What if...
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We played 'what if' at the office the other day along the lines of 'what if all of the computers failed. How could we do business?' By this we meant that the whole system was down and non-recoverable, the disaster recovery building was out of operation and, essentially, we were back to pen and paper to do business. Could we cope and survive? The answer was probably not and the reason was that there were not enough people who remembered how to run the business the old-fashioned way. Most of the staff are well under 40 and there are not enough old timers like me that recall the old ways (there were no computers when I started work!) and could run the business, albeit a little more slowly, without electronic help. In that vein, how would your business fare given similar circumstances and is there a more general danger arising from this? Just curious.
I'm a PhD student, and if the PC breaks (as it often does, poor little thing, ahhhhh I think it needs some TLC), then I get a holiday (no i'm not senselessly kicking the **** out of it for more holiday time)
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I could spend more time reading all the books on my bookshelf...
Like "Introduction to WPF"? :D
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blog: TDD - the Aha! | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighistpeterchen wrote:
Like "Introduction to WPF"?
I was thinking more along the lines of "Freeing the Soul from Fear" by Robert Sardello. :-D Marc
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Since we're a software publisher, I think we'd be screwed ...
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
Ditto! :doh:
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Since the locks on our doors are controlled by computers...
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
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Paul Watson wrote:
Since the locks on our doors are controlled by computers...
...you have moved to Ireland or I wouldn't have believed you. Seuth Effricka doesn't have enough shiney rocks to buy computers.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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We played 'what if' at the office the other day along the lines of 'what if all of the computers failed. How could we do business?' By this we meant that the whole system was down and non-recoverable, the disaster recovery building was out of operation and, essentially, we were back to pen and paper to do business. Could we cope and survive? The answer was probably not and the reason was that there were not enough people who remembered how to run the business the old-fashioned way. Most of the staff are well under 40 and there are not enough old timers like me that recall the old ways (there were no computers when I started work!) and could run the business, albeit a little more slowly, without electronic help. In that vein, how would your business fare given similar circumstances and is there a more general danger arising from this? Just curious.
I did that the whole 'what if' game (what happens if our domain server goes down) one evening...and the next morning, I came in to work to find that its PSU had bust. My mind IS that powerful :-O