Seriously, I had one boss that earned the nickname "Special Ed".
He could turn on his PC and check email--and that was pretty much the limit of his technical prowess. So, upper management put him in charge of IT. He didn't know the difference between a DBA and network engineer. Worse--HE DIDN'T CARE if there was a difference. He would basically RANDOMLY assign tasks to people without regard to their skillset or even whether they had tools or access.
EVER SEE AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMER TRYING TO BREAK INTO A WIRING CLOSET?
I worked for a couple that were in their early 90's and weren't terribly slowed down by it.
The Professor's last year was a quick spiral down. He got sick and never quite recovered that last year, but he certainly wasn't miserable, just declining. His wife, however was still going strong at 93...running her businesses and active in her social circle. We were all SHOCKED when she just keeled over one day and that was it.
I want to be able to turn my car on when I want to. I really don't trust that there wouldn't be some external kill switch that would essentially Lo-Jack every car and put it in the hands of some centralized authority.
Nothing nefarious. Just a record repository. She hated it. She worked there about 3 years and finally wrangled a transfer to another government job in a real building.
Jack and several other engineers were beating their heads against a wall to try to save the SkyLab missions. The first crew was docked and stuck in the Command Module with the temperature inside SkyLab in the mid 100s. He looked out a window and saw a young lady with a parasol. The light went on...
Thanks to Chuck Tombs for relaying that...and for the excellent package of autographed 8x10s of the SkyLab Astronauts. A real prize for a 9YO science nerd.
I actually generate my passwords with a spreadsheet. It displays the new password in large type, then I take a picture of it with my cell and store it.
The oil companies will kill that...perhaps literally. They have the world's greatest standing army at their disposal. Big Oil will just yank their Congressional leashes and the U.S. Military will pounce on whatever Oily needs to protect its profit margin.
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What kind of STOOP-PID does Eric Schmidt THINK WE ARE?!
Would that be with or without Alligators?
I can't imagine a place like that here in the U.S. Of course, humane is not what we do here anymore.
Do us 50YO Americans stand a chance?
Wondered about that.
Seriously, I had one boss that earned the nickname "Special Ed".
He could turn on his PC and check email--and that was pretty much the limit of his technical prowess. So, upper management put him in charge of IT. He didn't know the difference between a DBA and network engineer. Worse--HE DIDN'T CARE if there was a difference. He would basically RANDOMLY assign tasks to people without regard to their skillset or even whether they had tools or access.
EVER SEE AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMER TRYING TO BREAK INTO A WIRING CLOSET?
YEAH, it happened.
But even stupider would be to stick to your guns while the rest of the country did it.
If I got to be Benevolent Dictator for a Day, I'd split the difference and move Standard Time in the US ahead 1/2 hour and leave it.
I knew the Church was going to start spinning out of control with the science thing the SECOND they let Galileo off the hook.
As soon as they acknowledged the earth went around the sun---they were on a greased slide straight to hell. :-)
Is part of the CABAL!
Just kidding!
I really wanted Buzz Aldrin to slug that guy twice.
NOT KIDDING about that.
I worked for a couple that were in their early 90's and weren't terribly slowed down by it.
The Professor's last year was a quick spiral down. He got sick and never quite recovered that last year, but he certainly wasn't miserable, just declining. His wife, however was still going strong at 93...running her businesses and active in her social circle. We were all SHOCKED when she just keeled over one day and that was it.
Good genes, I guess.
Good people, too. I miss them both.
Become a majority stock holder in Comcast?
You're just goofing off.
I want to be able to turn my car on when I want to. I really don't trust that there wouldn't be some external kill switch that would essentially Lo-Jack every car and put it in the hands of some centralized authority.
We are nearing the limit of what our current technology can discover.
There are MILLIONS, if not BILLIONS, of questions to be answered--most of which, we don't even know how to ask yet.
As much as she says she was "duped", I'm both going to call "BULLSHIT" and say, "WHO CARES"?
Having known many working actors--even for stuff that is stupid or just plain idiotic, ONLY FOOLS turn down a legal paycheck very often.
Nothing nefarious. Just a record repository. She hated it. She worked there about 3 years and finally wrangled a transfer to another government job in a real building.
Ditto. Dude. Ditto.
Jack and several other engineers were beating their heads against a wall to try to save the SkyLab missions. The first crew was docked and stuck in the Command Module with the temperature inside SkyLab in the mid 100s. He looked out a window and saw a young lady with a parasol. The light went on...
Thanks to Chuck Tombs for relaying that...and for the excellent package of autographed 8x10s of the SkyLab Astronauts. A real prize for a 9YO science nerd.
To believe no less than six impossible things before breakfast.
I actually generate my passwords with a spreadsheet. It displays the new password in large type, then I take a picture of it with my cell and store it.
They've been doing it as part of their business model since PC-DOS and MS-DOS.
Just let'em do what they do and use the good stuff.
The oil companies will kill that...perhaps literally. They have the world's greatest standing army at their disposal. Big Oil will just yank their Congressional leashes and the U.S. Military will pounce on whatever Oily needs to protect its profit margin.
My computer beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.
YAY! BILL!
The SUN can cause CANCER?!?!?
OMG! Somebody ban SUNLIGHT! We have to turn off the SUN!
Yep, he fetches. Drinks out of the toilet. Chases other cats.
He's a dog in a cat suit, I think.
Just waiting for his meow to come out as a bark, one day.