There was a very interesting movie from the 80s called "Looker" starring Albert Finney that had the exact same plot.

Why don't we just move the clocks forward 30 minutes in March 2025 and never touch this issue again?

Having worked in water infrastructure for several years, I wholeheartedly agree. Old computers, old software, and weak security are rampant. Combine that with underfunded municipalities and you get a recipe for easy disruption - and not in a good way.

Sounds like this CEO is still used to the old school way of thinking. My wife managed global teams for a major corporation for over 10 years. All from home. I think she might have met with some of her teammates every year or so, but not everyone could attend at that was fine. She continually increased the efficiency of these teams - all without stepping foot at any company facility.

Remote management is completely possible. It takes time to build the tools and keep to the work ethic needed, but with upper management's blessing and understanding, it can be quite profitable for the company as well.

Maybe Arvind Krishna should get out of the office and learn how it is really done instead of relying on reports.

That’s a good one! Bill Weber is the current CEO. Tom stepped aside after the last round of funding.

If that ship has a name, it might be considered for a future launch.

I really enjoyed Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. It was great. Like older Trek shows. I have also been an avid fan of For All Mankind. That is a great show.

SpaceX keeps racking up the wins. This one was special though as I have my first free flying orbital satellite in space because of this flight.

Sorry (not sorry) for the shameless plug.

Training would have prevented this whole thing from exploding. Keeping critical infrastructure off the internet would have prevented this. What the hell is is Teamviewer doing on a system that is linked to their SCADA? Air Gap anyone?

Having worked in water quality for a few years, I am surprised they had a system as sophisticated as Windows 7. A lot of the smaller wastewater plants were still running Windows XP and even DOS to connect to their SCADA and PLC systems. Security is considered a big hassle as it takes a lot of training. Upgrades costs money that most municipalities simply do not have. When there is no budget, things don't get done, or done with a patchwork of parts. It is sad to see. I am not advocating throwing money at the problem, but municipalities need to come to terms with the shortchanging they have done at a lot of these facilities.

Umm. No. The FAA is responsible for untested aircraft and the work that goes into making them safe. SpaceX Starship rockets are not missiles (there is a very specific difference). The FAA itself was a department called AST that oversees the development and launch of rocket vehicles. Full disclosure: I built rockets and have worked with the AST. The job of the AST is to understand the launch process before a rocket takes off. If there were issues in translation, that could explain a lot. SpaceX may have thought they were following the rules as set in their launch license. The FAA AST may have thought differently. These discrepancies will be worked out and SpaceX will fly.

Rocket science is more than just the work in the lab.

So this kind of bubble creation is okay when the hedge funds do it and lose millions of dollars of other people's money but if the other people do it to the hedge funds, there is a problem with the system? Rich indeed.

Well, the RHEL changes signify who won the culture wars when IBM bought Red Hat. It looks like Red Hat lost. Bummer.

My former employer used Hubstaff and it was a disaster. Everyone became so paranoid that they stopped doing good work just to look busy for the metrics. A few folks started bringing in their own computers and using them as a second machine to stay off company radar. Build good systems in place including performance metrics and you will never need this kind of software.