No, speed limits here are often set by local officials to make money off of fines and fees. We have a narrow curvy 2 lane highway has a speed limit of 55 MPH (which most people never drive that fast on it) and a 5 lane highway has a speed of 45 MPH and another wide two lane straight road with a speed limit of 30 MPH inside a certain city limits all in the same part of the county, all sparsely populated.
There are a few strategies that could work if you have the ear of a higher up. Otherwise CYA and plan an exit strategy NOW!
On second thought, plan an exit strategy now anyway, via networking and certifications. If they end up making you a fall guy you would be in a better position to find new work or start contract work. It worked for me. I was in the same position years ago and I got canned. Starting my own business and working contracts paid the bills until I went full time. I also learned a lot about how a business operates because of hands on experience, something even an MBA program can't do by itself.
Remember that failure is always an option and you must be prepared to survive it. Once you understand that it will be easier for you to determine what you need to do and will likely increase your chance of success. It is counter-intuitive but often true. Dealing with failure mitigates fear of failure, allowing you to take the necessary risks to make your project succeed.
Does that means in 10 years new cars won't last the second you buy it for $30,000?
I guess cars with plastic brakes and aluminum foil engines with tin-foil frames weren't meant to last that long but they will get fantastic gas milage.
I am no clairvoyant but I knew launch the Challenger in freezing weather was a really bad idea I didn't predict the Columbia disaster. I knew there was lots of reasons why Shuttle take-offs and landings were done in warm climate locations. I knew that "winterizing" equipment in Georgia and Florida is considered a waste of money. We in Atlanta don't stock pile millions of tons of road melting salt and chemicals like Chicago has to. We in Atlanta get crippling snow/ice just once every few years. We don't have thousands of snowplows because we don't get snow that often. We in Atlanta know when equipment is not properly "winterized" and you use it in freezing and damp weather really bad things happen. We saw it all of the time. Boisjoly had a very strong case in that at below 50F that the O-rings won't fill the gap. What Kilminster forgot is that an engineer should NEVER take off his engineering hat and put on a manager hat. Engineers have public responsibilities that managers often don't.
This was not the case in Challenger. It would be like a car mechanic telling you that gasoline is spewing all over the engine and if you drive it it will burst into flames and you will die; then you decide to drive the car anyway and died in a fire as a result.
Also just because we can't hold a 100% safety standard in space means we do not try??? We don't try to fix glaring problems that can result in death?? It would be one thing if the O-rings were tested for cold weather and worked and then the Challenger blew up because the O-rings didn't seal as tested. That would've been more acceptable. That would've been a learning moment for operations because we couldn't have known about it. What if someone walking in space gets hit with some tiny space debris and dies, which is a foreseeable risk. We accept that risk. The Challenge disaster doesn't fit that. The engineers who built the o-rings, not some crackpot or outsider, said they would fail when they did. They knew the Space Shuttle was not to be launched below 50F. This is one of the reasons the Shuttle launches in Florida and not in Newport News, VA, both of which are considered "Southern" Cities.
From my perspective the race to launch the Challenger in freezing weather was indeed "go fever". It was strange that the flight was being delayed over and over again due to relatively minor technological and meteorological reasons and yet when an unusually strong cold front hit Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas, that is when the guys at NASA said go, even though the Space Shuttles were not designed to launch in freezing weather. Mechanical device operate differently in such cold weather. Even in Atlanta I had trouble starting and keeping my car running that morning when it was less than 10F. I thought the launch would be delayed yet again since this was a more serious problem than a faulty sensor or a cloudy day.
Remember that when the ambient temperature is around 30F that water seeps into cracks and then ice forms and expands potentially damaging equipment that is not winterized. I know that having outside equipment not winterized is unthinkable in the Northern US but the cost of winterizing equipment that is not to be used in freezing temperature in much of the Southern US is considered a big fat waste of money. It would be like buying snow tires in Miami, a place that rarely gets snow. Also rubber and some soft plastic equipment when exposed to 30F can become stiff and more breakable depending on its composition. If you depend on this equipment being flexible and it is not at cold temperature and then you try to use it bad things can happen.
The Challenger disaster felt different to me than the Columbia disaster. On the surface the Columbia disaster seemed to be the same thing but I don't think it was a disaster that the average person would've predicted. I remember someone telling me that the Challenger blew up and I said distinctly "It wasn't supposed to launch today, it was too cold to launch". I can't say the same for the Columbia disaster. The Challenger disaster felt more like "go fever" than the Columbia disaster.
