http://disqus.com/by/dominoyesmaybe/enSat, 15 Sep 2012 03:25:36 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2012/09/design-principals-4-use-emphasis-to.html#comment-651198467<p>Hmmmm ..&lt;backpedal&gt;"something of principal or chief importance." is that not Principal? ;-) I thought Principle was "a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from " since design is usually subjective, emotive and and everything is not made using the same rules and structures that principal would be better&lt;/backpedal&gt; ... OR ... it coould be Rule #2 - Don't trust spell checkers to correct your bollox-ups</p>Steve McDonaghSat, 15 Sep 2012 03:25:36 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2012/09/principals-of-design-2-proportion.html#comment-650846712<p>Thanks Folks .. I knew all that arty farty stuff would come in handy one day. I hope it is making sense :-)</p>Steve McDonaghFri, 14 Sep 2012 18:46:46 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2012/09/today-is-bofh-day.html#comment-648247714<p>David</p><p>To be fair that was what I was aiming for and yes I am jerk. 26 years of fielding questions like this has left me grumpy and with a nearly zero tolerance for lazy stupid questions and leads directly to sarcasm and splenic vitriol.</p><p>1. In the 10+ years with the company this user has changed his password on that server every 60 days so around 60 times and he apparently managed it all those times, unless he had someone to help him for 59 of those occasions in which case he has broken several security policies that might need closer investigation, but i was charitable and not mention that.</p><p>2. These warning messages have been sent out for the last 3 years and he has only just read and not understood them now. I tactfully did not point that out.</p><p>3, The messages are provided by the Help Desk to avoid questions like this, the HDOs sit at their desks with the fixed grins of those that have to deal with the dim,the perplexed and the confused. But NO the message arrived in my inbox, perhaps a REPLY to those paid to HELP is also too difficult a concept and needs a proper explanation? Again I did not even hint that may have been a mistake,</p><p>4. Every user has training where the security policies and procedures are explained this training is repeated every 24 months, perhaps he was sick those days? Did I comment on the waste of time that had been in his respect - no.</p><p>5. Each user is provided with a set of PDFs that explain in some detail exactly what do to. These PDFs are available on the intranet but given that replying to the help desk is beyond him the intranet miust be a minefield of complexity - not a peep from me about that .</p><p>I could go on but I can feel the spleen rise and my blood pressure start to peak.So I care not a jot about my jerk-ishness in this respect. I reserve the right to slam the "stupid door" when someone opens it.</p><p></p>Steve McDonaghWed, 12 Sep 2012 16:56:05 -0000http://femkegoedhart.blogspot.com/2012/03/yellowverse-challenging-world-wide.html#comment-476038897<p>or if your are a droider ...join me on Cardio-trainer :-) </p>Steve McDonaghSun, 25 Mar 2012 17:23:42 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/08/singing-jquerys-praises-in-domino.html#comment-297781190<p>Thats Declan and great piece of code !!! :-)</p>Steve McDonaghMon, 29 Aug 2011 11:08:24 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/08/singing-jquerys-praises-in-domino.html#comment-297780945<p>LOL - I know that feeling Patrick, but if you need something "pretty" and quick with a low footprint- Jquery is a great tool</p>Steve McDonaghMon, 29 Aug 2011 11:07:58 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/08/singing-jquerys-praises-in-domino.html#comment-288065624<p>Thanks Richard .. never knew that about .png you are right it works... Damn it I trust the file filters!!! ;-) WIll i every learn?</p>Steve McDonaghTue, 16 Aug 2011 09:34:48 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/05/so-what-have-you-done-in-last-12-months.html#comment-213755096<p>@Jason  - Good to finally meet you too. Oddly you are shorter than I thought you would be, Skype must add 6 inches (which for Paul is a bonus!)</p><p>I think you are right the "malaise" I feel  IS directly related to the fact that I work in the support of a Manufacturing Corporation where we in IT are pure overhead. Over the past 2 years I have seen the department shrink and budgets shrivel and yet the demands on the department remain the same with the same expectation that we will create applications that "deal" with the problems that a shrinking and more disparate workforce bring.