As an investor, I would like for Alpha to concentrate on the task of making a profit. The social experiments these corporate execs come up with are outside the mission of the company.
Check with your local community college or CS department at a Regional University. They are usually bound to strict asset disposal rules but often they can transfer assets they are retiring to public schools or sell them in auction. When we auction old PCs they usually go for $20 to $50. Some of our faculty or staff members buy ours and donate them to needy organizations or even students. Linux with Open Office installs pretty seamlessly and you would be surprised how efficient an old PC can be in the hands of some of these youngsters.
Clearly we can't convince folks to stop at stop signs. We can't convince folks to "just say no" to drugs. We can't prevent un-safe sex. Why would we think for a minute that on-line security would be important to anyone else. Perhaps penury is an excellent teacher as are automobile wrecks, brain damage, and gonorrhea.
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Sounds to me like this story could preface one of Isaac Asimov's novels.
As an investor, I would like for Alpha to concentrate on the task of making a profit. The social experiments these corporate execs come up with are outside the mission of the company.
You just don't know about it. For example, you might read Stephen Kotler's, "Abundance."
First t6eh Panama Canal and now ICANN.
Check with your local community college or CS department at a Regional University. They are usually bound to strict asset disposal rules but often they can transfer assets they are retiring to public schools or sell them in auction. When we auction old PCs they usually go for $20 to $50. Some of our faculty or staff members buy ours and donate them to needy organizations or even students. Linux with Open Office installs pretty seamlessly and you would be surprised how efficient an old PC can be in the hands of some of these youngsters.
Certainly the NSA listeners call it a "feature."
Clearly we can't convince folks to stop at stop signs. We can't convince folks to "just say no" to drugs. We can't prevent un-safe sex. Why would we think for a minute that on-line security would be important to anyone else. Perhaps penury is an excellent teacher as are automobile wrecks, brain damage, and gonorrhea.
I agree, don't spoil the rivers. Just return the cadavers to their natural element, the sewer.