And most of those (all?) countries are smaller than my home state or not much larger than it. Australia's huge. They're not running out top-spec fiber to the home in the near future. (They are doing a partial roll-out, IIRC. It just isn't top-end. IIRC the news articles they're aiming for 50 Mb/sec.)
I don't think the issue is that people have it if they want. I think the issue as that people are complaining that their country doesn't have it or that they don't have it in their locale and this is seen as a personal slight or conspiracy. I've for about 15 Mb/sec at home on my DSL. I'm actually content with that - it's more than I need. I have patience.
That's a comparison, I guess. I also have enough bandwidth so that I am able to seed some 143 compressed/ISO distros. Of course, I can use a second line but I seldom feel compelled to do so. (What I will do, when getting home again, is probably move a whole server to a second connection and just use that for seeding and guest access. I'll have an additional user in the house.) But, I guess, I don't need it.
That shouldn't mean that I begrudge others - I don't. Nor do I think that folks couldn't make legitimate use of that bandwidth (who am I to determine what they do?) But, I think they were because one of the above posters was citing it as an example to be ashamed of their whole country. I'd say that makes their point a bit more valid. There's no reason to claim it brings shame upon your house for a thousand generations because you can only download the game in ten minutes and can't download the game continuously for a whole month without exceeding your bandwidth caps.
Slowly but surely AmiMojo is tempering and starting to make a little more sense in those regards. Don't ruin it! They have some valid things to say. Just point out logical inconsistencies and don't expect a reply. If you watch, over a period of six months or so, they've tempered their responses quite a bit and seem to be relying more on facts than before. Another few years and they'll see the people they're willingly associating with, perhaps retain the views, and be willing to actually have a logical discussion. These things take time!:D (There's nothing intrinsically wrong with having empathy.)
Have you ever seen wolves eat? They'll eat - only to vomit the food up later. They eat it because they don't want someone else to get it. I believe this is where the "wolf down" turn of phase comes from.
The person you replied to? They're like that wolf. The idea that the resource is going to sit in the ground, perhaps used by a needy later generation or simply keeping carbon sequestered, is abominable. They want to consume it, they want it for themselves - even if it means they'll simply vomit it up later.
The worst part is that they probably self-identify as Libertarians. At times, it makes my life kind of tough.
No, folks... Medicine is one of those *important* things. Medicine is not something you trust to the ethics of the business - and yes, medicine is a business. No, the INVISIBLE FUCKING HAND IS A LIE! Err... Now that I have that out of me...
As a Libertarian, please understand that not all of us are dysfunctional or mentally retarded. Most of us recognize that a single pure-form ideology is not now, nor ever, going to be possible without being a totalitarian State. Most of us recognize the commons and the need to protect that - without leaving adequate rights in the bowl, how can we ensure that everyone gets their share of those rights?
I'm not so sure about the "most of us" any more. I'm so calling the "No True Scotsman" thing right now, however. I've seen more than one person say, "I am no longer a Republican, I'm a Libertarian now." They didn't actually change their ideology. They just were too embarrassed to be associated with the party any longer. I think it's a semi-valid claim and not, necessarily, a fallacy.
The above is very much true. We certainly did use military tech to put us into space, modified tech, but military tech regardless. Also, the Russians were ahead because they're Russia. Their early cosmonauts didn't even pilot the craft IIRC. They really didn't mind losing a few people, it's was the USSR. Also, we often seem inclined to underrate Russian tech - it works. Their aeronautics have been first rate for a long time - look at the MiG or the Su. It may seem low tech, it's not - it's phenomenal tech for the price.
Well, you don't seem to be *doing* anything about it, it's safe to conclude that you've come to terms with it - unless being passive aggressive is "doing something" and I'm missing something? If you're not doing anything about it then, well, it seems you have come to terms with it. Sad, really. Run for office - even if it's just a small and local office at the start. Get out and petition your neighbors. Preaching to the choir and ranting on a site full of like-minded people implies that you've accepted that you're powerless to change it which is, to some extent, coming to terms with it. No?
