Mark Hocraffer writes:

>  The first thing I checked was for anyone running Quiz (which
>  they are not supposed to do during the day).  On a wild hair - actually
>  past performance, I aborted that session and got two million sectors back
>  immediately.  Had I had something to tell how much transcient space he was
>  consuming I would have aborted him sooner.  This occurred again today but
>  fortunately I had installed a new disc drive over the weekend to combat
>  this.
>
>  mark hocraffer
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>  P.S.  Any suggestions for what to do with those two programmers??  We have
>  the noose strung over the tree and would proceed but unfortunately Iowa
>  does not permit capital punishment yet!

My suggestion for the two programmers -- as the harshest form of
punishment that I can imagine -- is to send them both to New Mexico in
December for the next QueryCalc training class. December days here hover
relentlessly, day-after-day, in the high 60's/middle 70's -- with no
hope of any dark, gray sky cover or the long-awaited, howling winds
knifing their way through your clothing. The sun beats down on you here
mercilessly from a deep blue sky, with little hope of not much more than
a light breeze. The lack of the sound of deep frozen snow crackling from
underneath their snow boots should be more than punishment enough for
anyone who has transgressed as they have -- but worse yet, they may not
be able to, during their entire time here, find reasons to wear their
hooded, bulky jackets or their favorite ski masks and ear muffs. They
could wind up having to walk around, in public, almost naked, wearing
nothing much more than light pants and shortsleeve shirts.

The reason that I mention all of this, Mark, is that another
Rockwell'er, Sid Clark of the Long Beach/Cypress/Seal Beach division of
Rockwell International, was an enthusiastic user of an early version of
QueryCalc [indeed, Sid's division was enthusiastic enough that they
sponsored a major portion of the development of QueryCalc (the part that
deals with statistical sampling)]. When Sid's division went out of
business, he transferred his QueryCalc license to the Cedar Rapids
division. But, like a lot of people who get things dumped on them
without their foreknowledge or permission, your division never picked up
on the value of QueryCalc.

I can promise you these qualities over Quiz however: (a) a significantly
wider range of reports, (b) all of which are far easier to assemble, (c)
in much shorter times, (d) with much lessen machine resource demands,
(e) with graphics and forms, printed in full color if you wish, (f) all
performed at dramatically lower maintenance costs (both internal and
external).

I really don't know the state your current license is in -- but I do
know that you have at least a partial license (once a QueryCalc
customer, always a QueryCalc customer). Call if you would like to
condemn your two errant programmers to a "fate worse than Iowa in the
winter."

Wirt Atmar