Conversation in the office the other day...

Sep 11, 2009 20:17

Me: You know, we really want some way of representing this problem that lets us have WAAFs pushing markers around on a giant diagram to keep track of our state ( Read more... )

computers, programming, ai, edinburgh

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necaris September 11 2009, 20:56:22 UTC
You don't *really* need a cyborg if you've got a VR interface that kicks in when people step into your area of the pool hall ;-) I'm envisioning shadowed faces and harsh, electronically anonymised voices already...

Your company sounds awesome, by the way. You don't do work visas, do you ;-)?

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pozorvlak September 12 2009, 19:42:51 UTC
That's a question above my pay grade. Ask Joe and/or Dan. How's your AI background? Or are you interested in the web developer role?

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necaris September 13 2009, 23:17:58 UTC
I'm sorry, I wasn't entirely serious. Considering the way the UK government's changed the rules on work visas recently (making it much more of a pain for smaller companies especially) it'd be more trouble than I'm worth.

I'm not sure of the legalities involved in employing someone based in another country, but if telecommuting's an option for the web dev role...

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Film-noir ext_30864 September 11 2009, 22:17:22 UTC
Since Snow Crash contract hackers are the private eyes of the future. Deckard would have been a hacker really. He did some photo-shopping kind of.

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ext_5743 September 14 2009, 09:59:21 UTC
You should totally buy an old research ship (http://commercial.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=86257) and tie her up at Leith Docks... good price, btw!

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pozorvlak September 14 2009, 14:19:34 UTC
That would be very cool, and it would make access to our Secret Volcano Lair much easier. OTOH, I don't think any of us is qualified to sail it up from Portsmouth...

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ext_5743 September 14 2009, 14:39:11 UTC
Yeah, but I'm sure I could find you someone that can...

A wooden hull is a lot of work though!

Oh, and you should send your Light Entertainment chums this one - http://commercial.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=112677

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