Is it really this important to you to fuck with me?
Important? No. Fun? Yes. I'm retired and bored. It's fun to pull the strings and watch puppets dance. *snickers* You are, after all, the one who put the outlandish statement out there. I might as well get my mileage from it. You weren't doing anything better, where you? Me either. Contrary to popular opinion, retirement isn't all that it's cracked up to be - and I'm still stuck in Buffalo. So, well, you tossed me a softball and I figured I'd amuse at least one of us for a while.
Impress? God, no. The last thing I want to do is impress you. Nothing personal but you're not worth it and, frankly, I'm not that impressive. What I do want to do, however, is amuse at least one of us. It's this or answer questions on AskUbuntu while listening to the missus prattle on about what I'm doing or what to do after dinner this evening. Here, she shoulder surfs and shakes her head and goes to play on her laptop. So, yeah, you soft-balled a silly bit about us all being dead due to methane and I figured I'd swing for the fences. Meh, it was amusing for a little while.
I don't suppose you're in Buffalo and want to go out for dinner with us? We can growl at each other over the table. Hell, you can bring your gun and threaten to shoot me in the restaurant. It'll be great fun. You can bring the wife and kids. We're going to try the Texas de Brazil, we have a reservation for 7:00 but the lady who answered the phone indicated that they'd probably not be busy. I can call and see if they can have more seating. If you can't come to dinner then I'll probably have to cut this short or respond later in the evening.
Comments like this, and the resultant behavior, is why you're gonna end up with draconian restrictions. "Oh but I won't listen to those fuckers!" True, but that's not why they make laws. They make them so they can find and impose harsh penalties. "They can't find me!" Perhaps also true, they need only be lucky once - you need to be lucky every time.
You had options. Instead, you let sexconker, and people similar, speak on your behalf. I dare say, we've had this conversation before. It's unfortunate because I hate to see the government come clamoring down on people who were given a bad reputation by others. This is why you can't have nice things.
Well, now you've made me snicker. I shall deign you with my attention once again... So, I'm playing at life? Hmm... Okay...
Yes, but I'm winning. You go down to the Navy base and earn enough money to make that wager yet? Your vulgarities are amusing but your unwillingness to put your money where your mouth is, is telling. It must upset you, judging by your inability to control yourself - from threats to just vulgarities, that someone has called your bluff.
The reality is, however, that you're just wanting to control the conversation. You're just wanting to be the big man in charge. You're just wanting to threaten, attempt to belittle, and dominate. This is usually because of an inferiority complex, often because of past abuses or trauma. You could ask for help, that'd be freely given. You'd have to first admit there's a problem and, today, you'd might not be able to do that.
What you can do, is secure a lump sum payment for your family if something should happen and you end up being correct. If you're so certain then here's an escrow account that you can put your money up - you can trust them with your money. https://www.srsacquiom.com/ser...
I'm open to any other escrow service that you're interested in - so long as I can vet it. Once you've put the money up, I'll match it, and then I'll even pay for the legal fees to get this taken care of. You're a cute lil' bugger, you Chicken Little, you... You do get all riled up when someone's unwilling to be controlled by you. The funny part is that you're probably thinking that I don't believe in AGW, that I do not care about the environment, and all sorts of other things. You couldn't be further from the truth but being wrong is habitual for you, isn't it?
Instead of lashing out you could just ask for help. Mental illness isn't pretty and it's not easy to go it alone. The sooner you get help, the better off you'll be.
Alright, and now the craft to get the astronauts there and keep them sustained while doing the repairs? Then, this is a bit intangible so I'll let you provide any number you want on it - it's okay, how about the science that would be lost while we waited for a new HST-esque device to be built, tested, and placed into orbit instead of repairing the existing one? And any risks associated with it - such as potential losses due to the launch being the most dangerous part of any mission and where most losses are incurred? Then, you glossed over the size... We can't just ignore that because it's inconvenient!:D Now we're gonna have to develop a whole new space ship to get it there - that's gonna cost a fortune! And if any of those replacements were broken?
