I definitely understand budgetary constraints, but there's a point where you have to say it can't be done safely for what's being spent. If you're tasked with designing/building a bridge or some other critical structure, what do you do when you know that you've not been assigned enough resources to get the job done safely and properly? A good PE would be willing to refuse the project and not sign his name on the plans, or demand more resources - as it's his ass on the line in the end.
Hmm, but if you're tasked with designing/building a bridge, or some other critical structure, what do you do if you get all the monetary resources needed, but instead are required to use a certain "quality" of steel which you know becomes brittle at low temperatures (... and the bridge is indeed being built at a place known for its harsh winters...) Would a good PE still be willing to sign his name on the plans?
The answer may be easy, if lots of other clients are queuing up before his door.
But what if there are no other clients, and he would be unemployed without accepting this project?
(It's funny, I don't use the phrase "non-engineer" often, but I'm actually working right now on a presentation titled "traffic safety for non-engineers".)
What software did you use to make that presentation? I hope it isn't powerpoint.
>doing so would be like hiring serial-killing doctor
Well, if he's good with a knife..
doing so would be like hiring a butcher's son to manage your country's economy. Oh wait....
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Wow, that's the first time that I've actually heard somebody call "Knapphouschent" a city. I feel flattered. Usually terms such as "cow's village" come to mind;-)
No. They can't demand virgin sacrifices, they can't require vandalism, and they can't require anything else that is against the LAW.
In any case, why would the university require vandalism? It would make more sense to forbid vandalism, and that is obviously something they can do:
They can forbid virgin sacrifices, they can forbid vandalism, and they can even forbid items & activities that are allowed by the law (hotplates, drinking parties,...)
Any argument about appliances would fall short, IMO, because hotplates and other appliances that are verbotten are restricted for safety reasons
Well, they could just claim that the access point's EM radiation is a health hazard. Or that access points tend to get very hot, and might set the hall on fire.
Maybe the university has a really good pr0n filter / p2p block.
And this, probably, is the real reason why the university forbids "private" access points: indeed, what good is a p2p block if students just can route around it?
Hey, and what good is a disgusting school canteen if students can just cook their own food on their hotplates?
Am i somehow under threat if i vote for kerry or bush or even the communist party candidate and gasp someone finds out:o
Maybe not you, but lots of other people might feel uncomfortable to vote Democrat if their boss votes Republican. A threat doesn't need to be a threat to your health and lifelyhood; a threat to your career is more than enough.
And then, there's the specter of "vote buying". If ballots are secret, it's much more difficult to buy votes, because you cannot be sure that they guy whose vote you bought really voted the way he promised;-)
And then, the special case of the armed forces. Even if Joe the Soldier is brave enough to vote Democrat (knowing full well that his hierarchy would prefer Republican), and does not care that his might lead to his removal from the armed forces, we still have a problem: Now suddenly the Republicans have an army at their disposal which they know that they can trust. No risk of the army siding with the people, if ordered to commit unconstitutional acts, because the Republicans will have "weeded out" the untrustworthy elements before.
And quite a few "oil companies" have figured out that they are in the energy business, not the oil business.
Well, actually all of them have figured this out. Well, all of them... except one: Esso. Instead Esso thinks that they are in the "let's bribe Bush to slow down the Kyoto treaty" business.
Ah yes, the rarely used 'completly wrong under one particular circumstance' rebuttal.
Erhmmm, driving was one of the 4 examples specifically mentioned among the "most boring times to sit there by yourself and twiddle your thumbs [and to liven up with a call]" (along with filling up, ordering food, and taking a flight). So it's completely fair to pick on this example.
Not that any of the 3 other examples withstand scrutiny that much better:
Filling up lasts not long enough to make a useful call anyways.
Idem for ordering food, or maybe if the line is very long. But be sure to be ready when it's your turn and don't be sure that you aren't slowing down the line
taking a flight: there may be safety concerns too, at least there were before the introduction of these new pico-cells
Unmittelbar nach dem Stromausfall herrschte beim Netzbetreiber Cegedel zunächstnoch Unklarheit über die Ursachen des Totalausfalls. Die Telephon-Hotlines der Cegedel waren überlastet. Kurze Zeit später stellte sich heraus, dass
der Ursprung der Panne bei dem deutschen Stromzulieferer RWE zu suchen war, von dem Luxemburg den größten Teil seiner elektrischen Energie bezieht. Nach Angaben der Cegedel waren in der Nähe von Trier vier 220 kV-Leitungen auf einen Schlag ausgefallen. "Luxemburg erhält seit 40 Jahren Strom von der RWE, dies war bisher der größte Stromausfall", so Pierre Wilmes, Leiter des für die Hochspannungsleitungen zuständigen Cegedel-Regionalzentrums in Heisdorf.
