I don't know who to blame, really.
I used to bank with SeaFirst.
They had a slogan, "Expect Excellence".
I waited for 12 years.
Then they were subsumed and trivialized by Bank of America.
And after all that was said and done, I didn't really notice any difference, except for the change in the name and the Logo.
Should I now give up expecting excellence or not?
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Below is the message from Art Bahrs:
>>> "Art Bahrs" <[log in to unmask]> 12/06 11:14 AM >>>
Hi Doug :)
Well... remember a few things ... BofA is the one who forces us Americans
to select the language we want to use (choice of English or Spanish) before
we can use their ATM's!!! of course the screen asking this question of the
user is written in English.... 'go figure on their logic there! And no...
there is no default value set so that I can just ignore it... I must tell it
I want to use my native tongue!
Also, BofA is the bank that when you bring change in to deposit ... tells
you they have to send it out to be counted and will let you know how much
money you have in 3 days! I always make 'em count it right then and
there... after all... it is "legal tender for all debts both private and
public" and they don't send out my paper money to be counted!
I would take whatever a BofA Exec tells me with a salt mine... their
modus operandi (sp) shows that their bias on alot of subjects
Art "Yes, I don't like BofA! And they know it! hehe" Bahrs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Becker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Laptop / Palmtop and the enter key
It's funny you should mention that.
In my discussion with the Manager for ATM Development for Bank of America
concerning ATM Voting, he mentioned to me that people do the most amazing
things with ATM cards.
Some put their ATM cards upside down.
Others use the AARP cards!
Still others can't figure out the whole "ATM Thing" at all.
He believes that there is a certain segment of the population that "are
untrainable".
My personal view is that Americans are basically morons--perhaps imbecilles:
* The average vocabulary of a 14 year old in 1950 was 25,000; today, the
average 14 year old has a vocabulary of 10,000 words.
At that rate, in only 33 more years, trained chimps will have a greater
vocabulary than any 14 year olds.
Of course, with the media and entertainment centering vocabulary on a list
of about seven words--four letter and otherwise, this should not be
surprising.
And what about school textbooks?
A sixth grade teacher was asked recently where Perl Harbor was, and she
replied that she thought it was in one of the New England States.
Anyone watch "Street Smarts" lately?
So it's not just Florida anymore (shouldn't orange juice make you smarter?).
When should I downgrade my view of Americans from imbecilles to total
idiots?
Fortunately, there are a few intelligent people around left to talk
to--that's why I'm so greatful for the HP3000-L.
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Dave Darnell wrote:
>>> Dave Darnell <[log in to unmask]> 12/06 9:30 AM >>>
This might not be a viable solution for older Floridians.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Durand [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:08 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Laptop / Palmtop and the enter key
>
>
> If you are using Reflection, you should be able to just
> hit (ALT-Return) and that should do it. Granted it is hitting
> two keys (at once) rather than one key but this is how I have
> worked around it.
>
> At the last place I worked which was an Amisys site I ran into
> the same problem but for a different reason. Amisys does not use
> block mode screens but it does often require a good amount of
> number entry. Since it is easier to enter a significant amount of
> numerical data on the numeric keypad and just use that enter key
> as a <return> key, we set the enter key (on the numeric keypad)
> to be the <return> key on all terminals and PC's. When we did
> truly need to use the <enter> key for block mode screens
> (like NMMGR) we had to use the ALT-Return keystroke as I suggested
> above.
>
> HTH,
>
> Barry
>
> On 6 Dec 00, at 7:26, Doug Becker wrote:
>
> > *Someone* in the County has decided that they are going to
> use Laptops / =
> > Palmtops which do not have a numeric key pad and hence no enter key.
> >
> > We all know that the enter key next to the "/', is not
> truly and enter =
> > key--it is a return key (just kidding, sort of).
> >
> > This makes it very hard when using a terminal emulator to
> send things to a =
> > V-Plus generated screen (or does V-Plus have another name
> these days?).
> >
> > It's interesting the ScreenJet from Affirm / Milliware has
> a "smart" =
> > option for this kind of problem--but my management declared
> that we were =
> > *not* going to use the product.=20
> >
> > [It's always interesting that people in positions of power
> make technologic=
> > al decisions in areas about which they know
> nothing--nothing new, but =
> > interesting nonetheless.]
> >
> > My suggestion for a temporary workaround is to have
> Reflection remap the =
> > keys so the "enter" key is something like "scroll
> lock"--and that's such a =
> > handy key to reach for!
> >
> > Has anyone else had any experience with this, and if so,
> what did you do?
> >
>
>
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> Barry Durand [log in to unmask]
> Allegro Consultants 408.252.2330
> http://www.allegro.com/people/durand/index.html
> Opinions are mine, not my employer's
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