It is conceivable that while a structure is generally ethical (for example, work for hire), a specific instance may be arranged unethically (for example, price not reasonably aligned with value). Nobody is disputing that.
Again, what you "can" do under current systems does not prove anything is "universally" ethical.
You're being pedantic. Nobody is saying that anything is universally ethical; I'm saying that the concepts of working for others and employing others to perform work are not universally unethical. You're looking for extreme cases (like child prostitution) to justify your unreasonable claim that employing people to do work is unethical, because think of the children.
And if that $200k meant also the food and the service and the launch personnel and other costs
It wouldn't have to, if the food and water and whatever else was already up there.
Water can be recycled, from what I understand - and I expect that with all that solar energy, growing food wouldn't be impossible.
The less mass you can send on a trip, the less the trip costs. Just keep the stuff up there and reuse it a lot.... let people check in at the hotel that's just 250 miles away.
If it is ethical to work for others, it is ethical to employ others.
Suppose I need work done, within your skill set. I can pay you to do the work, yes?
Suppose I need work done, but I don't know who has the skills. I can pay an agent to find me a skilled worker, yes? (That agent's skill is finding me someone to perform the needed work.)
I've seen several of these projects fail after a significant amount of time and money was sunk into it as people realized it wasn't possible to build something which did all of the same things.
It is possible to build something that does "all of the same things" - if it wasn't, the original system wouldn't exist.
It may be more expensive and time-consuming than the project budget would allow for, but it's not impossible.
KeePass (and derivatives) looks like a reasonable system for a group of 4-5 admins.
The group I deal with is significantly larger than that.
If you trust all your admins with root access to all your systems, then KeePass might work for you.
If you don't trust all of your admins with root access to all your systems, then something that allows access to some (but not all) systems based on user ID is preferred.
Being the kind of sysadmin that behaves like that, I can assure you I'd prefer to work in a team with other like-minded types, so I know that I can go home, and we'll still be online.
24 hour coverage is much easier to do with 4 or 5 rotating watches than 1 guy on call.
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But how would you handle addressing all those pixels? You'd also need either a supercomputer-in-a-box to render the image
I'm sure they'll have that reasonably worked out by the time the iPhone 71 is the "best iPhone ever".
Battery life will probably suck, though... hoping they get some advancements on that front, too.
True. There has to be a substantial investment in getting the stuff up there, yes.
However, it will get the costs down... eventually.
I'm only able to think of an even number of spherical cows, you insensitive clod!
Several posts back, I believe we already agreed that stealing was not ethical.
It is conceivable that while a structure is generally ethical (for example, work for hire), a specific instance may be arranged unethically (for example, price not reasonably aligned with value). Nobody is disputing that.
Again, what you "can" do under current systems does not prove anything is "universally" ethical.
You're being pedantic. Nobody is saying that anything is universally ethical; I'm saying that the concepts of working for others and employing others to perform work are not universally unethical. You're looking for extreme cases (like child prostitution) to justify your unreasonable claim that employing people to do work is unethical, because think of the children.
$1000 one-way tickets to Disney-Space on Southwest
I'll now be plagued with visions of moustronaut helmets. Thanks for that.
... and no peanuts. Stupid allergies.
And if that $200k meant also the food and the service and the launch personnel and other costs
It wouldn't have to, if the food and water and whatever else was already up there.
Water can be recycled, from what I understand - and I expect that with all that solar energy, growing food wouldn't be impossible.
The less mass you can send on a trip, the less the trip costs. Just keep the stuff up there and reuse it a lot.... let people check in at the hotel that's just 250 miles away.
If it is ethical to work for others, it is ethical to employ others.
Suppose I need work done, within your skill set. I can pay you to do the work, yes?
Suppose I need work done, but I don't know who has the skills. I can pay an agent to find me a skilled worker, yes? (That agent's skill is finding me someone to perform the needed work.)
While that doesn't sound great, the 5 hours setting it up is one-time fixed overhead.
Let's assume he can sell coins for at least $125... and the rate of generation stays about the same.
That's $50 a week. If you saw $50 on the sidewalk, would you bend over to pick it up?
Only one of these is ethical.
I disagree with that. If #1 is ethical, #2 is also ethical, by extension. (If it's ethical to work, why wouldn't it be ethical to employ?)
#3 - speculation - is dubious. In its pure form, it's arbitrage with risk involved.
If you meant to say "Only one of these is unethical", then I apologize for misunderstanding.
Identifying the hipsters is easy - they're the ones who will stop liking pinball once it is again "mainstream".
Indeed, it is nuanced.
Still, given a choice, I don't eat lima beans.
Pesticide is not something you want to eat.
Why?
Unless accelerating death is your goal, in general, it is not recommended to ingest substances that kill living organisms.
The obvious application here is to replace those stupid solar landscape lights that burn out after a few years with plants.
That doesn't need much light - a minimal glow is plenty to keep you on the path.
So, God allegedly says "Let there be light", and it's Satan that makes the Sun?
The cornerstone of effective management is delegation.
Why should you do what you can assign to a lackey?
Bug zapper anna sixpack?
I don' care WHO ya' are, THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
You must not have worked with many VARs or consultants before.
I've seen several of these projects fail after a significant amount of time and money was sunk into it as people realized it wasn't possible to build something which did all of the same things.
It is possible to build something that does "all of the same things" - if it wasn't, the original system wouldn't exist.
It may be more expensive and time-consuming than the project budget would allow for, but it's not impossible.
KeePass (and derivatives) looks like a reasonable system for a group of 4-5 admins.
The group I deal with is significantly larger than that.
If you trust all your admins with root access to all your systems, then KeePass might work for you.
If you don't trust all of your admins with root access to all your systems, then something that allows access to some (but not all) systems based on user ID is preferred.
Another acronym from IBM in 5... 4... 3...
Cyber-Ark sucks donkey balls
Stipulated. (IMO, the solution sucks because the nature of the problem sucks.)
What's a better solution with similar functionality for a group of admins?
You really need to look into something like this.
Being the kind of sysadmin that behaves like that, I can assure you I'd prefer to work in a team with other like-minded types, so I know that I can go home, and we'll still be online.
24 hour coverage is much easier to do with 4 or 5 rotating watches than 1 guy on call.
Normal people do, yes.
A lot of tech workers don't act like normal people, however.