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After 120 years of independence, Australia has returned to its origins - arrivals at its shores are no longer allowed anywhere without a Ticket of Leave.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I didn't think Melbourne was anywhere near Botany Bay 
Maybe he escaped ...
"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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It's closer to Botany Bay than Toronto!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I can never read "Botany Bay" without hearing it in Chekhov's voice from Wrath of Khan.
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I'm sorry this feels like humor bordering on fake-news so we are going to have to Cancel you.
Please leave your official member card at the front desk. 
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He should first pay the Unsubscription Fee (wasn't it set at 1 Canadian cent/point?) 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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28k Canadian dollars, so about 13 euros and change. 
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I thought he would still be looking for the outhouse.
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That's known as a dunny in Oz.
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He probably got lost in the archipel 
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Ask me in 12 hours and 26 minutes
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Ask me in 12 hours and 26 minutes
That's an interesting exact time. Is that when your quarantine expires?
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When a case of Fosters is due to arrive.
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I was under the impression that Foster's beer was the Australian equivalent of sheep's eyeballs.
(Only tourists and cultural anthropologists can be persuaded to partake thereof)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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1hr and 36 minutes. As long as I carry my papers with me I'm good to go.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: As long as I carry my papers with me I'm good to go
Definite hallmark of all totalitarian States.
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You've got a bee in your bonnet, don't you?
I guess I should have added the joke emoji.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Nope, just a firm believer that Benjamin Franklin was correct:
Quote: Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
The reality is that no government has ever returned liberty to their citizens once they've taken those liberties away.
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And we're done here. You've taken a fun thread about my experience and have turned it into your political commentary. I've tried to be polite about it but I'm no longer interested in the trolling.
This thread is locked.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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In the many companies I have worked for, I am always astounded when, despite an IT department that can handle the requirements, CEO's persist in falling for the generic canned bloatware; one of which I mentioned in another rant (BizTalk).
Another is SalesForce.com; which requires a SalesForce guru to set up and modify. Furthermore, for most companies, it is like killing an ant with a shotgun. As well, the pages are somewhat confusing as far as workflow goes.
Invariably, users start requesting modifications. Since different companies probably use a percentage of the site, this leaves a lot of bloating that they pay for, despite not using it; or, doesn't have exactly what they need.
Most of the time, IT is left out of the loop on these decisions. That is, the lower level employees that know whether the investment is best. So high level execs get sold on the hype without true technical consultation. If the product doesn't fit later, the exec just moves on before the heat comes down.
I hade mentioned in an earlier post that I had replaced a failed $2M BizTalk project with a C# application. Oh, and the senior IT exec that initiated the BizTalk project just disappeared one day.
I just saw that the SalesForce stock dropped -14%. Perhaps some are wising up.
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This is why the IT department doesn't want the CEO or CIO to subscribe to trade journals.
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The problem is not limited to CEO's. CIO also get sucked into this to justify bigger and bigger budgets for their own self esteem.
Interesting Note about BizTalk as I had the exact issue about 10 years ago. When BizTalk gave us issues I told them that if the issue is not fixed before I wrote my own interfaces I would throw it out. My one is still going strong and is extremely reliable.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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What you are ranting about is the difference between commercial software and a turnkey solution. They are completely different animals. Having once been involved in a commercial software development I am thankful I ended my career doing turnkey solutions.
I have the greatest respect and sympathy for commercial software developers (and especially the support teams)
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Not ranting about the developers. I am ranting about the execs who buy it.
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The Bespoke vs Off-The-Shelf debate has been on-going for decades. The people who are responsible for the money are always going to prefer known/fixed costs over, (let's face it), the wildly over-optimistic estimates from IT - that always go over budget. It doesn't matter that the in-house development cost less than the package. It does matter that it cost twice as much as was estimated.
Most, (probably all), software developers believe they can do a better job than anyone else and, coupled with that, are hopeless at estimating how long something will take. [Admittedly, not helped, because the business are hopeless at telling us what they really need.] But, if we continue to keep shooting ourselves in the foot, the higher-ups will continue to spend their money on packages.
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