(Don't get me wrong - I think the shuttle belongs out of service, today. I'm just very grateful for what it did.)
Actually, no... I think the shuttle should be "retired" but able to be called back if there's a compelling reason to do so. When I sold my business, one of the things I did (after paying a shit-ton of taxes) was find out if I could donate to NASA. It turns out that I can, and did. I was just not able to earmark the donation. I had to donate to their general fund and not to any specific goals. I guess you could say that I am, sort of, a scientist but I'm certainly not a rocket scientist or the likes. I'm a mathematician. And, as such, we're gonna have to do some math to account for some of those externalities you're glossing over.
That makes some sense. Thanks.:/ We didn't really have much in the way of formal processes. I don't know if there's a style or whatnot. I, or someone else (eventually - almost always someone else) gave articulated goals. "We need this." They'd return with an estimate and tell us what tools they needed. We'd get them the tools they needed. They did the work. There was no budgeting or selling the project, we weren't customers. We were coworkers, each with their own tasks.
Initially, the code was almost entirely mine. I did have a comp-sci who had started right as I got my first contract but he did much more on the hardware level (which required a lot of programming in and of itself). Then, it grew and I ran out of time to maintain it, write it, develop new material for it, etc... The processes grew and the company grew and I moved on to more consulting and oversight work and, eventually, largely management tasks. I gotta be honest here, my code kind of sucked - I was not, nor am I, a programmer. It worked. It compiled and ran for some definition of 'efficiently.'
But, so far as I know, they never had a formal process either? There were meetings but they were often over morning coffee and donuts. Or maybe over an afternoon pizza (sometimes beer but not if clients are in the office). They all fit into specific projects, sometimes overlap occurred but nothing outlandish. They kind of self-organized. I suspect, strongly, that I missed out on some of the "culture" of larger businesses and was fortunate in that I was smart enough to listen to those who knew what the hell they were talking about.
Basically, the short of it is, they had their own leaders that kind of evolved among themselves by experience and skill levels? They were all paid pretty much the same - according to experience and then years with the company. So there were "managers" in that they were the people who usually came to me or came to another person and then relayed the goals. They then did the work as planned. It was seldom behind schedule and then it was usually not their fault, entirely. There's no reason to lay blame, usually.
I do not know if there's a name for this? I do not know if it will work in a larger workforce? When we had multiple offices it did tend to get a bit cliquish but there wasn't any overt abuses or the likes - that I'm aware of. Things generally sorted themselves out or, at most, required a quick meeting to see who was doing what and what the roadblocks were.
I dunno? I can only share what worked. I have thought about trying to put this down in writing but I get stuck after about the first few paragraphs. I am not a writer.
Maybe if you'd written better Perl then you'd be less tired of reading it? I've shared my Perl story, so I'll spare you AND I'll spare you the snarky response. The question was, indeed, a question. It is even a legitimate question.
See, is the problem Perl or is the problem that you're now older, wiser, and able to look back on your old code and realize how much better the code could have been? What if, say, your old code were written in Python and now you were using C or Java? Would you not, probably, look back at your old work in disgust? Would you not think of how much better it could have been?
I know that I've looked back at old work and realized exactly how bad I was and how much I've improved. I imaging that, at the time, I blamed the tools and felt better about my newer tools - it's easier than it is to blame myself. Really, though, it is just that I had improved. Perl can be readable and understood by someone familiar with the language - if I can do it, then I know you can.
I doubt you've the testicular fortitude for such. However, there's your chance to make some money and put your money where your mouth is. Instead, you go keyboard warrior and pretend to be tough. You're a joke, a caricature. If you're so certain then, well, here's your chance to put your money where your mouth is. Any escrow service you want, so long as I can vet them to ensure they're insured and have a track record, and the money is yours for the taking. We can even agree on a lower percentage, say 10% of the population dies from methane releases when the ice melts? How about 1%? Yeah, I'll agree to 1% if you want.
