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CSS Jo     : Dumdy, dum, dee, dum.  Hmm, hmm, hmm, ::::scribble,
             scriible, fold, fold:::::
CSS Jo     : Dumdy, dum, dee, dum.  Hmm, hmm, hmm, ::::scribble,
             scriible, fold, fold:::::
CSS Tracy  : Hi Jo....<g>
CSS Jo     : Dumdy, dum, dee, dum.  Hmm, hmm, hmm, ::::scribble,
             scriible, fold, fold:::::
CSS Jo     : Hi Tracy!
CSS Tracy  : D'ja get my e-mail? <g>
CSS Jo     : Aren't we supposed to have a class?
CSS Jo     : Yep, got your mail just a second ago
CSS Tracy  : I thought so... I just e-mail Dennis about it....
CSS Tracy  : So, did I confuse you completely?
CSS Jo     : Dumdy, dum, dee, dum.  Hmm, hmm, hmm, ::::scribble,
             scriible, fold, fold:::::(Making a supply of plane
CSS Jo     : Nope, not completely.  Just mostly.  But I think I
             have it now.
CSS Tracy  : OK... Well, if/when you get the chance, just pass the
             library number to me...
CSS Tracy  : BTW, I just checked, and Dennis isn't online....
CSS Jo     : When is class?
CSS Jo     : MIDNIGHT?
CSS Tracy  : The e-mail I got said 10pm EST on Wednesday...?
CSS Tracy  : In other words about 15 minutes ago....
CSS Jo     : Yep, just checked
CSS Jo     : There will be another training seminar on Wednesday,
             10pm eastern
CSS Jo     : (that was a quote)
CSS Tracy  : Well, I'm getting ready to call Dennis and "remind"
             him...<g>
CSS Jo     : I AM VERY CONFUSTICATED!!
CSS Jo     : good idea.
CSS Jo     : {{{BOB}}}
CSS BobT   : Boy is AOL dragging tonight!
CSS BobT   : Is the meeting already over ???
CSS BobT   : Hi Jo!
CSS BobT   : Hi Trcy
CSS Jo     : nope, we're it!
CSS BobT   : Ahhh, no Dennis??
CSS BobT   : (Boy will he hear about this!)
CSS Jo     : Not yet.
CSS BobT   : he is probably having the same trouble I am signing
             on.
CSS Jo     : I thought it was weird, I showed up a few minuted
             early and no one was here in the classroom!
CSS Jo     : So I've built up a small fleet of paper airplanes.
             want some?
CSS BobT   : I've been trying to get online for about 15 mintues.
CSS BobT   : fly a few my way!
CSS Tracy  : Hi Bob...(sorry for the delay...)
CSS Jo     : twwwwpt:::::arcing one gently over the length of the
             room::::
CSS Tracy  : OK - Word from Dennis... He's having rpboems
             connecting, and will be along just as soon ...
CSS Tracy  : as he can get online....
CSS Tracy  : HI Alice...
CSS BobT   : (Tracy is my hero, he knows everything!)  :)
CSS Alice  : Hi ! :)
CSS Jo     : Dumdy, dum, dee, dum.  Hmm, hmm, hmm, ::::scribble,
             scriible, fold, fold:::::
CSS Jo     : Hi Alice!
CSS Tracy  : Bob, I don't know *everything*... It just seems that
             way...<g>
CSS BobT   : LOL
CSS Tracy  : Alice, in case you missed it, Dennis will be here as
             soon as AOL will connect for him...
CSS Jo     : How are everyone's holiday plans coming along?
CSS BobT   : great thanks Jo. I'm gonna be heading up to southern
             oregon for a few days.
CSS Tracy  : Holiday plans? Whazzat?
CSS Alice  : Okay... I had checked earlier and nobody was in
             here... and Dennis not online.... but he was
CSS Alice  : online just before I came in here, so maybe soon :)
CSS Jo     : OOOOooooh!  Sounds pretty, I hear Oregon is
             beautiful.
CSS BobT   : yeah it is very nice particularly along the coast.
