On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:54:46 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> You can send them to me. ;-)  (Seriously, you can place the order, it
>> might just take a little longer to get there)
> 
> More to the point: apparently I have to sign up for a new, seperate
> account. (I can't just reuse my UK one.) FTW?

It amazes me how many companies don't understand the idea of identity 
management.  I work with a company on course evaluations and I have 3 or 
4 different logins for different "roles".  I should go work for them and 
show them how to manage the identities - would make it so much easier for 
their customers.

>>> (Just another example of the self-evident fact that Americans
>>> typically don't comprehend that there are parts of the world that
>>> aren't America.)
>> 
>> Be careful about generalizations.  There are quite a few of us who do
>> understand that we're not the entire world.
> 
> I did say "typically". I'm sure there are plenty of Americans who know
> more geography them me. (Wouldn't be hard, would it?) But unless it's
> just the policy of my particular company to only hire stupid people,
> most of them seem to interlectually comprehend the fact that the UK
> isn't the USA, but on a practical level forget this fact at every
> possible juncture.

Sorry, were you talking? ;-)  (Just kidding)

Well, I don't know where your company's offices are here in the US or how 
widespread they are, nor do I know how big your location is in the UK.  I 
worked once for a company that was headquartered in Austria - never 
actually did have any dealings with people in that office, but we were 
run *mostly* independently of the parent, too.  I think in the 3 years I 
worked there, my boss made 2 trips to Austria and Germany.  I never knew 
anything about their infrastructure at all, other than that they had an 
AS/400 of some sort.

Jim

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On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:43:37 +0200, andrel wrote:


>> Be careful about generalizations.  There are quite a few of us who do
>> understand that we're not the entire world.
>> 
> I would say everyone that is regular in this NG to begin with.

Yep.  :-)

Jim

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:13:06 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

> And lo on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:23:16 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
> 
>> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:17:37 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>> And lo on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:01:07 +0100, Jim Henderson
>>> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
>>>
>> Oh, and I cooked us some *excellent* steaks.  I managed - for the first
>> time - to cook medium-rare steaks instead of cooking them until they
>> were charcoal.  You'd be able to see more about it in my LJ.
> 
> Oh they're no good unless they charcoal briquettes on the outside and
> raw on the inside :-)

LOL, not quite to my taste, but a good sear is hard to beat, I'll agree 
with that.

>> It's kinda ironic - I'm perfectly happy having some reheated pizza or
>> canned soup,
> 
> The food group of the gods.

LOL

>> but I somehow do seem to pull together some pretty good home cooked
>> food every once in a while - and I enjoy it, which just really
>> surprises me.
> 
> Well I've just got an oven back so I'll be able to return to home-cooked
> meals; found that I had to go buy a new wok though.

I was thinking some stir-fry veg would have been good with the steaks.

Jim

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:24:50 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:

>> I take it that you have a metal handle, lucky you.
> 
> Yep, best way to gauge the heat of the pan.

Best?  Maybe most effective, but I can think of better ways than having 
to put burn gel on your hand...

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> Best?  Maybe most effective, but I can think of better ways than having 
> to put burn gel on your hand...
> 
> Jim

Before you put oil in the pan, a quick touch of the surface will tell 
you if it's hot enough. Don't do it after you put oil in the pan, 
though.. that'll land you squarely in the burn ward.

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:48:20 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> Best?  Maybe most effective, but I can think of better ways than having
>> to put burn gel on your hand...
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> Before you put oil in the pan, a quick touch of the surface will tell
> you if it's hot enough. Don't do it after you put oil in the pan,
> though.. that'll land you squarely in the burn ward.

An IR thermometer will also tell you if it's hot enough or not - and 
won't even singe your fingers. :-)

Jim

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:48:20 -0500, Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>
>Before you put oil in the pan, a quick touch of the surface will tell 
>you if it's hot enough. Don't do it after you put oil in the pan, 
>though.. that'll land you squarely in the burn ward.

Make sure your fingers are dry as well :)

Years ago I learned the trick of putting my fingers in hot water to see (?) how
close to boiling it is. It terrifies everyone who sees it and my wife shouts at
me. Heigh ho :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> It amazes me how many companies don't understand the idea of identity 
> management.

Oh HELL yeah!

> Sorry, were you talking? ;-)  (Just kidding)

._.

> Well, I don't know where your company's offices are here in the US or how 
> widespread they are, nor do I know how big your location is in the UK.

Out HQ in Indiana (??) is 10x larger than our UK base. We have 5... uh, 
4 bases in the USA, but only one in the UK. This makes us a 
"multinational corporation". (Yes, you heard right.)

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On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:48:14 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> It amazes me how many companies don't understand the idea of identity
>> management.
> 
> Oh HELL yeah!

But it seems you have at least a rudimentary grasp of the concepts - have 
you done any integration work for disparate systems?

>> Sorry, were you talking? ;-)  (Just kidding)
> 
> ._.

Couldn't resist. ;-)

>> Well, I don't know where your company's offices are here in the US or
>> how widespread they are, nor do I know how big your location is in the
>> UK.
> 
> Out HQ in Indiana (??) is 10x larger than our UK base. We have 5... uh,
> 4 bases in the USA, but only one in the UK. This makes us a
> "multinational corporation". (Yes, you heard right.)

What's the variance in site size?

Jim

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>>> Well, I don't know where your company's offices are here in the US or
>>> how widespread they are, nor do I know how big your location is in the
>>> UK.
>> Out HQ in Indiana (??) is 10x larger than our UK base. We have 5... uh,
>> 4 bases in the USA, but only one in the UK. This makes us a
>> "multinational corporation". (Yes, you heard right.)
> 
> What's the variance in site size?

IDK. AFAIK, the UK is "significantly" smaller than any other site.

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