Posts by Bart Janssen
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Kind of difficult to figure out who would be harmed by twittering on election day.
The law itself seems to imply that last minute electioneering is unfair in some mysterious way, to whom?
As for breaching suppression - well suppression does good sometimes (most times) but many of he most publicized suppression order of late have been of dubious merit. Legally correct maybe but just, maybe not.
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Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…, in reply to Russell Brown,
So who does like SAP, then?
Near as I can tell SAP is really good if you are doing things like building 777s,
Ok we need 3 planes on December 5th 2014 so we will need to by 480 Y connectors (17 mm) on 12th April 2012 etc etc
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Hard News: Three months after, in reply to Lilith __,
and I realise I’m giving advice
The first step ...
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so it appears are voting for a new system
Ok I'm confused. So 6 of the 8 IT systems existing used SAP (and yes we use the stupid accounting program here too). But rather than upgrade one or more of those to cover the merged entity someone (not sure who) decided to implement a whole new software package ... and chose SAP.
So they are replacing six SAPs and a couple of bystanders with one SAP?
And I'm also confused by what the experts are saying here - is half a billion dollars a reasonable price? I get that large scale software implementations are harder than they seem but, really, half a billion?
Even if all 8000 staff got new $3000 machines that's only 24 million! How much would the server rooms cost brand new $100 million would go a long way? I know, I know, the real cost is the software and the time to implement it but it's kind of a mind boggling number.
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Why does it have to be new?
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Hard News: Three months after, in reply to Lilith __,
John Barrowman may burst in
Don't tell Emma she'll want to steal it from you in the hopes of trapping him.
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Hard News: Three months after, in reply to Lilith __,
I’m not looking for advice
heh this is the number one reason I'd be a crap counsellor. I cannot help but give advice, even though I know all I should be doing is listening and sharing someone's problems I have this compulsion to give advice, it's a like a disease. Maybe I should start a self help group "advice givers anonymous".
Meanwhile you have my sympathy Lilith, can I suggest ... no .. no ... must resist
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Hard News: Three months after, in reply to Russell Brown,
who thinks I'm clinically depressed and need counselling that I'm not that dire
Good to hear. But take care of yourself. I recognised the tone of your comments, they were too familiar to me to dismiss. Don't be afraid to ask for help even if you aren't sure you need it. There is no millage in "toughing it out".
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Hard News: Three months after, in reply to BenWilson,
talking to anyone is better than bottling it up. Counsellors are especially handy because they have to listen, at least for as long as you've paid them for.
Yes I agree Ben. It is an extraordinary event in that it affects so many at once.
But at the individual level it is exactly the same as depression from any other cause. It is at the individual level that it must be treated (not a good word but it'll do).
As for counselors - yes talking to anyone at all is good - but please don't underestimate the talent and training counsellors have - they really have skills that are much more developed than any average person, it took me about 4 months to truly understand that.
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Hard News: Three months after, in reply to A Nonny Moose,
I also resent the implication that someone must be mentally ill (“need help”) to be feeling this way.
No that isn't the point. One problem with depression is it sneaks up on you, it isn't obvious to the person feeling this way that it is something that anyone else can help with.
It isn't about labelling someone as ill it is about realising that professionals can help.
I really don't want to patronise. My own experience with depression is that when you are at the point the poster is in then all the normal chatting in the world won't help you. You really won't "get over it" and suggesting to someone that they will does more harm then good. Counsellors have real skills and real valuable training. By the time you are depressed all your "normal" methods of coping are failing. You can stay in that state and suffer through it or you can allow someone else to help you out.
It doesn't matter how strong you are, it doesn't matter how well you "cope".
argh I'm sounding patronising - I'm sorry. I don't mean to sound that way but please try and find a professional to help. You don't have to find you way out alone, there are people who can really help - not me though - I'm crap at it.
And counselling is simply talking about it, the only difference is that counsellors have skills and training that make them better at helping than average folks.
However, as Russell points out there are thousands who need that kind of help.
But this is different to “normal” depression. This is depression with a primarily external cause.
No it isn't different. Depression is a state - how you get to that state is kind of irrelevant, but having a particular event tip you over the edge into depression is entirely normal. It is extraordinarily hard to get out of that state without help.