CSS Alice  : Hi, Dennis! :)
CSS BobT   : glad you could make it Dennis!  :)
CSS Tracy  : HI Dennis....
CSS Dennis : Good grief!  Like I didn't know the secret handshake
             or something  :)
CSS Jo     : Bob:  CHristmas, Lammas eve, old King ceremonies,
             Haunuka
CSS BobT   : Ihad the same trouble getting on.
CSS Jo     : {{{{DEnnis}}}(I have my airplane supply!
CSS Dennis : Welcome to the third installment of the training for
             bicycles and airplanes.
CSS Tracy  : She sure does! Look at that pile...<g>
CSS Dennis : Or was this the lamb training?  Hmmm, can't remember.
CSS Jo     : Lamb training?  Wasn't that taming?
CSS Dennis : Looks like all of you have done at least one rainman
             submission so rather than have a set
CSS Alice  : leading the lamb to slaughter?  .... ummm..
CSS Dennis : script to play back and all that - let's do the
             question/answer thing.  We'll cover much mor
CSS Dennis : oops, more ground and perhaps clear up alot more too
              :)
CSS Tracy  : ?
CSS Dennis : Who's second?
CSS Dennis : :)  GA Tracy
CSS Jo     : ?
CSS Tracy  : How soon are we supposed to start converting
             companies that are already released?
CSS Dennis : The big About text file gather is the first step
             towards that.  We can do any conversion
CSS Dennis : until there is at least one rainman article on a
             company...  priority right now is however,
CSS Dennis : companies under construction pending release.
CSS Tracy  : OK. I'll bear that in mind while I deluge you...<g>
CSS Dennis : deluge away!
CSS Dennis : Jo?
CSS Dennis : Yo Jo ;)
CSS Jo     : OK, I'm a bit unclear as to how we are going to be
             setting everything up with rainman...
CSS Jo     : (slow typist)
CSS Dennis : very good question.
CSS Jo     : You see, I understand that we did the "about section
CSS Jo     : but are we going to do each message board and each
CSS Jo     : folder as a separate rainman report?
CSS Dennis : Here's how it works - I'll take PPI for a good
             example because they'll be released
CSS Dennis : this week.
CSS Dennis : First - we get an About file put in place under the
             Rainman format.  With that in place,
CSS Dennis : the programmer creates an area in Company Text,
             creating links (groups and map words)
CSS Dennis : once they are created, we snag all of the TEXT
             articles from any folders the company
CSS Dennis : wants.  In this case, PPI has a Press folder, a
             Product folder and a Hints & Tips folder.
CSS Dennis : We snagged all of the text out of each, keeping them
             separate, put the correct headers
CSS Dennis : on each text article, then submitted rainman on them.
              Now, for message boards and
CSS Dennis : libraries.  Well, if you've looked at your tools for
             both, I'm sure you've found that there
CSS Dennis : are id#'s already assigned to them (moving files or
             topics will show you the numbers).
CSS Dennis : Yep, they are already under rainman so nothing
             changes there.  The only thing
CSS Jo     : So that's 4 rainman reports so far?
CSS Dennis : we actively do that's different from before is we
             don't mess around with keyword TEXT
CSS Dennis : and that clutzy interface.
CSS Dennis : Jo, could be 4 or more, depending on the number of
             text articles.  There are 4 areas
CSS Dennis : where these text articles will be submitted to.
CSS Dennis : Think of rainman as a great big filing cabinet.  Each
             drawer has a bunch of dividers in
CSS Dennis : them and those can be related to each other or not.
             Inside each divider are a whole bunch
CSS Dennis : of letters and other documents.  So, switching to
             rainman talk we have:
CSS Dennis : Filing Cabinet - Drawer = Group
CSS Dennis : Divider = Map
CSS Dennis : Document = id# for individual text article.
CSS Dennis : does that make sense??
CSS Jo     : well, almost.
CSS Dennis : oh!  and yes, the cabinet has alot of drawers  :)
CSS Jo     : If I have this right, when we do the submission thing
             (no puns, please), we start it with
CSS Jo     : group bobloo, id # (here's where the drawres come
             into play) etc.. and then add our data to be the
CSS Jo     : files?