</p><p>There is a tipping point where compromises cease to be effective and whilst I do not think we have reached this point yet it is not that far off. Until then the beneficial effects of community events like the *LUGS cannot be over stated. They do empower they do enthuse and in these difficult times that is worth more than a well written Project Initiation Document. ;-)</p><p>@Nathan T. Freeman - to work in such a rarefied atmostphere were flinty eyed compromise does not sit on your shoulder like a vulture is fortunate indeed. I like to think every project starts with the desire to be proud of it when it appears into the wild from change control, however for me to say that this is what happens would be either hubristic or just a plain old fib. It is best perhaps that mere mortals like myself, Jason and Paul who live in a world tainted by compromise, make do, shitty budgets and goal post moving user committees merely aspire to the heigths you have attained</p><p>-- Steve</p>Steve McDonaghSun, 29 May 2011 07:56:02 -0000http://www.chrismartin.com/2011/05/05/the-tension-between-faith-and-fact/#comment-198388468<p>Chris, I hope you dont mind this response as I come at your questions from the opposite end. I am an atheist (the sort of one best described by <br>Goparaju Ramachandra Rao<br> in "Positive Atheism" back in 72 rather than the frothing Dawkinsian variety) so whilst I can see where the tension you describe can exisit for those of faith I have not experienced it myself nor does it cause me any great concern in the way you form your closing questions above.</p><p>Primarily I am a mathematican and since I am not a shy retiring type (ask Bruce) there are many occasions when I have had conversations with people of faith where just the topics you descibe above have appeared.</p><p>Looking dispassionately at those conversations they seem to fall into 3 types similar to yours above.</p><p>A. Those whose faith burns inside them bright and hot. For them the tension is vitally important,. They stand against whatever part of science or secular society they feel is in direct or sometimes indirect opposition to their faith. Their stand against this it is the mast to which they pin their colours and rally behind. It is alsmost as if without that tension they would not get as fired up and would feel less<br> for it.</p><p>B. Those whose dogma is tempered with both a hint of secular pragmatism and enjoyment of what the modern world has to offer. For they see the tensions as opportunities to learn, to push back our fraill understanding of the universe, our place in it and the only difference twixt them and myself is they are loking for the way their God (or Gods) fit in. Again like those in (A) the tension is mostly a good thin g.Needless to say it is not as much fun having "a full and frank" disccusion with type B, for we have too much in common ;)</p><p>C. Those that worry mostly in silence that they are failing in some deep spiritual manner when they are faced with the world that sayss "X" and a faith that says "Not X". These are the folk I fear for as they have no real escape from that tension, they are truly caught tween a rock and a hard place ! So rather than face it they will opt for a state of willful ignorance in order that they may maintain their faith in "Not X". I would rather they look at the issue criticaly and the precepts of critical thinking do not seem to be taught any more .. (oh my grumpy old man is showing) and form their own view on the topic, which even if that view reinforces "Not X" is more healthy than a state of worried ignorance.</p><p>So I would say.. The tension is important and yes even for an athiest like me I too am lead you to a place of humility, acknowledging that the answer eludes even the smartest man or woman ... but i would add "For now" :-)</p><p>Rgdz</p><p>Steve</p><p></p>Steve McDonaghFri, 06 May 2011 11:41:24 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/03/help-really-odd-domino-designer-852.html#comment-174114831<p>Dave<br>Did that Too .. same Fecking thing!!!<br>Am now considering a total rebuild!!<br></p>Steve McDonaghTue, 29 Mar 2011 11:37:21 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/03/help-really-odd-domino-designer-852.html#comment-174089617<p>Paul - There was a dir for it but it was pointing at the correct server, I deleted it anyway and tried again.. no change, still went to the wrong server and I got the "File does not exist" message, the DIR was re-created in the Workspace dir again for the correct directory ... Grrrrrrrr :(</p>Steve McDonaghTue, 29 Mar 2011 10:48:59 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/01/oh-i-really-really-hate-ie.html#comment-137735482<p>Ben.. s'not a float problem, it was a background image problem (of all things) I snuck in a CSS3 value that IE borked at.. a bit of a rearrange of the order and a slap got it working, still looks like shit, but nothing several hours of tweaking wont fix </p>Steve McDonaghMon, 31 Jan 2011 14:37:53 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/01/ls11-buzzword-bingo-download-available.html#comment-132239431<p>And as promised the file has been changed and now as something less sensitive. Please pass my apologies to the actual PM ... no malice or offence was intended.