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Posted on 10/05/2004 3:33:41 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
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(((Ramius)))
This whole thing will be over soon. After all, a year from now it'll just be a big PITA you dealt with a year ago. ;-D
But I know about the whole running out of patience thing. First thing this morning, I had a client actually say "what are you, stupid" to me and I ended my day with a client sending in her 3 payrolls (the only ones I had today) at 5:15 pm, just as I was packing up to go home.
Believe me, things'll get better. ;-D
I need umbrella drinks too please!
Bummer Scott.
Well, engage in a little silliness and slap Kerry, if that will help.
http://www.slapthecandidate.com/
Here, Have a drink with an umbrella in it.
The whole SOX thing has totally crossed into sillyland.
For example: Imagine that some foolish company uses Excel Spreadsheets, for --gasp-- financial data. Every single spreadsheet must be catalogued and submitted to a managerial review process, and approved. Every cell must have the formula doublechecked and approved. From there on out, every single change to the spreadsheet must be submitted for review and approval before the change can be made, and then the change must be tested with a formal test plan, and then the before/after comparison must be evaluated by a third party, then the change must be formally accepted, and the new worksheet re-catalogued.
This is just for a stinkin spreadsheet. The same thing applies to every component of every system.
This is not hyperbole, and no, I'm not kidding. This is happening to us right now.
(((Hair)))
Thanks, sis! Do the ice cubes actually float in these drinks or do they sink? *wink*
A year from now is just an interminably long time... I don't want to be here then...
Well, I don't wanna be at ADP either, but I gots to pay the bills.
Here's hoping one of us wins the lottery!
Absolutely hideous.
You'd never get anything else done.
That is the kinda stuff we do for flight-critical software on avionics. How the heck can an excel spreadsheet rate the full treatment?
The ice cubes float OK, but the straws dance by themselves... Some of the 'unexplained' you just have to ignore and hope it doesn't hurt you.
:-) Roger that. [sigh]
its just so crazy... the meeting today was three hours of buzzwords like "control objectives" overandoverandover where I just wanted to reach through the phone and rip the guys lungs out.
warm powerbook, check.
anime dvd, check.
cozy bed, check.
bed time! night everyone!
WOW! I hadn't even noticed it, Bear! *smiles*
The straws are moving because it's windy out.
Yeah, that's the ticket.....
You're right... its the full development life-cycle applied to everything... even excel worksheets.
They don't rate it in the real world. But this is soxworld. It doesn't have to make sense.
uhmm... yeah... that'd be great.
The tryout is this coming Wednesday morning.
I actually had the best game I've had in a while... except for the state capital category, which should have been a no-brainer. I should see if I can get my wife to quiz me on them.
Back in 6th grade I knew both the state capitals and the European capitals backwards and forwards, and aced my test on them. I haven't exercised the knowledge much since then, and have forgotten some of them.
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