The reason we will no longer go to the Moon now, and probably not in my lifetime, is not a technological problem anymore, it is a political problem. We could restart the Apollo program at a fraction of the cost in 1960's dollars but we just don't have the political will to do so.
The way corporations are buying our politicians we will NEVER have the political will to go back to the moon because there is no immediate profit in it. To extract a profit from the return to the moon it will take Billions of Dollars and over 10 years of operation just to break even. Many companies no longer care about projects that last a paltry 3 months, let alone 10 years. American business seems to be becoming about getting rich quickly, not about investment.
Imagine a Congress doing their job. Imagine a President who can lead. Imagine a Supreme Court that will not limit the Constitutional rights of its citizens, not corporations, without a very, very good reason to do it.
But do you agree that we don't need Aircraft Carrier #12 or do you advocate having a set number of addition Aircraft Carriers that we can ill afford to build now?
Yes, socialized dentistry in Hamilton, Ontario is a complete disaster. For example I can't get any of my needed dental work done at my dentist for the next 4 weeks partly due to large number of Americans in the queue ahead of me. Some of our medical clinics can be just as bad for the same reason.
I dread the day that American healthcare system becomes totally unaffordable for most of you Americans. Our clinic queues will skyrocket along with our taxes, which are already significantly high.
Well, considering that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is all about 5 years and 1 month old this tantrum could not have been unexpected. Why his parents are not on the Board of Directors of AT&T, your guess is as good as mine!
Sorry, I miss read that. He is 51 years old. Nevermind.
No, what is sad is that we are not facing our problem with healthcare.
We as a society must determine if we should take care of sick people or leave them to suffer and some will likely die prematurely. If we do treat the sick how we must determine how to pay for it. That is not a "luxury", that is reality. If we don't find a way to pay for the care then we can't treat the sick. If we determine that we will not treat the sick then we must say so now. There is no middle ground here and the math does not lie. If some service costs money then someone MUST pay for it. There is no free lunch.
I suggest we fire every politician that says otherwise. That would be a good start.
Also I might add that if we choose not to pay for the care of the sick then we invite epidemics. TB will rise again and this time will afflict the everyone regardless of economic class if we do not pay for the care of the sick.
Or raise taxes for Medicare progressively but give a tax credit to those that buy health insurance. Since it is a "across-the-board" tax is would be 100% Constitutional it would have the same effect as mandated health insurance which seems to be Constitutional debatable by some people.
Also limit underwriting standards on health insurance. I would favor a statewide underwriting standard, instead of by individual or groups, to prevent sick people from being priced out of health insurance. The focus of health insurers should be to increase the health of the covered so less medical care would be needed, not have them cherry pick the healthiest to join.
Also the working class should be allowed to be in Medicare if they have no coverage and elect to do so since they are pay some of the cost via the increase in taxes . If anyone refuses all insurance options, including the "free" (no premium) Medicare plan, then they should have to require at least a 1/3 down payment on all elective procedures.
We have to get almost everyone in an healthplan of some type to defray the rising cost of medical care.
Also increase the number of medical student conditional loans from the government. They pay for schooling but they can lower or forgive the debt if they serve in under-served areas of the country. If the doctor is earning less then the payments back should be less. If he has the debt after 20 years forgive the debt regardless of earning power. This is done with many federal college loans.
And my fellow Americans are wondering why I am positioning myself to work outside of the US in the not-so-near future. The medications I take have increased in cost year after year in this country. At this rate I will not be able to afford the insurance premiums, deductibles and co-pays in about 10 years or so.
The American healthcare "system" will go on until total collapse and we will starting having widespread TB, Whooping Cough, Measles, and Hepatitis epidemics. Then life expectancy will decrease rapidly as preventable and curable medical problems, as least deemed so by other developed countries, will remain untreated by a majority of the population for want of money to pay for it.
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I know American Sign Language and if this technology becomes widespread many others will learn it too!
Imagine learning ASL will become a exercise in free speech and resistance. Who would ever thought that?
No, speed limits here are often set by local officials to make money off of fines and fees. We have a narrow curvy 2 lane highway has a speed limit of 55 MPH (which most people never drive that fast on it) and a 5 lane highway has a speed of 45 MPH and another wide two lane straight road with a speed limit of 30 MPH inside a certain city limits all in the same part of the county, all sparsely populated.
