Has anyone ever seen an issue in VB6 Where a call to Time or Date fails without an error message? Actually now that I think about it there could be more than one thing here. 1. If an error is generated during the Load procedure of a Form, are any of the controls updated? 2. Is there any type of system or user permissions that would cause the Time or Date functions to fail at runtime? Basically, I have a form that is very simple it sets two dt pickers and then reads in data from an ini file and puts it all onto controls on the screen. It works great on 3 different systems, but on the fourth the form shows with no errors, but all the controls are blank (not filled in, but completely drawn). I don't think there is a code issue, but I'm trying to narrow my search to find out why this one system is different than the others. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Another great movie for suspense that is new is the Mothman Prophecies. It's been a long time since I've been totally wound up by a movie. Mothman Prophecies had me on the edge of my seat, freaking out through the entire length of the movie. As far as horror goes, it's very gruesome but Thirteen Ghosts was an awesome thrill ride. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Along with Stephen King, I liked the remake better. I really enjoyed Jack's 'The Shining' for years until the remake came out. Stephen King's work is way to complex for a 2 hour movie. The Stand miniseries was done excellently as well. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Well, the Tornado 'Valley' is over here in the Tennessee valley. I live in Huntsville, and although we don't get quite as many Tornado's as you do over the TX and OK. Ours tend to generate much more damage and injuries because of the denser population. An interesting note is that Native Americans avoided settling the tennessee valley area in the spring and fall because of the Tornados. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

I remember a similar thing when D&D was being blasted for a suicide 'caused' by playing. An independent investigation was done, and from the number of suicides of players of RPGs whether or not the suicide was related to the game, the results showed that RPG players committed suicide at rate several orders of magnitude BELOW the general population. This lead the investigators to report that playing RPGs significantly lowered the risk of suicide. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

The answer to your paradox is very simple actually. As an atheist you claim there is no God/Supreme Ruler/Force/etc. and that the material world is all there is. However, because you do not have a 100% perfect knowledge of the universe and it's workings, the x% that you don't know about could hide the supernatural that you claim doesn't exist. Therefore, your claim is a faith based claim on the nature of the universe and qualifies as at least as a metaphyiscal claim on the nature of the universe, equal to all other 'religions' Where the difference resides is that 'Religion' usually includes other trappings, such as common rituals, dogmas, etc. that Atheists tend not to have as a whole. Personally, I feel that an ardent atheist is just as 'religious' as I am. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Of course you also need to read I, Robot and Robots and Empire in between Foundations Edge and Foundation and Earth to get a full appreciation for the end of the series. I've not actually read either of the 'Prequels' From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

This is being handled in the US legal system. The Justice Department has contracted NASA to create a secure system where photos and video are entered into the system and any processing done on the images is logged in a secure manner. That way a jury has more reason to believe that the prosecuters are telling 'the truth' than the defense. The legal system still largely relies on the credibility of the witness for authenticity and that will remain the state even after this new software comes into use. My friend and I created a software company to write similar software and quit when we found out about the contract. We decided taht we couldn't really compete if the DOJ had contracts in place with NASA. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Ah ha, so .NET is used for .FISH!!! (sorry) From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

A man comes home after learning he'd been fired after 20 years of service. After a few hours of drinking everything he has at home he wanders (walking) to the local bar. He walks straight up the bar and says, " Bartender, buy everyone in the house a drink, get yourself a drink, pour me a drink, and give me the tab." The bartender obliges and turns to the man and says, "That'll be $200". The man replies with a shrug, " I don't have any money." Furious, the bartender slaps the man around a bit and throws him out of the bar. The next night, having gotten into a stupor again, he goes back to the same bar and says, " Bartender, buy everyone in the house a drink, get yourself a drink, pour me a drink, and give me the tab." The bartender, wary, but thinking that the guy wouldn't pull the same stunt obliges and again asks for the $200. The man again replies, "I don't have any money," to achieve the same effect of getting beat up and thrown out of the bar. The next night, the man comes back into the same bar and says, "Bartender, pour everyone in the house a drink, pour me a drink, and give me the tab." The bartender looks at him and asks, "What, aren't you going to buy me a drink, too?" The man looks up and the bartender and says, "Oh, no, You get angry when you drink." From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

