'Tis quite alright. We'll just stop making software for the other sectors. They can go back to doing things on an abacus, while the rest of us have 30 minute work days.
Yeah, no. Software programs juggle so many variables that it's virtually impossible to prove the program is bug-free. And add in the computer illiterate, who will find a way to generate giant lawsuits because of "the computer didn't preserve the placement of the file icons I dragged around the folder, after I copied it to a new driver; therefore it's a design flaw" crowd, and you know as well as I do that tech will be sacrificed for the greater human stupidity.
Yes, the psych attack is the new in-thing these days. Get the person (who is always, for some strange reason, rabidly against their government / or have some problem with their actions) committed, and the judge will automatically believe any lie they tell him / her, and disbelieve any truth you tell him / her (he's crazy, man!). Because, it's what they want to believe. To be a judge, you must implicitly agree with the majority of the laws you administer, and you must have faith in your government, that if there ever is a conspiracy, it would only be a small one. Bias built right into the system.
Surprising the number of psychs who are in on this these days, but then, the quality of healthcare has been dropping for quite some time in this country. Think about it. I could go on for some length about this problem, but having seen it first-hand, as well as the various dissemblances of both parties, I no longer believe we live in anything but a dark society. This generation, and the one after it...are royally screwed.
That's why you hire a lawyer from a large firm. One of their own gets whacked, they'll take apart the government to find the guilty individual, and quietly dispose of them. A large firm is usually stocked with the kind of players who can be taken down only after a fair portion of the ruling party suddenly decides career suicide is a viable, must-have option on their group's career paths.
And if there's one thing LEOs hate, it's walking into the lion's den (a large firm's offices) to get someone. The whole time they're in there, they know the attorneys are quietly thinking, in unison, about a single question "Am I in the mood for loins today? Perhaps a different cut? Hey, that guy with the buzzed head looks really stupid...I wonder if I can get him to harass someone, as I need a new Mercedes...maybe something in blue." God help them if a secretary breaks a nail by accident when they're there, let alone if they step on one of the senior partner's size 12s. What more, if the firm says they can't come in there, they probably can't, and would be greatly punished for attempting to do so.
Nonsense. Upload a video of it to youtube and a few pirate sites (it makes the backups or it gets the hose), stopping to leave a few links on reddit and other social media sites, and the world will come looking for your mystery men in under an hour.
However mysterious they might be, by the end of 24 hours, they'll be international celebrities. Won't be able to go into a bar for a drink without someone siddling up next to them, and having a friend take a picture of the two of you together.
Or you could be a real psychopath, and purposefully sit home alone, at night, with all the lights off, and a loaded gun in your hands, waiting for someone to break in.
Depends how desperate they are. If you're the only house around for 10 miles, and they really need something, Ft. Knox itself would be sieged.
And remember, despite their poor moral / lifestyle choices, they are anything but stupid. The kids at Mensa can't hold a thimble to what some of the things these people think of. Military veterans can't compare to some of the truly terrible situations these people find themselves in, and yet still come out alive.
And the funny part is, the utter simplicity of how they pull it off. That one blind spot you were unaware of, that given you and everyone else take for granted...it's like watching a street magician, and then having the trick explained to you. How did that burglar get into that apartment? Thousands of theories were put forth, but in the end, he climbed up there, and opened the sliding door. Climbed several stories, from one outcropping to the other. Simple, effective.
Indeed. Honestly, what so difficult about including a cellphone backup on the alarm system? Most places you can get a signal, and even in places you cannot, try a booster. Costs, what, $20 in parts, plus some agreement with a cell carrier for a few pennies a month.
Just add a fitting punishment for life-threatening failures. Like the CEO of the affected company must sit in a vat of spiders (imported from Australia), until he promises to fix the problem.
Nonsense. It will be a 14-car pileup, with the rest working perfectly. It'll give the tea drinking engineers at DOT something to ponder over (bonus points if they find a reference to "Grassy Knoll" in the core dump).
Indeed (however, it's a payment processor, not BitCoin itself, that is taxing things). But it works, I think, in the long run: merchants will wise up, and learn that in-network transfers cost them a lot less (less expensive that Mastercard / Visa, and the money is theirs).
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'Tis quite alright. We'll just stop making software for the other sectors. They can go back to doing things on an abacus, while the rest of us have 30 minute work days.
Yeah, no. Software programs juggle so many variables that it's virtually impossible to prove the program is bug-free. And add in the computer illiterate, who will find a way to generate giant lawsuits because of "the computer didn't preserve the placement of the file icons I dragged around the folder, after I copied it to a new driver; therefore it's a design flaw" crowd, and you know as well as I do that tech will be sacrificed for the greater human stupidity.
Yes, and I am sure the managers will be the ones to pay the price.
Exactly. Imagine the insurance premiums -> they will be comparable or larger to what the engineers / doctors pay.
Software will become to expensive, in reaction, that the field will collapse.
A little education goes a long way. But sadly, I think you are correct.
