Funny looking ascii aside this is pretty sickening. When they ADMIT they have no idea what they are talking about and then turn away a group of people willing to explain it... why? I'm trying not to be too pessimistic here and I believe that they just don't understand the importance of the internet - they might just see it as another kind of cable tv - a resource for entertainment that has no real impact on day to day business.
I hope that I can make that decision as quick - I'm not going to start thinking in hypotheticals when my mind ISN'T being flooded with fear and adrenaline.
The question is will they eventually win, the question is how many people are willing to volunteer themselves for possible harm/death? Someone has to be the first person in the mob and the issue comes when adrenaline is flowing, you're 30k feet in the sky, and nobody else seems brave enough to stand up - is that when you'll take a stand?
I will say I would, but I know that is me being hopeful of my own future confidence - I cannot say I would volunteer to be the first person to test the hijacker's CQC skills.
Was the "QED bitch" really needed?
Can you not state a rebuttal that is precise and informative that proves the original response "wrong" without then turning around and rubbing their face in it like some teenager? Nobody is going to bother listening to what you've got to say if you feel the need to be crude when proving someone wrong.
The 9/11 dudes had boxcutters and managed to get a plane into the buildings.
What if they use the blade to jimmy open the cockpit room, then manage to subdue all 100 passengers on board??? What then?
Can't I e-sign a petition and have a form letter mailed off to my senator with one click I don't want to waste time doing something that won't have any impact........
I don't want to be "that guy" but if you come into a 5-star diner with a coupon...
No I don't care if the restaurant put out the coupon themselves - that should be another clue to avoid: I've never seen a 5 star place offer coupons (and it's even more rare for restaurants to offer free booze - I've worked in food service for about a decade now)
That being said it's a lot easier to like McDonalds than it is to like some fancy places.
If you're being brought into a meeting where you will be talking to the "clients" of your product then yes you are representing the company in some way or they wouldn't have asked you in here. Everyone at your workplace might be fine with your jeans and t-shirt but if the client comes in and gets a bad first impression about you (and by proxy your product) then you might have lost a deal.
It's terribly unfair but there really isn't anything you can do about it, you aren't under any rules to dress nice for other people - yet first impressions are IMPOSSIBLE not to make, and sometimes will be the determining factor (no matter how trivial) on some very important issues.
Most places I've worked at don't require suit/tie.
Most places I've worked at don't even require business casual, come in a t-shirt/slacks.
But when it's a meeting where everyone else is dressed in slacks, you're just going to make them look bad by being the odd ball out. Nobody says you have to follow the rules all the time but sometimes being an individual snowflake just gums up the works.
There is a however a place, def-con, where wearing a suite has the opposite effect, and everybody just assumes your a tool. It is definitely not the prevail ant culture though.
I do not doubt you were the person under-dressed during a meeting of "some importance". If it's your wedding then why do you have to wear a Tux if you don't want to, sometimes society dictates what we should "do" in certain situations.
Put on some damn slacks, use the preview button!
And hey, their new boat they bought with their bonus for keeping expenses down is awesome!
I'll give them a little more credit than this, a lot of management sees IT as a sinkhole for money - every time the IT guy comes to talk to them it's to say "x is broken and we need $y", and after a while they will become less inclined to spend money on the department. The issue with this is IT is another expense, just like any other expense a business needs (insurance, power, payroll), and it will not go away when you "fix everything" because there is no such term in a universe with entropy.
I say keep your management inform of WHAT you're doing, even if it's to say I did x, y, and z, and it cost the company nothing extra, also it might save us money. This keeps you in closer communication with the higher-ups so when the eventual time comes where you must upgrade/replace something they will be more inclined to see your value.
(Note: why does "an universe" just sound wrong?)
This sounds like fun because it's not your job/reputation on the line if shit does eventually hit the fan. I fix computers/networks for a large restaurant chain, and when the servers blip or the shoddy computers decide to restart (our IT "department" is also one guy, I'm the poor sap he got to help him on the side) it's 30 minutes of chaos and panic as servers, customers, cooks, and management all lose it. I cannot imagine the amount of work and sheer terror that would come with having to do a full audit and begin to start fixing some of the real big problems WHILE keeping the networks still up and running.
It sounds like the problem the author is describing needs a weekend of just everything turned off and a good 48 hours spent investigating all problems that you can see.
It sounds like fun to the parent because it's some great problem solving on paper; it isn't his network and job on the line.
I don't want to nitpick but the whole reason they are allowed to "lock you in for 2 years" is because you chose to subsidize the phone instead of paying the actual (and cheaper) cost. There are a few cell phone carriers that let you pay month-to-month as long as you supply your own phone.
oh!
I didn't know they finally moved away from DRM, I must have been out of the loop. Too bad I jumped ship in OSes as well so iTunes is now even more unnecessary
I guess music doesn't really follow that 'bit-switching' thing like games do, yeah. The problem with the music is (or it was for me), when I was tired of the bloat of iTunes, that pretty much meant I lost all that music as well.
There are ways around it but then we are back in that weird grey area of removing DRM of things you bought and want to continue using in a "fair" way.
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Funny looking ascii aside this is pretty sickening. When they ADMIT they have no idea what they are talking about and then turn away a group of people willing to explain it... why? I'm trying not to be too pessimistic here and I believe that they just don't understand the importance of the internet - they might just see it as another kind of cable tv - a resource for entertainment that has no real impact on day to day business.