CSS Jo     : /end
CSS Dennis : No.  Using the same analogy - there are also other
             file cabinets.  Group bobaloo is strictly
CSS Dennis : for internal use - its not in any way connected to
             the company's area.  Only the About
CSS Dennis : (company profiles), and the other folder information
             (company text) are actually
CSS Dennis : directly involved with the company.  So, the Group
             CSPROFILES about report and
CSS Dennis : the Company Text reports are of real concern.
CSS Jo     : so it's Profile headers, \group csprofiles, \id#
             (about #), \map (profiles_map), \dateline none\htext
CSS Tracy  : Pardon me, Jo... Dennis, now you have *me* completely
             confused...
CSS Dennis : :) we did sort of jump into the deep end didn't we??
CSS Jo     : wait, let me do this again
CSS Jo     : first we have:
CSS Jo     : Profile headers (this is for anything BUT group
             submissions for company reports)
CSS Jo     : \Group scprofiles (which identifies it as a file (in
             your cabinet)
CSS Jo     : \id (about #) which says which file in the cabinet
CSS Jo     : \map (profiles_map) which says it's a cabinet
CSS Jo     : \dateline none  which says ?????
CSS Dennis : the rest is just fluff - like a folder label :)
CSS Jo     : \htext which is to id to the computer that you are
             now talking text
CSS Dennis : You almost have it exactly!
CSS Jo     : and tehn:  \end.
CSS Jo     : right?
CSS Dennis : very very close.
CSS Jo     : LOL!
CSS Dennis : \group csprofiles = drawer in cabinet for company
             profiles
CSS Dennis : \id# = file name (in computerese)
CSS Dennis : \map = where in the bloody file cabinet the file
             should go
CSS Dennis : the dateline none simply means "Hey, I don't need no
             stinkin date on my About file!"
CSS Dennis : and the htext tell the computer to "Put a bloody
             label on the file so I know what it is
CSS Dennis : cause I don't speak your stupid computer id#
             language!"
CSS Dennis : :)
CSS Alice  : :)
CSS Jo     : :)  OK, next we have a space for a bunch of text,
             right?
CSS Dennis : Yea, between htext and \end, you can literally put
             anything in there.  The computer doesn't
CSS Dennis : look at it except for another command.
CSS Tracy  : Uh, does that mean we have to be careful about "\" in
             the text?
CSS Jo     : So stuff like software reviews, company statistics
             and so forth that we used to paste into the TEXT ar
CSS Jo     : area, we now paste here?
CSS Dennis : YES!!! - very good catch there Tracy!
CSS Dennis : Yes Jo, just the same but now you can do the work
             offline if you like.
CSS Jo     : {{{Pam}}}
CSS Tracy  : HI Pam....
CSS Pam    : {{{{ Jo }}}}
CSS Dennis : Back to Tracy's comment - IF you have a text file -
             particularily those in the DOS areas,
CSS Jo     : {{DAvid}}
CSS Tracy  : HI David...
CSS Pam    : Hi there Tracy!!!
CSS David  : *pantpant*
CSS David  : Hi!
CSS Pam    : {{{{ David }}}}
CSS David  : (Late, but tardy.)
CSS Dennis : that has a '\' in the body of the text (such as a
             path name for some command instructions),
CSS Dennis : you will have to CHANGE the DELIMITER at the very
             beginning of your rainman header.
CSS Dennis : (pounding on desk to indicate test question!)
CSS Tracy  : Restrictions on delimiters?
CSS Dennis : Here's the format for CHANGING the DELIMITER:
CSS BobT   : ?
CSS Dennis : \delimiter ~ where ~ can be any DISTINCTIVE character
             that is NOT being used in the body of
CSS Dennis : the text or elsewhere, other than command lines.
CSS Dennis : Bob?
CSS BobT   : Well I don't understand why we don't use the ~ as the
             delimiter all the time.  I can't imagi
CSS BobT   : ne anytime it would be used.