</p>Steve McDonaghThu, 20 Jan 2011 21:13:41 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/01/ls11-buzzword-bingo-download-available.html#comment-131859517<p>Ed. I do apologise! The cards were created long before this bruhaha began and there was a genuine general confusion as to who the actual PM for Notes was. It was generally believed by many of us that it was not you after your promotion last year, but we were hard pressed to define who actually was the PM. Hence it's inclusion . Needless to say the offence was totally unintentional and the cards are being updated with an alternate entry now and will be uploaded this evening</p>Steve McDonaghThu, 20 Jan 2011 11:41:07 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/01/ls11-buzzword-bingo-download-available.html#comment-131818982<p>Sorry Ed, in this instance I am not really to blame as the content is not totally mine but i will apologise for the author on his or her or their behalf. I believe that and the DIIOP and perhaps one of the other was put in there to make it more difficult to win rather than as a slight to yourself<br></p>Steve McDonaghThu, 20 Jan 2011 10:08:16 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2011/01/uklug-2011-meeting-1-jan-5th-2011-8pm.html#comment-124936491<p>Thanks Mark! .. Fixed<br></p>Steve McDonaghThu, 06 Jan 2011 07:32:14 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/11/yellow-bitchiness-quotient-analytics.html#comment-102217429<p>A Slut* and PROUD of it!</p><p>( *= Senior Lotus Underground Technologist )</p>Steve McDonaghWed, 24 Nov 2010 19:29:14 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/11/yellow-bitchiness-quotient-analytics.html#comment-102216153<p>I did try 11 but i would have had to take in a stream of Sharepoint Spleen, were are inherently more witty than our M$ colleagues, alas in doing so I was having problems with infinity</p>Steve McDonaghWed, 24 Nov 2010 19:27:32 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/11/yellow-bitchiness-quotient-analytics.html#comment-102214113<p>No it got confused when irony was mistaken for sarcasm because of a recursive coding problem. I have pushed in a subroutine that will filter such comments.</p>Steve McDonaghWed, 24 Nov 2010 19:25:03 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/08/single-authenticated-point-of-entry-to.html#comment-69137416<p>@Lmarianko - To be fair it doesnt cope at all .. however if it is catastrophic failure (ie no HTTP services on the primary server and ICM running) .. then is copes quite well as the app is URL Root agnostic ... and long as the file is repped onto the other server.</p><p>For load Balancing not so well .. however it would not take much to make it so<br></p>Steve McDonaghMon, 16 Aug 2010 12:26:06 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/08/single-authenticated-point-of-entry-to.html#comment-67618694<p>@Victor and John .. True and the redirect is a thing of loviness but there was a considerable amount of faffing about with config on the each server and cos we have loads of servers some and a strange topology I couldn't be arsed setting up each server with its own settings.. So I created one file repped it to every server and it was done, zero configing no extra templates no tweaking of that appauling DWALoginform to localise it for 14 languages</p><p>@jesper oooops My bad.. will upload the unencryted one 2morrow when I get back to my laptop.. sorry about that</p>Steve McDonaghTue, 10 Aug 2010 14:56:41 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/07/notesman-saves-day-again.html#comment-62398545<p>Oops.. indeed sorry about that.. I have this thing with "s" i adds its to everthings is cans</p>Steve McDonaghThu, 15 Jul 2010 13:26:46 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/06/nerd-vs-geek-taxonomy.html#comment-55100091<p>Dr Seuss was obviously classically trained ;-) </p>Steve McDonaghMon, 07 Jun 2010 06:57:46 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-mother-helps-stop-msds-memory-stick.html#comment-38611262<p>She is indeed .. given that she has had to put up with me for half a century ;-)</p>Steve McDonaghMon, 08 Mar 2010 18:44:48 -0000http://dominoyesmaybe.blogspot.com/2010/03/if-curling-were-easy-it-would-be-called.html#comment-38240484<p>{bows} I Thankkkk you!</p>Steve McDonaghFri, 05 Mar 2010 19:18:49 -0000