The German version:
Zur gleichen Zeit wie in Luxemburg hatte ein großflächiger Stromausfall auch die deutsche Region Eifel-Hunsrück (Rheinland-Pfalz) lahm gelegt. Betroffen waren nach Angaben der deutschen Polizei rund 200 000 Einwohner vor allem in Trier, Bitburg und Saarburg.
Die Nachrichtenagentur dpa zitierte einen Sprecher des Stromkonzerns RWE, wonach der
Ursprung der Störung in Luxemburg gelegen und diese sich dann weiter in die Region Eifel-Hunsrück fortgepflanzt habe. Die Ursache sei aber noch nicht bekannt, so der Sprecher. Bis in den Abend hinein liefen die Arbeiten, um das Netz schrittweise wieder aufzubauen.
Ha! It's Blame Canada!, European style! But unlinke our North American brethren, we can at least rule out terrorism. Or is the "Bommeleer" back?
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I have to bite my tongue very hard not to quote some Hamlet here...
The answer may be easy, if lots of other clients are queuing up before his door.
But what if there are no other clients, and he would be unemployed without accepting this project?
What software did you use to make that presentation? I hope it isn't powerpoint.
I tried looking those up, but it's all double dutch for me...
Hmm, no. This is only possible if you run the insecure Windows(tm) OS. And no educated person would ever do that.
Well, if he's good with a knife..
doing so would be like hiring a butcher's son to manage your country's economy. Oh wait....
Wow, that's the first time that I've actually heard somebody call "Knapphouschent" a city. I feel flattered. Usually terms such as "cow's village" come to mind ;-)
Oh, btw: I think the colorscheme shuxors.
Unfortunately, Vianden didn't help Luxembourg this 2nd of September :-(
'The inventor of the gadget, Keiji Koga, said: "We are finally able to experience plants and flowers with all five of our natural senses."'
I'm guessing this guy's never slept in a tall pine forest. The sounds are amazing.
Nope, that's a y with an acute accent (ý)
In any case, why would the university require vandalism? It would make more sense to forbid vandalism, and that is obviously something they can do:
They can forbid virgin sacrifices, they can forbid vandalism, and they can even forbid items & activities that are allowed by the law (hotplates, drinking parties, ...)
Any argument about appliances would fall short, IMO, because hotplates and other appliances that are verbotten are restricted for safety reasons
Well, they could just claim that the access point's EM radiation is a health hazard. Or that access points tend to get very hot, and might set the hall on fire.
And this, probably, is the real reason why the university forbids "private" access points: indeed, what good is a p2p block if students just can route around it?
Hey, and what good is a disgusting school canteen if students can just cook their own food on their hotplates?
Maybe not you, but lots of other people might feel uncomfortable to vote Democrat if their boss votes Republican. A threat doesn't need to be a threat to your health and lifelyhood; a threat to your career is more than enough.
And then, there's the specter of "vote buying". If ballots are secret, it's much more difficult to buy votes, because you cannot be sure that they guy whose vote you bought really voted the way he promised ;-)
And then, the special case of the armed forces. Even if Joe the Soldier is brave enough to vote Democrat (knowing full well that his hierarchy would prefer Republican), and does not care that his might lead to his removal from the armed forces, we still have a problem: Now suddenly the Republicans have an army at their disposal which they know that they can trust. No risk of the army siding with the people, if ordered to commit unconstitutional acts, because the Republicans will have "weeded out" the untrustworthy elements before.
Well, actually all of them have figured this out. Well, all of them... except one: Esso. Instead Esso thinks that they are in the "let's bribe Bush to slow down the Kyoto treaty" business.
Erhmmm, driving was one of the 4 examples specifically mentioned among the "most boring times to sit there by yourself and twiddle your thumbs [and to liven up with a call]" (along with filling up, ordering food, and taking a flight). So it's completely fair to pick on this example.
Not that any of the 3 other examples withstand scrutiny that much better:
Ha!
The Luxembourgish version:
The German version:
Ha! It's Blame Canada!, European style! But unlinke our North American brethren, we can at least rule out terrorism. Or is the "Bommeleer" back?