But...but...flat fines ARE the American way. Is there anything more American than saying "scr*w the poor"?
There are a few strategies that could work if you have the ear of a higher up. Otherwise CYA and plan an exit strategy NOW!
On second thought, plan an exit strategy now anyway, via networking and certifications. If they end up making you a fall guy you would be in a better position to find new work or start contract work. It worked for me. I was in the same position years ago and I got canned. Starting my own business and working contracts paid the bills until I went full time. I also learned a lot about how a business operates because of hands on experience, something even an MBA program can't do by itself.
Remember that failure is always an option and you must be prepared to survive it. Once you understand that it will be easier for you to determine what you need to do and will likely increase your chance of success. It is counter-intuitive but often true. Dealing with failure mitigates fear of failure, allowing you to take the necessary risks to make your project succeed.
You might want to take a cue from "Mordac: The preventer of IT services" of the Dilbert comic.
Does that means in 10 years new cars won't last the second you buy it for $30,000?
I guess cars with plastic brakes and aluminum foil engines with tin-foil frames weren't meant to last that long but they will get fantastic gas milage.
You forgot to mention "Junk electronic games".
I am no clairvoyant but I knew launch the Challenger in freezing weather was a really bad idea I didn't predict the Columbia disaster. I knew there was lots of reasons why Shuttle take-offs and landings were done in warm climate locations. I knew that "winterizing" equipment in Georgia and Florida is considered a waste of money. We in Atlanta don't stock pile millions of tons of road melting salt and chemicals like Chicago has to. We in Atlanta get crippling snow/ice just once every few years. We don't have thousands of snowplows because we don't get snow that often. We in Atlanta know when equipment is not properly "winterized" and you use it in freezing and damp weather really bad things happen. We saw it all of the time. Boisjoly had a very strong case in that at below 50F that the O-rings won't fill the gap. What Kilminster forgot is that an engineer should NEVER take off his engineering hat and put on a manager hat. Engineers have public responsibilities that managers often don't.
"Well, adjusted for man-hours of work we kill fewer people than other agencies."
Didn't the Russian say that about their Nuclear Electricity Generating plant before Chenobyl?
This was not the case in Challenger. It would be like a car mechanic telling you that gasoline is spewing all over the engine and if you drive it it will burst into flames and you will die; then you decide to drive the car anyway and died in a fire as a result.
Also just because we can't hold a 100% safety standard in space means we do not try??? We don't try to fix glaring problems that can result in death?? It would be one thing if the O-rings were tested for cold weather and worked and then the Challenger blew up because the O-rings didn't seal as tested. That would've been more acceptable. That would've been a learning moment for operations because we couldn't have known about it. What if someone walking in space gets hit with some tiny space debris and dies, which is a foreseeable risk. We accept that risk. The Challenge disaster doesn't fit that. The engineers who built the o-rings, not some crackpot or outsider, said they would fail when they did. They knew the Space Shuttle was not to be launched below 50F. This is one of the reasons the Shuttle launches in Florida and not in Newport News, VA, both of which are considered "Southern" Cities.
From my perspective the race to launch the Challenger in freezing weather was indeed "go fever". It was strange that the flight was being delayed over and over again due to relatively minor technological and meteorological reasons and yet when an unusually strong cold front hit Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas, that is when the guys at NASA said go, even though the Space Shuttles were not designed to launch in freezing weather. Mechanical device operate differently in such cold weather. Even in Atlanta I had trouble starting and keeping my car running that morning when it was less than 10F. I thought the launch would be delayed yet again since this was a more serious problem than a faulty sensor or a cloudy day.
Remember that when the ambient temperature is around 30F that water seeps into cracks and then ice forms and expands potentially damaging equipment that is not winterized. I know that having outside equipment not winterized is unthinkable in the Northern US but the cost of winterizing equipment that is not to be used in freezing temperature in much of the Southern US is considered a big fat waste of money. It would be like buying snow tires in Miami, a place that rarely gets snow. Also rubber and some soft plastic equipment when exposed to 30F can become stiff and more breakable depending on its composition. If you depend on this equipment being flexible and it is not at cold temperature and then you try to use it bad things can happen.
