"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message 
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> There are strong links between Scotland and Jamaica, both being points on 
> the
> slave triangle. During my time in Kingston I saw lots of Scottish place 
> names
> and my wife was asked by a musing cab driver why that could be. There 
> followed a
> moments silence and a "Respect, man" LOL

    Heh...  :)


     ~Steve~



> Regards
>     Stephen

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On 11 Feb 2009 17:56:29 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>> On 7 Feb 2009 05:40:47 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, ordinarily yes, but when Pratchforth's Restriction is in play (as
>> it obviously would be when U-Turns aren't allowed (see pp 172-174 & page
>> 227 of Stovold's rules)), all direct routes between those two points are
>> in fact blocked.
>> 
>> O_o
>
>Damn.  I was hoping you wouldn't notice.  Can't blame a guy for 
>trying. ;-)
>
>Then logically, if I want to stick to the Northern line, I guess it has 
>to be East Finchley.
>

We are getting closer to Watford and "here by tygers" 

Golders Green



>> OMG! Work on a production system. Scarey :)
>
>Well, not really - it was work on a part of the system I know inside and 
>out in my sleep.  It just took some time is all.

I know ;)
But when you (me) work in development systems 99.99% of the time "Prod" is the
big black beast :)
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Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:40:50 -0000, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:

>
>"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message 
>news:5c16p4h3ahqbpurl9l4fb5umdbk5ad6msp@4ax.com...
>
>> There are strong links between Scotland and Jamaica, both being points on 
>> the
>> slave triangle. During my time in Kingston I saw lots of Scottish place 
>> names
>> and my wife was asked by a musing cab driver why that could be. There 
>> followed a
>> moments silence and a "Respect, man" LOL
>
>    Heh...  :)
>
>
The most uncomfortable phrase I often heard was "White Slave Masters" <Gulp>
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Regards
     Stephen

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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:34:03 +0000, Stephen wrote:

>>Then logically, if I want to stick to the Northern line, I guess it has
>>to be East Finchley.
>>
> We are getting closer to Watford and "here by tygers"
> 
> Golders Green

Burnt Oak.  We're running out of Northern Line, will be interested to see 
where you go from there. :-)

>>> OMG! Work on a production system. Scarey :)
>>
>>Well, not really - it was work on a part of the system I know inside and
>>out in my sleep.  It just took some time is all.
> 
> I know ;)

It was actually a lot of fun, got to use tools I was trained on but only 
rarely used at all (of course, low-level database editing is ugly and 
there was one misstep, not a critical one, but caused by the fact that 
remote controlling a remote control session by remote control (yes, three 
redirections) caused me to type CTRL-U and for it to be repeated about 50 
times on the target system.  Whoops.

> But when you (me) work in development systems 99.99% of the time "Prod"
> is the big black beast :)

Yeah, there is that. :-)

Jim

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On 12 Feb 2009 14:42:33 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:34:03 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>Then logically, if I want to stick to the Northern line, I guess it has
>>>to be East Finchley.
>>>
>> We are getting closer to Watford and "here by tygers"
>> 
>> Golders Green
>
>Burnt Oak.  We're running out of Northern Line, will be interested to see 
>where you go from there. :-)
>

I'll take the HA8 to Stanmore and see if the Harrow Computer Club is having a
meeting. It is the oldest Computer Club in England and I'm one of the youngest
members :)

>>>> OMG! Work on a production system. Scarey :)
>>>
>>>Well, not really - it was work on a part of the system I know inside and
>>>out in my sleep.  It just took some time is all.
>> 
>> I know ;)
>
>It was actually a lot of fun, got to use tools I was trained on but only 
>rarely used at all (of course, low-level database editing is ugly and 
>there was one misstep, not a critical one, but caused by the fact that 
>remote controlling a remote control session by remote control (yes, three 
>redirections) caused me to type CTRL-U and for it to be repeated about 50 
>times on the target system.  Whoops.
>

Rather you than me.
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Regards
     Stephen

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On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:30:16 +0000, Stephen wrote:

>>Burnt Oak.  We're running out of Northern Line, will be interested to
>>see where you go from there. :-)
>>
> I'll take the HA8 to Stanmore and see if the Harrow Computer Club is
> having a meeting. It is the oldest Computer Club in England and I'm one
> of the youngest members :)

Hmmm, interesting move, and somewhat unexpected, largely because I'm 
unfamiliar with the bus routes. :-)

I think I should start heading to GLLUG, then - looks like the 
Metropolitan line gets me closest, so I need to switch over at our next 
stop, which would be Wembley Park.

