Fellow MapInfoers, The 50 ways humor was really ment to be a Friday series joke. Sorry in advance to those who would not perceive it this way. Have a good weekend. Peter > > I admit, this was kinda funny at first glance. I had even written something > along similar lines to this earlier tonight, but went back and deleted the > non-constructive comments I wrote before sending it. > > There are many forums that I've been in that die simply because the comments > become more exaggerated bashing than constructive criticism. > > No gripes against Peter, except that I started to wonder if I was not doing > GIS or cartography or tasks, or not a GIS person or cartographer or getting > work done because I use MapInfo. > > My company would be a lot worse off without MapInfo -- however we would be a > lot better off if the company would be more responses to bug fixes and > improvements to nagging little issues. > > Steve E. Wallace > GIS & Market Information Manager > Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Gozdyra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: mapinfo list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:50 PM > Subject: MI 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapInfo?' - humor (I hope) > > > > 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapInfo?': > > > > 1. use it to complete GIS task > > 2. use it to complete cartographic task > > 3. use it to complete a task > > 4. put GIS person on front of it > > 5. put cartographer on front of it > > 6. spill pink goo on CPU while it is running > > 7. have an hour worth of un-saved MI work > > 8. run it on PC, Mac or UNIX > > 9. look at the screen the wrong way > > 10. install Arcview on the same or nearby machine > > 11. have Bill's programmers trying to improve it > > 12. have me trying go finish something and go home soon > > > > running out of ideas - anyone help? > > > > 13. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ********************************************* Peter Gozdyra =================== Research Associate Dpt. of Geography and Planning, U. of Toronto ------------------- 100 St. George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3G3 Room 617A - Cartography Office (416)978-3378, fax: (416)946-3886 =================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
