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2000-04-10

 


 

Again a perfect spring day, with the temperature evolving from 4 to 19°C and almost constant sun. Ideal weather. For sitting in an office behind a computer. Sigh.

I started on an invoice-printing problem. Users can select a few criteria for creating invoices, such as a period or a specific order or a range of dates. All these criteria are taken into account for creating the invoices in the database and adding them to a print-file. Because each country has different invoice layout requirements the actual printing is done separately based on that print-file. The problem is that not all the selection criteria are passed on to the actual printing program. The result is that every thing from the print-file is printed. Nothing is printed twice of course but if two selections run at the same time some invoices end up on the wrong printer. Also any invoices that aren't printed right away are picked up with the next batch.
The big problem with this passing of the criteria is that each opco has its own printing program so any change we make to the program interface must be applied in each opco by the local programmer(s). Changes of this type are not popular and the documentation must be as near to perfection as possible. (ps there is no current documentation of the whole printing data flow. but you probably guessed that.)

I noticed one article in The Register ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/000410-000004.html ) that sound too good to be true, some internet regulation that doesn't bring in the government and that cuts layers out of the deal. It could have an impact on domains. Maybe cutting out cyber squatters but also, potentially, cutting out some legitimate registrations if it gets applied retroactively. For example, I registered Swijsen, com org and net, but I am only using the com domain at the moment (I intend to pass one of the others on to my brother but intentions don't count in this world) so I am 'squatting' the two others.
I guess I should follow this

Oh boy, a new competition. On the Daynotes gang Tom started off a new trend, by locking himself out of his own computer. Now everybody has to admit to beginners-mistakes. There is no price for the dumbest mistake.
Yet. (maybe an extra paragraph or honorable mention in the The Spotlight ?)

My father was just back from his trip when I came home (no time for logistics so we had cold pizza) but he didn't try out the digital camera for landscapes, which was the reason he took it along in the first place. Well other opportunities will come .

Oeps, just noticed I stil displayed March on the redirector page. Changed it. I am just one week out of sync wit reality it seems, not bad really !-- has been wors anyway -->.

 

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