Excel CLEAN() Function

I found this one when getting mad at Excel because I couldn't find a formula that I wanted:

Just a bunch of crap!

Are we sure that GIS is anything, or is it just a bunch of crap?



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This is why GIS people shouldn't piss off others.

Does GIS Matter?

Really, does it?

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Computer Stress Diagram

ESRI had a really cool looking graphic on their website. Try as I did, I couldn't directly use it against them, but I could use it as a diagram that explains life as a/an (pick any or all):

• Engineer


• Planner


• Architect


• Lawyer


• Doctor


• Real Estate Agent


• Computer Geek


• Photographer


• News Reporter


• Sales Representative


• Account Manager


• Accountant


• President, CEO, CIO, CFO, C-Whatever-O


• Administrative Assistant


• Call Center Rep


• Insurance Agent


• Human Lifeform that uses a computer

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UPDATE:

Another software company and business partner to ESRI has claimed (informally) that they "borrowed" the "flower" idea from them.  I don't have the impression that the other company (that will go unnamed) is bothered by it, but I just thought that I would add that.

ArcGIS Desktop Kerplunk Screen

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Uninstall Crap

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Custom Software Error

I worked for the company that programmed this software, and we had a known error with one of the components that was used in the software.  This error came up every time I closed the software.  The programmer tried and tried to fix the component, but after seemingly hundreds of tries, he never could.

Nonetheless, I always got this stupid thing that said "report this error to Microsoft", which is either a direct connection to a cyber trashcan or Microsoft's big-brother database of software errors that users are getting.  Just what I like to know - Microsoft is spying on us, and not sending these error messages to the programmer and company that produced the software.

Note that the inclusion of this is an example, and I tended to poke fun at the programmer of this software - the inclusion here is against Microsoft, not vTIMAS.