Ha! That's exactly what I did. After years of "salaried" service of an increasingly complex network of systems and high-turnover untrained end-users, which included constant after hours responses due to poor company decisions related to those systems. That coupled with an expectation for 24x7x365 operations and a 15 minute response on non-redundant and no backup powered systems, or internal end-user support for multiple time-zones and shifts. And a constant threat from management that I could be replaced at a moments notice.
The Practice of System and Network Administration, 2nd Ed. by Limoncelli, Hogan, and Chalup. You've got so much to learn technically and administratively, but it can be done with time.
I'm a forward thinking person using technology that I purchase for my own benefit and that of my ISP, who takes my money in exchange for internet access. Yet, I'm labeled an ABUSER by the company that sells me this service. It's Comtastic's super-dooper faster than a liquid pooper service and I like to stream (no pun intended) LEGAL music and video services that compete with my internet service provider. Yep, I like Netflix, Pandora, Hulu, you name it and I game it, as long as its legal and less expensive than the diarrheal service offered by my ISP.
This is fiscal negligence or corruption. Those persons in positions as public servants need to be held accountable. Get off your arse and do something about it.
Well, I recently paid $350.00 for a Trump-doo and now I'm waiting for the moola to start rolling in. Been practicing my "you're fired" in the mirror too! Oh, where do they sell those gaudy ties?
My experience interviewing in the recent job market is that HR is now HC, or Human Captial. As I was told by the last young lady who corrected me when I mistakenly called her department HR instead of HC: "it is a modernization change that will allow the organization to better measure the output of each individual resource at all levels." I declined a second interview when she wasn't able to provide the metrics under which I was going to be evaluated as a resource because the new changes were still being implemented and refined.
In 15 years that business model will be extinct because the tracking mechanisms will have evolved using embedded technologies and improved visual and auditory recognition.
In another story, a new company designed a notebook call the "airgo". They claim that the $67,000US "airgo" is as thin as 2 pieces of notebook paper and weighs even less than 2 sheets of tissue paper. Unfortunately, their only demonstration model blew away during the unveiling when unfolded in 40MPH winds. It was never recovered. Even worse, company officials say that their design plans were stored on the device.
Not a problem! I'll just forward on some of the thousands of e-mails that offer just that and can purportedly make it prehensile like a monkey's tail. Here ya go...
Mmm, use of that system is supposed to be regulated. The fact that someone used a test account at all should have raised a red flag. Perhaps if a newspaper requested why this test account was being used for this purpose it might shed some light on the abuse of the system. Maybe even ask to see the security policy related to use of this system. I wonder how many other "test accounts" exist and if they are even audited? Naw, it's just business as usual.
From Wikipedia: "The essential problem was posed by Plato in the Republic, his work on government and morality. The perfect society as described by Socrates, the main character of the work (see Socratic dialogue), relies on laborers, slaves and tradesmen. The guardian class is to protect the city. The question is put to Socrates, "Who will guard the guardians?" or, "Who will protect us against the protectors?" Plato's answer to this is that they will guard themselves against themselves. We must tell the guardians a "noble lie." The noble lie will inform them that they are better than those they serve and it is therefore their responsibility to guard and protect those lesser than themselves. We will instill in them a distaste for power or privilege; they will rule because they believe it right, not because they desire it."
Having moved back into civilian life, I realize that our country's founding fathers knew their shit. While a few are disillusioned, most learn soon enough.
Go now and visit the graves, both marked and unmarked, that surround the battlefields of wars fought for the freedom we discuss today. Bodies single and stacked in trenches around the world, nameless men and women who fought for the ability to speak openly, who sacrificed their lives so that others might benefit...at least for a little while. Because freedom isn't guaranteed. Then do something about it. It's your turn to use that freedom while you can and speak out, write, organize and speak out some more. Get informed (educated).
I want to add that we were warned about this 200 years ago by Thomas Jefferson: "hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our momied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
One reason that private companies are used by government entities, accountability.
