How do you know they're nodding if they call you on the phone? Distinct rattling sound? :-)
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 12:59 PM > We have the occasional network issue from Perth to > Port Hedland (both in Western Australia, with Port > Hedland being a couple of thousand km's north of > Perth). > > When management phone up, I always reply with: > > "Have you looked at a map? See how far north Port > Hedland is...that's all uphill you know!" > > Never fails to amaze me how many will nod in > agreement... > > Cheers > Connor > > --- Wolfgang Breitling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > My explanation for that would be that it is > all > > driven by beans. If manager > > learns that a resource is "underutilized" he/she > > immediately starts to plan > > to switch it for a smaller (i.e. cheaper) resource. > > Unless you can express > > performance in terms of beans it doesn't mean beans > > (so to speak) to them. > > > > At 02:19 PM 1/12/2004, you wrote: > > >P.S. whilst the above is fictitious they do care > > about %utilisation of > > >bandwidth but not response time from remote sites, > > God that irritates me. > > > > > >Author: Niall Litchfield > > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Wolfgang Breitling > > Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA > > Centrex Consulting Corporation > > http://www.centrexcc.com > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Wolfgang Breitling > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > > http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > > hosting services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > > E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > > 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > > ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > > from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information > > (like subscribing). > > ===== > Connor McDonald > web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk > web: http://www.oaktable.net > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. But TEACH him how to fish, and...he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day" > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gudmundur Josepsson INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
