Posts by Andrew Moore 1720 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Mar 2007
That means that all the buildings of interest (the historical ones) would probably be okay as it would only cover the new stuff that there's little interest in. But if there is modern stuff of interest (say The Shard) I could see Google making arrangements with the architect.
The problem is, unless you start making senior execs culpable to the illegal actions of the companies they serve, then you risk creating an marketplace where other companies will flaunt laws based purely on the fact that none of their employees will be held accountable.
And I don't agree with arresting random Airbus employees, but I do agree with arresting Airbus top execs.
One of the worst calls I'd get when I used to do technical support for Psion's kit was usually from someone who had been storing all their "valuable data" in the internal RAM- which required power. They'd inevitably let the battery run down or fail to swap the battery within the 30 second time frame and puff went all their data. And I'd get a phone call demanding that I restore their "valuable data". I eventually developed a copying strategy which went something like:
Me: "Don't worry, we can easily get that back. What I need you to do is get your last backup..."
Customer: "But I've never done a backup."
Me: "I thought you said your data was valuable."
Trust, like respect, has to be earned. This does not mean you have to shut yourself away from the human race; just be careful with your interactions with people you don't know and (especially important in the internet age) have never met.
In a lot of cases they are not even referring to either book or film- they are just referring to the law/rule:
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle."
The worst thing is the top execs who strip a company then get hired by another company, even though the second company knows the exec's track record. It's like hiring a fox to mind your hen house because he's suddenly available after the previous hen house he minded mysteriously became devoid of chickens...
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