CSS BobT   : Of couse, I say this since I usually always change to
             ~ for my rainmen submisions.
CSS Jo     : (what does "delimiter" mean)
CSS BobT   : I practice you probably hate!  :)
CSS Dennis : Here's an example Bob:  In MED, math tutors center:
             SQR(YZ)~2.5 if YZ=2.2
CSS BobT   : yeah, but how often would you see it in a rainman
             submission?  :)
CSS Dennis : delimiter = command line indicator separating command
             from other text.
CSS Dennis : Not often.  You have a good point but as you recall
             when I suggested you switch
CSS Dennis : from \headline \text to \htext, I'm a VERY lazy
             typist.  :)
CSS BobT   : :)
CSS BobT   : so does that mean you don't want me changing the
             delimiter all the time?
CSS Dennis : Hokay, have we beat the About file into the ground
             yet?
CSS Dennis : Yes Bob, you don't have to change it every time.
             Only when you want to or its needed.  The
CSS Jo     : ?
CSS Dennis : '~' really hoses up my macros  :)
CSS Dennis : Jo?
CSS BobT   : OK I will repent!
CSS Jo     : Oh, tracy may have jsut answered my question via IM,
             but how do you create a flag for the delimiter?
CSS Dennis : Apogee is a dangerous one Bob - keep an eye on them
             for the path or dos commands :)
CSS BobT   : well I'm using my prefered delimiter on those
             (blankety-blank people) already.
CSS Dennis : Let's change the delimiter to a '$'  Here what you
             put in the first line of the header:
CSS Dennis : \delimiter $
CSS Dennis : $group
CSS Dennis : $map
CSS Dennis : $dateline
CSS Dennis : $htext
CSS Dennis : etc.
CSS Dennis : make sense??
CSS Alice  : yes
CSS Jo     : And therefore, everytime you use the $ it recognizes
             it as a new command, yes?
CSS Tracy  : For that session, anyway....
CSS Dennis : Yes.  And don't you EVER submit a report with a $ as
             a delimiter!  That is my
CSS Dennis : command in macros to halt and check for columns!
CSS Jo     : (learn something new every day!)
CSS Tracy  : (taking note to flood Dennis with Delimiter $...<g>)
CSS Dennis : very good point Tracy.  The delimiter only holds true
             until another delimiter is issued or
CSS Dennis : rainman encounters the end of the file.
CSS Dennis : Okay, now let's get into the ditch and cover the
             Company Text submissions - these are
CSS Dennis : going to be the hardest you will run into and keep
             track of.
CSS Tracy  : ?
CSS Dennis : Tracy?
CSS Tracy  : Are the ID number for each of the TEXT submissions
             going to change, or will we be using
CSS Tracy  : the same ID numbers to replace existing TEXT items?
CSS Dennis : You use the same id# to replace like text.  Same as
             the reference guide reports where you
CSS Dennis : want to update a report.  You use the one before to
             update.  It does an overwrite.
CSS Tracy  : Coll....
CSS Dennis : BUT - you MUST be sure you have the CORRECT id#
             because you can overwrite the
CSS Dennis : wrong article if not careful :)
CSS Dennis : Coll...?
CSS Jo     : ?
CSS Dennis : Jo?
CSS Tracy  : Spelling problems...
CSS Jo     : How do we keep track of the id numbers?
CSS Dennis : :)  excellent memory??
CSS Tracy  : Jo, here's how I plan to do it...
CSS Jo     : I'm not lauging!
CSS Tracy  : I have set up directories for each of my companies
             where I keep all the text data
CSS Dennis : Seriously, I've created an id# scheme that should
             make it real easy.  Let's take the
CSS Jo     : :::whimpering at teh thought of remembering thousands
             of letters and numbers:::
CSS Tracy  : in separate files. I will add the header info for
             Rainman to each file, then
CSS BobT   : (great minds obviously think alike Tracy!)  :)
CSS Tracy  : when they send me an update, I'll change the text in
             the file to reflect the new info...