The Challenger disaster felt different to me than the Columbia disaster. On the surface the Columbia disaster seemed to be the same thing but I don't think it was a disaster that the average person would've predicted. I remember someone telling me that the Challenger blew up and I said distinctly "It wasn't supposed to launch today, it was too cold to launch". I can't say the same for the Columbia disaster. The Challenger disaster felt more like "go fever" than the Columbia disaster.
Correct on both counts.
But really most programmer coding looks like C to me nowadays.
...since neither seems to know the other exists.
Left hand meet the right hand...Right hand meet the the left hand.
The reason we will no longer go to the Moon now, and probably not in my lifetime, is not a technological problem anymore, it is a political problem. We could restart the Apollo program at a fraction of the cost in 1960's dollars but we just don't have the political will to do so.
The way corporations are buying our politicians we will NEVER have the political will to go back to the moon because there is no immediate profit in it. To extract a profit from the return to the moon it will take Billions of Dollars and over 10 years of operation just to break even. Many companies no longer care about projects that last a paltry 3 months, let alone 10 years. American business seems to be becoming about getting rich quickly, not about investment.
Imagine a Congress doing their job. Imagine a President who can lead. Imagine a Supreme Court that will not limit the Constitutional rights of its citizens, not corporations, without a very, very good reason to do it.
But do you agree that we don't need Aircraft Carrier #12 or do you advocate having a set number of addition Aircraft Carriers that we can ill afford to build now?
I would change states/provinces in a heartbeat if it is to my advantage. I believe that would be called "competition", right?
One of these days....TO THE MOON, Newt!
Yes, socialized dentistry in Hamilton, Ontario is a complete disaster. For example I can't get any of my needed dental work done at my dentist for the next 4 weeks partly due to large number of Americans in the queue ahead of me. Some of our medical clinics can be just as bad for the same reason.
I dread the day that American healthcare system becomes totally unaffordable for most of you Americans. Our clinic queues will skyrocket along with our taxes, which are already significantly high.
I would rather blame Canada.
Well, considering that AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is all about 5 years and 1 month old this tantrum could not have been unexpected. Why his parents are not on the Board of Directors of AT&T, your guess is as good as mine!
Sorry, I miss read that. He is 51 years old. Nevermind.
No, what is sad is that we are not facing our problem with healthcare.
We as a society must determine if we should take care of sick people or leave them to suffer and some will likely die prematurely. If we do treat the sick how we must determine how to pay for it. That is not a "luxury", that is reality. If we don't find a way to pay for the care then we can't treat the sick. If we determine that we will not treat the sick then we must say so now. There is no middle ground here and the math does not lie. If some service costs money then someone MUST pay for it. There is no free lunch.
I suggest we fire every politician that says otherwise. That would be a good start.
Also I might add that if we choose not to pay for the care of the sick then we invite epidemics. TB will rise again and this time will afflict the everyone regardless of economic class if we do not pay for the care of the sick.
Or raise taxes for Medicare progressively but give a tax credit to those that buy health insurance. Since it is a "across-the-board" tax is would be 100% Constitutional it would have the same effect as mandated health insurance which seems to be Constitutional debatable by some people.
Also limit underwriting standards on health insurance. I would favor a statewide underwriting standard, instead of by individual or groups, to prevent sick people from being priced out of health insurance. The focus of health insurers should be to increase the health of the covered so less medical care would be needed, not have them cherry pick the healthiest to join.
Also the working class should be allowed to be in Medicare if they have no coverage and elect to do so since they are pay some of the cost via the increase in taxes . If anyone refuses all insurance options, including the "free" (no premium) Medicare plan, then they should have to require at least a 1/3 down payment on all elective procedures.
We have to get almost everyone in an healthplan of some type to defray the rising cost of medical care.
Also increase the number of medical student conditional loans from the government. They pay for schooling but they can lower or forgive the debt if they serve in under-served areas of the country. If the doctor is earning less then the payments back should be less. If he has the debt after 20 years forgive the debt regardless of earning power. This is done with many federal college loans.
And my fellow Americans are wondering why I am positioning myself to work outside of the US in the not-so-near future. The medications I take have increased in cost year after year in this country. At this rate I will not be able to afford the insurance premiums, deductibles and co-pays in about 10 years or so.
The American healthcare "system" will go on until total collapse and we will starting having widespread TB, Whooping Cough, Measles, and Hepatitis epidemics. Then life expectancy will decrease rapidly as preventable and curable medical problems, as least deemed so by other developed countries, will remain untreated by a majority of the population for want of money to pay for it.