On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:09:00 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> I do understand that it is considered by some to be immoral to
>> force a medication on to the whole population 
>
>Ah, but what about vaccines, where having everyone take them is far more 
>effective than having only some take them?

We are straying into the realms of Philosophy 202, here ;-)
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     Stephen

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On 13 Jun 2009 13:54:23 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:27:45 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>>> Anything but Fluoride season.
>>>
>>>Mornington Crescent season! ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> If only I had the time :(
>
>I hear ya there.  We've got new exam going into beta that's consuming all 
>my time right now (along with a system redesign for part of the exam 
>delivery system).  Will have to work over the weekend on some of it.

Well, we have reached the stage in the implementation where someone has got to
say; Do you want the work done on time or do you wand it to work?

I'm writing Functional Specs and keep falling over gaps in the processes. And
now the head office in Atlanta has just told the head developer that due to
reorganisation, he can keep his green card but there is no longer a job for him.
So I can't see my contract being extended in 6 weeks time.

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On 13-6-2009 22:27, Stephen wrote:
> On 13 Jun 2009 13:54:23 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

> Well, we have reached the stage in the implementation where someone has got to
> say; Do you want the work done on time or do you wand it to work?

The Harry Potter method of writing software?

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On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:50:02 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>On 13-6-2009 22:27, Stephen wrote:
>> On 13 Jun 2009 13:54:23 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
>> Well, we have reached the stage in the implementation where someone has got to
>> say; Do you want the work done on time or do you wand it to work?
>
>The Harry Potter method of writing software?

Opps! want it to work?

But you may have a point. :)
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Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>     You mean, _most_ vaccines. ;-)

I mean for vaccines that tend towards herd immunity. If almost everyone is 
vaccinated, even those who aren't get the benefit of the vaccinations, 
because not enough people around them catch it to give it to them.

>     All because the HPV vaccine is _much_ more expensive than the other 
> mandated vaccines.

Perhaps it will come down when you start mass-producing it. Evolution of 
economics, say. :-)

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On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:27:13 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 13 Jun 2009 13:54:23 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:27:45 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>>>> Anything but Fluoride season.
>>>>
>>>>Mornington Crescent season! ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> If only I had the time :(
>>
>>I hear ya there.  We've got new exam going into beta that's consuming
>>all my time right now (along with a system redesign for part of the exam
>>delivery system).  Will have to work over the weekend on some of it.
> 
> Well, we have reached the stage in the implementation where someone has
> got to say; Do you want the work done on time or do you wand it to work?

LOL, I was there about a month ago with a platform migration project. :-)

> I'm writing Functional Specs and keep falling over gaps in the
> processes. And now the head office in Atlanta has just told the head
> developer that due to reorganisation, he can keep his green card but
> there is no longer a job for him. So I can't see my contract being
> extended in 6 weeks time.

Egads.  We've got something like that going on with our IS&T department; 
we announced a major partnership with an IT outsourcing company (called 
ACS) to train them on our products so they could help us get them in more 
large shops.  Part of the deal is the outsourcing of our entire IS&T 
department to them.

Most of the employees in IS&T (all that I've heard of/from, in fact) are 
happy about this change - they are being absorbed into ACS, so instead of 
being one of about 200 IT workers, they'll be one of about 30,000.  Which 
means more chance for advancement.

But it also means that those of us in the business may see some shifting 
around.  I've had to ask my technical team (who report to a people 
manager rather than a program manager - i.e. not to me) to put a 
contingency in place in case our IS&T resource gets shifted to another 
project.  I'm hoping he won't, but if he does his replacement needs to 
hit the ground running so the project isn't delayed any more than it 
already is.

Jim

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alphaQuad wrote:
> Tis the season of your poisoning, but seemingly most of you are of the average
> brain density making you completely clueless and ignorant of the horrifying
> reality.

Can you provide anything more than insults

<Another insult snipped>

> And I CAN compare myself to Jesus in more than one way, if you cant see it, that
> is your severe IQ limitation, not mine.

As proof of your own lack of intellect, I didn't say that you *couldn't* 
compare yourself to Jesus.  I simply advised you not to.

  And its just a story and no one knew him
> but the religious sheep will fight to the death defending their personal
> relationship with him. Thats just too brainwashed. If only you could think for
> yourself.

Wait a minute.  You say that the record of Jesus is just a bunch of 
stories, but you quote them as if they were true.  Which is it?

> Its just good I don't have to speak in public like Jesus did and that I don't
> throw temper tantrums in the temple like he did.

I can see that either your capacity for reading comprehension is below 
that of the people you profess to despise, or you are determined to find 
fault with Jesus and His message, no matter what silliness this entails.

'Twas no temper tantrum; that behavior pattern is seen only in social 
classes to which Jesus did not belong.

<More insults snipped>

> The link is way more than I need to see how obvious all of this is. Virtually
> none of you are guilty of independent thought.

Being a person of charitable nature, I will acquit you of the same 
charge as well.

Regards,
John

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Ken wrote:

> 
> Have you read an MSDS for Sodium Fluoride? WOW!
> 
> The difference between a poison and a cure is the dosage....
> 

Yep. It's that way for many chemicals we encounter. Heck, even plain 
water in excess is a poison.

Potassium chloride (a common salt substitute) taken in excess can cause 
cardiac arrest.

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Patrick Elliott wrote:

> 
> Ok, Mr. Confort, now tell us how the Banana is the "perfect food", and 
> therefor a sign of intelligent design...
> 

Funny thing about bananas.... They used to be full of seeds. Humans 
selectively bred them to lack seeds.. Actually, they still have them, 
but they're now just simply those little black spots in the middle of 
the fruit.

Perfect they were not.
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Patrick Elliott wrote:
> 
>>
>> Ok, Mr. Confort, now tell us how the Banana is the "perfect food", and 
>> therefor a sign of intelligent design...
>>
> 
> Funny thing about bananas.... They used to be full of seeds. Humans 
> selectively bred them to lack seeds.. Actually, they still have them, 
> but they're now just simply those little black spots in the middle of 
> the fruit.
> 
> Perfect they were not.
Yeah. I know.. But the creationist Mr. Comfort was blindingly unaware of 
this fact, never mind that they seeds are "so huge" in the 
undomesticated one that about the only thing that "might" be edible in 
the things was a peel. lol

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     if version = "Vista" {
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       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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