My client is loaded with Surface Pro 4's. As someone who uses one from time to time, they are absolute junk for anyone that has to do real work. If you are a casual, email and web browser only user they might suffice but they are otherwise underpowered.
Then all they need to do is switch to Esperanto and their problems are solved. You're welcome. I'm off to solve all political issues with a witty bumper sticker.
This is why you need all accounts backed by an HR system. The employee record changes to anything but active, all access is automatically revoked. It amazes me in this day and time that there are still rogue accounts in large enterprises. This is also a great case for single sign-on where you kill all access in one place.
Nice try. IBM continues to cut US headcount like there is no tomorrow. I spent 11 years with them, this is their mode of operation. They sign a deal like this, agree to take the headcount and then rapidly move the work to low cost countries. Think about it - if the customer expects to see 40% savings, where do you think it comes from? Mark my word, IBM will transition the acquired employees as fast as they can in order to maximize profit. Lloyds has essentially traded their "known" for freshers in low cost countries and IBM is their hatchet man so they don't look bad to their customers/employees.
They should have to pay more than the market wage for an H1B. That would kill off the abuse of the program fairly quickly.
I'd mod this up if I had points. This is exactly the issue. My proposal: tariff the H1B so the sponsor pays 120% of US landed resource rate and see how many H1Bs are actually required. This isn't about skill. This is about skill at the rate companies think they should have to pay for it and it artificially skews the pay rate downward. I'm all for H1B in its intended form but right now it's an easy ticket to cheap, indentured labor.
This. I am fortunate to still be in a cube with 5' walls but my coworkers and I are on the phone nearly all day and it makes concentration a wreck. I like the interaction I have with my team but it's not necessary. I did a 7 year stint working from home and as long as you have separate space where you can retreat it is doable. The new cube standard here is low walls and I think I'd have to look for another position or request for work from home if that change made its way down the hall. This is the first position in the last 18 years where I haven't had a private office either at the company or at my home office. It definitely lowers my productivity to be within earshot of all these distractions.
This. Some people undervalue their skills and our AC friend is one of those. Senior IT Delivery Managers and IT Managers in O&G here in Houston draw between $90-100/hr on contract. Do us a favor, AC, don't judge my value based on your opinion of your own.
Do not use ISP mail. Use a better free one. Or pay a little and get something with a highly configurable filter that works. I use fastmail.fm and they work beautifully.
In most ATMs it is stored in sealed, tamper-proof trays which have a security mechanism that the ATM allows to dispense. When the ATMs are stocked, the courier company simply exchanges cassettes. There are no wrapped stacks of cash visible. So essentially what happens is, the ATM is initially loaded with x amount of cash. When the level drops below a certain level, the courier is dispatched to refill the ATM. They go exchange the cassettes and the pulled cassettes are taken to a secure location where the remaining cash is counted and the totals reconciled with what the ATM says it dispensed. If the totals don't match, they WILL find out why via surveillance tapes and security seals. The secure part of the ATM where the cash is built inside a safe which is alarmed and actively monitored. That is why you see reports of ATM theft. You're less likely to get caught if you steal the entire ATM and take it to a location where you have time and privacy to force entry.
Historical fact - before the ATMs moved to Windows XP, nearly all of them ran on OS/2, as recently as 2004.
The fact that you can't ever work for IBM again is a feature, not a detractor. I spent 11 years there, 5 good ones and 6 bad ones. They're circling the drain anyway. I don't hold out much hope for them - once they finish their 2015 roadmap and hit their $20 EPS target, there will be nothing left but a shell.
It's certainly not limited to Oregon, it's a politics thing at all levels of federal, state and local government. Correlation != causation. Many political shysters continue to be (re-)elected regardless of their poor performance or qualifications.
I'd mod this up if I had points, this is the most underrated post I've ever seen. Been trying for years to figure out a way to say this with a degree of eloquence and you've done a great job.
Most banks have gotten to the point that they only offer free checking if you use direct deposit. If you deal mostly in cash or work for a small company that cuts paper payroll checks, you're not left with a lot of free options.