You don't need to be this rude, his ignorance is plainly obvious. Have some civility or your words will be tossed aside as flamebait.
I hope that I can make that decision as quick - I'm not going to start thinking in hypotheticals when my mind ISN'T being flooded with fear and adrenaline.
Because being treated with some common thread of respect shouldn't be a privilege for those who bothered to log in.
I'm pretty certain the TSA was never liked, regardless of President.
The question is will they eventually win, the question is how many people are willing to volunteer themselves for possible harm/death? Someone has to be the first person in the mob and the issue comes when adrenaline is flowing, you're 30k feet in the sky, and nobody else seems brave enough to stand up - is that when you'll take a stand? I will say I would, but I know that is me being hopeful of my own future confidence - I cannot say I would volunteer to be the first person to test the hijacker's CQC skills.
Was the "QED bitch" really needed? Can you not state a rebuttal that is precise and informative that proves the original response "wrong" without then turning around and rubbing their face in it like some teenager? Nobody is going to bother listening to what you've got to say if you feel the need to be crude when proving someone wrong.
Security checkpoints all the way down.
The 9/11 dudes had boxcutters and managed to get a plane into the buildings. What if they use the blade to jimmy open the cockpit room, then manage to subdue all 100 passengers on board??? What then?
How rude AC.
Can't I e-sign a petition and have a form letter mailed off to my senator with one click I don't want to waste time doing something that won't have any impact........
the fuck?
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Anything else you'd like to share, I can't imagine why this hasn't been modded +5 yet.
I don't want to be "that guy" but if you come into a 5-star diner with a coupon...
No I don't care if the restaurant put out the coupon themselves - that should be another clue to avoid: I've never seen a 5 star place offer coupons (and it's even more rare for restaurants to offer free booze - I've worked in food service for about a decade now)
That being said it's a lot easier to like McDonalds than it is to like some fancy places.
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Wait how do I make a comment, forget it, calling in sick today!
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
I WANTED TO YELL.
If you're being brought into a meeting where you will be talking to the "clients" of your product then yes you are representing the company in some way or they wouldn't have asked you in here. Everyone at your workplace might be fine with your jeans and t-shirt but if the client comes in and gets a bad first impression about you (and by proxy your product) then you might have lost a deal.
It's terribly unfair but there really isn't anything you can do about it, you aren't under any rules to dress nice for other people - yet first impressions are IMPOSSIBLE not to make, and sometimes will be the determining factor (no matter how trivial) on some very important issues.
Most places I've worked at don't require suit/tie. Most places I've worked at don't even require business casual, come in a t-shirt/slacks.
But when it's a meeting where everyone else is dressed in slacks, you're just going to make them look bad by being the odd ball out. Nobody says you have to follow the rules all the time but sometimes being an individual snowflake just gums up the works.
There is a however a place, def-con, where wearing a suite has the opposite effect, and everybody just assumes your a tool. It is definitely not the prevail ant culture though.
I do not doubt you were the person under-dressed during a meeting of "some importance". If it's your wedding then why do you have to wear a Tux if you don't want to, sometimes society dictates what we should "do" in certain situations.
Put on some damn slacks, use the preview button!
Get off my lawn!
I swear every one of these stories are the same. Occupy Fry's until the plight of the IT worker is known. WE ARE THE (keepers of) 99% (uptime)!!!
And hey, their new boat they bought with their bonus for keeping expenses down is awesome!
I'll give them a little more credit than this, a lot of management sees IT as a sinkhole for money - every time the IT guy comes to talk to them it's to say "x is broken and we need $y", and after a while they will become less inclined to spend money on the department. The issue with this is IT is another expense, just like any other expense a business needs (insurance, power, payroll), and it will not go away when you "fix everything" because there is no such term in a universe with entropy. I say keep your management inform of WHAT you're doing, even if it's to say I did x, y, and z, and it cost the company nothing extra, also it might save us money. This keeps you in closer communication with the higher-ups so when the eventual time comes where you must upgrade/replace something they will be more inclined to see your value. (Note: why does "an universe" just sound wrong?)
This sounds like fun because it's not your job/reputation on the line if shit does eventually hit the fan. I fix computers/networks for a large restaurant chain, and when the servers blip or the shoddy computers decide to restart (our IT "department" is also one guy, I'm the poor sap he got to help him on the side) it's 30 minutes of chaos and panic as servers, customers, cooks, and management all lose it. I cannot imagine the amount of work and sheer terror that would come with having to do a full audit and begin to start fixing some of the real big problems WHILE keeping the networks still up and running. It sounds like the problem the author is describing needs a weekend of just everything turned off and a good 48 hours spent investigating all problems that you can see. It sounds like fun to the parent because it's some great problem solving on paper; it isn't his network and job on the line.
I don't want to nitpick but the whole reason they are allowed to "lock you in for 2 years" is because you chose to subsidize the phone instead of paying the actual (and cheaper) cost. There are a few cell phone carriers that let you pay month-to-month as long as you supply your own phone.
oh!
I didn't know they finally moved away from DRM, I must have been out of the loop. Too bad I jumped ship in OSes as well so iTunes is now even more unnecessary
I guess music doesn't really follow that 'bit-switching' thing like games do, yeah. The problem with the music is (or it was for me), when I was tired of the bloat of iTunes, that pretty much meant I lost all that music as well. There are ways around it but then we are back in that weird grey area of removing DRM of things you bought and want to continue using in a "fair" way.