Put up the money or quit your yammering. It's obvious that you're going for the tough guy and hope I back down thing. Nope, not a coward. One of us doesn't dare to put their money where their mouth is... Which one of us is that, do you think? Which one of us is behaving immaturely and making unrealistic threats on the internet? Which one of us is demonstrating an ability to use logic and reason and which of us is behaving irrationally?
I think we're pretty much done here. Until you're willing to put up the money to back your claim, you're dismissed. I've no further use for you.
Do you have some numbers to back that up? I don't think we actually had anything capable, except for the shuttle, to put that much mass into orbit at that time so we're going to need to know the development costs and the likes factored into that. They also had to have a vehicle capable of doing walks from and supporting them for the duration of that journey. So, I'm going to need to see some numbers.
Hmm... Wasn't there talk of being able to store data, permanently, in crystals? It popped up on/. quite a while back. I don't think I've seen anything about it in years.
Hmm... Looks like it was back in 2013 actually. I thought it was a bit further back than that? Anyhow, if you've never seen anything about it: http://physicsworld.com/cws/ar...
I have no idea where it currently resides, as far as progress goes, in the development stages or commercial viability so it may be vaporware.
I've an old-school geek friend in Cann River, out off of Prince's Highway. I don't know if they've got the equipment to do so but, if you want, I can ask them? I'm 100% positive that, if he has it, there'd be no charge involved. So, if it's close enough, I can ask on your behalf. I'm sure he'd be happy to have the project, he's retired and has a whole bunch of old equipment - including early stand-up arcade games and whatnot.
If so then, by all means, if you're serious then I'll be more than happy to ask 'em. You don't have to but you probably ought to bring him a beer or six for his efforts, of course.
I could have sworn that I saw a documentary that was about preservation of old media. It was at, I believe, the Smithsonian? They were not just doing preservation but also some pretty advanced recovery and yes, it was expensive. However, one of the machines was - and I'm no expert, able to read from tape of any width as I recall. It has some electronic device that it moved over and then they appeared to be using custom software and error correction? They also had light and weren't actually using the light to project images (like film negatives) as I recall but were taking the inputs and processing them computationally and recovering data that way.
I believe they mentioned some prices and that it was prohibitively expensive for many things as it took a lot of time. I seem to recall another machine that had multiple heads on they used that to average out data or some sort of processing. Unfortunately, I was watching it for entertainment and not scholarly reasons so I didn't really pay too much attention and this is, certainly, not a domain that I'm familiar with. I'd imagine this was ten or so years ago - I'd like to believe the technology has improved (while the tapes degraded) but, if it's important, then there may be someone able and willing to extract the content for archiving.
There were a few methods mentioned and a separate process, which I found neat. While attempting to retrieve the data they'd have, of course, errors. Some things just couldn't be recovered. They were still able to use prediction processes (automated, mostly, it seems) and fabricate the missing data. Another thing that they were able to do was take partially recovered data and, using a different system entirely, clean that data up to make quality presentations again. This was a whole two hour long (as I recall) documentary on the subject and included photo, film, video, and data recovery and preservation techniques.
I think they even covered some print recovery in the same documentary? I can't be sure though - I've seen a number of those. I think those sorts of documentaries are interesting, which is why I watched. It's neat some of the things that they go through to recover and preserve stuff and the restoration process is pretty advanced too.
The freezing process may do unrepairable harm. I'm assuming you're saying that in jest but, just in case... I'm not entirely sure that the freezing and thawing would be conducive to data retention/preservation. I am, of course, not an expert on the subject. It just seems unlikely that the process would not harm the medium.
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And most of those (all?) countries are smaller than my home state or not much larger than it. Australia's huge. They're not running out top-spec fiber to the home in the near future. (They are doing a partial roll-out, IIRC. It just isn't top-end. IIRC the news articles they're aiming for 50 Mb/sec.)
