I won't argue with you about government IT. I will argue with you about SAN. If you own the data and the system, you're not noosed to a cloud provider. You can walk away from your current contractor and find another one more easily than if you're cloud-locked.
$17 million is cheap compared to the cost of data breaches on "third party clown" systems, and the cost of giving private data to the likes of Scumazon and Scroogle to play with.
A/C was the least of it -- why did the (two-track) 2nd Ave Subway stations need to have a full concourse level rather than just a narrow "bridge" to cross the tracks?
However, there were problems other than corruption. NYC is built on bedrock, which is a bitch to dig through. And it's a much older city than L.A., so there are poorly-market utility lines and other infrastructure underground -- half the battle was locating this stuff and moving it, as well as avoiding damaging the foundations of buildings.
As far as the tunnel-boring machine, was this thing running 24/7? There are 168 hours in a week -- with 40 hour weeks and vacation time, 5 crews sound about right. Add some support staff for repairs and the like, and you have your 50 people.
LOL. I heard they're less fun than they look -- most of the old handcars had plain bearings, not ball or roller bearings, so pumping them was a sweaty job.
If you're building a tunnel, laying a set of rails and an electric rail is a relatively small cost compared to the tunnel itself. The vehicles should run on rails -- metal-to-metal friction is lower than rubber to concrete, and they provide a way of powering vehicles without dealing with toxic batteries.
I'm not suggesting building a conventional subway, but rather some form of personal rapid transit. Designed correctly, the vehicles could "switch" themselves to different tracks without needing the complex switching equipment used by trains and subways today.
I'm proud of my work too, but I'm not going to kill myself, ruin my health, and ignore my family just to make a CEO up top a few million extra while they throw me a few thousand for my trouble. Ever seen Con Air -- love this scene with Steve Buscemi:
What's wrong with 20-year old technology and second-hand smartphones? I'm of the opinion that 24/7/365 connectivity is actually harmful and doesn't add much to society. In fact, a cell phone is a tracking device. The problem with North Korea and Cuba isn't lack of cell phones; it's lack of other aspects of freedom.
The idea of a free low-tech society is fine with me. The corporations like Google? Screw 'em and good riddance if they leave -- their entire business model is to track, invade privacy, mine data, slice, dice, until we have no privacy and freedom left.
More like 6 weeks, but are you jealous that some people live in countries where they're not worked until they get ill? 60-80 hour weeks in tech are a sad life, nothing to be proud of.
What's success? Europeans on average have longer life expectancy, better services, more vacation, and generally happier lives. Per-capita GDP isn't the only appropriate measurement of a country's success.
The yellow vests? At least the French have TIME to protest and their police and military aren't vile enough to pull Kent State II (as would happen if there were mass protests in the USA).
Empty bottles, fill at a drinking fountain or soda fountain once you go through the TSA smurfpoint. Or I've just taken full ones and dumped them if they bitched about it (maybe 25% of the time). Rules are meant to be broken:)
I don't get it -- much of the US outside of places like Flint, MI already has a reliable water delivery system. Trucking it in via tiny bottles is pretty silly.
LAH-DEE-DAH! You sound like a real prima donna... It's a phone, what the hell are you doing on it that requires 3 GB of RAM and a fast processor? Mine works great for talking, texting, email, photos, SSH, remote desktop, and any sort of basic non-gaming app.
Writing a paper or a book, graphing/crunching data, editing images, etc, on an Amazon Echo or other smart speaker. Often, you really do need a screen and maybe even a keyboard.
The US is primarily 3G/4G. 1G/2G and AMPS networks have been mostly turned off. Would a 1996-era cell phone even work today? Flip phones, sure, but not from 1996!
You assume that I actually have a problem with a greater number of drunk driving deaths or more addiction. I frankly don't. I'd rather live in a loosely-controlled but less safe society than a more-controlled but safer one. I'm not a coward.
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Almost all humans have two teats; some are just more developed than others.
I won't argue with you about government IT. I will argue with you about SAN. If you own the data and the system, you're not noosed to a cloud provider. You can walk away from your current contractor and find another one more easily than if you're cloud-locked.
$17 million is cheap compared to the cost of data breaches on "third party clown" systems, and the cost of giving private data to the likes of Scumazon and Scroogle to play with.
A/C was the least of it -- why did the (two-track) 2nd Ave Subway stations need to have a full concourse level rather than just a narrow "bridge" to cross the tracks?