Bull elephants. And that drainage ditch you crossed, that one filled with what looked like water? You guessed it -> female elephant hormones.
You know have some very angry elephants that think your feet have been getting freaky with their girls.
Main computer -> two 23" screens. Then there are the laptops, but since there is so much clutter...
Not really. Almost every major city has some form of a waterway that lends itself to easy escape.
Yes, the psych attack is the new in-thing these days. Get the person (who is always, for some strange reason, rabidly against their government / or have some problem with their actions) committed, and the judge will automatically believe any lie they tell him / her, and disbelieve any truth you tell him / her (he's crazy, man!). Because, it's what they want to believe. To be a judge, you must implicitly agree with the majority of the laws you administer, and you must have faith in your government, that if there ever is a conspiracy, it would only be a small one. Bias built right into the system.
Surprising the number of psychs who are in on this these days, but then, the quality of healthcare has been dropping for quite some time in this country. Think about it. I could go on for some length about this problem, but having seen it first-hand, as well as the various dissemblances of both parties, I no longer believe we live in anything but a dark society. This generation, and the one after it...are royally screwed.
That's why you hire a lawyer from a large firm. One of their own gets whacked, they'll take apart the government to find the guilty individual, and quietly dispose of them. A large firm is usually stocked with the kind of players who can be taken down only after a fair portion of the ruling party suddenly decides career suicide is a viable, must-have option on their group's career paths.
And if there's one thing LEOs hate, it's walking into the lion's den (a large firm's offices) to get someone. The whole time they're in there, they know the attorneys are quietly thinking, in unison, about a single question "Am I in the mood for loins today? Perhaps a different cut? Hey, that guy with the buzzed head looks really stupid...I wonder if I can get him to harass someone, as I need a new Mercedes...maybe something in blue." God help them if a secretary breaks a nail by accident when they're there, let alone if they step on one of the senior partner's size 12s. What more, if the firm says they can't come in there, they probably can't, and would be greatly punished for attempting to do so.
Nonsense. Upload a video of it to youtube and a few pirate sites (it makes the backups or it gets the hose), stopping to leave a few links on reddit and other social media sites, and the world will come looking for your mystery men in under an hour.
However mysterious they might be, by the end of 24 hours, they'll be international celebrities. Won't be able to go into a bar for a drink without someone siddling up next to them, and having a friend take a picture of the two of you together.
Indeed. I like to keep my feet up on my desk at home, helps with the circulation. Monitor is about 3-4 feet away from me.
Or you could be a real psychopath, and purposefully sit home alone, at night, with all the lights off, and a loaded gun in your hands, waiting for someone to break in.
There's dangerous, and then there's dangerous.
Depends how desperate they are. If you're the only house around for 10 miles, and they really need something, Ft. Knox itself would be sieged.
And remember, despite their poor moral / lifestyle choices, they are anything but stupid. The kids at Mensa can't hold a thimble to what some of the things these people think of. Military veterans can't compare to some of the truly terrible situations these people find themselves in, and yet still come out alive.
And the funny part is, the utter simplicity of how they pull it off. That one blind spot you were unaware of, that given you and everyone else take for granted...it's like watching a street magician, and then having the trick explained to you. How did that burglar get into that apartment? Thousands of theories were put forth, but in the end, he climbed up there, and opened the sliding door. Climbed several stories, from one outcropping to the other. Simple, effective.
Indeed. Honestly, what so difficult about including a cellphone backup on the alarm system? Most places you can get a signal, and even in places you cannot, try a booster. Costs, what, $20 in parts, plus some agreement with a cell carrier for a few pennies a month.
Which is why you use elephants.
Lol, no. Visa & Mastercard get cracked like three times a day, and that money never comes back; they just hide it in the fees they charge people.
Just add a fitting punishment for life-threatening failures. Like the CEO of the affected company must sit in a vat of spiders (imported from Australia), until he promises to fix the problem.
Nonsense. It will be a 14-car pileup, with the rest working perfectly. It'll give the tea drinking engineers at DOT something to ponder over (bonus points if they find a reference to "Grassy Knoll" in the core dump).
Nonsense. They came up with jazz (as well as a number of other genres of music), technology, and so on.
Indeed (however, it's a payment processor, not BitCoin itself, that is taxing things). But it works, I think, in the long run: merchants will wise up, and learn that in-network transfers cost them a lot less (less expensive that Mastercard / Visa, and the money is theirs).
So introduce them to the concept of a directional antenna. When paired up with 802.11n, it can exceed the distance of fiber without a repeater.
But then they'd need to tech emergency personnel how to use a directional antenna...which depending on the person, might not be worth the hassle.
Indeed. I am not sure that Wifi lends itself to topologies in the same way that wired networks do.
The thought of taking a trip across 30 omni-directional routers fills me with a sense of horror for some reason.
Fairly certain Google is opt-in. I know I had to submit my website before it was indexed...
He gets it in one. We call it "breaking the internet," and it's what most governments attempt to do.