Luckily I have the luxury (so far) of being able to carefully choose the clients I want to work with. I have not had any real zone cases for many years. I learned that lesson long ago. "Bad business is worse than no business..."
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of John Weller > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] love those db backups that span days. :( > > I had one of those! I was running a conversion suite that was kicked > off on > Monday morning and finished on Friday afternoon with a log of the > errors > encountered. We'd then fix as many errors as possible then run it > again the > following week. One week the project manager explained that they had a > meeting that Thursday and could he have the results by then. I > explained it > was impossible and mentioned the laws of physics to be told that 'It is > a > very important meeting' - he was convinced I was just being awkward! > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > > > > Hey, I know! Let's move to gigabit Ethernet switch on a live > > LAN and it ought to take 1/10th the time (let's assume > > Collision detect & resend does not apply in a live LAN, in > > keeping with the "Dead Ostrich Theory Of Applied Physics")! > > So, now it can be done in 2 hours, right? Huh? What do you > > mean I have to think about the NICs in the mix also? What > > the hell kind of deal are you trying to pull here?!? Just > > try it before you tell me it can't be done!!! Damned > > computer geeks. What the hell do they know anyway? > > Well, I ain't gonna pay some idiot for telling what can't be > > done. I pay for results, damn it! > > > > Heh-heh... > > > > Gil > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
