Here is an interesting twist to the old debate about dressing like a law enforcement officer. Someone in Las Vegas, NM has a car that looks identical to a police cruiser:

Vigil’s black-and-white car sports a red-and-blue emergency bar across the top and the word ‘police’ painted on the doors. Law enforcement agencies say what he’s done with his car isn’t illegal as long as he doesn’t act like a police officer.

Is it going to be in a play? Used for comedic or artistic purposes? How could he possibly drive on the road without “acting” like a police officer. What would distinguish him as a non-LEO?

The SF Asian Art Museum has an exhibit called Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World. Sometimes when I try to convince a group that they should take risks seriously and see the benefit of distributing funds to safety and security, I remind myself that there are some people who see no evil, want no weight on their project. Or, as Ukiyo Monogatari explained in Tales of the Floating World:

Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves in just floating, floating: caring not a whit for the pauperism staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call the floating world . . .

So, here’s my new warning to VPs of software development:

Don’t just be a gourd floating along with the river current.

Hmmm, on second thought, that might need some refinement.