CSS Dennis : reference guide and About files for instance.  If
             you've noticed, the only difference
CSS Tracy  : Dennis <g>
CSS Tracy  : (Bob...I guess so)
CSS Dennis : between the id#'s of these two are the first two
             letters.  Reference guide is cb...
CSS Dennis : collection bobaloo.  About files use 'ri' (rainman
             information).  The last six letters are
CSS Dennis : or will be very soon - the same.
CSS Dennis : BTW - the 3rd and 4th letters of these id#'s
             represents the primary area where the company
CSS Dennis : is.
CSS Jo     : so each file will only have one profile id#, not each
             file?
CSS Dennis : Also, to ease your mind, I am tracking ALL of the
             id#'s in a database.
CSS Jo     : (bless you Dennis!)
CSS Jo     : :)
CSS Dennis : Jo, I don't understand what you're saying.  EVERY
             SINGLE text article has its very own
CSS Pam    : Dennis... I've got all my IDs in my company files
             too. :)
CSS Dennis : unique id#.  There are absolutely NO duplicates.
CSS Dennis : :) Pam
CSS Jo     : Hmmm
CSS Dennis : I think you'll understand it better if I move on to
             the Company Text area.
CSS Jo     : So say I'm working in Dove, I submit the ABout
             folder, the messages folder, some reviews (say 3) and
             s
CSS Dennis : Whoa!!!
CSS Dennis : About is NOT a folder - it is a SINGLE text article.
CSS Jo     : something else.  Each of the 6 raiman submissions
             gets a separate id # and can be changed by that id#
CSS Jo     : alone
CSS Dennis : each review is a SINGLE text article and each has a
             its own individual id#.  The difference
CSS Jo     : I'll see you after class, move on to the next thing.
CSS Dennis : is that the review articles are placed under ONE map
             word.
CSS Dennis : PPI is a very good example of what I'm saying.
             Before checking it out, here's some
CSS Dennis : background information:  PPI is a telecom company SO,
             the group for this company is:
CSS Dennis : cstelecom.  PPI also appears in our Company Profiles
             area, so PPI is also associated with
CSS Dennis : group csprofiles.
CSS Dennis : PPI has three text folders (call them maps), within
             cstelecom.  Each map has several
CSS Dennis : articles in each one.  Press releases are all bunched
             under the map word "ppin"
CSS Dennis : Products under "ppip" and Hints & Tips under "ppiq".
CSS Dennis : So, if you had 1 press release, 1 product adn 1 hint,
             you would have three id#'s
CSS Dennis : to track IN ADDITION to making sure the articles are
             placed within the correct map.
CSS Dennis : Now, slide over to Company Text and take a look in
             Telecommunications, the PPI area.
CSS Dennis : I'll wait here.  I suggest you don't leave the chat
             room, just open a new window to look at
CSS Dennis : it.
CSS Dennis : tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock
CSS Tracy  : Welcome back, Bob....
CSS BobT   : thanks!
CSS Jo     : (I didn't mean to sound so short, high frustration
             day) thank you Dennis!  I think I have it now  :)
CSS Dennis : Bob, everyone is checking out the PPI area in
             Telecommunications, Company text.
CSS Tracy  : I'm not, Dennis... (I already know about it...<g>)
CSS BobT   : Great!
CSS Dennis : No prob Jo, I know its confusing.  The best way to
             get it is to look at an existing area.
CSS Dennis : That's how I learned. :)
CSS Dennis : Welp, for those of you that did look, do you see the
             maps and such?  The Company Text
CSS Dennis : area was created to hold the (clumps of articles
             under each map)
CSS Dennis : collectoin
CSS Dennis : Tracy, have you checked out PPI in Cannon yet?  No
             graphics but the area does look better :)
CSS Tracy  : Yeah, I looked at it last night...<g> A bit
             different, but not too much...<g>
CSS Dennis : while everyone is checking out PPI, I'm gonna create
             some new maps  :)  BRB
CSS Dennis : bak
CSS Dennis : Bob, get ready to cut and paste...
