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I *Hate* When I Do This!So... my current contract has to do with reformatting data; processing that was being done in this particular department is being sent off to another department and the new department wants the data in a different format. (Keep in mind that the new department will do nothing whatsoever to their processing in order to ease this transition so any suggestion that begins with 'Can't you get the new department to just...' will be met with a sound whack upon the noggin with a shillelagh.) Anyhow... the new department is sending us a new version of the employee master file; we take the old data, check them against the new file, reformat them and send them on their way... but there's a problem, the new department doesn't have the ability to determine what an employee's usual hours are so the master record's area for daily hours - pic 99v99, occurs 14 - contains spaces; when the system is up and running this should show what either the employee's expected tour-of-duty is... or what the employee worked last w, depending on... stuff, the phase of the moon and barometric pressure, I dunno... but no matter what the case there's just 'air' in there for the nonce. So... not all of the employees have regular hours, anyhow; some are 'intermittents' who will never have a dependable schedule in their records. We're testing a batch of those right now, a mixture of folks we want to give a default 40-hr w
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Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!docdwarf@panix.com wrote: [snip] > ... and used > > 01 WS-DEFAULT-80HR-TOUR PIC X(56) VALUE > '000000800080008000800080000000000080008 00080008000800000'. > 01 WS-DEFAULT-40HR-TOUR PIC X(56) VALUE > '000000800080008000800080000000000000000 00000000000000000'. > 01 WS-DEFAULT-24HR-TOUR PIC X(56) VALUE > '000000800080008000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000'. > > ... as the masks... and the program ran like a watch, no problems... > > ... and all my results were off... because my counting was off, instead > of: > > '000000800080008000800080000000000080008 00080008000800000' > > ... as a template I should have used > > '000008000800080008000800000000000800080 00800080008000000' > > ... and instead of everyone getting 8 hours/day they got .8. > > I *hate* when that happens. Don't write a virus to transfer fractions of cents to your bank account on your last day... ;) (Weren't they happy that you cut their payroll to a fraction of what it used to be?) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ / \ / ~ Live from Montgomery, AL! ~ ~ / \/ o ~ ~ ~ / /\ - | ~ LXi0007@Netscape.net ~ ~ _____ / \ | ~ http://www.knology.net/~mopsmom/daniel ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I do not read e-mail at the above address ~ ~ Please see website if you wish to contact me privately ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GEEKCODE 3.12 GCS/IT d s-:+ a C++ L++ E--- W++ N++ o? K- w$ ~ ~ !O M-- V PS+ PE++ Y? !PGP t+ 5? X+ R* tv b+ DI++ D+ G- e ~ ~ h---- r+++ z++++ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!In article <y%%Ed.39$813.9@fe40.usenetserver.com>, LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote: >docdwarf@panix.com wrote: [snip] > >Don't write a virus to transfer fractions of cents to your bank account >on your last day... ;) To the best of my knowledge there has never been a case of a 'virus' on a mainframe. > >(Weren't they happy that you cut their payroll to a fraction of what it >used to be?) Actually... they were happy to see me make the error. My tech lead's boss was sitting in my cube as I went over the code and the data and heard me muttering and snarling and saw the air turn a curious shade of cyan when I discovered the cause... ... which confirmed his suspicions about what was happening, even though he had no explanation as to why he felt that... so it confirmed his having a Good Nose for Things, which he liked... ... and when I said 'THERE! *Damnation*, I screwed this one up, I did... this one's *my* botch, and *mine* alone.' ... he smiled and said 'Finally... after a year and change here you made a mistake? It's about time.' Now they think I'm more like they are... and this makes them more comfortable. DD
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!"Robert Wagner" <spamblocker-robert@wagner.net> wrote in message news:r30hu0tdf1rbjvmhocnscckb7n54qfsg5f@ 4ax.com... > On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:38:42 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" > <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote: > no their > > Why not hook up with one of those empty-nest women and take in a > foster child? You can show both the mountain you love, swim with them, > cook for them, go to the zoo together. > > I did when I was close to your age. I'm two years older than you. > It would actually be a step child. I'm too old to be allowed to foster or adopt. Part of the problem with this solution is that I really do value my freedom and independence. It has been a long time since I had a live-in girlfriend; I find it works better when she has her own space I have mine. I wouldn't rule out this suggestion, Robert, but it would need to be a pretty special lady (and child). Still, as i observed earlier, who knows what the Hell is going to happen next...? <G> Pete.
