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[Jim Ault]

I have created a field "originalSequence", ran a loop to 'draw the diagonal
lines', then sort by that field whenever nec.  An inventory stack was one
past project where I actually had 4 sort orders + mod dates.

Jim Ault
Las Vegas


On 4/10/06 5:37 AM, "David Burgun" <dburgun at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>> Neat idea.  Not that I have a use for it now,
> 
> I dunno! Would it help to diagonal draw a line across cards in a
> RunRev stack? If they ever got out of order you could then maybe use
> the same trick to put em back again!?!?
> 
> <g>
> 
> All the Best
> Dave
> 
> 
> On 10 Apr 2006, at 02:50, Marian Petrides wrote:
> 
>>  but it would have helped 25 years ago.  Too bad I wasn't smart
>> enough to think of it then.
>> 
>> On Apr 9, 2006, at 8:47 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
>> 
>>> Francis-
>>> 
>>> Sunday, April 9, 2006, 5:15:03 PM, you wrote:
>>> 
>>>> For anybody out there still using punched cards ........ Draw a
>>>> diagonal line
>>>> across the top of your card deck with a biro, drop the deck on the
>>>> floor, and
>>>> then put the deck back into 100% sequence with NO hassle !  Did it
>>>> often !
>>> 
>>> Yes, and that's the sort of thing that experience will teach you very
>>> quickly the first time you drop a stack. Note that it's possible to
>>> get the stack put back together exactly backwards that way, too...
>>> 
>>> I find it semantically interesting that in 2006 we're still working
>>> with cards and stacks (but in an entirely different context) in
>>> runrev.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> -Mark Wieder
>>>  mwieder at ahsoftware.net
> 
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