Not to detract from your story in any way (nice, btw), but: "(that and I work for a smaller company so, having tasks bleed is part for a course)". The actual phrase is "par for the course", like in golf.
The vast majority of "kids" I deal with these days have a crippling sense of entitlement. Interviewing people is downright painful. The attitude seems to be "I've show up to claim my job" instead of "let me prove to you that I'll be a good investment"
That may not actually be a sense of entitlement. In college, when nearing graduation, we were given interview advice. The important parts to remember were "be confident" and "they're not just interviewing you, you're also interviewing them". I can easily see people overdoing it and looking like they have a crippling sense of entitlement.
As someone who was once just as annoyed by this nonsensical statement, let me give you some advice: Let it go.
People are able to grasp the meaning of the statement, and it's in use by so many people now that I've stopped trying to fight it. After trying to explain so many times why "X times less" is wrong, I've given up. I suggest you do, too.
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"Enthused" still annoys me, though.
And "I could care less" pisses me off to no end.
You're rebutting the statement "Microsoft has a long history of fucking companies over" by listing two companies Microsoft didn't fuck over? Bravo.
"Don't try to talk to that kid over there. He's an asshole who just keeps kicking everyone in the nuts."
"He's not an asshole! He hasn't kicked those two guys in the nuts yet!"
Good point. Is this smile scan able to distinguish between genuine smiles, fake smiles, and scary psychotic "I will kill myself and everyone within a five-meter radius in 4..3..2.." smiles?
Since he seems to have been convicted under the EAR, which is a set of regulations having to do with rendering technical aid to foreigners, and not the ITAR, which is a set of regulations about exporting actual objects (such as munitions or rocket-control thingies),
Are you sure you have that correct? I know nothing about EAR, but I've seen plenty of source code with ITAR restrictions (and no, the code wasn't related to rocket controls or anything). I can't imagine that source code would fall under "actual objects" rather than "technical aid".
You have to create your own little country. Now, since pretty much all the land is taken by other countries (except Antarctica, and nobody wants to live there), you'll have to build it at the bottom of the ocean. But it would be perfect! So perfect that you could probably name it something like "Rapture"! I can't think of anything that could go wrong with this, can you?
Justice Clarence Thomas was the only member of the court to conclude that the strip search of Savana Redding did not violate the Fourth Amendment. He asserted that the majority's finding second-guesses the measures that educators take to maintain discipline "and ensure the health and safety of the students in their charge."
5 years from now: To ensure the health and safety of students and faculty, all children must attend school in the nude. In addition, the principal will going the extra mile in ensuring the safety and security of our precious children by taking pictures of them and posting them on his website for... review... by various experts. His site, he claims, will have a very reasonable monthly access fee and discreet billing. And Justice Thomas gets in free.
Get out of the 90's? Where cave were you living in when Vista was released? It had plenty of security problems, and while it didn't have much in the way of crashes it compensated by being the very definition of bloat.
A fool and his money are soon separated, and it's better for idiots to invest in perpetual energy scams than pyramid schemes. At least this way they have the opportunity to learn some basic science ("there is no such thing as free energy") once they've lost their money.
If we ever hit the magical Year of the Linux Desktop, where ordinary users suddenly switch to Linux in droves, it'll be due to Linux's strengths, not Microsoft's mistakes. Proclaiming that the Linux Revolution is upon us every time Microsoft slips up will only make you look silly.
On a side note, the year of the Linux desktop was about 3 years ago for me.
In proud/. tradition I haven't actually read the article, but at any point does it mention that you're probably getting a better return on your money when buying a game? What I mean is: say you have $30. You can either buy a couple music CDs with that, or you could buy a DVD movie (maybe two, if they aren't new releases), or you could buy a game like Team Fortress 2, Bioshock, Supreme Commander, etc... Which option is going to entertain you more, and for longer?
In my view, buying the music CDs would be the least effective use of your money.
Surely you don't mean that. Otherwise, you'd be perfectly OK with a situation where a tech working on someone's computer posts the contents of the drive on the Internet for all to see. ...and if you are OK with that scenario, stay the hell away from my computer.
One other thing to remember is that the BOFH is willing to resort to murder to deal with "problem" users, and is able to do so without getting caught. That's not something that easily translates to real life.
Somehow, when people learn that their machine is being used to host images of 8-year-olds being sexually abused, they suddenly take the concept of computer security a lot more seriously.
Not that I'm advocating anybody should tell a devious lie to a friend in order to make him/her smarten the hell up... I'm just saying is all.
There's absolutely no reason to lie to your friend in the name of security.
Just compromise his machine and put some kiddie porn on it. For bonus points, notify the FBI and wait near his house with a folding chair, some soda, and a bag of popcorn.
...or was that what you do to enemies? Crap, I have some apologizing to do.
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Not to detract from your story in any way (nice, btw), but:
"(that and I work for a smaller company so, having tasks bleed is part for a course)".
The actual phrase is "par for the course", like in golf.
The vast majority of "kids" I deal with these days have a crippling sense of entitlement. Interviewing people is downright painful. The attitude seems to be "I've show up to claim my job" instead of "let me prove to you that I'll be a good investment"
That may not actually be a sense of entitlement. In college, when nearing graduation, we were given interview advice. The important parts to remember were "be confident" and "they're not just interviewing you, you're also interviewing them". I can easily see people overdoing it and looking like they have a crippling sense of entitlement.
