You're correct about the wiring closets. How many have additional items, such as janitorial and office supplies stored in the same location? As a result, the staff says it's "too hard" to keep the door locked. Not to mention the risk of social engineering. How many employees would really question anyone appearing on site that looked "official" - in retail locations, not just financial.
The current Cubs radio announcers seem to always use his first name by itself.
How I long for Harry Carey and his skill at mispronouncing the easiest names. I would like to hear his attempts at this name after a few Buds!
Three out of eight in the department I work in are women. But only one of us started in IT. My background is music business administration and ending up in computers because a computer was donated to the not-for-profit I worked for in the early 1980's, and I couldn't stand to see it just sitting there not being used. However, I have noticed over years that it's a field dominated by men. Is it just me, or are men more curious than women about IT and other related areas in general?
Thanks for posting this information. Having the article present information from prior to this guideline's implementation is comparing apples to oranges. The local bank is not interested in making logins difficult, but this is often the case when following regulatory mandates.
The picture is being stored on a third-party site. And, if the user name is submitted from a different computer than the one you last used to access your account, it will then prompt you to answer your selected questions. The sitekey sites were not something the banks decided to use, they came into play when the FDIC mandated an additional level of security.
Your "sitekey" questions are for a website that your bank is using for security purposes. Annoying, I know, but the FDIC is now requiring an additional level of security. Once of the options is using a third party site. Hopefully, someone attempting to steal your identity or funds won't know the information this extra site is requesting, whether it be in a question format or a "recognize the picture" format.
I agree that not being allowed to pick your user name is annoying. However, by forcing the use of a user name that doesn't come near to matching your other user names, it hopefully adds another bit of security. Unless you write down that user name and password and leave it around somewhere...
You hit the nail on the head... I work for a 80+ branch bank. Much of the time what we won't allow the users to have is dictated by federal regulators. I think a lot of what IT allows workers to do/have is dependent upon the regulations in that particular field. And, as many of the posts previously mentioned, computers get locked down when the majority of particular type of users (such as managers, clerks, etc) abuse the system. I feel bad for the savvy users who I would trust with more responsibility can't have it because of the history of their co-workers.
You're right about there being so many types of jokes. I think it would take many more than 8 jokes to narrow down what I truly find funniest... but you nailed it down with your jokes at the end!
You brought up several good points. There are a couple of items that haven't been mentioned in the other posts. First, not everyone wants "new" music. As you pointed out, many of us rely on record labels to remaster and recirculate "old" records from years ago, especially in the jazz and classical areas. Secondly, it seems to me that there is a portion of the public that is not interested in downloading music, and sadly, are content to purchase what's available at Wal-Mart. I found the original article very interesting, since music merchandising was one of my undergrad degrees. I am continually amazed at just how much the entire recording field has changed over the past 20 years.
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You're correct about the wiring closets. How many have additional items, such as janitorial and office supplies stored in the same location? As a result, the staff says it's "too hard" to keep the door locked. Not to mention the risk of social engineering. How many employees would really question anyone appearing on site that looked "official" - in retail locations, not just financial.
The current Cubs radio announcers seem to always use his first name by itself. How I long for Harry Carey and his skill at mispronouncing the easiest names. I would like to hear his attempts at this name after a few Buds!
Nah, he's just further along in the study!
"No child left behind." My translation: "Dumb down the schools so the bright child stagnates."
Three out of eight in the department I work in are women. But only one of us started in IT. My background is music business administration and ending up in computers because a computer was donated to the not-for-profit I worked for in the early 1980's, and I couldn't stand to see it just sitting there not being used. However, I have noticed over years that it's a field dominated by men. Is it just me, or are men more curious than women about IT and other related areas in general?
Thanks for posting this information. Having the article present information from prior to this guideline's implementation is comparing apples to oranges. The local bank is not interested in making logins difficult, but this is often the case when following regulatory mandates.
The picture is being stored on a third-party site. And, if the user name is submitted from a different computer than the one you last used to access your account, it will then prompt you to answer your selected questions. The sitekey sites were not something the banks decided to use, they came into play when the FDIC mandated an additional level of security.
Your "sitekey" questions are for a website that your bank is using for security purposes. Annoying, I know, but the FDIC is now requiring an additional level of security. Once of the options is using a third party site. Hopefully, someone attempting to steal your identity or funds won't know the information this extra site is requesting, whether it be in a question format or a "recognize the picture" format. I agree that not being allowed to pick your user name is annoying. However, by forcing the use of a user name that doesn't come near to matching your other user names, it hopefully adds another bit of security. Unless you write down that user name and password and leave it around somewhere...
I think I need the children's sippy cup design for some of the users I support! No, I don't support athletic cups!
You hit the nail on the head ... I work for a 80+ branch bank. Much of the time what we won't allow the users to have is dictated by federal regulators. I think a lot of what IT allows workers to do/have is dependent upon the regulations in that particular field. And, as many of the posts previously mentioned, computers get locked down when the majority of particular type of users (such as managers, clerks, etc) abuse the system. I feel bad for the savvy users who I would trust with more responsibility can't have it because of the history of their co-workers.
You're right about there being so many types of jokes. I think it would take many more than 8 jokes to narrow down what I truly find funniest ... but you nailed it down with your jokes at the end!
You brought up several good points. There are a couple of items that haven't been mentioned in the other posts. First, not everyone wants "new" music. As you pointed out, many of us rely on record labels to remaster and recirculate "old" records from years ago, especially in the jazz and classical areas. Secondly, it seems to me that there is a portion of the public that is not interested in downloading music, and sadly, are content to purchase what's available at Wal-Mart. I found the original article very interesting, since music merchandising was one of my undergrad degrees. I am continually amazed at just how much the entire recording field has changed over the past 20 years.