RE: RUMORS CONCERNING THE PRICE OF GAS AND LINES AT GAS STATIONS
I don't know about Chicago, but I live near Kansas City, Mo. Yesterday morning regular gas was $1.58, on my way home I pass many gas stations... there were long long lines, and prices varied from $2.99 to $4.99... today all is back to where it was yesterday... no lines, no inflated prices -Original Message- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RUMORS CONCERNING THE PRICE OF GAS AND LINES AT GAS STATIONS For those of you who posted RUMORS of gas lines and rising prices for gasoline, consider yourself part of OUR enemy. PLEASE, PLEASE post only information that you personally know to be factual. So here are the facts from the Northern Suburbs of Chicago, where our gas prices are among the highest in the U.S. I reported yesterday that a gas station near my office was at $2.09 for a gallon of premium on my way into work yesterday morning. However, when I went out for lunch, the price had DROPPED to $1.99 per gallon. After all the RUMORS yesterday and the fact that I had less than a quarter of a tank of gas in my car, I was somewhat concerned. But at 5:00PM that gas station near my office was STILL at $1.99 per gallon and to my surprise, NO LINES! I figured that since I pass several gas stations on my way home, I'd take a chance that the RUMORS were bulls**t and wait to fill at the station near my home. Well, every gas station I passed had the same pricing as in the morning and there were NO LINES to be seen. Finally, I came to the gas station near my home, and the price of gas hadn't changed and there were NO LINES, so I pulled in and filled up as usual. So for those of you who are willing to pass rumors and join our enemies in battle, I suggest you have an opportunity to leave the enemy and rejoin us who are lucky enough to live in the greatest land of all. And the way to do that is to check the facts before posting erroneous information and contributing to what could have been a real panic in the U.S. Murray F. (how long will I have to use this signature so as not to be confused with Murray B. in Canada) http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Need KB DB Integration Tool
I don't know what ur budget is, but Livelink from Opentext Corporation can support nearly everthing u want, as u r asking for a robust tool -Original Message-From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 3:26 PMTo: NT System Admin IssuesSubject: Need KB DB Integration Tool Greetings all, THE PROBLEM Today we receive many great articles, tips, suggestions, andbest practices from a variety of sources, in a variety of formats that are applicable for a variety of OSs and applications. Some of these apply to only one OS or app. Some apply to several. Currently these "articles" are stored in several different places: Exchange Server PFs, NT/W2K Server folders, IE favorites. I'm looking for a tool that will provide a single repositoryfor all KB info regardless of its original source. If anyone knows of a tool that comes close to the below requirements, pleaselet me know. THE SOLUTION (I hope) Ideally, it would provide the following: A single DB in which to store all KB information that is pertinent to our organization Easily add new "articles" from any source: EMail from Internet lists like this one Newsgroups URLs of manufacturer's KB article Manual entries based on our own experience Other? Fields for tracking Applicable OSs, Source, Date, application A way to assign multiple categories to a given "article" Fields for tracking which clients and machines are involved (if appropriate) A query/search interface that can be based on more than just text --- includes the fields referenced above. A web interface so that we can get to this (at least the query/search part) from anywhere The key is that it must be easy to use. It should automate as much of the data entry as possible. TIA. Best Regards, JMU Jim UnderwoodApollo Information Systems, Inc.Houston, TX 77058 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: What do you get for Over Time
My company's policy is simple, you have to work from 8-5, and you can work as much as u want to from 5-8, of course, projects with impossible deadlines, etc., dictate 50+ hours per week over multiple months. So that is one policy u can follow if u like -Original Message- From: Andrew Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What do you get for Over Time Just 40 over? :) I'm on a pace to do 60+ this month... Isn't IT wonderful? - ASB -Original Message- From: Mathews, James E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What do you get for Over Time I was wondering if anyone has any policies set up for Over Time. The reason I ask is one of the other network guys and myself have put in about 40 hours over time this month and we receive nothing for it. Just wondering what policies are set up at other companies to compensate for over time. We consistently work about 8-12 hours over a month and we get no time off or anything for this. Management keeps telling us it is just part of our job and we can not get any comp time even though we are only scheduled for 40 hours a week. http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
