Nuclear power plants dump a line on a printer for every event that happens. At the steel mill I worked at, the massive forge shat telemitry out to a WORM drive. The running joke in the air force is that that a plan can't fly until the paperwork exceeds that weight of the aircraft. Law firms dump email into giant logs for litigation.
And yet "industry" doesn't seem to grock record keeping. Methinks' not. They just don't like keeping records about what they don't think is important.
ISO 9001 described manufacturing and processes. It has precious little to do with quality, suitability, or even compitance. All ISO cares about is a) did you write down all of the step required to do a process. and b) Did you follow the steps as written each time.
I've worked in ISO shops. It is a joke. It does not apply, in the least, to software. (Well at least until you start manufacturing the CD's and packaging.) Software is, by its very nature, and accidental process. ISO does everything in its power to quash accident and replace it with process. Demming would be proud.
You don't have to be an expert in computer technology to be successful in computers. You have to have schmooze and politicians in your pocket. Hell, just count the number of potholes on roads paved just last year and ask me if experts in road construction were used.
Or scarier still, look at the drivel our kids are learning in school and ask me if educational experts are designing our kids' textbooks.
One should also note that the Great Lakes are a blip too. They will be gone completely in a few thousand years.
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Ok smart pants. I'll drop you into a country with a more "ideal" tax and regulatory environment. Please select from the following:
Sudan
Liberia
Cambodia
Afganistan
Everywhere else in the world is full of people bitching about taxes, but oddly not worrying about random thugs breaking into your house and slaughtering your family. We have systems of roads, standing armies for defense, and public education institutions. All of this costs money.
If were about cost, they would have seats enough for all of their staff on travel. These jets only cart around the top of the food chain.
A used 707 would do the job better, and be a whole lot cheaper.
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At the risk of pointing out the obvious...
Operating my own small business, one pays a few hundred bucks for licenses and permits. Food licenses require taking a mulitiple choice test and undergoing several random checks throughout the year from city health inspectors. The cost is insignificant compared to the revenue generated.
The folks selling from lunch truck gross $80k. I am good friends with a few of them.
As far keeping up with legal and taxes, that is what accounting firms are for. The whole process of permits and licenses actually shifts liability to the municipality.
Get your facts straight before you rant. Government is here to provide a level playing field. If you don't notice it everyday, it's because its doing its job THAT well.
Pipe down. I'm a lot better off than my parents were at my age. Does anyone else here remember the utter disaster that was the US economy through the 70's and 80's? Can anyone else remeber "Stagflation", "Oil Embargo", or "Vietnam War"?
While we are at it, isn't it kinda nice to not have nuclear weapons aimed at us. (Yeah sure they can be retargeted in minutes, but at least we aren't waiting for Boris to hit the button.)
The world is different. You just can't compare today to yesterday with pure numbers. Where does "Cable TV" fit in your calculations, or "Desktop Computer"? None of these things existed 20 years ago.
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Natural forces? On what planet!?
It is the way of heaven to take from what has in excess in order to make good what is deficient. The way of man is otherwise. It takes from those who are in want in order to offer this to those who already have more than enough.
-- Lao Tsu, The Tao Te Ching, Chapter 18
Economies do not adhere to natural law. They are regulated by deception and scarcity. In real life you can't take a big pile of something and store it. It either evaporates, rots, or is carried off by a windstorm. In never actually increases in quantity, unless replentished somehow by the environment.
When I metabolize 2000 KCal of energy, I'm only getting a fraction of the energy that was actually IN the food. If I take a chemical, convert it to another form, and convert it again, I loose material.
Considering I'm squeeking by at $47K I want to know where those Admin jobs are.
My last pay raise was 2%. Many of my fellow admin friends are unemployed. The others are clawing for new jobs because their work environment has gone to hell in a handbasket.
And don't forget. When you cease being a network admin and take a job at starbucks or helpdesk for city hall, you cease counting towards the "Admin" statistic.
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That brought a tear to my eye. Especially when you consider the contents of my fridge right now contains an assortment of food that would make a King from earlier times weep. The contents of my spice cabinet would be under armed guard.
My wife and I are having a baby. There is no doubt both she and the baby are actually going to survive the birthing process, and it's a pretty solid bet the kid is going to live to adulthood. That cannot be said of many places in the world, or even here before modern medicine. (And gripe what you will about the cost, but we HAVE it.)
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Ye gads people. Some of us are paid by the hour!
No wait. I'm excempt. DAMN!
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My AthlonXP-1700/Gentoo box can also go from boot to KDE in 30 seconds. I have a K6-400 that needs about 45 seconds. (Yes, WITH Kde).