George wrote: That is a contradiction. Good coders will also create a good GUI, because the good coders always research the subject they work on before they make their moves. Be it a GUI, be it whatever. That may not be necessarity true. I can understand and research GUI needs, but when it comes down to it. A coder will always have an extra bit of knowledge that makes any UI a bit easier to use for him/her than for the intended user. In a large project, having a UI design person working with the users is better than keeping the good coders occupied with that. I'm not saying it never happens, but it usually doesn't. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

You know, I think I said it in my last post. But really, most of the 'westerners' don't have a clue either. I know I didn't. That's why I'm spending my evenings helping people get the education that they lack. Banks and Insurance companies rely on people's ignorance to make money for themselves. I find it pretty disgusting. As a 'humorous' observation we like to ask people to notice in a city, which buildings are the largest and most extravagant. The banks and insurance companies. Then we ask them what they think that companies average client's home looks like. As far as investing goes, I've got my retirement in mutual funds. I'm taking the high risk/high reward approach, but since I'm 29 I've got 30 years to work with. BTW, another interesting fact: In the US we have these commercials by Merryl Lynch and Prudential talking about the need for financial planning and why they can do the job the best. All of the clients are talking about boats and vacation homes, etc. This is because both companies have recently stopped servicing clients with less than $200,000 in liquid assets. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

There were some installations of Win2K that didn't load smartdrv, or an equivalent disk cache before the copying. When I was working IT, when the first W2K boxes were being set up, we used to set them off first thing in the morning so that in the afternoon we could start installing apps. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Although I spend my days as a programmer, I also do financial planning for families and businesses. Here are a few details about the US that are pretty surprising: Current Statistics state that of every 100 people who will reach age 67 in the year 2005 in the US: 54 will be dead broke (and need to rely on Social security or family). 41 will still be working. 4 will be able to retire ( with around $1M) and 1 will be Financially independent. Most people have been caught up in the commercial lie that more is better, and spend their whole lives aquiring debt. I was in the same situation, Credit cards and car loans. I am now down to my mortgage and one other loan, and I'll have everything paid off in under 8 years. I for one am never going to allow myself to be indebted to anyone again after I get everything paid off. One more interesting statistic, in the US 65% of people cannot put their hands on $1000 cash. If they sold everything they own, and paid off all their debts, they would have a net worth of less than $1000. Start early, and save regularly. It can make a big difference. And make sure that you are getting at least 10% return, or you'll not beat inflation after taxes (in the US, at least). From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

There is a good reason that American Football players wear pads. The game is primarily about directed force. When you have a line of men averaging 300 pounds and you are about 300 using your full force to knock a hole big enough to get a man through to the Quarterback, severe injury will result. It's not a matter of players being 'poofters'(?) I was watching a documentary about the increasing level of injury in American Football, and basically the doctors said that as the athletic ability of the players increases the pieces of the body that get injured (ligaments, tendons, bones, etc.) are not getting stronger. So here you have a 270 pound running back who can run 3x as fast as his couterpart from 50 years ago (who was only about 180) and when the impacts occurr, something has to give and usually it is the player. Played the way it is, without padding, not a single player (except maybe the kickers) would walk off the field at the end of a game. The sports are completely different, so I'm tired of American Football players being compared to rugby players. There is no comparison at all except that the ball looks similar. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

I misread the original question. I believe that the purpose of the ring was not to make the wearer invisible, but to control the other rings of power. Sauron invested most of his power into the ring at the time of it's creation. When the ring was lost, Sauron faded out of the physical world. The ring, however, retains a connection to Sauron. Therefore, when someone wears the ring after Sauron's death, the wearer is shifted into the spriritual realm where Sauron exists, and is invisible to the physical world. To rephrase, the wearer is sucked away from the physical plane with the side-effect of becoming invisible to normal people. That's as good a guess as I can offer at this time. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

There is no IP because IPX is for local networks and keys off of your network cards MAC address. However, you won't be able to play on the internet without some intermediary program. I forgot the name, starts with a 'K' I think. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Near as I remember, Sauron had a physical presence before he lost the ring. I can't remember why the loss of the ring forced him to lose his physical form. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

Here in Alabama if it snows even an inch people panic and buy out the stores of bread and milk. When I was in high school, they once closed the schools because there were snow flurries early in the morning, by noon the temperate was around 70F and clear skies, we had a great 'snow' day. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."

I will always prefer paper to e format in books. However, when I travel on business, because of the speed that I read, I take about 6-9 books with me for a weeks travel. When I can put those onto a single device it is much more convenient. At home of course I simply read the books. From an internal company e-mail November, 2001 -- "Would the person who stole the ethics training manual from the class last Friday please return it."