----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Valencia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:52 AM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Runaway R:Base processes / R:Base won'tstart.
> 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, It was at least that long ago when I saw it... > > 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 > > >
