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~anticarrot
There once was a furry from Britain
Who had a big wolf-dog shaped mitten
The bad wolf like to bite
So people tried as they might
To keep all their fingers well hidden
My icon is from 'The Ass And the Rabbit', a picture by Tani DaReal and a story by myself. I liked it so much I made him into an avatar. In fact I liked him so much I've adopted him as part of my persona. Sadly the feelings are not returned, and he largely ignores me. Aside from his engineering projects he only has one love in his life: The Pratt and Whitney RL-10 rocket engine.
NB: If you wish to thank me for a comment, fav, or watch, please don't post a Shout. Simple thankyous will be deleted. I would much prefer it if you could look through my gallery and offer comment on one of my submissions instead.
(This is getting a bit long...)
Since so many people have asked, the 'carrot' part of my name has nothing to do with the orange vegitable, but rather the character Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. (I still think that he was one of the least interesting characters.) That was 12 years ago and, well, it's hard to kill off a 14 year old.
A biologist can often understand the perspective of a creationist, even if they don't agree with them, because the scientist understands that evolution is a complicated subject, that can be tricky to understand. The creationist on the other hand, almost always fails to understand a biologist, who they almost always disagree with, because the creationist lacks the gumption and intelligence to admit that there is anything they don't understand, and so refuses to learn anything new.
Open for CGI comissions! ^.^
25/3/2013 - Fragouts are Magic updated (chapter 6) on Fim Fiction.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/131.....outs-Are-Magic
Currently 28,000 words
Who had a big wolf-dog shaped mitten
The bad wolf like to bite
So people tried as they might
To keep all their fingers well hidden
My icon is from 'The Ass And the Rabbit', a picture by Tani DaReal and a story by myself. I liked it so much I made him into an avatar. In fact I liked him so much I've adopted him as part of my persona. Sadly the feelings are not returned, and he largely ignores me. Aside from his engineering projects he only has one love in his life: The Pratt and Whitney RL-10 rocket engine.
NB: If you wish to thank me for a comment, fav, or watch, please don't post a Shout. Simple thankyous will be deleted. I would much prefer it if you could look through my gallery and offer comment on one of my submissions instead.
(This is getting a bit long...)
Since so many people have asked, the 'carrot' part of my name has nothing to do with the orange vegitable, but rather the character Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. (I still think that he was one of the least interesting characters.) That was 12 years ago and, well, it's hard to kill off a 14 year old.
A biologist can often understand the perspective of a creationist, even if they don't agree with them, because the scientist understands that evolution is a complicated subject, that can be tricky to understand. The creationist on the other hand, almost always fails to understand a biologist, who they almost always disagree with, because the creationist lacks the gumption and intelligence to admit that there is anything they don't understand, and so refuses to learn anything new.
Open for CGI comissions! ^.^
25/3/2013 - Fragouts are Magic updated (chapter 6) on Fim Fiction.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/131.....outs-Are-Magic
Currently 28,000 words
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Recent Journal
COVID-19 and Disaster Management
4 years ago
Had a fun conversation with my Boss yesterday about COVID-19, and some of it may be relevant to others.
I work from home, have no kids, no serious health issues, and only occasionally travel from work. Not all of my work-mates are in that position, but thankfully most of our work involves remote IT support roles. So even if one or some of us get caught by quarantine (locked in or out) we can mostly continue. Even if schools get closed the parents in our company can support their little darlings at home, and we can continue as best as we can manage. Most of us have elderly relatives though. If they get it, that's serious, and could lead to sudden and prolonged absence from work for the affected staff. We're also going to have to keep an eye on each other's health. (Or they will at least. I'm 50miles away.) And try and minimise risk if we have to do a site visit to any of our clients, but especially the elderly ones. Which includes possibly cautioning them of extra charges if/when we can no longer safely risk public transport.
It may be worth having a look around your office. How many of your co-workers have kids? How well can they cope if schools close suddenly? How easily can people work from home? Are there any supply chains up or down stream that could affect you? If the worst happened, how easily could your company cope with multiple people taking time off on zero notice due to loss of relatives? Possibly those in critical positions?
It may not be your job to think of such things. But disaster management should be someone's job, and even if they've done that job well, 'pandemic' might not be a scenario they've properly considered. If they haven't said anything yet, and they still haven't said anything over the next few weeks, it may be a good idea to give them a poke and ask. It will be extremely nice if this blows over with minimal casualties, but that doesn't seem to be the way things are going. If things do go bad, better to have a plan ahead of time.
I work from home, have no kids, no serious health issues, and only occasionally travel from work. Not all of my work-mates are in that position, but thankfully most of our work involves remote IT support roles. So even if one or some of us get caught by quarantine (locked in or out) we can mostly continue. Even if schools get closed the parents in our company can support their little darlings at home, and we can continue as best as we can manage. Most of us have elderly relatives though. If they get it, that's serious, and could lead to sudden and prolonged absence from work for the affected staff. We're also going to have to keep an eye on each other's health. (Or they will at least. I'm 50miles away.) And try and minimise risk if we have to do a site visit to any of our clients, but especially the elderly ones. Which includes possibly cautioning them of extra charges if/when we can no longer safely risk public transport.
It may be worth having a look around your office. How many of your co-workers have kids? How well can they cope if schools close suddenly? How easily can people work from home? Are there any supply chains up or down stream that could affect you? If the worst happened, how easily could your company cope with multiple people taking time off on zero notice due to loss of relatives? Possibly those in critical positions?
It may not be your job to think of such things. But disaster management should be someone's job, and even if they've done that job well, 'pandemic' might not be a scenario they've properly considered. If they haven't said anything yet, and they still haven't said anything over the next few weeks, it may be a good idea to give them a poke and ask. It will be extremely nice if this blows over with minimal casualties, but that doesn't seem to be the way things are going. If things do go bad, better to have a plan ahead of time.
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Modern Warfare 2
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PC (not that this means much, since they're all PCs on the inside nowadays...)
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Wolves. Horses. Rabbits. Vixens. Resweec*. Dragons. (*Ask for details)
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Food without dead animals in it. Piza is good. So's chocolate orange cake.
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Politicians knows that NASA doesn't operate in a vacuum. Engineers who work there know that NASA doesn't work well in the air or on the ground either.
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