I don't think the issue is that people have it if they want. I think the issue as that people are complaining that their country doesn't have it or that they don't have it in their locale and this is seen as a personal slight or conspiracy. I've for about 15 Mb/sec at home on my DSL. I'm actually content with that - it's more than I need. I have patience.
That's a comparison, I guess. I also have enough bandwidth so that I am able to seed some 143 compressed/ISO distros. Of course, I can use a second line but I seldom feel compelled to do so. (What I will do, when getting home again, is probably move a whole server to a second connection and just use that for seeding and guest access. I'll have an additional user in the house.) But, I guess, I don't need it.
That shouldn't mean that I begrudge others - I don't. Nor do I think that folks couldn't make legitimate use of that bandwidth (who am I to determine what they do?) But, I think they were because one of the above posters was citing it as an example to be ashamed of their whole country. I'd say that makes their point a bit more valid. There's no reason to claim it brings shame upon your house for a thousand generations because you can only download the game in ten minutes and can't download the game continuously for a whole month without exceeding your bandwidth caps.
Slowly but surely AmiMojo is tempering and starting to make a little more sense in those regards. Don't ruin it! They have some valid things to say. Just point out logical inconsistencies and don't expect a reply. If you watch, over a period of six months or so, they've tempered their responses quite a bit and seem to be relying more on facts than before. Another few years and they'll see the people they're willingly associating with, perhaps retain the views, and be willing to actually have a logical discussion. These things take time! :D (There's nothing intrinsically wrong with having empathy.)
Have you ever seen wolves eat? They'll eat - only to vomit the food up later. They eat it because they don't want someone else to get it. I believe this is where the "wolf down" turn of phase comes from.
The person you replied to? They're like that wolf. The idea that the resource is going to sit in the ground, perhaps used by a needy later generation or simply keeping carbon sequestered, is abominable. They want to consume it, they want it for themselves - even if it means they'll simply vomit it up later.
Wait, what? I thought there was no fracking in the UK? And Gitmo is a US thing. I don't think the UK sends people there, as a general rule?
In theory, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Reality doesn't seem to support the theory, however.
Only if they pay the invisible hand the appropriate, agreed upon, fair market value for finger fucking.
The worst part is that they probably self-identify as Libertarians. At times, it makes my life kind of tough.
No, folks... Medicine is one of those *important* things. Medicine is not something you trust to the ethics of the business - and yes, medicine is a business. No, the INVISIBLE FUCKING HAND IS A LIE! Err... Now that I have that out of me...
As a Libertarian, please understand that not all of us are dysfunctional or mentally retarded. Most of us recognize that a single pure-form ideology is not now, nor ever, going to be possible without being a totalitarian State. Most of us recognize the commons and the need to protect that - without leaving adequate rights in the bowl, how can we ensure that everyone gets their share of those rights?
I'm not so sure about the "most of us" any more. I'm so calling the "No True Scotsman" thing right now, however. I've seen more than one person say, "I am no longer a Republican, I'm a Libertarian now." They didn't actually change their ideology. They just were too embarrassed to be associated with the party any longer. I think it's a semi-valid claim and not, necessarily, a fallacy.
I bet if you give it a few minutes, you'll come up with some very good reasons that we really don't want anything like Uber for Medicine.
You have more faith than I do. I'm not entirely sure that they *can* come up with a few reasons as to why it is a bad idea.
The above is very much true. We certainly did use military tech to put us into space, modified tech, but military tech regardless. Also, the Russians were ahead because they're Russia. Their early cosmonauts didn't even pilot the craft IIRC. They really didn't mind losing a few people, it's was the USSR. Also, we often seem inclined to underrate Russian tech - it works. Their aeronautics have been first rate for a long time - look at the MiG or the Su. It may seem low tech, it's not - it's phenomenal tech for the price.
Using a salt lick isn't sporting.
