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  1. davewapinski

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    #1 davewapinski, Apr 16, 2005
    Couple of days ago, someone said I would never feel the same about the Ferrari. This is the first car I have ever had stolen. Since it is an almost daily driver, I thought there would be no change (except maybe for the better) if it is repaired correctly.

    Who makes the best alarm systems?

    Of course will get adquate theft insurance.

    It has been going on since November, but on Friday the contract was signed. My main corporation will be Enterprise Computer Systems Architects for a large financial company in Boston. We will improve their business processes and change their computer systems Enterprise wide.

    Will arrive in Boston within the next two weeks and will probably be there a year. Who is good to work on Ferraris in Boston if needed (will still use Algars).

    Also best areas for real estate. Best clubs?

    Good Ferrari events.

    Thanks.
     
  2. don_xvi

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    #2 don_xvi, Apr 16, 2005
    Huh ?
     
  3. robgct

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    #3 robgct, Apr 16, 2005
    You my friend, made no sense.
     
  4. Kds

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    #4 Kds, Apr 16, 2005
    LOL...!! I thing I get it.
     
  5. ExoticRobert

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    #5 ExoticRobert, Apr 16, 2005
    I don't???????
     
  6. el Carnicero

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    #6 el Carnicero, Apr 16, 2005
    WTF?

    This thread reminds me of the radio ads for mail-order DVDs -
    "If a cat eats a mouse and dies who killed who(m)?"
    "If red equals 5 and blue equals 7, how much is yellow?"
    "If brown delivers on time, when will green get here?"
    "If a train leaves St. Louis at 5 o'clock going 60 mph, when will it get to tomorrow."

    Syllogism check, anyone?
     
  7. gil308

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    #7 gil308, Apr 16, 2005
    I perfectly understand and am aware that chickens don't have lips, but if so how do plastic frogs mate?
     
  8. don_xvi

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    #8 don_xvi, Apr 16, 2005
    You know what's funny about those commericals?
    They say "If you rent 3 movies from NF and don't return them for 23 (?)years how much will your late fees be?...Zero", but! How much will your membership fees be? I calculated about $97,000! LOL
     
  9. el Carnicero

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    #9 el Carnicero, Apr 16, 2005
    Think it's a hydrocarbon thing. You know, like rubber ducks.
     
  10. ryalex

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    #10 ryalex, Apr 16, 2005
    I recommend Boston Sports Car.

    As for RE, there are a lot of nice suburbs to the West of the city - places like Newton, Weston, Concord, Framingham, etc.
     
  11. el Carnicero

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    #11 el Carnicero, Apr 16, 2005
    Now that's really funny. LMAO. Thx, I needed that.

    Boston Chicken?
     
  12. ryalex

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    #12 ryalex, Apr 16, 2005
  13. el Carnicero

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    #13 el Carnicero, Apr 16, 2005
    I'd hit it.
     
  14. DGS

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    #14 DGS, Apr 16, 2005
    Translation: "I'm nervous about getting back my stolen/repaired Ferrari".

    On the bright side, Commerce Insurance in Massachusetts gives you a large discount on your comprehensive insurance if you have a recovery system (e.g. LoJack).

    Translation: "Contract nerd looking for next assignment."

    Translation: "Moving to Boston area, need native guide."

    In the Boston area, the best work on any car will be do-it-yourself. For the simple and obvious on a Ferrari, Boston Sports Car is reasonably priced. For the large and painful, the local dealer is Ferrari of New England, owned by the same people who own FoLI. For a regular major/minor service, take it out of state. And NEVER take a car into a Massachusetts shop in December, when the annual bills are coming due -- you'll suddenly develop a bad dumbsucker valve.
     
  15. Doody

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    #15 Doody, Apr 16, 2005
    Commerce is constrained by the same inane laws that everybody else who insures here is constrained by here. Nobody can really give you a better deal than anybody else - it's all wildly regulated, to your detriment.

    not anymore.....

    and they're good people.

    doody.
     
  16. Joe G.

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    #16 Joe G., Apr 17, 2005
    ok good
     
  17. DGS

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    #17 DGS, Apr 17, 2005
    So much so, that I didn't know there was any other insurance names operating in MA -- most of the common names dropped MA decades ago.

    But, FWIW, Boston will have to watch it, or they might lose the "highest insurance rates" distinction -- in the DC area my insurance is no cheaper than it was in MA. (No recovery system discount, no safe driver discount (yet).)

