Re: ...grumble..... why are so many organizations adverse to telecommuting

2007-12-06 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Great article. Thanks for sharing Eri*K*a :) Bruce Erika L. Walker wrote: guys, gals. If you really really want it - then try one more time and follow these tips: http://www.quintcareers.com/telecommuting_options.html Problem is not too many people actually take the time to not only document an

Re: Speaking of green holidays, LED Christmas tree lights

2007-12-06 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Depending on the lights you buy, this problem has been solved years ago. The lights I have at home, you can remove any number of bulbs and the rest will stay lit. That goes for the tree lights as well as the outside lights. And I have had them for over 8 years now. Bruce >>> Have they solved

Re: ...grumble..... why are so many organizations adverse to telecommuting

2007-12-06 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
One big reason is that managers feel that you are not working if they can't see it. They feel that they have to be hands on, available for random meetings and what not. Where I work now, I only live five miles away, yet my boss will NOT let anyone work from home. No particular reason other than

Re: ...grumble..... why are so many organizations adverse to telecommuting

2007-12-06 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
One big reason is that managers feel that you are not working if they can't see it. They feel that they have to be hands on, available for random meetings and what not. Where I work now, I only live five miles away, yet my boss will NOT let anyone work from home. No particular reason other than

Friday funny on Thursday

2007-12-06 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Since I am taking tomorrow off, I though I would send a funny out today. A little boy comes down to breakfast. Since his family lives on a farm, his mother asks if he has done his chores. 'Not yet,' said the little boy. His mother tells him no breakfast until he does his chores. Well, he's a lit

Re: I've out-geeked everyone on this list - I think

2007-12-05 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
That is cool. Makes me want to go out and buy some Star Wars characters and do the same. Maybe next year. Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bkx8ksl_e4C4UYc7GvzIMQ?authkey=bk_SupTMWG4 or http://tinyurl.com/2se6x3 ~~

Re: Prius Question

2007-12-05 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
That is still money I have to spend regardless. Not doing it, even if I "might" have to replace them. Besides the cost, it is my time since I would be doing it myself (I hate paying labor rates when I am perfectly capable of doing minor repairs like this myself), and my time is worth something.

Re: Prius Question

2007-12-05 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
I swear, if I ever hit the lottery for millions, I would buy a sub just because. These things are way cool. And imagine how impressed the chick would be. ;) Here you go Ben http://www.ussubs.com/submarines/phoenix_1000.php3. Although I don't believe it's nuclear, you may be able to retro fit

Technology making prosecutors jobs easier?

2007-12-05 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
So I was reading this story (http://tinyurl.com/2ubuvd) and I began to wonder why people think that texting is better than talking in person regarding certain issues, such as the one in this story. I mean, if I were planning to commit a crime, the last thing that I am going to do is use email/p

Re: Prius Question

2007-12-05 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
I can agree with most of those. I don't recall the five year rule though. I remember when I lived there the cars I had were well over five years old. Maybe American Soldiers are exempt from that rule, I don't know, but I do know that the cars I had (four Opel's and a BMW) had to pass their stri

Re: Pats pull one out ...

2007-12-04 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Raiders fans love that rule, especially in the context of the Pats. *runs* Bruce Crow T. Robot wrote: I hope this conversation doesn't contain the words "Tuck Rule" or I'm gonna go crazy. ~| Get involved in the latest ColdFus

Re: Prius Question

2007-12-04 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Retrofitting? What exactly do you mean by that? Bruce Gruss Gott wrote: > Seems like where we should be investing our dollars is in clean coal > and clean diesel technology. Why? Both engine technologies and > distribution systems already exist. Cleaning up the technologies will > be, to begi

Re: Breaking News: Chavez loses vote in Venezuela

2007-12-03 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Looks like he is eating well to me. How about we ask Sean Penn, Cindy Shehan(sp) and the other bleeding hearts who love the man so much how well he and they ate when they were having their love fest. Gruss Gott wrote: Because their leader is a military dictator with zero governmental manage

Re: Hostages taken at Clinton's campaign offices??

