[AG-TECH] PIG?

Jim Senechal jim.senechal at ndsu.nodak.edu
Wed Jul 10 10:15:24 CDT 2002


I hate to admit it, but I helped feed a couple of pigs over my 4th of
July break, so maybe Don is right!  Now I know what you guys are
thinking--but don't start picking on Montana and North Dakota again.

Jim Senechal, Digital Conference Specialist
North Dakota State University, ITS Dept.
1320 Albrecht Blvd
Fargo, ND  58105
 
Phone # (701)231-6247
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
Behalf Of Don Morton
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 9:20 AM
To: Rick Stevens
Cc: Randy Groves; ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] PIG?

When you think about it, one of the popular topics discussed
over the AG is COW's!  I'm beginning to think that techies
are closet-hicks :)

Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> Some folks actually like PIGs.  Keep'm for pets and even eat them.
> I supposed we could call it "the other white meat"
> 
> On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Don Morton wrote:
> 
> >
> > Particularly since AG has an "Agricultural" ring to it, I think
> > it's kind of fitting to have acronyms that make us think of
> > livestock and crops - right Barbara (Kucera)??!!!! :)
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Randy Groves wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry folks - Don is right.
> > >
> > > I didn't mean to cast any aspersions on the efforts.  Just
wondering how
> > > the folks here at Boeing will take to using a PIG at their desks.
> > >
> > > I'm not really that hard over on it, actually - it does have it's
> > > attractions ...
> > >
> > > -randy
> > >
> > > At 01:56 PM 7/9/2002 -0600, Don Morton wrote:
> > > >I "think" Randy was pleading for an acronym other than PIG :) :)
> > > >I don't know, it's kind of growing on me..... :)
> > > >
> > > >"Ivan R. Judson" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey Randy,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been holding off responding hoping someone who's actually
touching
> > > > > the code would first, but I can't help it now.  We're actively
working
> > > > > to make things easier, the PIG is a very limited first pass at
getting
> > > > > the 1.0 software able to run on a single box to provide
interactions for
> > > > > a single user.  That being said, we are looking for people to
request
> > > > > features and report bugs!
> > > > >
> > > > > Please read the release notes (they answer Cindy's question
among
> > > > > others), and continue to send email to ag-tech.  If you don't
get a
> > > > > response let me know and I'll go shake the trees until someone
falls out
> > > > > who can answer you.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sorry for the lack of response, we're not ignoring
anybody, but we
> > > > > are scrambling to make sure we can answer the questions the
best way
> > > > > possible.  That means fixing things, for now.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > --Ivan
> > > > >
> > > > > ..........
> > > > > Ivan R. Judson .~. http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~judson
> > > > > Futures Laboratory .~.  630 252 0920
> > > > > Argonne National Laboratory .~. 630 252 6424 Fax
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > > > > > [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Randy Groves
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 2:13 PM
> > > > > > To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > > > > > Subject: [AG-TECH] PIG?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm not sure if this acronym was intended to reflect the
size
> > > > > > or speed of
> > > > > > the AG's little brother, but the gleam is wearing off for
me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any other suggestions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -randy
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >    Don Morton
http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
> > > >    Department of Computer Science       The University of
Montana
> > > >    Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406)
243-5139
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >


-- 
   Don Morton                   http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
   Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
   Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139




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