That has been my experience, but then I am not MAJ. :-) Tom Dodds [EMAIL PROTECTED] 630.235.2975
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] testing We have no discrimination around here, if a site is blocked for one it is blocked for all, including the person blocking it. If you came in here on a contract you would be treated the same way. Since you would be on contract I would be surprised if you had any internet access at all. Jerry Banker Sr Programmer Analyst Affiliated Acceptance Corp Sunrise Beach, MO 1-800-233-8483 www.affiliated.org > -----Original Message----- > From: MAJ Programming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] testing > > Anthony: > > Then I must not understand what a 'forum' is. > > I use the Raining Data forum http://forums.rainingdata.com/ all the time > (some say too much). > > This page has the RD 'products' (D3 NT, D3 Aix, D3 Linux, MvBase etc) neatly > illustrated like a table of contents and shows the latest posting. > > Clicking on a 'product' will give you a listing of the topics within. It > also shows you the technical announcements and any other top-down > information. > > Within the topics themselves, you can see the different topics with the > originator, number of views and replies and the time/date of the latest > reply. > > This forum is spared a bunch of the static that an email forum offers. There > are no redundant posts, no comments about trimming extraneous email content, > no 'Fred is out of the office" problems, etc. The topics may take a > non-related tangent but not as pervasive as on the U2 one. > > By seeing the latest date for each thread, you can quickly see if the thread > interests you and if the reply is considered 'new'. > > As one who participates on both, the RD one more organized. Ask TonyG. He's > quite visible on both as well. > > While this forum is web-based and an email forum is not, I don't buy the > argument that employers (clients) prevent internet access by their employees > as a reason to not participate. > > Many of my clients have baracuda or other content blocking firewalls etc > that I simply am not restricted with. I am considered middle to upper > management by all of my clients as well as many 'employee' programmers > should be. We are not the low man on the office totem pole. > > I've got some clients that sharpen their pencil more than most that allow me > full access to the internet despite instituting strong-armed policies about > employees mis-using the internet on company time. It's a trust thing. I'm a > huge ebay participant and would not dare be caught doing ANYTHING with ebay > at a client's site on their dime. > > My 1 cent > Mark Johnson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: [U2] testing > > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Haskett > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > >Wol: > > > > > >I just don't get this attitude. Why is it necessary to pick up our toys > and go home? > > >To say, "if you don't do things my way I'm quitting the team"? There are > too many > > >postings that forswear any solution that doesn't result in a complicated > mess of > > >things. > > > > I don't use forums. I read this mailing list in my spare time, or snatch > > moments at work. I find forums time-consuming, and a pain, and I have > > better things to do with my time (like working :-) > > > > At the end of the day, all too often I find that the web is a solution > > in search of a problem. It's the wrong tool for many jobs, and imho this > > is one of those situations. > > > > I rest my case with the fact that other people have pointed out - there > > ARE fora out there, including those on u2ug. Why are the fora unused > > while the mailing list carries on regardless? I put it to you - the > > reason is that most people worth listening to prefer a mailing list. > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > -- > > Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 'Yings, yow graley yin! Suz ae rikt dheu,' said the blue man, taking the > > thimble. 'What *is* he?' said Magrat. 'They're gnomes,' said Nanny. The > man > > lowered the thimble. 'Pictsies!' Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett 1998 > > Visit the MaVerick web-site - <http://www.maverick-dbms.org> Open Source > Pick > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
