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The assumptions we all make

Never assume, it makes an ASS out of U and ME.

My article on forced assumptions and how we make them by making decision has resulted in a few emailed questions. Here is what I mean about assumptions that we make when we make decisions with examples from bugging in.

Although we try not to […]

Clearing our awkward hurdles

Hurdles

These are several hurdles in the way of our desire for self sufficiency and prepping. The key ones are;

Financial issues Location issues Space issues Time issues Legal issues

The first four are obvious. The more money you have the less of an issue the other hurdles are. The better your location the less […]

Information overload

I work in IT and one of my favourite areas in Business Intelligence and Data Handling. It is interested but I don’t actually have to understand the data simply process it and display the results. Modern systems now are so complex and display so much yet when you talk to the key movers you find […]

Forced Assumptions

Never assume, it makes an ASS out of U and ME.

That statement may be desirable but it is unrealistic. We all make assumptions, it is in our nature and in reality beyond our control as we are forced to make them. You read about a situation and immediately your mind fills in the gaps […]