That subdirectory factoid amazes computer people

Post #157,602 by ben_tilly 5/29/04 5:13:10 PM Reply	That subdirectory factoid amazes computer people I told that to a co-worker who said, "No way. Just can't understand a directory structure? I can't believe that." A few weeks later she told me, "I believe you now - I was helping a friend and realized that he didn't understand directories. I just couldn't believe it." Cheers, Ben To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link\|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]
Post #157,616 by boxley 5/29/04 6:39:12 PM Reply	Even More amazing, a story I eaves dropped on the bus this week. Legal secrataries one whose firm just moved from Dos and WordPerfect this week to Windows and MSWord. The one secratary is exited about a new product that the firm purchased and is spending a week training her. Its an assistant built to work with MSWord. "This is great, you organise your desktop like a filing cabinet! it has folders that you name and sort just like in a real cabinet! I can lookup a document in a window and it will go right to it!" I wuz gonna say something but didnt have the heart. thanx, bill Time for Lord Stanley to get a Tan questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #157,631 by orion 5/29/04 8:24:44 PM Reply	Let her have her delusions She might be a DEB (Data Entry Btch) for a lawyer that types in documents for him/her, but at least let her have her delusions about her computer environment. Before you know it, she will think she knows more than the entire IT department, and will start suggesting things for them to do. Woe be to them, if she is a Legal Secretary to a partner or other high-up, they may actually have to follow her sugestions. I did not make up the term DEB, someone else at a law firm I worked in did. It was used to describe the behavior of some serious mean Legal Secretaries and other people who entered data and caused a lot of problems. They make a mistake and enter something as active, or make a typo, and then blame the IT department for the program being wrong, when clearly it was a data entry error. PEBKAM error, Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Mouse. "What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"* [link\|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268\|I am from District 268].
Post #157,635 by Meerkat 5/29/04 8:38:34 PM Reply	'DEB' is no less offensive just coz someone else invented it Considering someone else invented it you should have had the presence of mind not to try and propogate it. And it's (generally) 'PEBCAK'. Chair and Keyboard. What's a problem between Keyboard and Mouse ... the mouse pad? Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #157,637 by orion 5/29/04 8:46:20 PM Reply	I apoligize then I was wrong on both counts. *"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"* [link\|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268\|I am from District 268].
Post #157,659 by orion 5/30/04 1:38:31 AM Reply	How the term DEB came about (new thread) Created as new thread #157658 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=157658\|How the term DEB came about] *"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"* [link\|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268\|I am from District 268].
Post #157,663 by deSitter 5/30/04 2:08:34 AM Reply	Re: That subdirectory factoid amazes computer people You'd be astonished at the level of understanding, even of seemingly intelligent people. Once I had a well-dressed businesswoman in my cab, headed to the swanky Embassy Suites in downtown Denver - we were chatting about snow - I mentioned that snow was not much of a problem in Denver because the sun would usually nuke it 2 days later. "Of course!" she says - "you're so much closer to the sun!" -drl

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