Regarding that particular war. The real "problem" is that war can be inherently really ugly and dirty. If we really wanted to "play to win", we'd have have to give up the idea of dignity and good public relations. The other side had the advantage of filtering the media for their constituents (at least the constituents they cared about). We didn't really have that option.
If we got down and dirty, we'd end up looking down and dirty to the whole world and ourselves. I won't make a value judgement either way here, only point out the very difficult PR side of choosing that path.
The cold war was as much of a PR game as it was a territory game. Both sides were trying to sell their system to the world. Both factors, territory and PR had to be accounted for, and in this case both factors were in conflict, giving us no easy choice. One or the other would likely have to take a hit.
In general, the study trends are pointing to rotating positions periodically. Standing sometimes, sitting others, and shifting positions in general throughout the day. There is no ONE right work position.
How to implement that furniture-wise is another story. I'm envisioning something like a dental chair where the height and position can be controlled via a set of buttons or levers. The desk would be higher up so that one can sit, stand, or do something in-between without having to move the desk (thus simplifying the system).
I couldn't find any solid evidence of your Cronkite claims. It appears to be unverified hearsay.
But even if it were true, that's just one news person. There were hundreds of others. One data point does not make a case.
I would note that Cronkite was generally neutral early in the war, but came to the conclusion it was a bad idea after a few years of covering it almost daily, and stated his change of opinion publicly.
You know, evangelicals often complain about "sinful Hollywood" products, but the fact is the ratings for such shows are pretty much the same in evangelical neighborhoods. Same with porn. Deep down, they really want to see the sleaze; they just don't admit it. It's why "Christian Programming" never flies despite all the attempts.
I suspect they'll sign up on GloryFaced, or whatever it's called, to post a "proper" profile and "proper" family pictures under their real name, but after hours go right back to Facebook etc. under an alias to partake in real fun.
I used to go to Sunday School as a kid. My Sunday School teacher one day stole a snowmobile and ran off with a floozy.
Such is already happening with say Fox News, and all media for that matter. Before we only had a few media outlets available who served a kind of generic middle-of-the-road view because they had to cater to a wide audience. Now people can easily choose to see and hear only what they want, and the news media is niche-ifying.
with pop-up ads that say, "Sinned too much? Stay out of Hell for just 7 easy payments of $49.95 a month! And for an extra $10.00 a month, we won't even tell your church! All diddling, screwing, lying, or cheating can be removed from your heavenly record Now Now Now!"
But, it also says, "The 'encounter program' includes software to prohibit the very type of automated safe mode that New Horizons executed Saturday afternoon."
That implies it did go into a waiting "safe mode" instead of an auto-science mode, for unknown reasons.
I'm not blaming you personally, it was just some "side tech". If an org or situation puts people into positions outside of their specialty, bleep is likely. That's just the way it is.
The poster was not the boss. The boss calls the final shots. The technician's job is to present the risks (trade-offs) as accurately and clearly as possible. If the boss(es) then choose to ignore the risk warnings, the blame falls on them. If you usurp their power, you are out the door (unless it's a legal matter).
Incidentally, I was in a somewhat similar situation where marketing planned to release about 30 websites for satellite offices all at once along with a press release about the new sites. I pointed out our "budget-oriented" infrastructure may not be able to handle such a sudden load, and suggested staggering the releases. Other technicians agreed with my warning, but the marketing chief was really disappointed, saying something like, "It's better P/R to have one big release. Staggering the releases takes the punch out of it."
I was tempted to respond, "30 crashed sites is not good P/R either", but smartly bit my tongue (based on prior experience with "reality" statements). He was a true P-H-B, always looking for a cheap short-sighted shortcut, but tried to blame us when his paper tigers got eaten. He drove one guy to retire early. Later he was under investigation for giving contracts to his buddies instead of basing them on merit. Not surprising, his buddies were also idiots.
Was it too late to re-inspect when mentioned in the meeting? You perhaps could have said, "I don't recognize that nut, but I'm willing to go in and look around."
Databases should be backed up with a text-dump (such as an SQL INSERT list), not the actual database file, because of the internal pointers that are fragile. A text-dump "flattens" the pointers. If you do use the actual database file as a backup, shut all DB writing off first, during the backup. And keep multiple generations.
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OMG, it's full of stars!
They don't look that scary to me.
Belgian Flatcoated Retriever Club?
Sticking with the idea that "Pluto" is a dog, eh?
If you can't beat visa and "offshore" workers, become one.
Regarding that particular war. The real "problem" is that war can be inherently really ugly and dirty. If we really wanted to "play to win", we'd have have to give up the idea of dignity and good public relations. The other side had the advantage of filtering the media for their constituents (at least the constituents they cared about). We didn't really have that option.
If we got down and dirty, we'd end up looking down and dirty to the whole world and ourselves. I won't make a value judgement either way here, only point out the very difficult PR side of choosing that path.