Read 'Outsourcing Sovereignty: Why Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy and What We Can Do about It' by Paul R. Verkuil. He has an interesting viewpoint on privatization of the U.S. government. As one book reviewer states
"Under the US Constitution, the people is the sovereign power, delegating its powers to the three branches of the state, executive, legislature and judiciary, which are supposed to be agents of the people. But delegating sovereign powers to private hands undermines the state's capacity to govern. Outsourcing political decisions threatens the democratic principle of accountability."
"If you don't want your rights violated, try riding a bicycle." How about, if you don't want your rights violated, then move to another part of the Earth. Sorry, not an option me. I say that that deep, dark and dirty crevices where our law makers and enforcers reside needs a bit of sunshine.
Regardless of what we all may think about the outcome this case, the man is innocent and he fought hard to exonerate himself. His employers response is typical, wrong as wrong can be, but we are still right. And taxpayers will suffer from incompetence and negligence.
The citizens of this local government should be pissed, because as "shareholders" of this organization they were failed by bad business practices and leadership that has cost them money. And will likely cost even more when the gentleman sues his former employer for wrongful termination and whatever else the lawyers dredge up.
Our governmental business processes breed these attributes in it's employees whom are indirectly rewarded because they are rarely penalized or terminated for bad decisions. Now that being said, firing a manager the first time a bad business decision is made is not the right answer either. Because every manager, even the best, make a bad decision at some time. The effect of that decision needs to be reviewed and I suspect there will be some change within the organization, if only to cover their arses better the next time. The citizens should demand to hear what changes were made to ensure that this situation doesn't occur again. Leaderships failure to address the issue should result in terminations of the entire leadership chain. Will that happen? Not likely from my experience working within government. This man is going to retire early at the taxpayers expense.
Slashdot Mirror
No, pirates don't use RAR or ZIP. They use YARR, matey!
Ha! That's exactly what I did. After years of "salaried" service of an increasingly complex network of systems and high-turnover untrained end-users, which included constant after hours responses due to poor company decisions related to those systems. That coupled with an expectation for 24x7x365 operations and a 15 minute response on non-redundant and no backup powered systems, or internal end-user support for multiple time-zones and shifts. And a constant threat from management that I could be replaced at a moments notice.
For a U.S. citizen it's jail time. This is what the Hutaree militia will get for conspiring to commit rebellion against the government. Remain content that the information your ISP provides you is accurate and chosen to fit your interest profile.
http://www.annarbor.com/news/crime/hutaree-militia-trial-may-be-delayed-until-2012/
The Practice of System and Network Administration, 2nd Ed. by Limoncelli, Hogan, and Chalup. You've got so much to learn technically and administratively, but it can be done with time.
I'm a forward thinking person using technology that I purchase for my own benefit and that of my ISP, who takes my money in exchange for internet access. Yet, I'm labeled an ABUSER by the company that sells me this service. It's Comtastic's super-dooper faster than a liquid pooper service and I like to stream (no pun intended) LEGAL music and video services that compete with my internet service provider. Yep, I like Netflix, Pandora, Hulu, you name it and I game it, as long as its legal and less expensive than the diarrheal service offered by my ISP.
Or, pissing on a bonfire with gasoline.
This is fiscal negligence or corruption. Those persons in positions as public servants need to be held accountable. Get off your arse and do something about it.
"promoting the guy with the right hairstyle"
Well, I recently paid $350.00 for a Trump-doo and now I'm waiting for the moola to start rolling in. Been practicing my "you're fired" in the mirror too! Oh, where do they sell those gaudy ties?
My experience interviewing in the recent job market is that HR is now HC, or Human Captial. As I was told by the last young lady who corrected me when I mistakenly called her department HR instead of HC: "it is a modernization change that will allow the organization to better measure the output of each individual resource at all levels." I declined a second interview when she wasn't able to provide the metrics under which I was going to be evaluated as a resource because the new changes were still being implemented and refined.
In 15 years that business model will be extinct because the tracking mechanisms will have evolved using embedded technologies and improved visual and auditory recognition.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead
Seem's fitting, your other option is to suck it up.
You don't need to see, just believe. Believers will be forgiven.