CSS BobT   : I do it the old fashioned way.  Pen and paper!  :)
CSS Dennis : for press releases: group csgames, map stratsimn, id#
             rnnssi01 (series for following article
CSS Tracy  : LOL Bob...
CSS Dennis : for product descriptions (if a folder exists with
             that) group csgames, map stratsimp,
CSS Dennis : id# rnpssi01.
CSS Dennis : for Q&A (if folder exists with that) group csgames,
             map stratsimq, id# rnqssi01
CSS Dennis : id#'s for all of these use series numbers to indicate
             different article i.e.; 01, 02, 03, et
CSS Dennis : etc.
CSS BobT   : got it.  Thanks.
CSS Dennis : Is everyone back?
CSS David  : y
CSS Tracy  : Dennis, I'm here, but I gotta go shortly... Gotta go
             to work tomorrow...
CSS Alice  : back :)
CSS Dennis : Hokay Tracy - you got a handle on the other text
             stuff??  See the stuff I passed on to
CSS Dennis : Bob, it gives a real good idea of how things are set
             up.
CSS Dennis : Jo, does that make it a bit clearer??
CSS Tracy  : Yeah, I think I understand it. If not, I'll get with
             you...
CSS Dennis : hokay :)
CSS Dennis : Did everyone see what I sent to Bob?
CSS Alice  : yes
CSS Dennis : the company we're talking about is Strategic
             Simulations, which is a games company.
CSS Jo     : I think so.  Sorry everyone, i'm a bit slow about
             this.  :)
CSS Dennis : as you can see, I've tried to create the maps and
             id#'s for these new areas so they can
CSS Dennis : still be readable.
CSS Dennis : Jo, you're faster than I was at this  :)
CSS Jo     : :)
CSS BobT   : Jo, you havent seen slow until you have seen some of
             the Rainman's I've sent dennis.  :)
CSS Dennis : <LOL!!!
CSS Pam    : Jo... I was also slow getting out the gate... Now
             Dennis has to watch his rear in fear he'll be run
CSS Pam    : over. :)
CSS Jo     : Well, I'm still a bit confused, but Tracy is coaching
             me from the side lines.  I'll have it in a
CSS Jo     : minute.
CSS BobT   : I've gotta run now.  Catch you all on line later and
             thanks for the SSI stuff Dennis!
CSS Dennis : oh oh, and Tracy has yet to submit a report!!!  Hint
             hint hint  :)
CSS Tracy  : Dennis, Just because I havent sent them to you
             doesn't mean they aren't ready...<g>
CSS Dennis : :()
CSS Dennis : Okay, now that you've seen PPI and some of the stuff
             we send out to identify the
CSS Tracy  : I'm just waiting for the weekend so that I can put
             the final touches on them...<g>
CSS Dennis : articles and areas, let's make sure you all got it.
             Any questions??
CSS Alice  : ?
CSS Dennis : what? no questions??
CSS Dennis : yea!!! Alice??
CSS Alice  : When the areas are ready to be converted..... you'll
             give out id#s, map locations, etc...
CSS Alice  : for each article?
CSS Alice  : and then we submit the document with the correct
             header info?
CSS Dennis : No, I'll give you the id# for the FIRST article. It
             will be something like what I sent to
CSS Dennis : Bob i.e.; rnpssi01.   If you had three product
             articles to submit, you would increment
CSS Alice  : OK.... gotcha :)
CSS Dennis : the number for each individual like: rnpssi01
             (article #1), rnpssi02 (article #2), rnpssi03
CSS Alice  : (until I start to do them, that is.... then there'll
             be lots of questions)
CSS Dennis : (article #3).
