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MIS
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The MIS Department has really been
hopping this spring getting projects and implementations done in
time for the production season.
Seems our biggest project was getting our Microsoft
licensing compliance squared away.
During the first two weeks of June anyone with a computer
probably saw Jamie, Kevin, or myself as we checked out the
software. The whole
thing is finally over and done with…thank goodness.
I’d equate the entire experience to the old adage about
an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure.
The ambiguous language that is contained in some of these
agreements and licenses can really get you lost fast, we figured
it was better to be on the safe side of error in this instance
and make sure there were no gross liabilities sitting out there
on one of our machines. I
can’t stress enough how important it is that anything on an
employee’s machine has to be cleared through MIS.
I’ve seen a lot more downloaded programs being
installed as I’ve traveled around.
Funny how the computers with all these little programs
end up being the ones that crash on a daily basis!
Please call or email if you want software! One project
we’re all real proud of is the introduction of PC’s into 5
of our ready-mix plants.
Grinnell, Vinton, Tipton, Oelwein, and Independence all
have a PC at their respective plant now.
The biggest advantage of this for the manager’s will be
their ability to receive updated information from accounting,
DOT forms that can be filled out and printed, and the ability to
check weather on the internet.
All 5 plant managers
have been great to work with and seem pretty adept at using
these new tools, Chuck Flatberg even said something about taking
over my job here in Brooklyn when he gets the finer points of
his machine figured out! Seriously,
though, I believe this is a great step forward for the ready-mix
guys. I saw that
Jamie posted her class schedule for July the other day.
If you haven’t attended one of her courses yet get your
rear-end into her office for a session.
Manatts is running a first-class program with her at the
helm. Check out her
Manatts Training Depot web pages at www.manatts.com/tips.asp
for great computer tips and tricks and to see the current class
schedule! Ginny and I are
both working on some systems implementations.
I know at the moment she is trying to make two 3rd
party systems talk to each other…no task could be more
difficult. If
anyone can do it she can! I’m trying to
get a big database for Wendling Quarries finished off.
Hopefully by the time this goes to print I can have a
prototype operating for them to test out for a month or so. For now Kevin is finishing off the Great Computer Shuffle
of 2001. He should
have it all done soon and then we can plan for next year!
That about does it for this quarter. Stop by and see me (or the rest of the gang) when you’re in Brooklyn. Call if you have problems with your PC’s and remember that computer problems are like any other illness, early detection raises the chances of survival! The Origins of @ We
know it well as the standard symbol for e-mail, but from whence
did it come? History says that the @ symbol was created by
medieval monks. During the Middle Ages, each copy of a book was
painstakingly transcribed by hand. The task went to monks, who
developed ways to reduce the number of pen strokes for common
words. The result was to loop the “t” in the word at around
the “a.” There is no official, universal name for the @
symbol, and several languages have strange terms to describe it: ·
apenstaartje:
Dutch for “monkey’s tail” ·
snabel: Danish
for “elephant’s trunk” ·
kissanhnta:
Finnish for “cat’s tail” ·
klammeraffe:
German for “hanging monkey” ·
papaki: Greek
for “little duck” ·
kukac:
Hungarian for “worm” ·
dalphaengi:
Korean for “snail” ·
grisehale:
Norwegian for “pig’s tail” ·
sobachka: Russian
for “little dog” —from
UselessKnowledge.com
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