[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On January 17, 2005 04:47 pm, Jim Van Meggelen wrote: >> LOL. I hadn't thought of it that way. Little vignettes amidst the >> commercials? > > Exactly -- It's precisely why I hang around on linux-elitists > and a couple > other oddball lists... a good 90% of what's there is crap > but man when > something good comes by... wowza.
It sure can be time consuming trying to keep up, though. >> Just because the volume isn't there? That might be a good thing, ya >> know - have a list with, say, one or two messages a day, on average. > > True, but that's why I like looking at sineapps now and again -- they > sometimes focus on things that I've not even seen, it's interesting > reading... but I slug it out on the list well, just to slug > it out. :-) I think we are all a bit masochistic on this list . . . all 10,000 plus of us . . . >> It was a policy at our company that any new product implementation >> would always require Technical Support be involved until several >> engineers, technicians and installers were comfortable with it. I >> hope I always remember the lessons learned from getting new >> products, and having to develop training and implementation >> practices. > > ... > >> Seems that making mistakes is actually a fantastic (albeit >> uncomfortable) way to learn. I sometimes wonder if I unconsciously >> muck things up at first as a rite of passage. > > We have a similar policy here and it really helps people > understand why things > are done a certain way when they have to field some of the > customer calls > themselves. "right" and "wrong" take on new nuances that > they would have > otherwise been oblivious and even belligerent towards. > >> Nobody knows a thing so well as those who can expertly break it. > > That sounds very close to "As soon as you make something > idiot-proof along > comes a better class of idiot." :-) One of my favorites is (to paraphase Douglas Adams): "It's easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of these things by the sense of satisfaction you get from making them work at all" >> Would it be considered trolling to start a thread on Cleaning Maple >> Syrup off of Dial Pads, or Wiring your Moose for Wi-Fi? > > Let's not forget the weekly "tooques and telephony" segment, > and a review of > the best block heaters for your wi-fi fones. Snoms and Snowmobiles? Ice Phishing? Tim Hortel? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 16/01/2005 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users