Well, you don't seem to be *doing* anything about it, it's safe to conclude that you've come to terms with it - unless being passive aggressive is "doing something" and I'm missing something? If you're not doing anything about it then, well, it seems you have come to terms with it. Sad, really. Run for office - even if it's just a small and local office at the start. Get out and petition your neighbors. Preaching to the choir and ranting on a site full of like-minded people implies that you've accepted that you're powerless to change it which is, to some extent, coming to terms with it. No?
Is it really this important to you to fuck with me?
Important? No. Fun? Yes. I'm retired and bored. It's fun to pull the strings and watch puppets dance. *snickers* You are, after all, the one who put the outlandish statement out there. I might as well get my mileage from it. You weren't doing anything better, where you? Me either. Contrary to popular opinion, retirement isn't all that it's cracked up to be - and I'm still stuck in Buffalo. So, well, you tossed me a softball and I figured I'd amuse at least one of us for a while.
Impress? God, no. The last thing I want to do is impress you. Nothing personal but you're not worth it and, frankly, I'm not that impressive. What I do want to do, however, is amuse at least one of us. It's this or answer questions on AskUbuntu while listening to the missus prattle on about what I'm doing or what to do after dinner this evening. Here, she shoulder surfs and shakes her head and goes to play on her laptop. So, yeah, you soft-balled a silly bit about us all being dead due to methane and I figured I'd swing for the fences. Meh, it was amusing for a little while.
I don't suppose you're in Buffalo and want to go out for dinner with us? We can growl at each other over the table. Hell, you can bring your gun and threaten to shoot me in the restaurant. It'll be great fun. You can bring the wife and kids. We're going to try the Texas de Brazil, we have a reservation for 7:00 but the lady who answered the phone indicated that they'd probably not be busy. I can call and see if they can have more seating. If you can't come to dinner then I'll probably have to cut this short or respond later in the evening.
Comments like this, and the resultant behavior, is why you're gonna end up with draconian restrictions. "Oh but I won't listen to those fuckers!" True, but that's not why they make laws. They make them so they can find and impose harsh penalties. "They can't find me!" Perhaps also true, they need only be lucky once - you need to be lucky every time.
You had options. Instead, you let sexconker, and people similar, speak on your behalf. I dare say, we've had this conversation before. It's unfortunate because I hate to see the government come clamoring down on people who were given a bad reputation by others. This is why you can't have nice things.
You are just playing at life.
Well, now you've made me snicker. I shall deign you with my attention once again... So, I'm playing at life? Hmm... Okay...
Yes, but I'm winning. You go down to the Navy base and earn enough money to make that wager yet? Your vulgarities are amusing but your unwillingness to put your money where your mouth is, is telling. It must upset you, judging by your inability to control yourself - from threats to just vulgarities, that someone has called your bluff.
The reality is, however, that you're just wanting to control the conversation. You're just wanting to be the big man in charge. You're just wanting to threaten, attempt to belittle, and dominate. This is usually because of an inferiority complex, often because of past abuses or trauma. You could ask for help, that'd be freely given. You'd have to first admit there's a problem and, today, you'd might not be able to do that.
What you can do, is secure a lump sum payment for your family if something should happen and you end up being correct. If you're so certain then here's an escrow account that you can put your money up - you can trust them with your money.
https://www.srsacquiom.com/ser...
I'm open to any other escrow service that you're interested in - so long as I can vet it. Once you've put the money up, I'll match it, and then I'll even pay for the legal fees to get this taken care of. You're a cute lil' bugger, you Chicken Little, you... You do get all riled up when someone's unwilling to be controlled by you. The funny part is that you're probably thinking that I don't believe in AGW, that I do not care about the environment, and all sorts of other things. You couldn't be further from the truth but being wrong is habitual for you, isn't it?
Instead of lashing out you could just ask for help. Mental illness isn't pretty and it's not easy to go it alone. The sooner you get help, the better off you'll be.
