3 Apr
2013
3 Apr
'13
12:53 a.m.
On 04/02/2013 10:50 PM, David Griffith wrote:
Yes. I had an argument a few days ago with an "engineer" (who is a
salesman who apparently USED to be an engineer) who loves the fact that
people send huge HTML-laden emails around, because he SELLS STORAGE SYSTEMS.
I thought I'd vomit. But I flamed him to the waterline instead.
It's times like that I think it would be a really handy ability to vomit on
demand. "You make me sick! <huaggghhhh!!!> See!"
Yes! :-)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
>> Does
the phrase "planned obsolescence" mean anything to anybody?
>
> Don't get me started. Look at the upgrade chain for commercial Solaris
> these days. ... Yes, you
> really don't need new hardware for your environment due to capacity
> issues, but you do if you want to ensure the product you use for
> security monitoring is secure, you need to fork out $50k+.
Damn suits. This is what happens when our society allows people who are
better suited to being late-shift fast food restaurant managers, or
perhaps just bank robbers, get into upper management.
This should offend any engineer, who if she is any good, is well trained in
parsimony of solutions.