    Yes, they are.
     
  18. PSk

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    #18 PSk, Apr 18, 2005
    But maybe not their system documentation :D :D :D ... as normal for an IT project.

    Pete
    IT Consultant ;) ... hope my documents make more sense :D :D
     
  19. Dino 208gt4

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    #19 Dino 208gt4, Apr 18, 2005
    :confused:
     
  20. Wiseguy

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    #20 Wiseguy, Apr 18, 2005
    I'd get into translation mode but I am fresh out of Jack.
     
  21. davewapinski

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    #21 davewapinski, Apr 18, 2005
    First what does a computer architect do?

    http://www.sei.cmu.edu/activities/architecture/arch_duties.html

    The client is Fidelity – mutual funds, etc.

    If you have any business with Fidelity a few years from now, you will probably be using some of my company’s work.

    Fidelity contracted out to Fujitsu Consulting. http://www.fujitsu.com/us/

    In total, Fujitsu does $45 billion a year in business.

    Fujitsu in turn sub-contracted out to my firm for analysis, technical design, and technical architecting.

    (I hope to also learn more about mutual funds and stocks from them since I will have access to almost the entire firm and its other businesses.)

    In order to do this work, had to turn down work from Sector 7 IBM in Austin, Countrywide in CA, and Dell in Austin. Am proud that all four companies contacted my company unsolicited to ask if we wanted more work.

    Hate to turn down work. Probably will expand this year.

    With Fujitsu, might get more sub-contract work with people like Coke Cola.

    On the Mondial t, this does not include the paint and body work.

    It also does not include the audio system and the K40 put in by the previous owner.

    The mechanical repairs will come to about $17,000 plus tax.

    While the legal work is going on, I will pay this amount out of cash flow.

    Do not know much about Boston. Years ago I took a class in infrared video at Inframetrics on the tech route (128?) in Boston.

    Hence the questions on Boston and Ferrari activities in the area. A football star once said, “just give me a 10 inch hole and I will do the rest”. Just give me basic information and I will do the rest.

    The first posting might not be as clear as I normally am, but it was written in a hurry.

    For anyone who has had a car stolen, how did it change your feelings about the car?

    Will go with LoJack (or a better if I can find one) plus an alarm. Different stores recommend differend brands. This list turned me onto V-1. So who makes the best alarm?
     
  22. ashsimmonds

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    #22 ashsimmonds, Apr 18, 2005
    you document stuff?

    the closest i come to documentation is to disable/enable code through IF statements which give me an idea what's going on.

    just a quick browse of my current module...

    If "we suck" = "ass" Then...
    If "Bacon" = "Ham" Then
    If "i cant believe its not butter" = "butter" Then
    If "water" = "wine" Then
    If "virtually" = "figuratively" Then
    If "dunno why this" = "slower" Then
    If "patience" = "eternal" Then
    If "steak" = "well done" Then
    If "new year" = "Happy" Then
    If "ash" = "caring" Then
    If "chalk" = "cheese" Then
    If "indigestible polystyrene sausage skins" > "pigs gizzards" Then

    etc.... man, i feel sorry for the guy that inherits my projects. :D
     
  23. PSk

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    #23 PSk, Apr 18, 2005
    :D :D ... good one Ash. It's amazing how hard it is to read even my own documents many years later ... oops :D :D ;). Ofcourse everybody thinks the system will have been scraped by then!

    What language? ... as shouldn't it be:

    If "we suck" == "ass" Then ...

    Cheers
    Pete
     
  24. ashsimmonds

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    #24 ashsimmonds, Apr 18, 2005
    i do stuff in a bunch of languages/dialects, those examples were from VBA in Access.

    yeah it usually takes me about 1/10th of the time i've been away from my code to be able to get back into the gist of what i was writing at the time... half the time i'm better off just rewriting it. :p
     
  25. DGS

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    #25 DGS, Apr 19, 2005
    Step away from the caffeine. :D

    "There's a man they call the software ranger
    "Every day he just keeps gettin' stranger
    "Gets caffeine spawned D.T.s
    "Writes code in Klingonese
    "Odds are he'll be out-sourced by tomorrow.
    "Nerdy Hacker Man
    "Nerdy Hacker Man
    "He re-writes Unix kernels
    "But they've given him XP"

    (Been there, done that, got the ulcer.)
     
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