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  • Reply To: Investing in Another's Career

    No way in hell!  More unpaid education loans.  Sounds like a great way to divide families and lose friends. Should have saved this for April Fool's Day.

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: AI Medical Record Scanning

    No, thanks.  Next time you go to your doctor, just picture him looking through all the crap some kid like Sam Bankman-Fried sitting in his basement at the computer wrote...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Challenge of New Platforms

    Once in my career I switched commpanies and started an IT operation totally using IBM systems and a new language, then two years later guided the decision to change the...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567. Reason: spelling
    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Life Organization

    This may be the most unusual life-planning story you have ever heard.  My wife handles most of our appointment scheduling and social planning, especially while we are riding around town...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Using Time Wisely

    Steve, I do really appreciate your thoughts on use of our time wisely and add my encouragement to you all to do exactly that.  My wife and I are in...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by skeleton567.
    • This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Good Enough

    Good enough can truely get you in a fix.  I have an access database in the old .mdb version and an application on an old Win 7 machine that I...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Good Enough

    ZZartin wrote:

    At a certain point it becomes a question of effort vs reward.  How many things is it worth trying to parameterize that will almost certainly never be used?  Does...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Good Enough

    Had a laugh that was 'good enough'  last week.  I bought an item at a local business, and got home to find an email receipt issued by an account called...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Good Enough

    At the risk of 'negative feedback' I'll add that after a couple years, I still get the error rejecting my first post effort with "Did you really mean to do...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Good Enough

    Another adage: The first idea is not usually the best one.  The problem is really bad in large installations with ranks of project managers, QC people with their management, and...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Good Enough

    One of my wife's web site consultants ussed to say: "Done right is good.  Done is better".   I don't think that is all ways the case, but it made her...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Home Password Cracker

    Just a dumb question about this.  How do we know this software is not collecting info and sending it to the creator?

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Work of Work

    My most unpopular comment on meetings was:

    "If a meeting involves more than three people or lasts more than ten minutes, you are wasting someone's time".

    When I returned to my old...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Digital World Remaking the Analog One

    Digital world remaking the analog world.

    My most memorable episode of this was in 1974 when I became the new IT manager for a large food and supply distributor who was...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Evolving Yourself

    Good morning to you all.  I'm thankful I woke up again today.  Yes, I try to keep myself constantly evolving.  I'm turning 80 years old next spring, and still love...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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