My Dell rackmounts at work take a little longer. The spend (at least what seems like) 5 minutes spinning up the drives in the RAID array before the OS even gets a chance to load.
The gloves are to protect THEM from YOU. And for the record at my Dentist they use strips of plastic over handles, drawers, and tables tops that are replaced between patients.
And no, there is no 5 second rule. Just a vat of Isopropyl for re-cleaning the tool.
The other solution is not having them ring within a 10 foot radius of me. If your phone does ring, and or you proceed to talk REALLY LOUDLY TO THE PERSON OVER THE PHONE, it's been known to become contaminated with E-Coli and other contents of your rectum.
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And yet "industry" doesn't seem to grock record keeping. Methinks' not. They just don't like keeping records about what they don't think is important.
I've worked in ISO shops. It is a joke. It does not apply, in the least, to software. (Well at least until you start manufacturing the CD's and packaging.) Software is, by its very nature, and accidental process. ISO does everything in its power to quash accident and replace it with process. Demming would be proud.
Or scarier still, look at the drivel our kids are learning in school and ask me if educational experts are designing our kids' textbooks.
One should also note that the Great Lakes are a blip too. They will be gone completely in a few thousand years.
Everywhere else in the world is full of people bitching about taxes, but oddly not worrying about random thugs breaking into your house and slaughtering your family. We have systems of roads, standing armies for defense, and public education institutions. All of this costs money.
Oh my mistake. Do the midrifters actually get to use the aircraft toilet, or do they have to hold it in for the flight?
3. Steal it
A used 707 would do the job better, and be a whole lot cheaper.
Operating my own small business, one pays a few hundred bucks for licenses and permits. Food licenses require taking a mulitiple choice test and undergoing several random checks throughout the year from city health inspectors. The cost is insignificant compared to the revenue generated.
The folks selling from lunch truck gross $80k. I am good friends with a few of them.
As far keeping up with legal and taxes, that is what accounting firms are for. The whole process of permits and licenses actually shifts liability to the municipality.
Get your facts straight before you rant. Government is here to provide a level playing field. If you don't notice it everyday, it's because its doing its job THAT well.
While we are at it, isn't it kinda nice to not have nuclear weapons aimed at us. (Yeah sure they can be retargeted in minutes, but at least we aren't waiting for Boris to hit the button.)
The world is different. You just can't compare today to yesterday with pure numbers. Where does "Cable TV" fit in your calculations, or "Desktop Computer"? None of these things existed 20 years ago.
Economies do not adhere to natural law. They are regulated by deception and scarcity. In real life you can't take a big pile of something and store it. It either evaporates, rots, or is carried off by a windstorm. In never actually increases in quantity, unless replentished somehow by the environment.
When I metabolize 2000 KCal of energy, I'm only getting a fraction of the energy that was actually IN the food. If I take a chemical, convert it to another form, and convert it again, I loose material.
My last pay raise was 2%. Many of my fellow admin friends are unemployed. The others are clawing for new jobs because their work environment has gone to hell in a handbasket.
And don't forget. When you cease being a network admin and take a job at starbucks or helpdesk for city hall, you cease counting towards the "Admin" statistic.
My wife and I are having a baby. There is no doubt both she and the baby are actually going to survive the birthing process, and it's a pretty solid bet the kid is going to live to adulthood. That cannot be said of many places in the world, or even here before modern medicine. (And gripe what you will about the cost, but we HAVE it.)
No wait. I'm excempt. DAMN!
My Dell rackmounts at work take a little longer. The spend (at least what seems like) 5 minutes spinning up the drives in the RAID array before the OS even gets a chance to load.
That's the same Verizon guy that rings the tub too.
And no, there is no 5 second rule. Just a vat of Isopropyl for re-cleaning the tool.
In Soviet Russia ... oh nevermind.
Can't I just autoclave a/o sterilize the Cell Phone user?
I think I'll call it Cell-O-Phone. Won't turn off those annoying rings, but it does dramatically reduce the volume of the speaker.
The other solution is not having them ring within a 10 foot radius of me. If your phone does ring, and or you proceed to talk REALLY LOUDLY TO THE PERSON OVER THE PHONE, it's been known to become contaminated with E-Coli and other contents of your rectum.
The PS2 is waterproof, isn't it?
Recall, 2.4Ghz is in the microwave region. Your cup of coffee is warmed up in the microwave oven because water absorbs microwave energy like a sponge.
Now, an infared LASER. That might work...
Somebody with modpoints has a serious beef with me. My last 10 posts have been modded off topic. I'm sure that'll iron out during MetaModeration.
I'm just concerned that under the system, I'm one openssh exploit away from being fined into the shitter.