Cognos coversion from mainframe to P

[Jared Stone]

This has to be worth $5.

Wednesday April 14 6:19 PM ET 


Pamela Goes Bust!
The surgically enhanced breasts of Pamela Anderson Lee are no more. May they
rest in peace. 
The 31-year-old pinup actress, perhaps best known for her measurements, had
the implants that launched Baywatch and a half-dozen Playboy covers removed
last week, her camp confirms. 

Why? Oh, God, why? 

She just kinda felt like it. 

"She decided to have them removed, not for any medical reasons," spokeswoman
Ann Israel says. 

Another rep, Marleah Leslie, adds in USA Today: "She just wanted her body to
go back to its natural state." 

No word on how long that trip will take. 

The reps declined to specify the thespian's new measurements. (Some bios
list her stats as 36-22-34, although it's not clear when those were
calculated.) Lee is currently between seasons on her hit syndicated action
series, V.I.P.. The show had no comment today on its suddenly downsized
leading lady. 

Lee's first deflation-era public appearance is scheduled for May at the
World Music Awards in Monaco. 

For the record, the actress is not worried her new, lesser look will
jeopardize a career built on parts like Lisa, the Tool Time Girl from Home
Improvement. 

"If she was, she wouldn't have done it," Leslie says. 

Moving on with her life in other ways, Lee has asked for the end to a
restraining order against estranged hubby Tommy Lee. The move would allow
the rocker visitation time (in Pam's presence) with the couple's two sons. 

In other breast news, the New York Daily News says its "sources" tell them
teen popster Britney Spears is picking up where Pam left off--at the plastic
surgeon's office. 

The paper says the 17-year-old singer, currently riding atop the charts with
her debut album, ...Baby One More Time, "has gotten breast implants." 

Through her rep at Jive Records, Spears would neither confirm nor deny the
report. 

"She said it's too personal a question to answer," the label spokesman tells
the Daily News. "However, she really doesn't think there's anything wrong
with" implants. 





On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:39:09 -0700 (PDT), Jon Hawks wrote:

