I can see it now. At the next VistA conference, we'll have a disco ball, and dual turntables for Matthew to spin!
LOL! Great work! Kevin On 7/11/06, Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lord, it is confirmed. We have another quirky doctor in the group. > > You are right where you belong, Matthew! > > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 19:12, Matthew King wrote: > Here's why I'm a doctor and not a song writer. I'm hoping someone else > will contribute a few stanzas maybe about the early days, etc :-) > > > > The VistA Story > > > > So then I said Hey Mista! > > Tell me what's the deal with VistA? > > Where can I find the story > > That outlines all it's glory? > > > > He looked at me real funny > > Like I'm just some kind of dummy > > > > But he said it plain and clear > > And when the words came to my ear > > I knew you only understand it > > When you write your code around it. > > > > Because the story's in the code ;chorus > > It's what you find between the nodes > > When the ancient globals sing > > To your coded new routines > > As you call down through the layers > > You remember all the players > > All the packages unique > > But together when they speak > > And that's how they tell the story > > Of VistA and it's glory. > > > > They say the power's down > > Across every little town > > The situation's dire > > There's a hurricane and fires > > > > How can the crews receive > > All the injured and the grieved? > > > > Do I hear someone scream Hack? ; see DSL::VistA > usr/local/FOIAVistA/vista_cprs file > > As I reach into my pack > > And I boot Bhaskar's CD > > For VistA instantly > > > > Now a laptop servers running ;VistA can and should be > modified for emergency > > For the little thumb drives humming ;response > > With the Delphi-written GUIs ;docs bring laptops, hand > out thumb drives > > In the stadiums and movies > > And countless lives are saved > > By disks that Bhaskar made > > > > This code is not class one ;The VA model is not > perfection through > > We will never get it done ;stated, static goals, > but keeps pace with clinical changes > > The references are dangling ;through iteration and > user interaction > > 'Cuz programmer mode is mangling > > As it kills data direct hit > > So now Fileman won't index it > > > > But our doctors need it now > > We need to get it done somehow > > So let's send it and then fix it > > Before Woodhouse even gets it ;he hates those > direct calls... > > Just send it to New Orleans > > And we'll patch it in the mornin' > > > > > > matt > > -- > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
