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To: BORIS BADENUFF who wrote (3652)	12/14/1999 7:37:00 PM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3795

I don't know what those RB posts are about, but in the 2 minutes I was there, it drove me crazy that the ads on each page load and run all the way through before the post comes up. Yeah it's free, but what a price to pay. SI is slow enough, at least we don't have to put up with forced viewing of ads before we can see the post.

To: BORIS BADENUFF who wrote (3652)	12/14/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: Arcane Lore	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3795

<way, way off topic and undoubtedly indecipherable to anyone who doesn't follow AZNT> The slogan at the top of the home page cps.it is il punto di riferimento nell'universo della cromatografia Babelfish translates this as: the point of reference in the universe of the chromatography The CPS whose home page is cps.ca.gov describes itself as follows (see cps.ca.gov ): Cooperative Personnel Services (CPS) is a California-based governmental agency created to help public employers develop and enhance personnel programs. We are a self-supporting public agency offering a full range of human resource products and services with an emphasis on occupational and licensing/certification testing. Over 1,200 public agencies are CPS clients because we are: Results-oriented Recommendations that are practical for today's workplace Solution-driven Solutions meet your specific objectives and needs Cost-effective Products and services designed to fit your budget Quality-assured Client Satisfaction is our top priority Originally as a state agency, and now as a Joint Powers Agency, CPS has provided testing and human resource management services to public agencies for over 60 years. Our highly qualified, professional staff provides practical personnel solutions for state agencies, boards and commissions, cities, counties, special districts, school districts, colleges and universities, federal agencies, and non-profit organizations throughout the United States and Canada. It is the latter organization which has an employee named Janice Shell (see #reply-12269499). There is nothing to suggest the Italian and the California organizations have anything in common other than their initials. It appears that the RB poster antibash may have confused both of these with the Prairie Village, Kansas (not Sacramento) based organization whose home page is cps.com Note that this web page has the title: Welcome to Computer Problem Solving Interestingly this last site contains a list of over five dozen organizations with similar names or initials - more than enough for any conspiracy theorist to have a field day. Tell antibash to get cracking! Unfortunately none of the five dozen plus is based in Sacramento which means the list is incomplete since it doesn't include www.cps.ca.gov. This is not meant as a serious suggestion - indeed what has already been done to the California Janice Shell should not be repeated with a new innocent victim whose name coincidentally resembles that of the prolific SI poster Janice Shell.