In another story, a new company designed a notebook call the "airgo". They claim that the $67,000US "airgo" is as thin as 2 pieces of notebook paper and weighs even less than 2 sheets of tissue paper. Unfortunately, their only demonstration model blew away during the unveiling when unfolded in 40MPH winds. It was never recovered. Even worse, company officials say that their design plans were stored on the device.
You mean all someone has to do is click on an attachment called "biggest breasts ever.wri"? Oh, NOBODY would be that dumb!
Not a problem! I'll just forward on some of the thousands of e-mails that offer just that and can purportedly make it prehensile like a monkey's tail. Here ya go...
Mmm, use of that system is supposed to be regulated. The fact that someone used a test account at all should have raised a red flag. Perhaps if a newspaper requested why this test account was being used for this purpose it might shed some light on the abuse of the system. Maybe even ask to see the security policy related to use of this system. I wonder how many other "test accounts" exist and if they are even audited? Naw, it's just business as usual.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
From Wikipedia: "The essential problem was posed by Plato in the Republic, his work on government and morality. The perfect society as described by Socrates, the main character of the work (see Socratic dialogue), relies on laborers, slaves and tradesmen. The guardian class is to protect the city. The question is put to Socrates, "Who will guard the guardians?" or, "Who will protect us against the protectors?" Plato's answer to this is that they will guard themselves against themselves. We must tell the guardians a "noble lie." The noble lie will inform them that they are better than those they serve and it is therefore their responsibility to guard and protect those lesser than themselves. We will instill in them a distaste for power or privilege; they will rule because they believe it right, not because they desire it."
Having moved back into civilian life, I realize that our country's founding fathers knew their shit. While a few are disillusioned, most learn soon enough.
Go now and visit the graves, both marked and unmarked, that surround the battlefields of wars fought for the freedom we discuss today. Bodies single and stacked in trenches around the world, nameless men and women who fought for the ability to speak openly, who sacrificed their lives so that others might benefit...at least for a little while. Because freedom isn't guaranteed. Then do something about it. It's your turn to use that freedom while you can and speak out, write, organize and speak out some more. Get informed (educated).
I want to add that we were warned about this 200 years ago by Thomas Jefferson: "hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our momied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
Do something.
You must mean the "tore ass", a Ford family racing machine.
Well, with my pubic space I have full expectation of privacy! Oh wait, PUBLIC space. Never mind.
"Under the US Constitution, the people is the sovereign power, delegating its powers to the three branches of the state, executive, legislature and judiciary, which are supposed to be agents of the people. But delegating sovereign powers to private hands undermines the state's capacity to govern. Outsourcing political decisions threatens the democratic principle of accountability."
http://www.amazon.com/Outsourcing-Sovereignty-Privatization-Government-Functions/dp/0521867045
Read a preview at http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=ecAYc_tuAukC&dq=government+privatization&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=q2-SR9mtzn&sig=ox7JxfoBXmGeGTdZ6q5ArYb1skQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result
"If you don't want your rights violated, try riding a bicycle." How about, if you don't want your rights violated, then move to another part of the Earth. Sorry, not an option me. I say that that deep, dark and dirty crevices where our law makers and enforcers reside needs a bit of sunshine.
A visit to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp)
Wiring your house is not hard, burning your house down is even easier.
Regardless of what we all may think about the outcome this case, the man is innocent and he fought hard to exonerate himself. His employers response is typical, wrong as wrong can be, but we are still right. And taxpayers will suffer from incompetence and negligence.
The citizens of this local government should be pissed, because as "shareholders" of this organization they were failed by bad business practices and leadership that has cost them money. And will likely cost even more when the gentleman sues his former employer for wrongful termination and whatever else the lawyers dredge up.
Our governmental business processes breed these attributes in it's employees whom are indirectly rewarded because they are rarely penalized or terminated for bad decisions. Now that being said, firing a manager the first time a bad business decision is made is not the right answer either. Because every manager, even the best, make a bad decision at some time. The effect of that decision needs to be reviewed and I suspect there will be some change within the organization, if only to cover their arses better the next time. The citizens should demand to hear what changes were made to ensure that this situation doesn't occur again. Leaderships failure to address the issue should result in terminations of the entire leadership chain. Will that happen? Not likely from my experience working within government. This man is going to retire early at the taxpayers expense.