Re: Playing can you top that (was Re: #5 on the list of Low Stress Jobs)

[Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I used to walk to school 7 miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill both ways

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Sounds like you had justifiable cause for janitor abuse.
>
> Problem with long-a** saves? How about long-a** compiles? I once did a Java help system, using FrameMaker to create the content files and then using first-generation WebWorks Publisher to condense a help system out of them. The help had more than 300 pages (not counting the TOC and index) and the content files all together were about 40MB. I was working on a machine that had 64 MB of RAM. It took more than 45 minutes to complete one compilation.
>
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> --- On Fri, 10/16/09, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
>
>> Some of us are so stressed that we long for the old days
>> when the
>> biggest issue was merely a "Fatal Exception Error" that
>> wiped out a
>> day's work.  Which reminds me of a time when I was
>> doing graphics work
>> with a non-profit client's aging system that required about
>> five minutes
>> to complete each save.  I avoided saving often and a
>> janitor came by and
>> unplugged my computer so that he could use his
>> vacuum.  I told him to
>> not do that and he, "It's OK."  It wasn't OK.
>> The last save was not
>> exactly usable and it took awhile for me to recreate my
>> creative work.
>>
>> Lauren
>>
>>
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>> Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers
>> developing Table of
>> Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as
>> Doc-To-Help
>> 2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
>> http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/
>>
>> Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for
>> individual
>> authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface.
>> Write
>> once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and
>> version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/
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> 2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
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> Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
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Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as Doc-To-Help  
2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

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