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From: Alistair Maclean on 28 May 2010 17:13 On May 28, 6:43 pm, Clark F Morris <cfmpub...(a)ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2010 10:40:44 -0600, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> > wrote: > > > > > > >On Thu, 27 May 2010 12:38:42 +0000 (UTC), docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: > > >>>I suppose there is a direct relationship between how much mowing is > >>>done offshore and how much lawn is offshore, headquarters or retail or > >>>branch offices, or whatever. > > >>>By the time the company no longer exists on-shore then it should have > >>>a different definition of "off-shore". > > >>Binary thinking, Mr Brazee... an Occupational Hazard of those who program, > >>perhaps, but not always the Way the World can Work. For example: a > >>company needs building-space (offices, bathrooms, cafeterias, > >>parking-lots... and lawns) for 2,000 people, 1,000 of which are involved > >>in Computer Operations (finding out what users want, developing specs, > >>writing code, reviewing code, re-writing code, implementing into Prod, > >>maintaining code for new laws/regulations/needs, running the hardware so > >>the code can do what the users want... granted the numbers I chose are > >>arbirtary but such things can be quantified.) > > >>Management determines that Great Savings can be made if the Computer > >>Operations work is done in Eastern Lithuania. 1,000 jobs vanish... and > >>along with them the need for the offices, bathrooms, cafeterias, > >>parking-lots and lawns. The company still exists onshore but the need to > >>have lawns mowed for 1,000 people no longer exists. > > >Interesting, I was thinking that your argument showed binary thinking. > >Most companies are in the business of selling more than just data. > >When the data processing moves off shore, there still are lots of > >employees and customers left. And still have lawns (and bathrooms > >and floors and cafeterias). > > >CEOs decide that data processing might be profitably moved off shore, > >but not the cleaning of their offices. > > And many times they contract that out, along with building security > without adequately considering who has access to what. Are there > valuable and saleable secrets available in the CEO's office, on his or > her desk?- Hide quoted text - Certainly. And the pc won't be password protected either.
From: Pete Dashwood on 30 May 2010 04:48
Howard Brazee wrote: > On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:55:55 +1200, "Pete Dashwood" > <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: > >> It was not my intention >> to charge for this as their demands would be small (downloading a few >> pictures of the grandchildren occasionally and email, they haven't >> quite got the hang of web browsing yet...). He immediately said: "If >> you let us do that, I'll do the lawns for free." So we tried it but >> the brick wall of their house, and the location of the PC, meant the >> signal was low to poor and it kept dropping out. > > It might be worth buying a wireless extender. I was wondering if there is some kind of device to amplify the broadcast signal. Thanks. I'll check this out. Pete. -- "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything." |