Ouch!

Gordon Shumway <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
> I bet we never here from Jose here 'cause it would probably be kind of
> hard to type. :-(
>
> I am now protected by my Nomex undies...
>
> Gordon Shumway
>

In case anyone's interested, there's a keyboard layout designed for one
hand. It's specific to which hand you plan on using, but it might be a
solution for someone who can only type with one hand.

You can search for "one-handed DVORAK" and probably come up with all
kinds of interesting things. It's been available in Windows for over a
decade (but you have to look for it to turn it on.)

Puckdropper
--
"The potential difference between the top and bottom of a tree is the
reason why all trees have to be grounded..." -- Bored Borg on
rec.woodworking

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Another reminder that business owners, and woodworkers, can't be careful
> enough ...
>
> http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910200336
>
> Lawyers are gonna have a field day ... and insurance companies will soon
> be insisting on the SawStop technology as a requirement for insuring any
> woodworking business with employees.
>
> And rightfully so, since only a fool would take the chance in this day
> age.
>
> --
> www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 10/22/08
> KarlC@ (the obvious)

Reminds me of something I came across a while ago:

"Technology is in a race with the universe to create bigger and better
idiot-proof devices.The universe is trying to create bigger and better
idiots. So far, the universe is winning."

On Oct 23, 12:34=A0am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On Oct 22, 9:13=A0pm, "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Fact is, it does not matter. =A0The company will be paying in the end, =
as
> > always.
>
> Well, that's it. =A0Nothing else needs to be said, as the entire issue
> has been boiled down to its essence. =A0Nice shot there, Ed.
>
> The bad employees ruin it for everyone; their fellow workers, their
> managers, and the owners. =A0In the end, the only one that doesn't get
> to shrug their shoulders and walk off after an employee generated
> tragedy to go =A0have a nice afternoon is the owner.

Do you suppose that, just possibly, that someone was covering the
company's ass and blowing smoke up the cops?

In most all cases of blame, there's enough to go around.

R

On Oct 22, 9:13=A0pm, "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Fact is, it does not matter. =A0The company will be paying in the end, as
> always.

Well, that's it. Nothing else needs to be said, as the entire issue
has been boiled down to its essence. Nice shot there, Ed.

The bad employees ruin it for everyone; their fellow workers, their
managers, and the owners. In the end, the only one that doesn't get
to shrug their shoulders and walk off after an employee generated
tragedy to go have a nice afternoon is the owner.

Robert

On Oct 22, 8:03=A0pm, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Another reminder that business owners, and woodworkers, can't be careful
> enough ...
>
> http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=3D2009910200336
>
> Lawyers are gonna have a field day ... and insurance companies will soon
> be insisting on the SawStop technology as a requirement for insuring any
> woodworking business with employees.
>
> And rightfully so, since only a fool would take the chance in this day ag=
e.
>
> --www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 10/22/08
> KarlC@ (the obvious)

Replace the on/off switch with a keypad and a relay. Don't give the
code to idiots.

Robatoy wrote:
>
> Replace the on/off switch with a keypad and a relay. Don't give the
> code to idiots.

I see the same kind of suggestion on technical newsgroups where some
administrator wants a device to prevent employees from loading random
programs on corporate computers.

What's wrong with an enforced company policy that equates prohibited
activity with immediate termination?

One company asserted they were as secure as Fort Knox and they hired a
security expert to test their system for vulnerabilities. Did he load all
kinds of complex snooping programs on their servers to check every bit and
tittle for backdoors, buffer over-runs, guessable passwords, and the like?

Nope.

He scattered pen drives with trojans in the parking lot.

Seventy percent of the pen drives were plugged in to various employee
desktops where the program on the pen drives immediately called home and
snitched out the workers.

"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Swingman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Another reminder that business owners, and woodworkers, can't be careful
>>enough ...
>>
>>http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910200336
>>
>>Lawyers are gonna have a field day ... and insurance companies will soon
>>be insisting on the SawStop technology as a requirement for insuring any
>>woodworking business with employees.
>>
>>And rightfully so, since only a fool would take the chance in this day
>>age.
>>


> Or perhaps the insurance companies will insist that shops not hire fools:

Yeah that ain't going to happen. The trend is to hire cheap and keep'em for
as long as they will stay and work minimum wage and benefits.



> "Employees at the shop told police that they had told Guitierrez earlier
> in
> the morning not to use the saw because he was not trained to use it... the
> victim's duties at the shop were to sweep it."

"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Or perhaps the insurance companies will insist that shops not hire fools:
>
> "Employees at the shop told police that they had told Guitierrez earlier
> in
> the morning not to use the saw because he was not trained to use it... the
> victim's duties at the shop were to sweep it."

Fact is, it does not matter. The company will be paying in the end, as
always.

In article <[email protected]>, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>Another reminder that business owners, and woodworkers, can't be careful
>enough ...
>
>http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910200336
>
>Lawyers are gonna have a field day ... and insurance companies will soon
>be insisting on the SawStop technology as a requirement for insuring any
>woodworking business with employees.
>
>And rightfully so, since only a fool would take the chance in this day age.
>
Or perhaps the insurance companies will insist that shops not hire fools:

"Employees at the shop told police that they had told Guitierrez earlier in
the morning not to use the saw because he was not trained to use it... the
victim's duties at the shop were to sweep it."

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:03:10 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>Another reminder that business owners, and woodworkers, can't be careful
>enough ...
>
>http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910200336
>
>Lawyers are gonna have a field day ... and insurance companies will soon
>be insisting on the SawStop technology as a requirement for insuring any
>woodworking business with employees.
>
>And rightfully so, since only a fool would take the chance in this day age.

I bet we never here from Jose here 'cause it would probably be kind of
hard to type. :-(

I am now protected by my Nomex undies...

Gordon Shumway

One positive thing about 'Cash for Clunkers' is that
it took thousands of Obama bumper stickers off the road.

HeyBub wrote:

> He scattered pen drives with trojans in the parking lot.
>
> Seventy percent of the pen drives were plugged in to various employee
> desktops where the program on the pen drives immediately called home and
> snitched out the workers.

Human nature has always been the hackers first, and best weapon.

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KarlC@ (the obvious)