Re: Eyes In The Sky

LiRM wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2006 09:49:42 -0700, Winston Smith
<bogus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


http://scottsdaletimes.com/may06-feature2.asp
Eyes In The Sky

For the right price, Ian Erickson could probably fetch a photo of
where you were on the last day you called in sick to work and e-mail
it to your boss.



Interesting article. While price may be the prohibitive factor right
now, my guess is that inside of 5 to 7 years, the technology cited,
plus others already in existence (lojack type personal devices, etc.)
and yet others on the horizon will make this doable all from a home PC
for little to no cost.

Define home PC?
I had software from ESRI (BIG GIS Co.) running on my home deadbeat PC
about 20 years ago.

All you need now is a remote control helicopter able to carry a digital
camera and fly away. Go high enough and/or take enough photos and the
right development and treatment (georeferencing) and you are away with
your own local google earth,

Probably cheaper to find a local company that photo-runs your
neighbourhood each year.

And think about this. You call in sick. Your company is paying you
for that sick day, so as far as they may be concerned, you're still on
company time.

Key loggers do this, except the sort of employee that can work for home
usually isn't employed to puch a keyboard and the wise employer that
pays for keyboard punching usually pays contract/piece work and doesn't
give a fsck when you do it, so long as it is done on time.

The rest of the ideas are just power wankers.

I spent 20 yeas helping people work from home and generally is was aimed
at getting management home with their family of an evening, rather than
sitting in the office. Very few few decent CEO/etc failed to see the
wisdom of this approach. And yes,they'd work on their sick days too.
.

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