[dba-Tech] How Not to Instill Confidence in Your Product

"You will be chained to your desk and paid as much as garment sewers."
Arthur

...when? ...when? ...I'm long overdue for a raise! :)

William Hindman
"The world's becoming a museum of socialist failures." John Dos Passos


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] How Not to Instill Confidence in Your Product


> Plans have been set in motion to conquer and absorb you, but until then,
> you may continue to believe that USA is a nation rather than a puppet. I
> can't tell you about the schedule, though; if I did, I'd have to kill
> you. I can tell you this: our vision includes software factories modeled
> on the textile trades. You will be chained to your desk and paid as much
> as garment sewers. (Hmmm, interesting homonym there :)
>
> A.
> "Did you ever wonder what they ship styrofoam chips in?"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W.
> Colby
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 8:46 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] How Not to Instill Confidence in Your Product
>
>
> >B) the country dropdown contains only one country (USA), but the
> state/province dropdown contains Canadian provinces.
>
> uhhh... so your saying that Canada isn't part of the US?
>
> ;-)
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 3:20 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] How Not to Instill Confidence in Your Product
>
>
> MS and Component One are offering a free ASP.NET Resource Kit. See
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=aef6aa76-ab88-4
> 264-87b4-8e946ef584d7&DisplayLang=en. What's funny is the page you are
> taken to next. It's a form which is:
>
> A) quite ambiguous - should you fill it in if downloading? Or only if
> ordering the CD?
> B) the country dropdown contains only one country (USA), but the
> state/province dropdown contains Canadian provinces.
> C) I entered several valid postal codes, but on each received the error
> message "not a valid zip code". Yet the label says "Zip/Postal Code".
> D) Nothing happens when you click Submit.
>
> Nice piece of work, guys and gals!
>
> Arthur
>
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