CSS Dennis : Here's a hint:  When I or Pam gives an id# and that
             number has a '01' at the end and in
CSS Dennis : parens you see someing like (in series), that
             indicates that you use this increment
CSS Dennis : method to generate your own id#'s  :)
CSS Pam    : <<< nodding >>>
CSS Alice  : ok, thanks :)
CSS Dennis : oops, forgot Mike! He'll be doing the same thing  :)
CSS Dennis : Take a look at the map words I sent Bob - you'll
             notice a simularity between them.  Except f
CSS Dennis : oops for the last letter, they are the same.  The 'n'
             at the end indicated it will be going
CSS Dennis : into the News/Press area, a 'p' indicates Products,
             and a 'q' indicates Questions & Answers
CSS Dennis : or Hints & Tips or something like that.  AND, if you
             look at the id#'s you'll also see this
CSS Dennis : scheme repeated.  The first two letters I have no
             control over, they are generated by the
CSS Dennis : main frame but the very next letter is also either a
             'n', 'p' or 'q'. ; )
CSS Dennis : So, for a quick check to see if you have the map word
             and article correct just remember this
CSS Dennis : the last letter of the map word MUST be the same as
             the third letter as the id#.
CSS Dennis : Does that make sense??  AND more importantly, does it
             help??
CSS Alice  : yes, to both!...::::adding training log to CSS
             bible!::: :)
CSS Dennis : This special naming scheme applies to ALL articles
             that will be in the Company Text area.
CSS Dennis : Remember and underline this:  Reference Guide and
             About text entries DO NOT follow this
CSS Dennis : scheme.
CSS David  : Gosh, it all sounds so simple.
CSS David  : By the way, I'm the heavyweight champion of the
             world, too. ;>
CSS Dennis : oh oh, class dismissed!  The principal is here!!  :)
CSC Bob    : Nah.. I'M the heavyweight.. but no fat jokes.. :)
CSS Alice  : :)
CSS Dennis : Now, before anyone goes and gets crazy about sending
             Company Text stuff to your T1,
CSS Dennis : don't.  Wait until they tell ya to.  The map words
             and areas have to be created before we
CSS Tracy  : You talking to me, Dennis? <g>
CSS Dennis : can send anything in.  Just hang on to them.
CSS Dennis : Tracy - not you  :)  I still need those about files
             :)
CSS Alice  : not to worry.... I'll wait till Pam begs me! :)
CSS Pam    : LOL!!!!!
CSS Tracy  : No, I've got *everything* ready...<g>
CSS Alice  : But in the meantime, we continue to use text to post
             text files if we get them?
CSS Dennis : Okay, shoot it at me, I'll take it and promptly lose
             it on my hard drive.. :)
CSS Tracy  : Look for it on Sunday morning...<g>
CSC Bob    : Good to see you all here tonight. Rainman is going to
             be an essential part of what we do
CSS Dennis : Yes Alice.  Its unfortunate but true.  Conversion
             takes a good bit of time. For all
CSS Dennis : of us  :)
CSC Bob    : And the more comfortable you are with it, the better.
CSS Dennis : <-=- needs a new umbrella
CSS Dennis : Bob - FYI, I've been showing them the set-up in
             Company Text and showing
CSS Dennis : everyone how my weird naming scheme actually makes
             some sense  :)
CSC Bob    : ::putting tack on seat of teacher::
CSS Dennis : yee haw!!!  I get your point!@!  ;)
CSC Bob    : Ummm... you will have to do some convincing there,
             Dennis... hehehe
CSS Jo     : :::handing out paper airplane supply, er arsenal to
             nearby students::
CSS Dennis : Okay, test time.
CSS Alice  : Hey.... how can we have a test, after you've
             dismissed the class? :)
CSS Dennis : Alice, I give you an id# of rnqssi01, under what
             category would this fall and what would be
CSS Dennis : the next id#??
CSS Alice  : under the Questions & Answers (or similar)... and
             next id# would be rnqssi02.
CSS Alice  : yes? :)
CSS Dennis : :P on you Bob
CSS Dennis : Outstanding Alice!!!
CSS Pam    : <<< proud of Alice >>>
CSS Alice  : awwww.. thanks :)
CSS Dennis : David, if you saw a map word like swammyp, what would
             the category be?
CSS Dennis : (Hey, I'm a poet too!)  ;)
CSS Tracy  : I gotta run. Bye everyone...<g>
CSC Bob    : The category would be a mistake??? hehehe