[AG-TECH] PIG?

Ivan R. Judson judson at mcs.anl.gov
Wed Jul 10 10:35:24 CDT 2002


I never make fun of ND for it's agriculture, it's squarely the Cohen
brothers fault:

"Is that yer partner in the chipper?"

--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 Jim Senechal
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:15 AM
> To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] PIG?
> 
> 
> 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
> E-mail  jim.senechal at ndsu.nodak.edu
> 
> -----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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