That's such a bad example. Any porn viewing in a company environment leaves the company open to all sorts of lawsuits from sexual harassment to violation of ethics laws. As an IT Security professional, I need to be acutely aware of the risks the company can expose itself to. As part of our computer usage policy, anyone getting internet access must agree to express conditions of using it, for example no file downloads, no porn, no webmail etc. We monitor usage in co-ordination with blocking software to ensure compliance with this policy to ensure the safety of not just the IT infrastructure but also the companies regulatory, compliance and law requirements
You're absolutely right. I'm Irish and to me, the Democrats are, at best, moderate and at worst, on the hard right compared to my left wing politics. In fact, the former American Ambassador to Ireland, Tom Foley, once called me "an out and out Marxist". Now I'm no Marxist, hell, I'm not even communist, but considering his politics and the huge swing to the right that Americans have had since Reagan, I took it as being that I was simply one of the few true left wingers that he had encountered in those early days of his tenure in Ireland!
Can't agree more. American's have some bizarre opposition to it based what appears to be nonsense reasons. The single biggest, sane, argument I've heard is the question of how would you pay for it? That it a very good question and one worthy of asking, but there is so much crap flying around that people are stuck talking about the wrong question.
For me and for large parts of the world, healthcare is a right, not a privilege. I believe everyone is entitled to the same healthcare possibilities, personal wealth should not be an influencing factor in someone making a health related decision. How primitive is a society if who gets proper medical care is based on who is the strongest financially? I hate to make this personal for Americans, but if you can't think of the poorest among your nation, if you can't be that selfless that you can think of the homeless, the unemployed or the downtrodden of your society then think of it like this, how can you personally afford the costs of your healthcare when the number one reason for declaring bankruptcy in America is medical costs and 78% of those HAD insurance.
For me the question is not about me personally. In Ireland, where I am from, I can get insurance which will cover me for almost every eventuality. But I don't. Not because I can't afford it, not because I don't want to pay it, because believe me I would like to have the comfort of knowing I'm cover in all eventualities, but the reason I choose not to get insurance, is because I don't want to put myself in front of anyone else. Why should I be put ahead in a waiting line simply because I can afford. The person who can't afford it is no worse than I am, nor is the person who has insurance who skips the line better than I.
This brings me back to the question at the start. How can we afford it? If the humanitarian argument doesn't sit well with you, think about this economic, financial angle. When you consider the lost money involved in bankruptcy, the lost income generated by the person while they suffer from inadequate healthcare and potentially death because of it, the costs of this lack luster healthcare system add up. When you combine that with preventative measures that could be taken if people were not concerned with how much it would cost them, the long term costs of medicine drops dramatically.
The question then becomes, how can we afford not to...
True, whatever encryption you have set up, it can only be as strong as a user who is working with it. If they're stupid enough to leave their passwords or tokens with PIN's in the bag, of course your going to have problems. But an aggressive education plan coupled with a "lest the clenched fist of retribution come down upon you" attitude, you can save yourself a lot of issues. But the above comment was more directed about organisations that don't use encryption at all. I don't know how many times recently I've heard of major entities who should know better losing a laptop with data stored in cleartext. If you're not encrypting things, it doesn't matter how many educational classes you host, people will still lose laptops, USB sticks.
Can't agree more. Encryption is such a basic and fundamental requirement that if you're security team isn't working on a way to encrypt your data now, they should have it already done.
A question that should be asked more though that it currently is, is why do you need this data on easily stolen device. For example, why do customer records need to be on a laptop, why is this confidential document on a USB stick?
In my work place, no one can transfer anything off our internal network via data transfer. USB sticks will not be detected by machines. There are no open ethernet cables so if you try to connect a laptop to the cable running into your machine, it wont work. If anyone wants anything taken from the network, they need to raise a request and then if its granted, they will get the data encrypted and placed on a USB stick or laptop of their choice. We have a record of where things were taken from, when they were, requested by whom, authorised by whom. Users may find it slightly inconvenient but our data is secure, controlled and even in the event on a lost laptop or USB stick, we know that its encrypted to a high standard
The rumor circulating is that it will be part of an expansion pack later on.
Certainly the element of religion is receiving a lot of attention on fan forums. A lot of threads with 70%+ in polls for it to be kept in the game. I also think that given how much community interaction is put into the game (i.e. mod support) that the developers wont simply ignore the outcry of the community
Unfortunately yes. In my workplace we still use floppy disks and other legacy devices because other institutions also still use them.
Processes and systems that were setup 20 years ago still exist and when there is a system setup to handle something across an industry, in the example I'm thinking of its banking related, to get that changed across every company, institution and outlet take not only large amount of capital invest in the new hardware and software, but first agreement of the new standard, and then training after everything is done and then usually also changing large amounts of code that have been setup in each company.
Just because we in IT can see better ways to do things, doesn't mean that management can have the foresight to actually implement it and see it through. And usually they have a point, by the time we have everything implemented and up and running, there could/would be a better way of doing it again!
