[Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Doctor Bones
I have been reading the comments and letters... And, there is some wisdom I wish to Question... Please forgive me... If I make anyone upset. It is not my intent at all. In fact you can skip my entire RANT and go to my questions and non-RANT observations. *RANT MODE* I am irked by the

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Nancy Anthracite
I think we pretty much agree with you across the board, and we are trying to correct those problems, but there are only just so many hours in the day and not that many of us that can afford the time to do this out of the goodness of our hearts! The funding that is starting to appear in the

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Richard G. DAVIS
Mano, I don't think an apology is needed for your mention of the 'warts' on DHCP/VistA. Yours is an old classical song on the stage of VistA, a ballad born of a pain which isn't going to go away. Remember, Mano, ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. So, also is the path to VistA a matter of

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Greg Woodhouse
The problem is that when you're trying to make sense of someone else's CODE that's true 100 times over. --- James Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my experience with much computer documentation over the last 25 years is that much of it should have this warning at the begining of each and

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Comments below... --- Doctor Bones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to know what specific fields mean... what am I entering... why isn't it allowing me to enter a specific field. What combination of field entries will do the thing I want. Much of the database documentation is put into the

RE: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
Note that it's the strong form that's discredited, not that there is no relationship between phylogeny and ontogeny. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:39 PM To:

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Doctor Bones
More comments On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 13:31 -0700, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: Comments below... Much of the database documentation is put into the database itself. If you enter ?? etc it will tell you what it wants. I often find myself scratching my head at their explanations. If you haven't

Re: [Hardhats-members] He isn't heavy he is VistA and lots of whats... a rant... and a song...

2005-04-20 Thread Mark Street
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 22:14, Doctor Bones wrote: Not necessarily because I don't believe it is true... After having vista use me as a punching bag for a couple of months I sort of believe it :). I hear ya brother. I take it in small chunks. I get tired and fatigued to the point of