Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Aims - Mar 02, 2006 12:15:33 pm PST #936 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

When making pot roast in a slow cooker, how important is it that you sear the meat first?


Strega - Mar 02, 2006 12:15:50 pm PST #937 of 10001

I'm not seeing which rights are being violated, though. There's nothing there indicating that they're creating their own set of laws.

Homebuyers in Ave Maria will own their property outright. But Monaghan and Barron Collier will control all commercial real estate in the town, meaning they could insert provisions in leases to restrict the sale of certain items.

I'm sure many businesses won't set up shop in this place due to the restrictions. If other people are willing to fill in the gaps, that's fine with me. If not, also fine with me. I would definitely like to own the closest 7-11 outside the town limits, but maybe I'm cynical.

Mostly, I think Ave Maria is Latin for Royston Vassey.


msbelle - Mar 02, 2006 12:17:38 pm PST #938 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

We are 20 people total. I mostly manage the time of myself and 2 others.

I have done GANTT charts when trying to get going in Project, but then I stopped.

Basically we do not have a great handle on resource use. For the 2 people I manahge time of most I use a white board with all current tasks on it and I start and end each day numbering them in order of priority. low-tech right now in order to keep a tight hold on things.


Jessica - Mar 02, 2006 12:21:13 pm PST #939 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

When making pot roast in a slow cooker, how important is it that you sear the meat first?

Searing will improve the flavor and color of the finished roast, but it's not crucial.


§ ita § - Mar 02, 2006 12:21:35 pm PST #940 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

low-tech right now in order to keep a tight hold on things.

You know what can work too? Post It Notes. I prefer Project, because I can get things to ripple out easier, critical path, yadda yadda, but the portability and easy colour coding of the Post It Note do have its uses.


Tom Scola - Mar 02, 2006 12:23:27 pm PST #941 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

HP UX is pronounced by seasoned sysadmins as "H-Pukes". It, along with AIX, are things that I deliberately avoid learning about even though they're things I'm likely to encounter in my job.

If I'm going to learn something, then I *learn* it. i.e., it's not just knowing the sequence of steps to perform a task, but getting under the hood and really knowing how things work. And these systems suck badly enough (and have a low enough market penetration), that it just isn't worth my time to figure them out on that level of detail.


§ ita § - Mar 02, 2006 12:26:43 pm PST #942 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And these systems suck badly enough (and have a low enough market penetration), that it just isn't worth my time to figure them out on that level of detail.

We never sold a single HP UX box the time I was there. Which was great, since I'd have no idea what to do with a real live one. The other certs were based on work I did, although I did have to study specifically for the tests.

I just never know what sort of Unix I'm ever going to bump into. Each time seems to be a new sort.

My GOD. The noise in here is killing me. Not painwise, but I totally can't concentrate on complex tasks with the person in the cube next to me yelling into their phone headset. Why did the quieter one have to move?


msbelle - Mar 02, 2006 12:27:26 pm PST #943 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I really have to learn Project. Maybe the book goes to the movies on Sat and gets read in between.


Jesse - Mar 02, 2006 12:30:23 pm PST #944 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Project is pretty easy to walk through (on a basic level) if you know all of the information you want to put into it.


msbelle - Mar 02, 2006 12:35:44 pm PST #945 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

yep and I did ok getting a single project in. But, we don't have a MS Project server and I need to see how 4-5 projects at once interact and impact resources. That is what I have not been able to do.