>>>>> OMG! Work on a production system. Scarey :)
>>>>
>>>>Well, not really - it was work on a part of the system I know inside
>>>>and out in my sleep.  It just took some time is all.
>>> 
>>> I know ;)
>>
>>It was actually a lot of fun, got to use tools I was trained on but only
>>rarely used at all (of course, low-level database editing is ugly and
>>there was one misstep, not a critical one, but caused by the fact that
>>remote controlling a remote control session by remote control (yes,
>>three redirections) caused me to type CTRL-U and for it to be repeated
>>about 50 times on the target system.  Whoops.
>>
> Rather you than me.

Funny, that's what the guys in Worldwide Support said.  Fortunately the 
repair tool seems to have undone the deletion of the supervisor 
account. :)

Jim

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On 12 Feb 2009 17:49:19 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:30:16 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>Burnt Oak.  We're running out of Northern Line, will be interested to
>>>see where you go from there. :-)
>>>
>> I'll take the HA8 to Stanmore and see if the Harrow Computer Club is
>> having a meeting. It is the oldest Computer Club in England and I'm one
>> of the youngest members :)
>
>Hmmm, interesting move, and somewhat unexpected, largely because I'm 
>unfamiliar with the bus routes. :-)
>
>I think I should start heading to GLLUG, then - looks like the 
>Metropolitan line gets me closest, so I need to switch over at our next 
>stop, which would be Wembley Park.
>

What! No Flame Wars here :)

Let's visit the dummies at Madame Tussauds.
Baker St.


> the deletion of the supervisor account. :)
>
???

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Regards
     Stephen

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:53:14 +0000, Stephen wrote:

>>I think I should start heading to GLLUG, then - looks like the
>>Metropolitan line gets me closest, so I need to switch over at our next
>>stop, which would be Wembley Park.
>>
> What! No Flame Wars here :)

Who said anything about a flame war?  We're just going from "oldest 
group" to "newest group" - opposite ends of the same spectrum. ;-)

> Let's visit the dummies at Madame Tussauds. Baker St.

Nice, I meant to get there the last time we visited.  We might visit this 
year, still working out the details.

Mill Hill East - gotta avoid that retrograde inversion.

>> the deletion of the supervisor account. :)
>>
> ???

NetWare server.  There's an account even on current versions that's a 
throwback to the versions from the early 90's.  It's a hard-coded account 
that normally can't be deleted, but the tool I was using (an internal 
support tool) can whack anything out of the database.

Thing is, when using the internal tool, CTRL-U removes the entry in the 
database that you're looking at, and it reverts to what's called the 
"Entry ID" or "EID" with the lowest value:  The SUPERVISOR account 
(EID=1).

The tool does have a prompt to "press any key to continue", but it  
accepts CTRL-U as one of the "any keys".

So if you end up pressing CTRL-U and it repeats for some reason, you end 
up whacking SUPERVISOR.

It's not used for anything important any more, but it still was a 
surprise.  I was even more surprised that the database repair tool fixed 
it (I didn't think it would do that).

Jim

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On 13 Feb 2009 13:16:22 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>Mill Hill East - gotta avoid that retrograde inversion.
>

Almost boxed in. So I'll skip to Cricklewood.


>>> the deletion of the supervisor account. :)
>>>
>> ???
>
>NetWare server.  

> ...

>The tool does have a prompt to "press any key to continue", but it  
>accepts CTRL-U as one of the "any keys".
>
>So if you end up pressing CTRL-U and it repeats for some reason, you end 
>up whacking SUPERVISOR.
>

That's an Oops! :)

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Regards
     Stephen

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On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:38:22 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 13 Feb 2009 13:16:22 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>Mill Hill East - gotta avoid that retrograde inversion.
>>
> Almost boxed in. So I'll skip to Cricklewood.

Well, if you want to go to the overground, I guess that'll do the trick.  
In which case, I must continue to Finchley Road & Frognal‎ just because 
anything with "Frog" in it must be used at least once.

>>>> the deletion of the supervisor account. :)
>>>>
>>> ???
>>
>>NetWare server.
> 
>> ...
> 
>>The tool does have a prompt to "press any key to continue", but it
>>accepts CTRL-U as one of the "any keys".
>>
>>So if you end up pressing CTRL-U and it repeats for some reason, you end
>>up whacking SUPERVISOR.
>>
> That's an Oops! :)

Major oops. ;-)

Not that I couldn't have recreated it by hand (being trained on the 
database editor has its uses), but the system fixed it on its own, much 
to my surprise.

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