This. A thousand times this. Since the mere passage of Obamacare without any actual introduction of features aside from kids on parents insurance through age 26, premiums have risen annually by double digit percentages, co-pays and prescription drug costs continue to rise while pay remains stagnant and all this happened when the risk pool should be better by having more (presumably young, healthy) people insured.
I doubt you'll find anyone arguing against healthcare reform, but this is not the solution. The solution needs to be hammered out in the open instead of a fly-by-night bill that had to be passed before anyone could figure out what was in it.
is still the only major carrier with a true Unlimited Data plan.
True, and as a Sprint customer, that means exactly jack shit. I have 3 phones on a family plan with unlimited data. The price would be fantastic IF we could get data to flow. 3G speed? Fail. 4G WIMAX (our phones are all WiMax models)? Fail. 4G LTE? According to the comments on this same article on the Houston Chronicle website today, FAIL. We started on Sprint when we were all on a family plan, thinking when the contract is up we're gonna have to cough up some cash and go back to blue or red, 'cause yellow isn't cutting it.
It wouldn't matter if Sprint was GIVING unlimited data away, it's practically unusable.
... is new again. I've been centralized and decentralized multiple times. I swear, some people make a good living pushing the beans back and forth across the table and declaring victory. There will always be economies of scale for centralization of shared services and there will always be techies with some level of intimacy with the business to support their applications and communicate requirements. The fact that self-service IT continues to grow simply reinforces the need for champions/advocates at the business level that help requesters pick and choose their products from a service catalog. At the end of the day, Joe User couldn't care less where his services reside.
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My client is loaded with Surface Pro 4's. As someone who uses one from time to time, they are absolute junk for anyone that has to do real work. If you are a casual, email and web browser only user they might suffice but they are otherwise underpowered.
It's a day that ends in -y.
Then all they need to do is switch to Esperanto and their problems are solved. You're welcome. I'm off to solve all political issues with a witty bumper sticker.
Or switch to Geico.
This may come as a shock to you, but some people really are of above-average intelligence.
Like, maybe half?
Fastmail for the win. Reasonably priced, don't think they are going anywhere and have been ultra-reliable. I've been with them about 15 years.
Not disagreeing with you at all, just saying proper governance minimizes the risk. Their governance was shit.
This is why you need all accounts backed by an HR system. The employee record changes to anything but active, all access is automatically revoked. It amazes me in this day and time that there are still rogue accounts in large enterprises. This is also a great case for single sign-on where you kill all access in one place.
Nice try. IBM continues to cut US headcount like there is no tomorrow. I spent 11 years with them, this is their mode of operation. They sign a deal like this, agree to take the headcount and then rapidly move the work to low cost countries. Think about it - if the customer expects to see 40% savings, where do you think it comes from? Mark my word, IBM will transition the acquired employees as fast as they can in order to maximize profit. Lloyds has essentially traded their "known" for freshers in low cost countries and IBM is their hatchet man so they don't look bad to their customers/employees.
They should have to pay more than the market wage for an H1B. That would kill off the abuse of the program fairly quickly.
I'd mod this up if I had points. This is exactly the issue. My proposal: tariff the H1B so the sponsor pays 120% of US landed resource rate and see how many H1Bs are actually required. This isn't about skill. This is about skill at the rate companies think they should have to pay for it and it artificially skews the pay rate downward. I'm all for H1B in its intended form but right now it's an easy ticket to cheap, indentured labor.
This. I am fortunate to still be in a cube with 5' walls but my coworkers and I are on the phone nearly all day and it makes concentration a wreck. I like the interaction I have with my team but it's not necessary. I did a 7 year stint working from home and as long as you have separate space where you can retreat it is doable. The new cube standard here is low walls and I think I'd have to look for another position or request for work from home if that change made its way down the hall. This is the first position in the last 18 years where I haven't had a private office either at the company or at my home office. It definitely lowers my productivity to be within earshot of all these distractions.
This. Some people undervalue their skills and our AC friend is one of those. Senior IT Delivery Managers and IT Managers in O&G here in Houston draw between $90-100/hr on contract. Do us a favor, AC, don't judge my value based on your opinion of your own.