> Hey.  You owe me $10 bucks man!
> 
> --- Jared Stone <jared_stone@excite.com> wrote:
> > Quit, while you're ahead old friend.  We've enjoyed
> > your writing all day.
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:01:14 -0700 (PDT), Jon Hawks
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > This is notable.
> > > I enjoyed the workstations and their reliability. 
> > The
> > > SUN networking scheme is something to applaud when
> > you
> > > have the network infrastructure to support them.  
> > > I'm sorry to hear the hp's have failed you.  But,
> > they
> > > aren't infallible.  We sometimes need to hear
> > sobering
> > > evidence that our one of our favored platforms,
> > didn't
> > > play well.  HP, DEC, DG, IBM have been our
> > mainstays. 
> > > 
> > > Since, I have not programmed on a SUN, except in
> > > PASCAL, I can't speak to the full experience.  I
> > defer
> > > to yours until evidence overcomes the view.
> > > 
> > > --- Richard Witkopp <witkopp@idt.com> wrote:
> > > > Well, my opinion of why our HP 9000 problems
> > aren't
> > > > resolved is that they're junk. Something
> > different
> > > > seems
> > > > to break every time. Meanwhile, our Suns that
> > are
> > > > running
> > > > a different app just keep motoring. The Sun
> > > > workstation I
> > > > used to use would run for months until I would
> > > > manage to
> > > > crash it. When I worked in software tech
> > support,
> > > > the HP-UX
> > > > versions always gave us more troubles than the
> > Sun,
> > > > DEC, and
> > > > even IBM AIX versions did. Not that I'm a fan of
> > ANY
> > > > Unix.
> > > > 
> > > > > So, to emphasize the 'inevitable' clause, if
> > you
> > > > have
> > > > > to be saddled with a Unix box, the hp 9000's
> > are
> > > > part
> > > > > of the family and part of the suggestion to
> > > > > 'consider'.
> > > > > However, I do appreciate all of us who have
> > been
> > > > > 'vax-inated'.  I too became a fan of DEC.  I
> > > > really
> > > > > enjoyed their editor's, the finest I've known.
> >  I
> > > > > loved their simplicity and depth of technical
> > > > > lexical's and such. But, she's faced with a
> > SUN. 
> > > > > Don't get me wrong, I like Scott Mcnealy. 
> > It's
> > > > just
> > > > > that if I were going to be looking at Unix,
> > and I
> > > > own
> > > > > an HP3000, I'd still look to the hp 9000's. 
> > What
> > > > > seems out of focus, here, is your paradigm
> > about
> > > > the
> > > > > hp9000's.  I believe that you might have
> > problems,
> > > > > but, I don't know why they aren't resolved.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > I once met a contractor, who managed other
> > > > > contractor's at a healthcare facility.  He
> > would
> > > > get
> > > > > people fired because they were weird.  He once
> > > > accused
> > > > > me of generating printed technical documents
> > he'd
> > > > > never seen in his life! They were
> > header/footer
> > > > > banner's from MPEX and some from Qedit.  Since
> > > > he'd
> > > > > been on hp for 9 years I thought he might have
> > > > known
> > > > > what they were.  He didn't and I got accused
> > of
> > > > > wrong-doing because he just didn't know.  And
> > they
> > > > > thought he was an expert!  
> > > > > 
> > > > > So far, I found among our peers that the last,
> > > > > well-known system that we are experts on, is
> > > > usually
> > > > > the latest and greatest technology in the
> > > > industry. 
> > > > > Even when we are weird we can cite our great
> > > > status by
> > > > > telling others about our technical prowess and
> > > > proudly
> > > > > display our horn of honor.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > Anyway, I can only say that of the ibm 33xx,
> > 309x,
> > > > > as/400, rs 6000, s/34, s/36, s/38, honeywell,
> > hp,
> > > > dec,
> > > > > burroughs, univac, unisys, mohawk, cdc,
> > compaq,
> > > > dell,
> > > > > ncr, amdahl, sequoia, bull, pyramid, xerox
> > sigma
> > > > vi,
> > > > > texas instrument 990, hhhhhhhhhhhhh-big
> > breath---,
> > > > > britton-lee, vip, nec, macintosh, apple, sun,
> > data
> > > > > general, at&t, tandem, radio shack, cascade
> > > > concept,
> > > > > et al, computers that I've been on, they all
> > start
> > > > to
> > > > > look the same.  they all suck, at some point,
> > > > usually
> > > > > when I'm learning them.  they all start
> > looking
> > > > > better, when I get to know them.  they all
> > crash. 
> > > > So,
> > > > > I just wanted to let you know that since this
> > > > > week,when I spinning up on PICK, it sucks. 
> > but, i
> > > > > believe i'll like it later.  
> > > > > 
> > > > > But, I will share this opinion with you, about
> > a
> > > > very
> > > > > important piece of gear, we need.  Shoes. 
> > Man, I
> > > > > can't find a comfortable pair of shoes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- Richard Witkopp <witkopp@idt.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > The last few e-mail's aside, I would
> > consider
> > > > the
> > > > > > > inevitable and think over what it would be
> > > > like in
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > new environment.  Skill
> > sets,administrative
> > > > costs,
> > > > > > > efforts, etc.  Be in the future
> > environment
> > > > and
> > > > > > > discuss this with cohorts.  Here,even.
> > There's
> > > > a
> > > > > > few
> > > > > > > good speculators that can draw the picture
> > of
> > > > this
> > > > > > > environment and put a cost figure to it. 
> > > > Also,
> > > > > > you'll
> > > > > > > have think over the benefits.  
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I would consider convincing the folks
> > behind
> > > > the
> > > > > > push
> > > > > > > to Unix, to consider the HP 9000 series
> > and
> > > > stay
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > > a single vendor if possible.  
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ugh! The HP 9000's that we've recently
> > acquired
> > > > have
> > > > > > been
> > > > > > nothing but trouble. There hasn't been a 3
> > week
> > > > > > period gone
> > > > > > by where they haven't crashed, broken, or
> > > > otherwise
> > > > > > had
> > > > > > problems. Not to mention HP-UX is a little
> > > > "weird".
> > > > > > 
> > 
> === message truncated ===
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