Coronavirus is not a bug, it's a feature!

[RumTumTugger]

They said churches, grocery stores, airports and malls are allowed to remain open here. I suspect that some churches with large audiences might decide to shut down on their own.

Our church is going to online worship for a few weeks.

[Mountain Man]

This is why many countries like Germany, Japan, or the UK choose the DTDT route. Shutting things down is very costly.

Probably Trump wanted DTDT too, but it's not possible with an adversarial media.

I'm not familiar with that term.

[RumTumTugger]

I'm not familiar with that term.

I think he is talking about what he started a thread about Don't Test, Don't Tell.

[Sparko]

200MBPS.

You're a gamer?

nope. At one point I had 300MBPS as part of a package deal with the cable company. I complained because I never actually got the speed and they offered me the 200 at a discount because I told them my bill was too high. I really only get about 100-150mbps in the real world.

I do a lot of video streaming though. And I will probably need the speed if I remote in to work.

[Sparko]

The phone at the pharmacy won't quit ringing off the hook. I have to buy basic household stuff before other people get to it (because you know 5 people, 1 toilet training 3 year old, toilet paper is essential) and I had to but peroxide because I use it to clean with but the rest of the world wanted it in case everyone bought out the alcohol (which they did) On the flip side I'm thinking about making my own hand sanitizer to auction off on ebay.

I have some little alcohol swab packets that I will sell you for $50 each!

[Sparko]

Company did a firm-wide test of our VPN network Wednesday, and the NY office is working from home today. I'm taking my firm laptop home every night. I expect to get an announcement any day now that I'll be working from home until further notice. I can do pretty much all of my job from home and save $200/month in commuting costs. The only downside is if the courts close, I won't have any work to do.

Yeah I was wondering about the courts too. I don't think anyone wants to be in a crowded court room right now. And I figure the jails will probably be a freaking petri dish for this virus. Criminals are not usually the cleanest individuals to begin with. Then they get dragged into a courtroom? Yeesh.

Our firm keeps hinting at working from home but they still haven't pulled the trigger. I am taking supplies home with me this weekend that I might need to work from home in case they make a sudden decision over the weekend. Paper for the printer and so on.

Our firm is using the coronavirus as an "opportunity" to advise clients and businesses on how to handle the crisis, employees, finances, laws, etc. High end ambulance chasing.

I had to work up a Coronavirus contingency plan for one of our clients today.

[rogue06]

I have some little alcohol swab packets that I will sell you for $50 each!

Isn't your blood roughly 70% 80 proof alcohol (rum)?

[Sparko]

Isn't your blood roughly 70% 80 proof alcohol (rum)?

Yes, but it is contaminated with bacon grease. Oh, wait, that's a feature too!

[One Bad Pig]

......AND there it is. Working from home the next two weeks.

[mossrose]

But.......did you get TP on the way home?

[rogue06]

......AND there it is. Working from home the next two weeks.

After all of this is over I'll bet there will be a lot more people telecommuting than there were before.

[Littlejoe]

The company I support is sending anyone who wants to and can to work at home. I'm customer facing so, I'm supposed to come in. first phase will be ~150 people

[One Bad Pig]

But.......did you get TP on the way home?

No. Wife found some.

[mossrose]

No. Wife found some.

Yay! That proves wives are good for some stuff!

[DesertBerean]

After all of this is over I'll bet there will be a lot more people telecommuting than there were before.

It may. Back before Desert Shield/Storm, our paper copies of messages, DAILY, were like at least an half inch thick. When MINIMIZE was imposed on our message traffic during our buildup to and during the war, it was like maybe three or four messages with a few high priority transmissions. Afterwards the volume never returned to normal. Even though the actual combat was very brief, the impact on our business-as-usual was profound.

Improved message protocols for electronic transmission pretty much killed paper copies after that. Remember this was the 90s, where technology was changing drastically.