Alright, and now the craft to get the astronauts there and keep them sustained while doing the repairs? Then, this is a bit intangible so I'll let you provide any number you want on it - it's okay, how about the science that would be lost while we waited for a new HST-esque device to be built, tested, and placed into orbit instead of repairing the existing one? And any risks associated with it - such as potential losses due to the launch being the most dangerous part of any mission and where most losses are incurred? Then, you glossed over the size... We can't just ignore that because it's inconvenient! :D Now we're gonna have to develop a whole new space ship to get it there - that's gonna cost a fortune! And if any of those replacements were broken?
(Don't get me wrong - I think the shuttle belongs out of service, today. I'm just very grateful for what it did.)
Actually, no... I think the shuttle should be "retired" but able to be called back if there's a compelling reason to do so. When I sold my business, one of the things I did (after paying a shit-ton of taxes) was find out if I could donate to NASA. It turns out that I can, and did. I was just not able to earmark the donation. I had to donate to their general fund and not to any specific goals. I guess you could say that I am, sort of, a scientist but I'm certainly not a rocket scientist or the likes. I'm a mathematician. And, as such, we're gonna have to do some math to account for some of those externalities you're glossing over.
That makes some sense. Thanks. :/ We didn't really have much in the way of formal processes. I don't know if there's a style or whatnot. I, or someone else (eventually - almost always someone else) gave articulated goals. "We need this." They'd return with an estimate and tell us what tools they needed. We'd get them the tools they needed. They did the work. There was no budgeting or selling the project, we weren't customers. We were coworkers, each with their own tasks.
Initially, the code was almost entirely mine. I did have a comp-sci who had started right as I got my first contract but he did much more on the hardware level (which required a lot of programming in and of itself). Then, it grew and I ran out of time to maintain it, write it, develop new material for it, etc... The processes grew and the company grew and I moved on to more consulting and oversight work and, eventually, largely management tasks. I gotta be honest here, my code kind of sucked - I was not, nor am I, a programmer. It worked. It compiled and ran for some definition of 'efficiently.'
But, so far as I know, they never had a formal process either? There were meetings but they were often over morning coffee and donuts. Or maybe over an afternoon pizza (sometimes beer but not if clients are in the office). They all fit into specific projects, sometimes overlap occurred but nothing outlandish. They kind of self-organized. I suspect, strongly, that I missed out on some of the "culture" of larger businesses and was fortunate in that I was smart enough to listen to those who knew what the hell they were talking about.
Basically, the short of it is, they had their own leaders that kind of evolved among themselves by experience and skill levels? They were all paid pretty much the same - according to experience and then years with the company. So there were "managers" in that they were the people who usually came to me or came to another person and then relayed the goals. They then did the work as planned. It was seldom behind schedule and then it was usually not their fault, entirely. There's no reason to lay blame, usually.
I do not know if there's a name for this? I do not know if it will work in a larger workforce? When we had multiple offices it did tend to get a bit cliquish but there wasn't any overt abuses or the likes - that I'm aware of. Things generally sorted themselves out or, at most, required a quick meeting to see who was doing what and what the roadblocks were.
I dunno? I can only share what worked. I have thought about trying to put this down in writing but I get stuck after about the first few paragraphs. I am not a writer.
Maybe if you'd written better Perl then you'd be less tired of reading it? I've shared my Perl story, so I'll spare you AND I'll spare you the snarky response. The question was, indeed, a question. It is even a legitimate question.
See, is the problem Perl or is the problem that you're now older, wiser, and able to look back on your old code and realize how much better the code could have been? What if, say, your old code were written in Python and now you were using C or Java? Would you not, probably, look back at your old work in disgust? Would you not think of how much better it could have been?
I know that I've looked back at old work and realized exactly how bad I was and how much I've improved. I imaging that, at the time, I blamed the tools and felt better about my newer tools - it's easier than it is to blame myself. Really, though, it is just that I had improved. Perl can be readable and understood by someone familiar with the language - if I can do it, then I know you can.
No, with butterflies...
