Determine if x is running

[Rick Stevens]

Ted Potter wrote:
> 2009/2/12 John Reynolds <jreyn at us.ibm.com>
> 
>>
>> Karl Pearson wrote on 02/12/2009 12:01:04 PM:
>>
>>> On Thu, February 12, 2009 11:17 am, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>> Karl Pearson wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, February 11, 2009 10:44 am, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>>>> Karl Pearson wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, February 10, 2009 11:30 am, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>>>>>>> Karl Pearson wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, February 9, 2009 3:25 pm, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
>>>>> <<< Stuff deleted >>>
>>>>>>>>> I suspect I've confused more than helped, but ask away and someone
>>>>>>>>> smarter than me will respond.
>>>>>>>> The shell snippet I provided
>>>>>>> HA! I knew you thought you were smarter than me! I knew you were
>>>>>>> too,
>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>> the way... :)
>>>>>> Not really, just been doing this stuff for over 30 years.
>>>>>> SOMETHING'S
>>>>>> gotta rub off!
>>>>> I'm really hoping it will begin to rub off on me... I've been doing
>>>>> this, though not as intensely as you, for about 23 years.
>>>> It helps if you're abrasive and "prickly", like me.  You find you also
>>>> have to remove lots of lint and other things that stick to you. :-)
>>> I'll have to remember that. Hedgehog is better than porcupine then, huh?
>>> Thinking about likening IT folks to different animals, why is it that
>>> one that comes to mind is 'skunk'?
>>>
>> We're the ones constantly being badgered.
> 
> 
> Not me ! I am The Weasel !!

Ok, so I'm the "The Hedgehog", Karl's "The Skunk", Ted's "The Weasel",
and Jeff's afraid of water so we'll call him "The Reeker".  Gee, we all
have nicknames that could get us into the mob if we wanted!  "Yeah, so
youse wan' dat RPM rubbed out, real quiet-like?  Ted 'The Weasel' can do
it.  He'll make it look like an accident."

I have a DBA friend who calls himself "ChiaBrit" or "Shrek".  His hair
does make him look a bit like a Chia pet.  He's also a BIG guy and his
ears are kinda weird--probably from playing Rugby.  Only problem is that
he's a Brit, not a Scot.  He does do a "right good" imitation of Cartman
from South Park.

	"I'm not fat!  I'm big boned!"
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