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Grex > Coop7 > #142: Contract with Cyberspace | |
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scott
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response 25 of 41:
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Jan 2 17:52 UTC 1996 |
Well, we all know for a fact that the party program is now practically unused,
because of the excessive regulations and red tape. That much is obvious.
How much longer will the system administration of the past continue here? You
all should be reading my new book. All the answers are in there.
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janc
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response 26 of 41:
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Jan 2 18:17 UTC 1996 |
The previous administration wasted much too much time trying to regulate the
consumption of resources, primarily internet bandwidth, CPU load, and disk
space. The truth is, there is no resource shortage! There is no scientific
basis for the claim that Grex has finite bandwidth! These claims of limited
resources are a ploy used by the staff to censor and control users, limiting
their productivity. If we release all such controls, Grex's growth will
accelerate, bringing prosperity and fast response times to all Grexers.
Also, there is the issue of balancing Grex's budget. Yes, certainly Danr's
figures showed that Grex's budget has been (barely) in balance, but, in fact,
he is basing his calculations on an absurdly optimistic economic model. In
reality, Grex has been losing billions of dollars every day for years, and it
is only bookkeeping hocus-pocus that has hidden it from the common user.
To solve this pressing problem requires a bold approach: we must reduce our
user fees. The cheaper the system is, the more users we will get, and the
richer we will be.
Of course, since the system is now free to most users, this will require
that we pay people to use Grex. I propose that all Grex users be paid a
minimum wage of $4.00 an hour for each hour they are logged in. This will
bring us a gigantic number of users, and we will soon be rolling in cash.
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ajax
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response 27 of 41:
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Jan 2 19:19 UTC 1996 |
Only one flaw with that, Jan. Rich people won't Grex for a measly $4
an hour. If we pay rich people $40 an hour, they'll have more expendable
income, which will trickle down to help all the poorer people. Not only
will Grex be rolling in cash, but we'll solve worldwide poverty in the
process. (Of course, this plan may involve temporarily increasing our
deficit, but Grex's improved economy will reverse that in no time!)
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adbarr
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response 28 of 41:
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Jan 3 01:19 UTC 1996 |
You should not pay "wages" because you will have to withhold taxes and
contribute to social security -- that is just not sensible. Pay people on a
contract-labor basis. They control when and what they do, as long as they
get the job done in a reasonable time -- now what, again is the "job"?
If you are going to insist on wages may I suggest throwing in healthcare
benefits, and some form of retirement plan. This is really sounding like a
good idea!
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n8nxf
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response 29 of 41:
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Jan 3 13:41 UTC 1996 |
I like the concept of removing the red tape from the 68020, allowing it to
run quite a bit faster! (#13) It makes one wonder if there might be some
red tape on the HD's using up disk space and slowing them down. Perhaps
a red tape commitee should be formed to investigate other cover-ups by the
previous adminisration. (Who knows. Those 9600 baud modi may well be
28.8K baud modi if there's some red tape hiding somewhere!)
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scott
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response 30 of 41:
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Jan 3 15:03 UTC 1996 |
<scott breaks character>
Yes, it's all a put-on, if that wasn't already obvious. :)
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popcorn
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response 31 of 41:
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Jan 3 15:13 UTC 1996 |
Blue tape! If we replace all the red tape with blue tape, the system will
look much more colorful. And then we'll have less red tape.
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rlawson
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response 32 of 41:
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Jan 3 18:57 UTC 1996 |
But no pastels!! That'll make us look weak and we might face user revolt and
takeover!
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robh
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response 33 of 41:
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Jan 3 22:42 UTC 1996 |
Blue tape??? You want us to advertise for IBM without collecting a fee???
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danr
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response 34 of 41:
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Jan 4 00:43 UTC 1996 |
re #29: I thought the red tape was what was keeping the 68020 in its socket.
Remove that red tape and it will run faster, but not in our machine.
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danr
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response 35 of 41:
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Jan 4 00:43 UTC 1996 |
It will find a system that pays it more!
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n8nxf
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response 36 of 41:
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Jan 4 13:47 UTC 1996 |
Looki at what I found here! a 16Mhz 68000!
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alan
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response 37 of 41:
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Jan 18 05:08 UTC 1996 |
What is the kind of box surrounding this 68020?
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scott
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response 38 of 41:
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Jan 18 17:48 UTC 1996 |
It's a Sun Microsystems file server sort of box, so the 68020 is on a CPU
card, with a VME bus backplane that also holds memory cards, SCSI (disk)
cards, and a serial port card for the modems. It's about 3' by 3' by 1.5'.
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gregc
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response 39 of 41:
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Jan 20 10:05 UTC 1996 |
Actually, it's closer to 2.5' by 2.5' by 1'.
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scott
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response 40 of 41:
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Jan 20 13:37 UTC 1996 |
What? I got the tech stuff right?
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tsty
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response 41 of 41:
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Jan 20 13:46 UTC 1996 |
tsk, tsk ... gettingit right is grounds for impeachment..
and i much prefer peach mint to bored rasberries.
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