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  • S S Houghtelin

    I believe I may have broken the laws of physics today. In preparation for a corporate cube shuffle I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube. The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube. I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though. I’m glad we don’t have a digital cleanup day as I am a confessed digital information hoarder. That would take a week or so to sort through.:-O

    It was broke, so I fixed it.

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    Nicholas Marty
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    I remember some years back how I dealt with my "mess" on the Desktop on my home computer. Everytime I wanted to clean up I created a folder "stuff" and moved everything in there. some weeks/months later the same again (well with a folder named "more stuff" as "stuff" was already taken ;P) I've evolved since: I learned to live with the chaos :laugh:

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    • S S Houghtelin

      I believe I may have broken the laws of physics today. In preparation for a corporate cube shuffle I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube. The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube. I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though. I’m glad we don’t have a digital cleanup day as I am a confessed digital information hoarder. That would take a week or so to sort through.:-O

      It was broke, so I fixed it.

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      Forogar
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      Only a week? I started on a digital clean-up for my new year's resolution and it is still going on. That seems bad, but what is worse is that the resolution was made in January 2009!

      - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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      • S S Houghtelin

        I believe I may have broken the laws of physics today. In preparation for a corporate cube shuffle I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube. The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube. I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though. I’m glad we don’t have a digital cleanup day as I am a confessed digital information hoarder. That would take a week or so to sort through.:-O

        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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        Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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        we may or may not have arrested you for this offence, we will not know until we have looked a special team has been detached to remove all the 1's from your digital storage

        You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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        • F Forogar

          Only a week? I started on a digital clean-up for my new year's resolution and it is still going on. That seems bad, but what is worse is that the resolution was made in January 2009!

          - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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          Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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          I still have piles of stuff I took home from pervious jobs when I left that I still have in the attic ( I dare not start on them as she who must be obeyed would turn it into a full purge of the attic)

          You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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          • N Nicholas Marty

            I remember some years back how I dealt with my "mess" on the Desktop on my home computer. Everytime I wanted to clean up I created a folder "stuff" and moved everything in there. some weeks/months later the same again (well with a folder named "more stuff" as "stuff" was already taken ;P) I've evolved since: I learned to live with the chaos :laugh:

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            S Houghtelin
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            I have to laugh, I do the same thing. I have three folders on my desktop, two called clean desktop 1 & 2 and one called "stuff" with folders inside of that one called "more stuff". :laugh:

            It was broke, so I fixed it.

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            • S S Houghtelin

              I believe I may have broken the laws of physics today. In preparation for a corporate cube shuffle I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube. The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube. I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though. I’m glad we don’t have a digital cleanup day as I am a confessed digital information hoarder. That would take a week or so to sort through.:-O

              It was broke, so I fixed it.

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              jeron1
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              I'm a bit lucky I guess in that I work with a person who is very neat (in an OCD kind of way). Every so often, usually when I'm on vacation, when thay can't take the sight of my desk anymore, they clean it up for me. :)

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                I'm a bit lucky I guess in that I work with a person who is very neat (in an OCD kind of way). Every so often, usually when I'm on vacation, when thay can't take the sight of my desk anymore, they clean it up for me. :)

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                You lucky dog you! :cool:

                It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                • S S Houghtelin

                  I believe I may have broken the laws of physics today. In preparation for a corporate cube shuffle I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube. The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube. I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though. I’m glad we don’t have a digital cleanup day as I am a confessed digital information hoarder. That would take a week or so to sort through.:-O

                  It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                  S Houghtelin wrote:

                  believe I may have broken the laws of physics today.

                  No, you didn't. You just understood the laws in a wrong way :-)

                  S Houghtelin wrote:

                  The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube.

                  <Put On Scientist Hat> Your cubicle is measured in area whereas the pile-up takes up volume which is definitely more than the area. </Take Off Scientist Hat>

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                    S Houghtelin wrote:

                    believe I may have broken the laws of physics today.

                    No, you didn't. You just understood the laws in a wrong way :-)

                    S Houghtelin wrote:

                    The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube.

                    <Put On Scientist Hat> Your cubicle is measured in area whereas the pile-up takes up volume which is definitely more than the area. </Take Off Scientist Hat>

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                    S Houghtelin
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                    S Houghtelin wrote:

                    I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though.

                    You are, of course, correct. :rolleyes:

                    It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                    • S S Houghtelin

                      I believe I may have broken the laws of physics today. In preparation for a corporate cube shuffle I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube. The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube. I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though. I’m glad we don’t have a digital cleanup day as I am a confessed digital information hoarder. That would take a week or so to sort through.:-O

                      It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                      S Houghtelin wrote:

                      I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube.

