[AccessD] Running A Stand Alone On A MAC

fascinating.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it


On 6/22/2012 1:04 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Actually, I find it all very interesting.
>
> It is fun to hear someone articulating a problem in a middle of an very
> complex project.
>
> I tend to not mention anything I do as it would just bore most. Who cares if
> you create a sequential number generator, clock driven and managed to shave
> off thirty percent in processing time. It is really simple but it took two
> days to make it happen. By tomorrow it will be running another twenty
> percent faster. ;-) With a small database of less than a million records but
> twenty five years of data, it will take about 87 hours to process with a
> dedicated system running flat out so I built a processor that runs off the
> keyboard reader and it does a few records in the background on a variety of
> tables, when the operator pauses doing entry...it has been running steadily
> for two weeks now. See I told you it would bore you.
>
> Is it difficult? No not at all, if the problem is broken down into small
> bite sized pieces, taken one chunk at a time, resolved and then move on to
> the next chunk.
>
> My rule is stubborn patience beats smart every time.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 8:46 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Running A Stand Alone On A MAC
>
> ROTFL.  I am lonely sitting all alone in my office in NC.  ;)
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
>
> On 6/21/2012 10:54 PM, John Bartow wrote:
>> Lol! Don't worry Tony, very few people ever understand JC.  He just writes
>> to the list so he can discuss these matters with someone via email, albeit
>> himself <snicker>