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
They turned out to be flares that he purchased earlier in the day. He wanted to talk to Hillary, but as luck would have it she was not there. Oh well. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314302,00.html Vivec wrote: > I just saw a breaking news thingy that two hostages have been taken at > Hillar

Re: SNOW!

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
We have the opposite problem here in California. Where I live we are at a little over 3000', so we see some snow on occasion. What happens though is that like today, we are getting a LOT of rain, lots of flooding here in the high desert. If it were to get cold enough to snow, all that rain will

Re: Anyone else bummed by the Sudan teacher verdict?

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Yep, and also when I was in Iraq, I met a LOT of men named Mohamed, and I am quite sure that this prophet of theirs would much rather have a teddy bear representing him than some of these ass-clowns. Bruce Michael Dinowitz wrote: > No Christian or Jew would want someone dead over something so

Re: Anyone else bummed by the Sudan teacher verdict?

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
And the best part is that while they go absolutely bonkers when someone makes a cartoon of Muhammad or they name a teddy bear Muhammad, they don't say shit when Muslims blow up other Muslims. WTF? Killing each other is OK but naming an inanimate object or making a cartoon of your so called prop

Re: SNOW!

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
We are finally getting some much needed rain here in Southern California. Not sure what is happening in the mountains though since they are currently covered in clouds. Bruce Crow T. Robot wrote: > Yay! We are slated for 6-12" of the white fluffy stuff tomorrow! I can't > wait. > > Me loves

Re: Anyone else bummed by the Sudan teacher verdict?

2007-11-30 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
While I might find that offensive - probably not though -I am not going to put someone in jail, threaten them with 40 lashes, and whatever else punishment she might have been subject to, and I surely am not going to lead a rally to execute her. Vivec wrote: > The name and everything else about

Re: Anyone else bummed by the Sudan teacher verdict?

2007-11-29 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
This makes me wish I was in Iraq right now. We had a couple of Sudanese interpreters assisting the human intelligence folks on our FOB. I would love to hear his take on this. Robert Munn wrote: > I'm with you, I would never go to a country run by Islamic law without > immunity. I'm not sure I wo

Funny Tees

2007-11-29 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Not sure if this was posted before. http://www.bustedtees.com/male/?utm_medium=CPC&utm_source=Adwords Bruce ~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. ht

Re: Anyone else bummed by the Sudan teacher verdict?

2007-11-29 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
They were talking about it this morning on Fox News. Man was I pissed. Just looking at that ladies picture I felt so bad for her. She seems like a very nice ordinary person who's only goal in life is to help others, and this is how she is repaid. How many people are willing to FREELY give up th

Re: Holy Crap this woman is smokin'

2007-11-29 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Yeah, I do like the chick who plays Jamie Summers a lot more than the girl who plays her little sister (although she is very cute). The plain Jane look def appeals to me. And although she is sort of plain Jane looking, she does exude a sexiness that I love. Since I never saw a single episode of

Re: Holy Crap this woman is smokin'

2007-11-29 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
boobies, a job and a personality. That works for me. Jerry Johnson wrote: > Believe it of not, she's not my cup of tea. > > I am more drawn to: > Traylor Howard > Jennifer Carpenter > Faith Hill > Karen Fairchild > Kimberly Roads > > I have found that the from a block away, the ones that always

Re: Holy Crap this woman is smokin'

2007-11-29 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
Damn Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I'd have been better off never knowing this woman existed. I don't > know if I'm going to be able to concentrate now. > > First page SFW, the rest of it, not so much. > > http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=3196 > > > ~~

Reasons for using Exchange Integration

2007-11-28 Thread Bruce H. Sorge
So in March I am going to be the proud administrator of a new Exchange server. Yahoo!. So anyway, what I was wondering was what are some of the things that you all are doing with Exchange/ColdFusion 8 integration. I mean, as long as the users in the district are on Outlook, and they can use OWA