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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Day 45

I lost count after the third day of the occupation by Compensation Package.  This is probably day four or five, but it feels like it has been 45 already.

Never trust Google's search by image for mission critical items!  I would have left Compensation Package in the woods if the results had not included pictures of garter snakes. I stopped looking after the first three images.  I blame Google for not ordering the images by threat level.  I sent feedback with my complaints, but I think they are copying me and have also closed their complaint department.  I fear that all avenues for recourse at this point have been exhausted...I just had a thought.  If I can find Compensation Package alive, I can send it to Google HQ and let them see the consequences of improper search results.  Just to liven the scenario, I'll commandeer an Amazon delivery drone to drop the snake into the building's rooftop ventilation system.  That way Google will think Amazon is responsible, and no one will ever know it was AcMo.

I have a method to escape the building without Compensation Package learning I've vacated my office.  I'm going to test my theory tonight because I have a flight to catch this week.  We have important business relationships that need to be fostered in the western parts of North America if we want to continue our goal of accelerating into new markets as fast as possible.

The thought of jumping has occurred a few times while I've been staring down to the street level from my office.  When I remind myself that I never took that parachuting class, and that I don't have a parachute, I know it would not be safe for me to jump.  Even while using AcMo's advanced impact technologies, I could not survive ground impact from 1000 feet without some mechanism to slow my descent.  This is the one time that acceleration is bad.  I'm not sure what to do since my entire focus has been on increasing acceleration in all areas, never slowing it.

A grappling hook and zip line attachment could get me to ground level, but even that plan has problems.  I have tried on multiple occasions to attach a grappling hook onto Omnicron Corporation's building, but their security measures have rebuffed me to this point.  I discovered they are using a special type of prototype bullet-resistant glass which is stronger than my grappling hooks.  The distance from my building's roof to Omnicron's is too great for even my longest hook. My only choice is to go through a window, but since I can't break their windows, this will prove difficult. 

I have a super-adhesive suction cup mount for my cell phone which I have considered attaching to the grappling hook, but I think my body weight is a bit more than the grip rating of the suction cup.  I am running out of options and time, so it looks like the bad plan is better than no plan at all.

If this works, I will flood youtube with videos extolling the virtues of this particular suction mount.  I will also try to determine the exact nature of Omnicron's business. Perhaps there are opportunities within Omnicron for AcMo to exploit. However, if my plan fails, it will take several days before the contingency plan is activated that will enable AcMo's board to install an adequate replacement.  I must be honest, it will be just about impossible to replace me, so the best the board can hope to do is to find someone who is competent and can at least string together two coherent sentences.

The next few hours are critical to my success.  I am going to need to repurpose my phone mount so I can fire it out of the grappling hook.  I will also need to calculate the amount of extra propulsion the hook needs to compensate for the added weight and change in aerodynamic profile.  I'm so glad we installed a back door into several of the F1 teams' mainframes when we last did consulting work for them.  That access will allow me to complete the calculations in minutes instead of weeks.

When this occupation started, the first thing I grabbed from the shop floor was a 3D printer.  I thought it might be good to have if I needed to print food if my rations ran low.  That was before I discovered I couldn't print edible food.  That should have been in the manual.  What I can print is a new and more aerodynamic arm for the suction cup to attach to the hook so that it will fly like an arrow.

I could just climb down AcMo's building if I had five more of these suction cups and a wing suit and a parachute and my remote control.  I need to put all of that on my item wish list.  I need to get back to work so I can get out of here on time to catch my flight.  While I am flying an AcMo owned plane, the pilots do not listen to me at all, and they will try to leave without me if I'm late.  I tried to fire them, but they came with the plane, so there's nothing I can do.

Wish me luck!





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