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  • M Michael A Barnhart

    Now with WorldCom admitting hidding debt and falsifing its cash flow we have a second major company becomming worthless. This also shows major companies are not being self regulated via accounting firms. Now with most major companies being international one contries laws have little impact other than encouraging the corporate office to move overseas. So who do you trust? Who is next? To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

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    Is a case of Andersen strikes again :omg:

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      Now with WorldCom admitting hidding debt and falsifing its cash flow we have a second major company becomming worthless. This also shows major companies are not being self regulated via accounting firms. Now with most major companies being international one contries laws have little impact other than encouraging the corporate office to move overseas. So who do you trust? Who is next? To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

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      The summary from CNN: 17, 000 ppl getting layed off $3.8Bn under investigation. Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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        Now with WorldCom admitting hidding debt and falsifing its cash flow we have a second major company becomming worthless. This also shows major companies are not being self regulated via accounting firms. Now with most major companies being international one contries laws have little impact other than encouraging the corporate office to move overseas. So who do you trust? Who is next? To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

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        Michael A. Barnhart wrote: So who do you trust? I can't belieeeeeeve that you used the word "trust" in the same paragraph as corporate. The day that I trust any business entity, large or small, is the day that I check myself into the Daisy Hill Puppy Farms and wait for someone do adopt my delusioned little self. If you actually trust corporations, you might want to see a tailor about removing those large red concentric circles from the back side of your blue jeans... Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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          Michael A. Barnhart wrote: So who do you trust? I can't belieeeeeeve that you used the word "trust" in the same paragraph as corporate. The day that I trust any business entity, large or small, is the day that I check myself into the Daisy Hill Puppy Farms and wait for someone do adopt my delusioned little self. If you actually trust corporations, you might want to see a tailor about removing those large red concentric circles from the back side of your blue jeans... Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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          Christopher Duncan wrote: check myself into the Daisy Hill Puppy Farms Christopher Duncan wrote: removing those large red concentric circles :-D. Are you busy testing material for a new book, Chris? Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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            Christopher Duncan wrote: check myself into the Daisy Hill Puppy Farms Christopher Duncan wrote: removing those large red concentric circles :-D. Are you busy testing material for a new book, Chris? Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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            Always! Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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              Always! Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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              Christopher Duncan wrote: Always! I've got a meeting with management from 3:15pm, so maybe I'll take notes straight into the Lounge instead of into my politics notepad and give you an extra chapter or 10. Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                Christopher Duncan wrote: Always! I've got a meeting with management from 3:15pm, so maybe I'll take notes straight into the Lounge instead of into my politics notepad and give you an extra chapter or 10. Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                SimonS wrote: instead of into my politics notepad You keep a politics notepad? That's priceless! :laugh: Please tell me that you keep it padlocked, encrypted, password protected or guarded by Cerberus... Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                  SimonS wrote: instead of into my politics notepad You keep a politics notepad? That's priceless! :laugh: Please tell me that you keep it padlocked, encrypted, password protected or guarded by Cerberus... Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                  Christopher Duncan wrote: You keep a politics notepad? I've got a politics folder in Outlook, but I'll need a mobile version of that during my "raping". Christopher Duncan wrote: padlocked, encrypted, password protected or guarded by Cerberus I use a complicated handwriting-obfuscator that I've been developing since birth. Virtually unhackable! Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                    Christopher Duncan wrote: You keep a politics notepad? I've got a politics folder in Outlook, but I'll need a mobile version of that during my "raping". Christopher Duncan wrote: padlocked, encrypted, password protected or guarded by Cerberus I use a complicated handwriting-obfuscator that I've been developing since birth. Virtually unhackable! Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                    SimonS wrote: I use a complicated handwriting-obfuscator that I've been developing since birth. Virtually unhackable! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                      SimonS wrote: I use a complicated handwriting-obfuscator that I've been developing since birth. Virtually unhackable! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                      just remember: copy-pasting from The Lounge into "The Career Programmer 2: The Resignation" is only polite if I get a signed copy. ;P Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                        just remember: copy-pasting from The Lounge into "The Career Programmer 2: The Resignation" is only polite if I get a signed copy. ;P Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                        SimonS wrote: The Career Programmer 2: The Resignation My, but that sounds permenant. However, if your intention is to go into the meeting and bring wrath to the gods, perhaps it should be, "The Career Programmer 2: The Programmer Strikes Back". SimonS wrote: only polite if I get a signed copy. Wouldn't have it any other way! :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                          SimonS wrote: The Career Programmer 2: The Resignation My, but that sounds permenant. However, if your intention is to go into the meeting and bring wrath to the gods, perhaps it should be, "The Career Programmer 2: The Programmer Strikes Back". SimonS wrote: only polite if I get a signed copy. Wouldn't have it any other way! :-D Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                          Christopher Duncan wrote: "The Career Programmer 2: The Programmer Strikes Back". or "The Career Programmer 1: The Phantom Manager". "The Career Programmer 5: The return of the dreaded VC". As per Al Lowe, it's in vogue to leave out numbers in your releases. :cool: Christopher Duncan wrote: go into the meeting and bring wrath to the gods I try to accomplish this each and every day. I ... add value to the company. But, no, I'm not planning anything radical like that. Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                            Christopher Duncan wrote: "The Career Programmer 2: The Programmer Strikes Back". or "The Career Programmer 1: The Phantom Manager". "The Career Programmer 5: The return of the dreaded VC". As per Al Lowe, it's in vogue to leave out numbers in your releases. :cool: Christopher Duncan wrote: go into the meeting and bring wrath to the gods I try to accomplish this each and every day. I ... add value to the company. But, no, I'm not planning anything radical like that. Cheers, Simon "Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods.", Microsoft's home page (24/06/2002)

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                            SimonS wrote: "The Career Programmer 1: The Phantom Manager". "The Career Programmer 5: The return of the dreaded VC". Chilling titles! Chris Maunder reminded me the other day of a Darth Vadar line from the first movie that I think is perfect for those meetings when management questions our approach: "I find your lack of faith disturbing..." SimonS wrote: Sign up for a chance to be among the first to experience the wrath of the gods The Unabashed Dictionary once defined "Hangover" as "The Wrath of Grapes". Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                            • M Michael A Barnhart

                              Now with WorldCom admitting hidding debt and falsifing its cash flow we have a second major company becomming worthless. This also shows major companies are not being self regulated via accounting firms. Now with most major companies being international one contries laws have little impact other than encouraging the corporate office to move overseas. So who do you trust? Who is next? To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

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                              I trust everyone if they wil explicitly or implicitly finance my firm. If they weant to boroow money , trade finance or otherwise it's somewhat different. Alice thought that running very fast for a long time would get you to somewhere else. " A very slow kind of country!" said the queen. "Now, here , you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place".

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                                Michael A. Barnhart wrote: So who do you trust? I can't belieeeeeeve that you used the word "trust" in the same paragraph as corporate. The day that I trust any business entity, large or small, is the day that I check myself into the Daisy Hill Puppy Farms and wait for someone do adopt my delusioned little self. If you actually trust corporations, you might want to see a tailor about removing those large red concentric circles from the back side of your blue jeans... Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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                                Michael A Barnhart
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                                Christopher Duncan wrote: is the day that I check myself into the Daisy Hill Puppy Farms and wait for someone do adopt my delusioned little self. From many of my days that really does not sound to bad:) To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

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                                  Christopher Duncan wrote: is the day that I check myself into the Daisy Hill Puppy Farms and wait for someone do adopt my delusioned little self. From many of my days that really does not sound to bad:) To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

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                                  It certainly has its appeal, doesn't it? Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

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