* Posts by Mike May

2 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Jul 2007

Planting trees will not save the planet: official

Mike May

Oh, For Pete's Sake!

All the CO2 I'm releasing into the atmosphere comes from the crazy biomass known as fossil fuel. It got there from the atmosphere, gazillions of years ago. All I'm doing is putting it back, OK?

And as for the claim that 'water is a scarce resource', I live in Sheffield. I'm up to my neck in the stuff. And I'm creating plenty more by burning that fossil fuel I mentioned earlier.

OK, now shoot me down in flames ...

Institutional idiocy in IT

Mike May

Space-wasting Jerks

I found out years ago that the only effective way to handle know-nothing management-suck-up jerks in the workplace was to agree with them and then go and do the right thing anyway. When it works, there's nothing left they can say against you that doesn't harm them more than it does you. Even the most flattery-prone manager is capable of recognising actual, positive results.

Mond you, I've never thought of myself as having a career ...