > Applications - visit > > http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. > Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! > Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own > Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Yahoo. Introducing Yahoo! Search Developer Network - Create apps using Yahoo! Search APIs Find out how you can build Yahoo! directly into your own Applications - visit http://developer.yahoo.net/?fr=offad-ysdn-ostg-q22005 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
