I no longer need the Internet.

My hamster chewed through a CAT cable last week; it took me three days to notice, so complete was my Zen immersion in creating a period-accurate replica of the first Galilean telescope, using only Haskell lenses.

When it finally dawned on me I had attained a sophistication that transcended the internet, I felt the inessentials fall away from my craft in an instant, and I was left in an affectless state of pure, actualized creation.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the Internet isn't a great tool- I remember when I, too, used the Internet on a regular basis, daily even, and perhaps even relied on it. If you have no idea about anything whatsoever, it can be a fantastic resource. But when I want to know something, I don't look up the documentation, or download the source code. I am the source code, the documentation, the alpha build, the omega build. The Seraphic gatekeeper of the NANDs. The bit stops here.

So I ask you- are you ready to unplug? Because I already did.

To be fair, Qatar's situation has nothing to do with the IPv4 crisis. It's a country-wide firewall/proxy that exists due to political reasons and it wouldn't behave any differently if it was implemented in IPv6.

* The circle makes it hard to see at a glance if the face matches the badge, this is a big deal.

* The employee number should be on the front, because this is often needed for identifying people who security cant stop (for whatever reason), but are doing bad things.

* Printing on the back is expensive, the badge printers that do this cost often twice as much. Printing color is even more expensive, your talking increasing the cost of the badge by about a third. This also leads to other problems like heavy head wear because of the smart card contact, having to define avoidance areas because of the same and jamming issues with the added complexity of using the card flipper.

* Employment classification (Employee, Intern, Vendor Name, Partner, etc) should be printed in text on the front.

* Smaller companies would be encouraged to avoid printing the company logo or name on the badge, as this tells people where it will work.

* Same with the address, and the cost of replacement and expedience means returning the badge is useless. This wasn't true when Motorola Flexpass badges were first rolled out at MS, but its true now.

* Badge photos need to be standardized for various security reasons.

* Your current badge does already emphasize your first name, its not as prominent on yours as it was on mine, but it changes from time to time as they much with the access control software.

Where I'm coming from: I am a security engineer, I previously worked on physical security management and had started out in the industry at Microsoft. I work on systems that print hard cards for a paying hobby.

PS, I was fired from MS for posting an image of myself online where my badge was clear enough to copy. Might be something to check on.