However, there were problems other than corruption. NYC is built on bedrock, which is a bitch to dig through. And it's a much older city than L.A., so there are poorly-market utility lines and other infrastructure underground -- half the battle was locating this stuff and moving it, as well as avoiding damaging the foundations of buildings.
As far as the tunnel-boring machine, was this thing running 24/7? There are 168 hours in a week -- with 40 hour weeks and vacation time, 5 crews sound about right. Add some support staff for repairs and the like, and you have your 50 people.
LOL. I heard they're less fun than they look -- most of the old handcars had plain bearings, not ball or roller bearings, so pumping them was a sweaty job.
If you're building a tunnel, laying a set of rails and an electric rail is a relatively small cost compared to the tunnel itself. The vehicles should run on rails -- metal-to-metal friction is lower than rubber to concrete, and they provide a way of powering vehicles without dealing with toxic batteries.
I'm not suggesting building a conventional subway, but rather some form of personal rapid transit. Designed correctly, the vehicles could "switch" themselves to different tracks without needing the complex switching equipment used by trains and subways today.
Fire the HR people who whine, hire non-US-born workers to replace them. People with HR degrees are like Kleenex -- easily thrown away and replaced.
I'm proud of my work too, but I'm not going to kill myself, ruin my health, and ignore my family just to make a CEO up top a few million extra while they throw me a few thousand for my trouble. Ever seen Con Air -- love this scene with Steve Buscemi:
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Deodorants are toxic, body odor contains natural pheromones. People who stink a bit are sexier and healthier.
Then time to regulate as well as tax them into leaving.
What's wrong with 20-year old technology and second-hand smartphones? I'm of the opinion that 24/7/365 connectivity is actually harmful and doesn't add much to society. In fact, a cell phone is a tracking device. The problem with North Korea and Cuba isn't lack of cell phones; it's lack of other aspects of freedom.
The idea of a free low-tech society is fine with me. The corporations like Google? Screw 'em and good riddance if they leave -- their entire business model is to track, invade privacy, mine data, slice, dice, until we have no privacy and freedom left.
Then they'll be fined until they mend their ways. If they're run out of the EU, good riddance to bad trash.
We won't know 2018 tax revenues until mid/late 2019 when all tax returns are filed and refunds given.
More like 6 weeks, but are you jealous that some people live in countries where they're not worked until they get ill? 60-80 hour weeks in tech are a sad life, nothing to be proud of.
What's success? Europeans on average have longer life expectancy, better services, more vacation, and generally happier lives. Per-capita GDP isn't the only appropriate measurement of a country's success.
The yellow vests? At least the French have TIME to protest and their police and military aren't vile enough to pull Kent State II (as would happen if there were mass protests in the USA).
Empty bottles, fill at a drinking fountain or soda fountain once you go through the TSA smurfpoint. Or I've just taken full ones and dumped them if they bitched about it (maybe 25% of the time). Rules are meant to be broken :)
I don't get it -- much of the US outside of places like Flint, MI already has a reliable water delivery system. Trucking it in via tiny bottles is pretty silly.
LAH-DEE-DAH! You sound like a real prima donna... It's a phone, what the hell are you doing on it that requires 3 GB of RAM and a fast processor? Mine works great for talking, texting, email, photos, SSH, remote desktop, and any sort of basic non-gaming app.
Fortunately, "fandroids" have their choice of phones, and don't have to buy crippled junk from Samsung.
Take the Moto G4 Play and G5. Removable battery? CHECK! SD card slot? CHECK! Headphone jack? CHECK once more!
The road to Hell is paved with rotten Apples.
Writing a paper or a book, graphing/crunching data, editing images, etc, on an Amazon Echo or other smart speaker. Often, you really do need a screen and maybe even a keyboard.
The US is primarily 3G/4G. 1G/2G and AMPS networks have been mostly turned off. Would a 1996-era cell phone even work today? Flip phones, sure, but not from 1996!
86% of Dumbericans are Puritanical dolts and bootlicking authoritarian scum.
Oddly enough, the original Puritans (the Pilgrims) actually had a taste for beer.
You assume that I actually have a problem with a greater number of drunk driving deaths or more addiction. I frankly don't. I'd rather live in a loosely-controlled but less safe society than a more-controlled but safer one. I'm not a coward.