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I was part of a (yes, virtual) gathering of IT people from various backgrounds and specialties. After a while, things boiled down to everyone sharing some of their strangest experiences with non-it clients and coworkers. Everyone was laughing and having a great time. My turn came around, and I started sharing a story about a project I was involved with where the company was upgrading from and old Wang system to AS/400. Everyone suddenly went quiet, and I noticed that most of the people with cameras were sporting blank expressions. After a couple of seconds, one of the younger guys asked, "What is a Wang? Is that a slang term? And how is an AS/400 considered an upgrade?" Everyone was nodding their agreement.
... That was when I realized that I must be the oldest one there.
Maybe I should have gone with the Banyan Vines story instead.
Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
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Oh man, I loved working on Wangs, the first company I worked for ported their accounting software from the PDP machines. They were a solid machine, I don't recall (but its 35 years ago) having any issues with them.
Pity they went bust.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Could have mentioned the old Kaypro luggable as an early laptop(ish).
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Come and gone, fer sure. I remember doing custom hardware/software for the Kaypros for the oilfield industry on the North Slope, easiest custom hardware platform I had for a while. 
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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I was working on a job in Mexico and my boss made me take a Kaypro, knowing that I wouldn't use it. I remember lugging it through the airports and to/from hotel. Them damn things are heavy!
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My first "portable" computer consisted of me drilling the case of my PC, and mounting a trunk handle to the top, and an eye loop,to the back. I could then put a strap on it, and carry it on the bus between home and the office. Yes, it earned me lots of stares, but it worked well. I even took it to school a couple of times.
Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
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willichan wrote: the Banyan Vines story
I remember working on that. Actually quite a cool system.
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Hoi! Alcohol kills the virus right!? Bars may be the safest place to be in these trying times! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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By definition, I think one went to the bar to meet / be with other people ... not to be alone / isolated.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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In this 60-minutes program we will discuss the aspects of organizational dynamics that impact an organization's ability to adapt and be flexible to respond to the shifting sands of the business climate the challenges that competition, demographics, politics, technology, economics confront us with daily. We will be examining and share a strategic step by step consideration for the way each element of the organization needs to understand and embrace the way forward and will leverage the concepts of the importance of trust-building, of the need for departmental and organizational discussion and communication framework, how accountability plays a role and finally how to ensure the delivery of high-performance results.
These aspects need to be a part of the fabric of the organization's system and process and baked into day to day activities so that they can be leveraged to support success. It is this concept that builds an organizational framework and competency to be agile and to be able to generate support to maintain a competitive posture by leveraging the strength of the organization’s human capital as well as the financial capital. This is the core of HR’s functional aspects of strategic direction and helping to align people policy and practice behind flexible and adaptable organizational behavior and culture.
OMG.
60 minute presentation by Ms. Nina Woodard who serves currently as the President and Chief ‘N’ Sights Officer for Nina E. Woodard & Associates.
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Google Translate: We need to practice what we preach, but it's not my fault.
Wake me up when it's over ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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The executive-speak nonsense is strong with this one. It makes me nauseous.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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The ditz forgot synergy and the most recent abomination, stakeholders.
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When I hear "stakeholder" I think of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee ...
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She has a point - "employees don't leave their company, they leave their supervisor." That has always been the case for me.
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dynamics
shifting sands
climate and change - same sentence
strategic - at least they did not use strategery.
trust-building
high-performance results - George Carlin would have a field day with that one.
fabric
baked
leveraged
competitive posture - versus slouching in your chair
human capital
people policy
Wow! that was funny.
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leveraged = the nineties euphemism for "stole".
That one's a little dated.
Real programmers use butterflies
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"Shifting sands"?? Ye gods, she knows nothing. She means "shifting paradigms", surely?
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Sounds like Nina Woodard is an organization consultant. 
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"Sounds like Nina Woodard is an organization consultant.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello"
Hit the nail on the head there!
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Bro, do you even authoritatively provide access to performance based services and dramatically conceptualize robust deliverables? 
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