The cold war was as much of a PR game as it was a territory game. Both sides were trying to sell their system to the world. Both factors, territory and PR had to be accounted for, and in this case both factors were in conflict, giving us no easy choice. One or the other would likely have to take a hit.
In general, the study trends are pointing to rotating positions periodically. Standing sometimes, sitting others, and shifting positions in general throughout the day. There is no ONE right work position.
How to implement that furniture-wise is another story. I'm envisioning something like a dental chair where the height and position can be controlled via a set of buttons or levers. The desk would be higher up so that one can sit, stand, or do something in-between without having to move the desk (thus simplifying the system).
However, there could be downsides to such:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
They are not used to a time zone change to Pluto Local Time. The Plutonians* were not willing to help.
* "Plutocrats"? "Plutoids"? Reminds me of a joke about Hillary allegedly selling nuke mines to Putie. She's the "Plutonium Plutocrat".
Come on NASA, was it a "fault", "snafu", "glitch", or "bug". Come clean now!
Personally, I suspect it was a snag.
I couldn't find any solid evidence of your Cronkite claims. It appears to be unverified hearsay.
But even if it were true, that's just one news person. There were hundreds of others. One data point does not make a case.
I would note that Cronkite was generally neutral early in the war, but came to the conclusion it was a bad idea after a few years of covering it almost daily, and stated his change of opinion publicly.
You know, evangelicals often complain about "sinful Hollywood" products, but the fact is the ratings for such shows are pretty much the same in evangelical neighborhoods. Same with porn. Deep down, they really want to see the sleaze; they just don't admit it. It's why "Christian Programming" never flies despite all the attempts.
I suspect they'll sign up on GloryFaced, or whatever it's called, to post a "proper" profile and "proper" family pictures under their real name, but after hours go right back to Facebook etc. under an alias to partake in real fun.
I used to go to Sunday School as a kid. My Sunday School teacher one day stole a snowmobile and ran off with a floozy.
Such is already happening with say Fox News, and all media for that matter. Before we only had a few media outlets available who served a kind of generic middle-of-the-road view because they had to cater to a wide audience. Now people can easily choose to see and hear only what they want, and the news media is niche-ifying.
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with pop-up ads that say, "Sinned too much? Stay out of Hell for just 7 easy payments of $49.95 a month! And for an extra $10.00 a month, we won't even tell your church! All diddling, screwing, lying, or cheating can be removed from your heavenly record Now Now Now!"
Kim Jong-un's face on Charon with his tongue sticking out does look suspicious.
But, it also says, "The 'encounter program' includes software to prohibit the very type of automated safe mode that New Horizons executed Saturday afternoon."
That implies it did go into a waiting "safe mode" instead of an auto-science mode, for unknown reasons.
Reminds me of my calculus final exam back in the day where my HP calculator started flickering and rebooting 4 minutes before the exam.
I'll tell you the rest after the Pluto encounter...
"Snafu"
I'm not blaming you personally, it was just some "side tech". If an org or situation puts people into positions outside of their specialty, bleep is likely. That's just the way it is.
Looks like a new entry is coming.
Look on the bright side: if it were an F-35, the panel would have 13 nuts instead of 3, and all be different.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
The poster was not the boss. The boss calls the final shots. The technician's job is to present the risks (trade-offs) as accurately and clearly as possible. If the boss(es) then choose to ignore the risk warnings, the blame falls on them. If you usurp their power, you are out the door (unless it's a legal matter).
Incidentally, I was in a somewhat similar situation where marketing planned to release about 30 websites for satellite offices all at once along with a press release about the new sites. I pointed out our "budget-oriented" infrastructure may not be able to handle such a sudden load, and suggested staggering the releases. Other technicians agreed with my warning, but the marketing chief was really disappointed, saying something like, "It's better P/R to have one big release. Staggering the releases takes the punch out of it."
I was tempted to respond, "30 crashed sites is not good P/R either", but smartly bit my tongue (based on prior experience with "reality" statements). He was a true P-H-B, always looking for a cheap short-sighted shortcut, but tried to blame us when his paper tigers got eaten. He drove one guy to retire early. Later he was under investigation for giving contracts to his buddies instead of basing them on merit. Not surprising, his buddies were also idiots.
Was it too late to re-inspect when mentioned in the meeting? You perhaps could have said, "I don't recognize that nut, but I'm willing to go in and look around."
Databases should be backed up with a text-dump (such as an SQL INSERT list), not the actual database file, because of the internal pointers that are fragile. A text-dump "flattens" the pointers. If you do use the actual database file as a backup, shut all DB writing off first, during the backup. And keep multiple generations.
I confessed, I worked on Slashdot Beta ;-P
Sounds like a drunken data orgy with the NSA.
I'm not a "troll", I'm an Agitation Engineer.