From: Alistair Maclean on
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:
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> >On Thu, 27 May 2010 12:38:42 +0000 (UTC), docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote:
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> >>>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.
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> >>>By the time the company no longer exists on-shore then it should have
> >>>a different definition of "off-shore".
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> >>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.)
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> >>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.
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> >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).
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> >CEOs decide that data processing might be profitably moved off shore,
> >but not the cleaning of their offices.
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> 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
Howard Brazee wrote:
> On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:55:55 +1200, "Pete Dashwood"
> <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
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>> 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.

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