Obligatory XKCD:
https://xkcd.com/378/
I doubt you've the testicular fortitude for such. However, there's your chance to make some money and put your money where your mouth is. Instead, you go keyboard warrior and pretend to be tough. You're a joke, a caricature. If you're so certain then, well, here's your chance to put your money where your mouth is. Any escrow service you want, so long as I can vet them to ensure they're insured and have a track record, and the money is yours for the taking. We can even agree on a lower percentage, say 10% of the population dies from methane releases when the ice melts? How about 1%? Yeah, I'll agree to 1% if you want.
Put up the money or quit your yammering. It's obvious that you're going for the tough guy and hope I back down thing. Nope, not a coward. One of us doesn't dare to put their money where their mouth is... Which one of us is that, do you think? Which one of us is behaving immaturely and making unrealistic threats on the internet? Which one of us is demonstrating an ability to use logic and reason and which of us is behaving irrationally?
I think we're pretty much done here. Until you're willing to put up the money to back your claim, you're dismissed. I've no further use for you.
Do you have some numbers to back that up? I don't think we actually had anything capable, except for the shuttle, to put that much mass into orbit at that time so we're going to need to know the development costs and the likes factored into that. They also had to have a vehicle capable of doing walks from and supporting them for the duration of that journey. So, I'm going to need to see some numbers.
Hmm... Wasn't there talk of being able to store data, permanently, in crystals? It popped up on /. quite a while back. I don't think I've seen anything about it in years.
Hmm... Looks like it was back in 2013 actually. I thought it was a bit further back than that? Anyhow, if you've never seen anything about it:
http://physicsworld.com/cws/ar...
I have no idea where it currently resides, as far as progress goes, in the development stages or commercial viability so it may be vaporware.
I've an old-school geek friend in Cann River, out off of Prince's Highway. I don't know if they've got the equipment to do so but, if you want, I can ask them? I'm 100% positive that, if he has it, there'd be no charge involved. So, if it's close enough, I can ask on your behalf. I'm sure he'd be happy to have the project, he's retired and has a whole bunch of old equipment - including early stand-up arcade games and whatnot.
Is this, specifically, what you mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If so then, by all means, if you're serious then I'll be more than happy to ask 'em. You don't have to but you probably ought to bring him a beer or six for his efforts, of course.
I could have sworn that I saw a documentary that was about preservation of old media. It was at, I believe, the Smithsonian? They were not just doing preservation but also some pretty advanced recovery and yes, it was expensive. However, one of the machines was - and I'm no expert, able to read from tape of any width as I recall. It has some electronic device that it moved over and then they appeared to be using custom software and error correction? They also had light and weren't actually using the light to project images (like film negatives) as I recall but were taking the inputs and processing them computationally and recovering data that way.
I believe they mentioned some prices and that it was prohibitively expensive for many things as it took a lot of time. I seem to recall another machine that had multiple heads on they used that to average out data or some sort of processing. Unfortunately, I was watching it for entertainment and not scholarly reasons so I didn't really pay too much attention and this is, certainly, not a domain that I'm familiar with. I'd imagine this was ten or so years ago - I'd like to believe the technology has improved (while the tapes degraded) but, if it's important, then there may be someone able and willing to extract the content for archiving.
There were a few methods mentioned and a separate process, which I found neat. While attempting to retrieve the data they'd have, of course, errors. Some things just couldn't be recovered. They were still able to use prediction processes (automated, mostly, it seems) and fabricate the missing data. Another thing that they were able to do was take partially recovered data and, using a different system entirely, clean that data up to make quality presentations again. This was a whole two hour long (as I recall) documentary on the subject and included photo, film, video, and data recovery and preservation techniques.
I think they even covered some print recovery in the same documentary? I can't be sure though - I've seen a number of those. I think those sorts of documentaries are interesting, which is why I watched. It's neat some of the things that they go through to recover and preserve stuff and the restoration process is pretty advanced too.
The freezing process may do unrepairable harm. I'm assuming you're saying that in jest but, just in case... I'm not entirely sure that the freezing and thawing would be conducive to data retention/preservation. I am, of course, not an expert on the subject. It just seems unlikely that the process would not harm the medium.