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Asking the Stupid Questions Since 1971
The Weekend: brought to you by organized labor
Next week, if the baby's not born this weekend, I might write up something on platforms, cleanly separated layers, and replacing multiple messaging systems at a globally distributed company.Then again, I might not.
3:55:53 PM # Google It!
In the Event of an Emergency
World failure brought about by, say, a large asteroid impact, presents problems where the ongoing running of a company should not, at this stage, be at the forefront of anybody's mind. However, Quocirca believes that for those who really want to think ahead, the use of narrow-beam radio technology will enable you to stream your data out into space, and that this stream could be captured and rebuilt as data from the depths of space onto a extra-terrestrial mirrored data system.
— Disaster Tolerance
11:01:35 AM # Google It!
categories: System Administration
Suggestion Box
The suggestion box sits next to the door, with pencil and paper beside, so leaving the establishment you may suggest improvements. Some positive suggestions- clean the bathroom
- serve the food before it gets cold
- fire the manager
- reduce the coffee subsidy
- outsource customer service
- stop crashing
9:59:25 AM # Google It!
categories: Learning
Intriguing, Captain
I just discovered the Mozilla 1.1 "What's Related?" sidebar, while looking at DJ Adams's Add RSS to Sidebar bit. Looks like it uses Alexa — and eats CPU cycles.8:45:40 AM # Google It!