I would be paid to solve problems. The world of modern technology makes finding everything so much easier. As we speed towards a big brother society its becoming easier to be noticeable and that’s what makes some people so stupid. I guess then it would be easy to employ incompetent idiots to give the illusion of non-Big Brotherisation.
Here are some examples.
At Uni, we sold airtime. Well I didnt. I had pulled out of Laugh it off by that time. But when Marcus came to ask how he could find the R300 worth of airtime vouchers it was a simple mechanical process for me. Who has been spending alot of time on the phone lately? Who do we know who never has airtime? And then we just did a quick stock take. saw which vouchers were missing from the brick. Sent the missing serials to MTN and asked for a print out of which numbers used the vouchers to recharge. And Robert is your father’s brother, turned out to be one of the friends. She’s a lawyer now.
In fact unless its actual cash, it almost impossible to steal anything and not get caught. The only real impediment is a desire from the powers that be to actually put in place measures that could half cellphone theft. A simple trick is to find where the phone’s last signal came from. Every phone gives off a signal and is traceable while it has its battery in it. In fact its rumoured that in top level secret meetings cellphones are left outside the sound proof room, battery removed and placed in a metal box because with its battery in and switched off the phone is a listening device. I dont know about that. havent tried that one out.
Anyway once you find the point at which the cellphone was last seen on the network, find other phones that were within 5 metres of your phone at that exact time. The every phone’s special signal is linked to a phone number and chances are that thieves probably carry their own phones in their pockets while they’re stealing yours. Silly indeed.
Off course the Service Providers couldnt really care. You end up buying a new phone, new sim card, and starting from scratch again. If anything you could probably accuse the SPs of collusion. At the very least encouraging thieves.
Well in a perfect world I would be given problems like puzzles and the tiny cogs in my head would go to work to suss out solutions.
As technology improves and security measures increase to help us better control what we own, we leave ourselves open to being watched, monitored and spied on. Say what you want about judiciaries and constitutionally guaranteed rights to privacy. But as I pointed out to an ex girlfriend, it might be your right of way but you still need to be careful, because having a right doesnt prevent the idiot from knocking you. She never got that.
When it comes to tech I am ultra paranoid which I think comes across in this blogpost. I change passwords and I watch the watchers. You know whom I am talking about. The email spy…
the thing is that if for instance your phone, computer and flashdrive is stolen, sensitive information can find themselves in the wrong hands and then what? Your IM contacts have no idea they arent talking to you. I was always paranoid about that. Come online and find you’re chatting to someone who isnt who they say they are. Not that I have anything to hide. But you might drop the name Prosaic One on the wrong person and then there will be explaining to do.
Anyway I had a point before I went off on a ramble.
I think there is a job out there that pays to make problems go away and I intend to find it. Want to find a leak. Come to me. Want something to pass from A to D and skip B and C, come to me. Try typing in problem solver in the career sites and see what it shits your way. I might have to go yellow pages on this one.
Consider this my first advert.
If you want it found, disappeared, traced, improved sold, bought, come to me. No questions asked.
how does that work for you?
I have hourly, daily and flat rates.
Ok the yellow pain killers have kicked in and I have a small smile on face for no apparent reason.
Hamish