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!"Robert Wagner" <spamblocker-robert@wagner.net> wrote in message news:r30hu0tdf1rbjvmhocnscckb7n54qfsg5f@ 4ax.com... > On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:38:42 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" > <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote: > no their > > Why not hook up with one of those empty-nest women and take in a > foster child? You can show both the mountain you love, swim with them, > cook for them, go to the zoo together. > > I did when I was close to your age. I'm two years older than you. > It would actually be a step child. I'm too old to be allowed to foster or adopt. Part of the problem with this solution is that I really do value my freedom and independence. It has been a long time since I had a live-in girlfriend; I find it works better when she has her own space I have mine. I wouldn't rule out this suggestion, Robert, but it would need to be a pretty special lady (and child). Still, as i observed earlier, who knows what the Hell is going to happen next...? <G> Pete.
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!docdwarf@panix.com wrote: > In article <03mFd.687$813.421@fe40.usenetserver.com>, > LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote: > > > > Damnation, it has been a... few decades and I cannot remember. That's the > one where they want you to walk a mile in a half-hour or so, right? How > long do you have to wait to take the make-up exam? Heh - I wish. It's a mile and a half, and I'm about 5 minutes or so slower than I need to be, given my abdominal circumference. As it turns out, they didn't make us run today because they didn't have a defibrillator. If we don't get to run on Tuesday (the reschedule), we'll have to do our strength test (push-ups & sit-ups) again. This is just the beginning of the second year of the new policy. Before that, we rode a bike with a telemetry thing around our chest, that measured heart rate. I could pass that pretty easily. :) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ / \ / ~ Live from Montgomery, AL! ~ ~ / \/ o ~ ~ ~ / /\ - | ~ LXi0007@Netscape.net ~ ~ _____ / \ | ~ http://www.knology.net/~mopsmom/daniel ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I do not read e-mail at the above address ~ ~ Please see website if you wish to contact me privately ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GEEKCODE 3.12 GCS/IT d s-:+ a C++ L++ E--- W++ N++ o? K- w$ ~ ~ !O M-- V PS+ PE++ Y? !PGP t+ 5? X+ R* tv b+ DI++ D+ G- e ~ ~ h---- r+++ z++++ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!In article <FIGFd.2498$813.834@fe40.usenetserver.com>, LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote: >docdwarf@panix.com wrote: > >Heh - I wish. It's a mile and a half, and I'm about 5 minutes or so >slower than I need to be, given my abdominal circumference. Good luck, then. DD
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:08:19 -0600, LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote: >Heh - I wish. It's a mile and a half, and I'm about 5 minutes or so >slower than I need to be, given my abdominal circumference. As it turns >out, they didn't make us run today because they didn't have a >defibrillator. USMC Command, Fallujah: Sorry, Colonel, we can't attack that hill today. Why the hell not? According to this spreadsheet, which calculates speed as a function of abdominal circumference, we're too slow. Also, the defibrillator is down. If someone died out there, we'd be in big trouble. The motor pool says we'll have armored personnel carriers to taxi us in tomorrow.
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!In article <ctdfu0tpie0ocrp7sl8gk77te16aptqhju@4ax.com>, Robert Wagner <spamblocker-robert@wagner.net> wrote: >On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:08:19 -0600, LX-i <lxi0007@netscape.net> wrote: > > >USMC Command, Fallujah: > >Sorry, Colonel, we can't attack that hill today. > >Why the hell not? > >According to this spreadsheet, which calculates speed as a function of >abdominal circumference, we're too slow. Also, the defibrillator is >down. If someone died out there, we'd be in big trouble. The motor >pool says we'll have armored personnel carriers to taxi us in >tomorrow. Oh, look... a military philosopher! Do tell, Mr Wagner, is this an application of a Kantian Categorical Imperative or a Heideggerian Das Mann? 'Everyone must be held responsible for all conditions in all places at all times and yet still be accorded none of the priveleges associated with any of these conditions.' DD
Post Follow-up to this message Re: I *Hate* When I Do This!On 14 Jan 2005 07:34:05 -0500, docdwarf@panix.com wrote: >In article <ctdfu0tpie0ocrp7sl8gk77te16aptqhju@4ax.com>, >Robert Wagner <spamblocker-robert@wagner.net> wrote: > >Oh, look... a military philosopher! Do tell, Mr Wagner, is this an >application of a Kantian Categorical Imperative or a Heideggerian Das >Mann? > >'Everyone must be held responsible for all conditions in all places at all >times and yet still be accorded none of the priveleges associated with any >of these conditions.' Not philosophy, just good-natured ribbing. The Marine Corps fitness test requires three miles in 28 minutes or less. A company of Second Recon once did it in 18 minutes, running together in formation. Six-minute miles wouldn't be remarkable under ordinary conditions, but runners were wearing boots, carrying burp guns, and a red flag was flying (no strenuous outdoor activities) due to 100 degree heat. I remember a doctor shouting "If you take those men out, Lieutenant, I'll have you court martialed." Twenty finished and a hundred were overcome by heat. Hoo-ra. :)
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