There it is, the
old-time evidence warehouse brought up to date by a peculiarity, neatness with
minimal dust. Why should such a thing be talked about in the 21st
Century?
Because Wikileaks can’t
hack it. Because Russian spies can’t either. Because if it’s yours, the cops
can’t make records disappear.
Companies like
Microsoft, Google and others are making a lot of money by keeping your records
“safe” in “the cloud.” Like any cloud -- real or online -- those clouds
are subject to various weather systems. And many of them are easy to hack.
You can’t realistically
purloin a box of paper from a secret bunker converted from its original use, a
coal mine or a fallout shelter.
Could this be a new
commercial success? Possibly. “File clerk” used to be a noble profession.
It took manual skills, a decent memory, efficiency and a complete mastery of
the letter order of the English alphabet. Now, few bother.
We collectively worry
about the safety of our power grid, our legal papers, our water supply.
So our new non-computerized storage concept needs an electronic gizmo as
an adjunct.
Paper + telephone = speedy
communication. Maybe a cell phone.
Maybe even a party line among electric power companies and another among
water companies.
It won’t be long before
hackers start playing in the stratosphere. Just think of the merry chaos
could happen if NOAA and the private weather services could no longer rely on
satellite data?
They used to use paper
maps and ground radar. They still can.
Ah, but you say,
electronic record keeping “saves trees.” Does it?
And there are compromise
solutions for those who actually need to find stuff on the internet. Use
the internet for research, pay by the page for the sites to fax to you.
There’s a future in
paper. There’s a future for well trained file clerks and the security workers
who guard them. There’s a future for HVAC. And for the building of modern warehouses.
SHRAPNEL:
--Health note: a new
federal study shows we’re still a nation of fatties but the rate of diabetes
keeps falling, which is kind of counterintuitive. Could it be that Evil Big
Pharma has actually come up with something to treat diabetes? Just beware of
the side effects.
--Are Bolton’s days
numbered -- as most of us can only hope. Here’s encouraging news. trump is
dissing him on Iran and North Korea during the trip to Japan which usually is a
sign that someone will soon be thanked for his “great contributions” and
service to America and receive best wishes as he leaves to spend more time with
his family/seeks new challenges or somesuch.
--Objectivity and
neutrality aren’t the same things. So if the mainstream media were objective,
they would label trump a madman and conman. But neutrality sends us chasing
after Sarah Huckabee for a fair and balanced comment about the mad/con nonsense
of the moment.
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Comments? Please send to
wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2019
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