Firstly what can be done about it? Second what should be done about it?
We have had satellites in the air for less than a drop in the bucket of time in earth's history. How can we use data that only covers less than a drop in the bucket to predict an outcome? Is Earth's climate changing? Hell yes! There is evidence of oceans where there are none. There is evidence of oceans where there was once civilizations. There is evidence of an "Ice age". There is evidence of many species and fauna that USED to exist. Maybe we are the next?
The only thing certain is death and increased taxes....
"Change happens" There is no call for doing a Chicken Little imitation.
If we (collectively) are responsible for the change, it's a little late to do anything about it. There are too many humans on the earth now to go back. And the mechanism's (that is earth's climate) pendulum is in mid swing and there is no stopping it. It is most likely to late to even affect how far it swings, even if we were able. And think about it even if we were able to affect it we would have to stop it from swinging back the other way. And then the cold people would want warm and the hot people would want cold and there would be whining and gnashing of teeth about where the pendulum should be stopped. "Some things never change"
The other side of this coin is they don't have to get payed in moneys There tax breaks, right of way access, perks and benefits.
However the limitations on the wires for basic phone service must be really chapping their hides because they can see the gouging that is happening in the Cellular industry and they want on that gravy train.
So the Farmer let the Fox into the chicken house to cull the bad chickens!!! Whoa, lazy Farmer! But on top of that the Farmer is letting the Fox decide which chickens are bad!
But that's not all...
The Farmer is not even checking what the Fox is doing! WTF!!!
Or is he just the next scapegoat to take the fall for the PHB?
Write up a report documenting the faults you have fixed and show how that led you to notice the other faults/bottle-necks/bandaids/single points of failure. Figure out a rough estimate of the equipment and man hours necessary, include a time frame to complete. Include a department allowance to bring in a right hand man to cover day to day crisis to allow you to focus on the upgrade. And submit this up the food chain.
I am sure that these issues were not disclosed during your hiring process (if there was any awareness). These issues seem very critical and if you go trying to fix them without documenting the severity and notifying the higher ups of the hazards, you may wind up getting blamed for any crisis arising from said defects.
"The new economy is good for the elite who own the servers"
If it is in fact good, I believe it is a false economy based on, less for more, beating up the competition, short term gains, stealing pensions from the employes who grew/built the company, and supporting a substandard wage for the employees who replace the higher paid who leave on a 1 for 2 or 3 basis.
The economy is teetering with little growth, no R&D, controlled by legal wrangling of arcane statutes. New growth is beat to a pulp, purchased for pennies and laid to waste. New technology is not embraced unless a corporate entity can monopolize and control the market.
The technology is there for many new things creating many new jobs (or saving consumers money, saving the environment), but greed, and an eye for short term gains is keeping us in the dark ages, the focus is on squeezing every iota of sweat and blood out of my ass and giving me less than the same purchase yesterday. It is a pyramid game that has a very nasty surprise at the end.
The protests are already starting..... Folks going postal right and left, melting down because they refuse to sell out or have nothing left to give. Soon they will turn our military against us, they can't do it yet because a human infantry will not follow. Robots and machines will have to do that bidding.
The military is already headed in this direction. Unloading the low level lifer's. Move up or move on. This would seem to point towards a command based architecture, with robots and contractors who do the grunt work.
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Firstly what can be done about it?
Second what should be done about it?
We have had satellites in the air for less than a drop in the bucket of time in earth's history. How can we use data that only covers less than a drop in the bucket to predict an outcome? Is Earth's climate changing? Hell yes! There is evidence of oceans where there are none. There is evidence of oceans where there was once civilizations. There is evidence of an "Ice age". There is evidence of many species and fauna that USED to exist. Maybe we are the next?
The only thing certain is death and increased taxes....
"Change happens"
There is no call for doing a Chicken Little imitation.
If we (collectively) are responsible for the change, it's a little late to do anything about it. There are too many humans on the earth now to go back. And the mechanism's (that is earth's climate) pendulum is in mid swing and there is no stopping it. It is most likely to late to even affect how far it swings, even if we were able. And think about it even if we were able to affect it we would have to stop it from swinging back the other way. And then the cold people would want warm and the hot people would want cold and there would be whining and gnashing of teeth about where the pendulum should be stopped. "Some things never change"
"Samsung files to appeal judges decision" and blocks Apples request for injunction...ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
I didn't have faith in the judicial system.
My recent experience with the Samsung SCH-i405 phone has removed any faith I have in Samsung.
Unless it's Verizon's fault the phone is a POS, but I do have faith that VZ will screw me every way they can. (have you seen the new billing crap?)
I find the term "piracy" a loaded and inflammatory term.
You insensitive bastard!