Do not use ISP mail. Use a better free one. Or pay a little and get something with a highly configurable filter that works. I use fastmail.fm and they work beautifully.
In most ATMs it is stored in sealed, tamper-proof trays which have a security mechanism that the ATM allows to dispense. When the ATMs are stocked, the courier company simply exchanges cassettes. There are no wrapped stacks of cash visible. So essentially what happens is, the ATM is initially loaded with x amount of cash. When the level drops below a certain level, the courier is dispatched to refill the ATM. They go exchange the cassettes and the pulled cassettes are taken to a secure location where the remaining cash is counted and the totals reconciled with what the ATM says it dispensed. If the totals don't match, they WILL find out why via surveillance tapes and security seals. The secure part of the ATM where the cash is built inside a safe which is alarmed and actively monitored. That is why you see reports of ATM theft. You're less likely to get caught if you steal the entire ATM and take it to a location where you have time and privacy to force entry. Historical fact - before the ATMs moved to Windows XP, nearly all of them ran on OS/2, as recently as 2004.
Buy.com should buy buy.buy from Amazon.
I think the proper business terminology here is 'fucking the customer'.
^^ This. Truer words were never spoken.
The fact that you can't ever work for IBM again is a feature, not a detractor. I spent 11 years there, 5 good ones and 6 bad ones. They're circling the drain anyway. I don't hold out much hope for them - once they finish their 2015 roadmap and hit their $20 EPS target, there will be nothing left but a shell.
It's certainly not limited to Oregon, it's a politics thing at all levels of federal, state and local government. Correlation != causation. Many political shysters continue to be (re-)elected regardless of their poor performance or qualifications.
I'd mod this up if I had points, this is the most underrated post I've ever seen. Been trying for years to figure out a way to say this with a degree of eloquence and you've done a great job.
Most banks have gotten to the point that they only offer free checking if you use direct deposit. If you deal mostly in cash or work for a small company that cuts paper payroll checks, you're not left with a lot of free options.
It's the same as all my others. *************
I have worked for IBM in the past. I know how that works. Australia would do well to boot them.
Ditto. A thousand times this.
This. A thousand times this. Since the mere passage of Obamacare without any actual introduction of features aside from kids on parents insurance through age 26, premiums have risen annually by double digit percentages, co-pays and prescription drug costs continue to rise while pay remains stagnant and all this happened when the risk pool should be better by having more (presumably young, healthy) people insured. I doubt you'll find anyone arguing against healthcare reform, but this is not the solution. The solution needs to be hammered out in the open instead of a fly-by-night bill that had to be passed before anyone could figure out what was in it.
Only that nobody want to use Bing or Hotmail. They both suck.
This. I want to know who these people are that supposedly prefer Bing over Google. They must all live in Redmond.
is still the only major carrier with a true Unlimited Data plan.
True, and as a Sprint customer, that means exactly jack shit. I have 3 phones on a family plan with unlimited data. The price would be fantastic IF we could get data to flow. 3G speed? Fail. 4G WIMAX (our phones are all WiMax models)? Fail. 4G LTE? According to the comments on this same article on the Houston Chronicle website today, FAIL. We started on Sprint when we were all on a family plan, thinking when the contract is up we're gonna have to cough up some cash and go back to blue or red, 'cause yellow isn't cutting it. It wouldn't matter if Sprint was GIVING unlimited data away, it's practically unusable.
Move Beans Aimlessly
^^ THIS.... I'll need to enter this in our TLA library. You'll hear it again one of these days.
... is new again. I've been centralized and decentralized multiple times. I swear, some people make a good living pushing the beans back and forth across the table and declaring victory. There will always be economies of scale for centralization of shared services and there will always be techies with some level of intimacy with the business to support their applications and communicate requirements. The fact that self-service IT continues to grow simply reinforces the need for champions/advocates at the business level that help requesters pick and choose their products from a service catalog. At the end of the day, Joe User couldn't care less where his services reside.