Mike: I happen to have the tape of Grace Hopper's presentation, even though it is at least 20 years old, the concepts still apply today...extremely bright lady. Javier,
Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 Olathe, Kansas 66062-4578 Office (913)829-0888 Fax (913)649-2904 Cell (913)915-3137 ================================================ Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all system and destroy all copies. ====================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MikeB Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 7:02 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Runaway R:Base processes / R:Base won'tstart. millisecond 1x10-3 second microsecond 1x10-6 second nanosecond 1x10-9second picosecond 1x10-12 second femtosecond 1x10-15 second You are exactly right Dennis. I was remembering "Grace Hopper" and a piece I saw on a PBS show eons ago. She carried a piece of wire in her purse about 9 inches long and that was a nanosecond. A picosecond was a thousandth of that.... Still I describe my wifes clicking at the picosecond level... Just for giggles, here is more on Grace.. the mother of COBOL.. http://wayne.home.texas.net/~wayne/grace1.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:07 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Runaway R:Base processes / R:Base won'tstart. > Mike, > > I'm coming in a little late here but I heard my high school physic teacher > groan. > He walked into class one day holding a piece of copper wire about a foot > long and exclaimed, "This is a nano second". Or how far electricity (or > light) travels in one billionth of a second. > I did the math, and I think he's still right. Although it may have been > slower back then<g> > ... > > At 11:37 AM 12/7/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Sounds like my wife is working there. > > > >She double clicks "everything". Further if she doesn't see activity > >within the > >first 1.5 picoseconds (for the uninitiated, at the speed of light, light > >travels just 9 inches each picosecond), she is likely to doubleclick again... > > > >So task bar items get launched twice, and more than one of program is > >ill-behaved when a quick double click tries to start virtually simultaneous > >launches. Example is IE sometimes completely hangs on her XP box when started > >this way. I have threatened bodily harm, but she just laughs at me.... > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Lawrence Lustig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:22 AM > >Subject: [RBG7-L] - Runaway R:Base processes / R:Base won't start. > > > > > > > At a large installation, I have the following problem on a small number of > > > machines: > > > > > > Sometimes R:Base appears not to start. You can click on the icon several > > > times, but the application's menu does not appear on the screen. Checking > >the > > > process list in Task Manager, I am able to see a number of RBG7 processes > > > running (more than I tried to start, so I think that someone had run some > > > before I got to the machine). > > > > > > One of the processes is racking up time on the CPU. When I kill that one, > >the > > > menus for the others appear on the desktop. > > > > > > Has anyone experienced anything like this, with R:Base sessions running in > >Task > > > Manager but not appearing on the desktop? > > > > > > My icon runs R:Base and uses a DAT command file to open the database > > and load > > > the form which has the main menu. > > > -- > > > Larry > > > > > Dennis Fleming > IISCO > http://www.TheBestCMMS.com > Phone: 570 775-7593 > Mobile: 570 351-5290 >
