I'm going to throw a flag on this: "Jocks don't need to be consulted in the
choice of automation system" is the opinion of somebody who doesn't realize
that their job is to make life easier for all the other people who work at the
radio station.
Retraining and errors cost money.
Thanks for everybody's input on this thread, but it turns out that the job that
sounded like it might be engineering is going to be mostly just running a
board. Part time. And for part timer wages I'm not getting up at 4 a.m., sorry.
Owel.
Thanks,
-- jra
On April 21, 2015 10:19:33 AM EDT, John Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>Your backup seems like the Rivendell Evergreen Cart,
>
>if there's nothing else available to play, play this one?
>
>but I totally agree, there are people rather than to admit they might
>not know it all, fall back on what they think they want, or insert
>their
>personal latest wish list item in place of what's actually there, so
>they don't have to learn something new...
>
>it's always the "systems fault", I have little patience for those
>folks.
>
>I think it's one reason why active side by side comparisons are
>generally a good thing, but at the same time, there needs to be a
>management decision to "cut the chain and switch over".
>
>jocks have no real need to be involved in the decision...
>
>neither do most managers (IM <less then> HO>.
>
>the questions I ask are:
>
>Is it reliable?
>
>Will it do the job, reliably, and interface with the systems that are
>in
>place?
>
>Is it supported, and what happens if and when there is a problem?
>
>Does it fit within the budget?...and believe me, there is one, for
>whatever you do!
>
>Does it have the ability to be controlled externally, and how much
>control is afforded, to who, and when?. More so, Why?
>
>It's interesting, a new feature of another system, is the ability to
>control your station pretty much over a smart phone. I know some
>programming types who think that's a "damned fine idea" Engineers rate
>it right up there as the "stupidest damned thing I've ever heard of",
>just like the transmitter that would allow frequency changes
>remotely...
>
>we know how long <remote frequency changes> that lasted!
>
>Never heard of a Smart Phones get hacked, lost, or stolen? <grinning>
>
>
>
>On Tue, 2015-04-21 at 14:19 +0100, Wayne Merricks wrote:
>> There is a tendency to have to keep justifying things that I don't
>> really understand for some people. Its always the "systems fault"
>> when
>> its something "new" even years later.
>>
>>
>
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