Speed Bumps

Somtimes the road of life will throw a few speed bumps in our
direction to keep us on the straight and narrow.

Alot of programmers and geeks like us had a very simalar experiance 10 years ago

Aptly named Y2K people and geeks alike thought it was the end of the known world

Not the case: Jan 1st 2000 was uneventful at most.

1. A false alarm went off at a japaneese power plant.
2. A couple old people hit the jackpot when some las vegas slot machines hit the fritz
3. In AU the fair machines failed on half the busses and riders rode free.

But civilization didn’t collapse, it wasnt the end of the world.

As the world slept off its hangover from the huge party the night before,
the computers kept running our streetlights and updating our firmware,
patiently waiting for us to wake up and get on with it.

Computers cant panic, they cant spin out or cave in or second guess.

Computers dont follow opinion polls or fashion reports.

Computers operate according to known quantities, if they cant assign somthing an exact value, they don’t assign it at all.

Computers are happy to process their ones and zeroes, and leave us the territory in between.

That said there are things we can do to calm or rectify an issue and somtimes “shit happens”

Onward and upward, keep moving, keep breathing, keep living.

Posted: July 2nd, 2010 - General.