The other side of this coin is they don't have to get payed in moneys
There tax breaks, right of way access, perks and benefits.
However the limitations on the wires for basic phone service must be really chapping their hides because they can see the gouging that is happening in the Cellular industry and they want on that gravy train.
must have been really bummed out they did not find them...
They can't wait to scoop up all that IP.
The Girl With The Dragon Tatto? and the other two of the trilogy.
For SciFi Enders Game is a must read
So the Farmer let the Fox into the chicken house to cull the bad chickens!!!
Whoa, lazy Farmer!
But on top of that the Farmer is letting the Fox decide which chickens are bad!
But that's not all...
The Farmer is not even checking what the Fox is doing! WTF!!!
Glad I'm not a chicken......
for the operation.
Has he been given the authority to make it right?
Or is he just the next scapegoat to take the fall for the PHB?
Write up a report documenting the faults you have fixed and show how that led you to notice the other faults/bottle-necks/bandaids/single points of failure.
Figure out a rough estimate of the equipment and man hours necessary, include a time frame to complete.
Include a department allowance to bring in a right hand man to cover day to day crisis to allow you to focus on the upgrade.
And submit this up the food chain.
I am sure that these issues were not disclosed during your hiring process (if there was any awareness). These issues seem very critical and if you go trying to fix them without documenting the severity and notifying the higher ups of the hazards, you may wind up getting blamed for any crisis arising from said defects.
Has demanded that the lake not be cleaned up.
That the natural habitat of the extremophiles must be protected.
How can they hide the construction of underground bunkers?
This is not an easy task and requires many trucks and people and there will be a tailings pile as big as the complex.
At night infrared would show hot trucks disappearing into a mountain.
Are they that smart to fool the watchers?
"Even more so because TFA doesn't ever mention /what/ it was he did."
He found the Directors pr0n collection....
"company executives believe they can persuade regulators to allow it to swallow the business whole because the music industry is in such decline."
That way if the industry ever comes back they will be positioned to make a killing.
On top of all the additional "pirates" they will get to sue the balls off of......
Since the last ice age.
Influenced by man? Maybe, if so it is too late to make a difference.
Changes made on this continent will only be offset by shifting the bad things to another continent.
We need to adapt, move underground maybe....
were given individual rights was the beginning of the end.
My interests have not (or completely in-adequately) been represented in almost any level of government.
For the greater good of WHOM?
Copyright and more so patents have strangled inovation and change.
What does the end game look like when 2 or 3 remaining mega-corporations hold all the patents?
That you are living life on the edge if you have the stuff to make anthrax just laying around!
the companies officers over compensation?
Really they are just jealous/greedy that someone else is making money (sometimes more) on their transport system.
"The new economy is good for the elite who own the servers"
If it is in fact good, I believe it is a false economy based on, less for more, beating up the competition, short term gains, stealing pensions from the employes who grew/built the company, and supporting a substandard wage for the employees who replace the higher paid who leave on a 1 for 2 or 3 basis.
The economy is teetering with little growth, no R&D, controlled by legal wrangling of arcane statutes. New growth is beat to a pulp, purchased for pennies and laid to waste. New technology is not embraced unless a corporate entity can monopolize and control the market.
The technology is there for many new things creating many new jobs (or saving consumers money, saving the environment), but greed, and an eye for short term gains is keeping us in the dark ages, the focus is on squeezing every iota of sweat and blood out of my ass and giving me less than the same purchase yesterday. It is a pyramid game that has a very nasty surprise at the end.
The protests are already starting..... Folks going postal right and left, melting down because they refuse to sell out or have nothing left to give.
Soon they will turn our military against us, they can't do it yet because a human infantry will not follow. Robots and machines will have to do that bidding.
Welcome to the Matrix :^)
The military is already headed in this direction.
Unloading the low level lifer's.
Move up or move on.
This would seem to point towards a command based architecture, with robots and contractors who do the grunt work.
If anyone is liable it it the patent office as the judgements were granted based on their decision.
Good luck collecting on that....
Dialing into message boards and private networks that had internet access.
I tried AOL im sure but that could not have lasted more than a month or so.
Then I found Best and found a home.
to a nicer guy...
I suggest some western justice.
Public stoning??
Just give me the top authority and immunity from any civil or criminal litigation!
No problem
Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, AIM (amongst others) are all going to get real mad when their mail all goes in the scrapper.
Then users will be mad that their mail gets dumped because their service is lame.
Then I will be out of a job.
ENFORCE the laws and regs in place, that's not going to happen either, as there is no money to be made (or tangibly saved) by doing so.
Useless laws and regs with no teeth and too many wormy lawyers hired by lying spammers.
Please fill out form as necessary......
I'll get fair pay,
and an 8 hour day?