yes, it would be a very silly thing to really do. something not to do for real, but maybe in an "IT crowd" sketch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUyaELfwBo Bill Jon Harris wrote: > Then again you could just point out how long it would take to print > that many emails and keep your job, as well as see his face when you > told him the time span. Some times it is just the look of shock that > makes going to the effort to pitch something like this worth the time. > Jon > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Yes but when he finds out what you are doing would you still have > a job? Images are great if you don't lose something you would > prefer to keep. > Jon > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, wjh <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > But, I like the image.... > > Everyday he would just walk by the printer on the way to his > office and the printer would still be spitting out page after > page, mounds of paper on the floor around it. > > Bill > > > Jon Harris wrote: >> That might take a few months to complete. >> Jon >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Charlie Kaiser >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Or print out all the emails in the store... :-) >> >> *********************** >> Charlie Kaiser >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Kingman, AZ >> *********************** >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] >> > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:15 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: mail server DR ? >> > >> > so 'show' him how much 450GB of data is ... >> > >> > measure the thickness of a 1.44mb floppy diskette, and then >> > figure out how many floppies it would take to hold 450GB ( >> > (450 x 1024)/ 1.44 ) and multiply by that thickness ... >> > >> > I did that once probably around 2001, and with much >> less data >> > to back up, and came up with a stack of floppies taller >> than >> > the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta ( 70 >> stories tall ) >> > >> > Or maybe then do the same with the thickness of a >> CD-ROM ... >> > you get the idea ... >> > >> > I've found that executives prefer a 5 second visual to a 30 >> > second description with words and numbers >> > >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a >> resource hog! ~ >> ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> >> ~ >> >> >> > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