As someone who was once just as annoyed by this nonsensical statement, let me give you some advice: Let it go.
...
People are able to grasp the meaning of the statement, and it's in use by so many people now that I've stopped trying to fight it. After trying to explain so many times why "X times less" is wrong, I've given up. I suggest you do, too.
"Enthused" still annoys me, though.
And "I could care less" pisses me off to no end.
I don't think it counts if almost every single comment for the article runs along the lines of "There is no such allergy. This man is an idiot."
You're rebutting the statement "Microsoft has a long history of fucking companies over" by listing two companies Microsoft didn't fuck over? Bravo.
"Don't try to talk to that kid over there. He's an asshole who just keeps kicking everyone in the nuts."
"He's not an asshole! He hasn't kicked those two guys in the nuts yet!"
What are you expecting them to do, shoot down the helicopter?
Yes.
Have you ever watched a movie, or played a video game? If there's a helicopter, it's going to blow up, get shot down, or crash. Guaranteed.
Laying someone off is very different from firing someone for incompetence.
Good point. Is this smile scan able to distinguish between genuine smiles, fake smiles, and scary psychotic "I will kill myself and everyone within a five-meter radius in 4..3..2.." smiles?
Since he seems to have been convicted under the EAR, which is a set of regulations having to do with rendering technical aid to foreigners, and not the ITAR, which is a set of regulations about exporting actual objects (such as munitions or rocket-control thingies),
Are you sure you have that correct? I know nothing about EAR, but I've seen plenty of source code with ITAR restrictions (and no, the code wasn't related to rocket controls or anything). I can't imagine that source code would fall under "actual objects" rather than "technical aid".
Fox's "World's Scariest Cryptoanalytic breakthroughs: Do they threaten the children?"
Not frightening enough. Try "Coming up next: Have these scientists just told terrorists how to steal your children's identities?"
You have to create your own little country. Now, since pretty much all the land is taken by other countries (except Antarctica, and nobody wants to live there), you'll have to build it at the bottom of the ocean. But it would be perfect! So perfect that you could probably name it something like "Rapture"! I can't think of anything that could go wrong with this, can you?
Justice Clarence Thomas was the only member of the court to conclude that the strip search of Savana Redding did not violate the Fourth Amendment. He asserted that the majority's finding second-guesses the measures that educators take to maintain discipline "and ensure the health and safety of the students in their charge."
5 years from now: To ensure the health and safety of students and faculty, all children must attend school in the nude. In addition, the principal will going the extra mile in ensuring the safety and security of our precious children by taking pictures of them and posting them on his website for... review... by various experts. His site, he claims, will have a very reasonable monthly access fee and discreet billing. And Justice Thomas gets in free.
Get out of the 90's? Where cave were you living in when Vista was released? It had plenty of security problems, and while it didn't have much in the way of crashes it compensated by being the very definition of bloat.
A fool and his money are soon separated, and it's better for idiots to invest in perpetual energy scams than pyramid schemes. At least this way they have the opportunity to learn some basic science ("there is no such thing as free energy") once they've lost their money.
and don't get me started on those extremist agnostics...
Did you account for each car crossing each plate twice (once for the front wheels, once for the back)?
If we ever hit the magical Year of the Linux Desktop, where ordinary users suddenly switch to Linux in droves, it'll be due to Linux's strengths, not Microsoft's mistakes. Proclaiming that the Linux Revolution is upon us every time Microsoft slips up will only make you look silly.
On a side note, the year of the Linux desktop was about 3 years ago for me.
In proud /. tradition I haven't actually read the article, but at any point does it mention that you're probably getting a better return on your money when buying a game?
What I mean is: say you have $30. You can either buy a couple music CDs with that, or you could buy a DVD movie (maybe two, if they aren't new releases), or you could buy a game like Team Fortress 2, Bioshock, Supreme Commander, etc... Which option is going to entertain you more, and for longer?
In my view, buying the music CDs would be the least effective use of your money.
Surely you don't mean that. Otherwise, you'd be perfectly OK with a situation where a tech working on someone's computer posts the contents of the drive on the Internet for all to see.
...and if you are OK with that scenario, stay the hell away from my computer.
One other thing to remember is that the BOFH is willing to resort to murder to deal with "problem" users, and is able to do so without getting caught. That's not something that easily translates to real life.
If not for weight concerns, the probe would probably be made entirely of lead.
Welcome! You must be a visitor from bizarro-Slashdot, where geeks jump at the chance to pay for content they used to get for free.
Somehow, when people learn that their machine is being used to host images of 8-year-olds being sexually abused, they suddenly take the concept of computer security a lot more seriously.
... I'm just saying is all.
Not that I'm advocating anybody should tell a devious lie to a friend in order to make him/her smarten the hell up
There's absolutely no reason to lie to your friend in the name of security.
...or was that what you do to enemies? Crap, I have some apologizing to do.
Just compromise his machine and put some kiddie porn on it. For bonus points, notify the FBI and wait near his house with a folding chair, some soda, and a bag of popcorn.
Just installed Vista SP2. Let me tell you it is the most secure and stab
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...and stabs you when it thinks you're about to make fun of it, then posts your message as a warning to others?
But it's OK, because the data was encrypted, right? RIGHT?