                      13 years in a cube - that is worse than 12 years a slave. :~

                      The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                      Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                      Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                      I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                      • S S Houghtelin

                        I believe I may have broken the laws of physics today. In preparation for a corporate cube shuffle I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube. The pile from that takes up more room than the square footage of my cube. I suppose there is the vertical factor of the cube cube footage to consider though. I’m glad we don’t have a digital cleanup day as I am a confessed digital information hoarder. That would take a week or so to sort through.:-O

                        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                        glennPattonPub
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                        My firm is moving to a bigger office soon, I fear to look under my desk last time we moved I found a dead bat under one of my book shelves! :wtf:

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                          My firm is moving to a bigger office soon, I fear to look under my desk last time we moved I found a dead bat under one of my book shelves! :wtf:

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                          S Houghtelin
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                          glennPattonWork wrote:

                          I found a dead bat under one of my book shelves!

                          Was that the guy who wrote the VB code you inherited? :)

                          It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                          • S S Houghtelin

                            glennPattonWork wrote:

                            I found a dead bat under one of my book shelves!

                            Was that the guy who wrote the VB code you inherited? :)

                            It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                            No, No, two reasons we didn't have that client & bats have some sense(!) still battling with that swine, looks like I have it on the ropes though. Over an f******** week it would have been quicker & cheaper for me to re-write it totally in C#! & not use comment style they did, what would have been sensible comments in totally the wrong place (and also functions that you would think would be used were used not being used!). :wtf: Another Goody from this joy the configure function runs all the tests! Hah!! VB compiles this c**p??

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                              S Houghtelin wrote:

                              I have managed to remove a good part of 13 years of parts, product and paper work from my cube.

                              13 years in a cube - that is worse than 12 years a slave. :~

                              The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                              Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                              Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                              I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                              Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                              wouldn't know haven't seen it yet, but by what people have said you are probably wrong

                              You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                                You lucky dog you! :cool:

                                It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                jeron1
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                                It indeed is a win - win situation.

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                                  No, No, two reasons we didn't have that client & bats have some sense(!) still battling with that swine, looks like I have it on the ropes though. Over an f******** week it would have been quicker & cheaper for me to re-write it totally in C#! & not use comment style they did, what would have been sensible comments in totally the wrong place (and also functions that you would think would be used were used not being used!). :wtf: Another Goody from this joy the configure function runs all the tests! Hah!! VB compiles this c**p??

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                                  S Houghtelin
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                                  Touched a nerve I did? My apologies Glenn. The wound is still fresh... ;)

                                  It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                  • S S Houghtelin

                                    Touched a nerve I did? My apologies Glenn. The wound is still fresh... ;)

                                    It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                    glennPattonPub
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                                    You did a bit (sorry!) The wound is not only fresh if the email I am typing at the moment doesn't get there it will be open (I stand to flayed on Monday by the boss who is on site (in sunny (ha!) Texas!)) :)

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                                    • G glennPattonPub

                                      You did a bit (sorry!) The wound is not only fresh if the email I am typing at the moment doesn't get there it will be open (I stand to flayed on Monday by the boss who is on site (in sunny (ha!) Texas!)) :)

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                                      S Houghtelin
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                                      Good luck!

                                      It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                                      • F Forogar

                                        Only a week? I started on a digital clean-up for my new year's resolution and it is still going on. That seems bad, but what is worse is that the resolution was made in January 2009!

                                        - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                                        dandy72
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                                        Forogar wrote:

                                        I started on a digital clean-up for my new year's resolution and it is still going on.

                                        I've reached a compromise. What I download and can be filed easily, I immediately put on my NAS in some folder that makes sense. What's more difficult to file (can't decide where it belongs) goes to a folder named after the download date (YYYY-MM). I create one new folder each month, and on the 31rst, I move everything that's still in my main download folder into it--if I figure it's still worth hanging on to. So even though it may not be greatly organized, I never have to look at a folder that contains hundreds of files--that's the nightmare scenario...and I have an idea how old something is just by looking at the folder date. If I needed a filing system more complicated than that...then I'd say storage is cheaper than my time is worth.

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                                        • B Bergholt Stuttley Johnson

                                          wouldn't know haven't seen it yet, but by what people have said you are probably wrong

                                          You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

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                                          JimmyRopes
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                                          If you told me I was going to have to spend the next 13 years in a cube I would say "kill me now". :sigh:

                                          The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                                          Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                                          Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                                          I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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