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    By R. Richard

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    Mr. Green tells me, “I have a customer crawling down my throat. The customers tells me that we furnished him with a computer program that gives incorrect answers when used. What do you know about that?”
    I ask, “Is the program called Netcalc?”
    Mr. Green tells me, “Yes, the program is called Netcalc.”
    “Mr. Green, I told one Billy that what he coded for the program called Netcalc wouldn’t work properly. I was told, by Billy and Ranny, to mind my own business.”
    Mr. Green asks me, “Can you fix the program is called Netcalc?”
    I say, “Give me a computer and a day, I can do it.”
    I get the go ahead from Mr. Green and I’m off to the Librarian. I get the design document and the existing code. I get a computer lab assigned and I get to work.
    (I’m not the worlds worst typist, but I probably rank in the bottom 25%.)
    I use what I can of Billy’s code, to cut down on my typing, and things go pretty well. I get the coding finished and I generate a lot of test cases. All of the test cases run to produce expected results. (Billy’s test cases also produced expected results; but Billy only used two test cases.) I then write user documentation. (Billy’s documentation consisted of one line, telling the user how to start the program.) I then furnish my program to the Librarian and I have the Librarian send off my version of the program to the customer, with a formal delivery scheduled for later. I then have the Librarian delete Billy’s version of the program and I track down and delete all of the versions of Billy’s program that I can find.
    When Billy finds out what I have done, Billy runs crying to Ranny. I am called in to face Ranny and Billy. Ranny asks me, “Who told you to replace Billy’s computer program with one that you wrote.” I reply, “Mr. Green, that’s Mr. Green, the Senior Vice President, perhaps we should reconvene this meeting to Mr. Greens office?” (We don’t reconvene the meeting to Mr. Greens office. Billy has involved Ranny in a political situation that makes Ranny look bad. I’m dismissed and apparently Ranny and Billy have a meeting of their own. At the end of the meeting Billy no longer works for the company.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateMay 9, 2020
    ISBN9780463401736
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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      By R. Richard ©

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      Copyright 2020 R. Richard

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      By R. Richard © 2020

      Chapter 1: The People

      I drive my truck to the front gate. The rent a guard lets me in, saying, Not many of you left, and that at half time.

      I laugh, After five years of faithful service here, management called me in and told me to not let the screen door hit me in my ass on my way out.

      The rent a guard says, But you’re still here.

      I lecture the rent a guard, After I left, the bankruptcy court called management in and told them to not let the screen door hit them in their asses on their ways out. Then the bankruptcy court called me in and told me, ‘Jason, we need someone to close down the classified computer operation, full pay but only half time.’ I considered rejecting their insulting offer, but my need for food and rent stepped up and here I am.

      The rent a guard says, Pride is a fine thing, but it don’t pay no bills.

      I state, I aint afraid of the police. I aint too afraid of the street gangs. I’m afraid of the cashier lady at the supermarket.

      The rent a guard laughs and says, I don’t know her real name but they calls her. ‘Cash’.

      I park my truck in a spot marked, ‘Vice President,’ and off I go.

      I slide my card into the slot and call out, ‘Shazam!’ The front door clicks open and in I go.

      Althea is working with the Receptionist computer and she says, Jason, just your card will let you in, you don’t need to say, ‘Shazam.’

      I say, Hey Althea, I don’t mess with a working system.

      Althea shakes her head in denial and says, If I didn’t need the money so bad ...

      I say, You also get to park in a spot marked, ‘President’.

      Althea smirks, Hell yes!

      I walk down the hallway and use another card to get into the computer area.

      I use a keypad to get into a computer lab. I fire up the computer lab and begin to search for the mission data for the current mission that I’m working on. My search requires me to paw through all sorts of mission data items, to find the misfiled ones.

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