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This would lead to the banning of genetic engineering on Earth by the mid-22nd century, even research which could be used to cure critical illnesses. This ban was implemented because of the general fear of creating more tyrants such as Khan. It was also felt that parents would feel compelled to have their children genetically engineered, especially if "enhanced" individuals are allowed to compete in normal society.
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By the 24th century, the United Federation of Planets allowed limited use of genetic engineering to correct existing genetically-related medical conditions. Persons known to be genetically enhanced, however, were not allowed to serve in Starfleet, and were especially banned from practicing medicine.
1. Make it less expensive to create entertainment.
2. Raise the quality level of what amatuers can create.
3. Turn people who would ordinarily be consumers into creators.
I remember someone posting a recommended workflow for smaller projects, but I don't remember what it was called.
There must also be ways to get from star to star. If there are Sun-Earth Lagrange points, there must be Galaxy-star Lagrange points, and a way to transfer from the Sun's to Alpha Centauri's. This would probably take a while though.
That would stop being a good idea once "insurgents" learn what X-rays are.
If, however, you're trying to cause endless speculation about your motives, and for people to wonder whether you're dead or alive (and I do hope he's alive), I suppose this way works.
Agreed. Moreover, maintenance isn't great at teaching anything but maintenance.
> The trick, and very few companies have figured this out, is to create a "maintenance engineer" career track...
That might be a good idea. I think it should be something you're promoted into, rather than out of, after having spent a while writing and maintaining your own code.
Maintenance isn't so bad except for how it's managed. michaelochurch addressed this well in his reply [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3024752]. I could do with less tech support, but haven't gotten around to automating it away.
My job breaks down to something like 25% tech support, 65% fixing other people's bugs, 10% developing new features. Maybe I'm just bad at managing my career or something.