Obama - was born on Earth
Hitler - was born on Earth
Obama - will die on Earth
Hitler - died on Earth
Obama - drinks water
Hitler - drank water
Obama - has an 'a' in his first name
Hitler - had an 'a' in his first name
Obama - blood is red
Hitler - blood was red
And you know people will try to spin it that all of the above could be said of a large number of people or that we're twisting our facts to suit a point we want to make.....
You're holding up the US Senate and the House as examples of good government...when only 18% approve of its work...when for the majority of the past 40 years more Americans disapproved of Congress than approved?
Seriously, if other games controls on the iPod are anything to go by, I wouldn't want to be controlling a helicopter with spinning rotor blades, with an iPod
Your indignation would be a lot more interesting to me if it wasn't so covered in crap.
Everytime U2 are on the verge of releasing an album, they leak it online so they can have a story about their album being 'stolen' before its released and get a brick load of free publicity from the subsequent news stories. Its amazing how they're able to use the internet to their advantage while still being able to call it a disgrace!
The idea behind the ESRB rating is a suggestion.
I'm not so uptight as to think that if the child is one year younger than the rating, there is no way in hell I'm going to let him play it. No. I'll look at the recommended age rating and make an individual decision about whether the child is mature enough in mind to play it.
I don't want to get into a huge argument about "Are you telling me how to raise my child?!?!?" but there are some games that are just not suitable to a younger audience. The ESRB rating should be treated as a travel book. Just because it says one thing, doesn't mean that that is the only way you can do it!
Seriously, anyone who needs to read this review shouldn't have the responsibility of children. A quick look at the ESRB rating of each of the above games will tell you that little Johnny who is 8 shouldn't be playing Dragon Age, GTA or assassins Creed!!
If management is something that interests you then go for it. But if you're like me you wont want to.
The technical aspect of my job is what I enjoy, not ensuring we have adequate cover, or that Joe actually came in at 0900 and not 0905 again!!! Your technical role will slowly be reduced until you are more concerned about rota's, quota's and time management...*shudder*
What is the world coming to. So he made a cheap joke on the comment section of a newspaper website. Big fraking deal. Like there isn't any one of us who could claim to have not done something like that at one point or another.
I don't know whats worse though, the fact that the 'journalist' did this, the fact that he bragged about it, or the people defending what he did.
As a former moderator on a large site. If someone did exactly this, I would have deleted it then warned him, the second time, deleted it, give him a final warning and the third time, delete it, then banned him, by IP or otherwise. If I was so concerned with people being vulgar then I wouldn't allow anonymous posting.
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That's such a bad example. Any porn viewing in a company environment leaves the company open to all sorts of lawsuits from sexual harassment to violation of ethics laws. As an IT Security professional, I need to be acutely aware of the risks the company can expose itself to. As part of our computer usage policy, anyone getting internet access must agree to express conditions of using it, for example no file downloads, no porn, no webmail etc. We monitor usage in co-ordination with blocking software to ensure compliance with this policy to ensure the safety of not just the IT infrastructure but also the companies regulatory, compliance and law requirements
Correct, but calling him Tom annoys him, so I call him Tom!
You're absolutely right. I'm Irish and to me, the Democrats are, at best, moderate and at worst, on the hard right compared to my left wing politics. In fact, the former American Ambassador to Ireland, Tom Foley, once called me "an out and out Marxist". Now I'm no Marxist, hell, I'm not even communist, but considering his politics and the huge swing to the right that Americans have had since Reagan, I took it as being that I was simply one of the few true left wingers that he had encountered in those early days of his tenure in Ireland!
Sir, the man was killed by tiny Nano particles
Hmmm, I guess...
In the end...
It is the little things that matter
Can't agree more. American's have some bizarre opposition to it based what appears to be nonsense reasons. The single biggest, sane, argument I've heard is the question of how would you pay for it? That it a very good question and one worthy of asking, but there is so much crap flying around that people are stuck talking about the wrong question.
For me and for large parts of the world, healthcare is a right, not a privilege. I believe everyone is entitled to the same healthcare possibilities, personal wealth should not be an influencing factor in someone making a health related decision. How primitive is a society if who gets proper medical care is based on who is the strongest financially? I hate to make this personal for Americans, but if you can't think of the poorest among your nation, if you can't be that selfless that you can think of the homeless, the unemployed or the downtrodden of your society then think of it like this, how can you personally afford the costs of your healthcare when the number one reason for declaring bankruptcy in America is medical costs and 78% of those HAD insurance.
For me the question is not about me personally. In Ireland, where I am from, I can get insurance which will cover me for almost every eventuality. But I don't. Not because I can't afford it, not because I don't want to pay it, because believe me I would like to have the comfort of knowing I'm cover in all eventualities, but the reason I choose not to get insurance, is because I don't want to put myself in front of anyone else. Why should I be put ahead in a waiting line simply because I can afford. The person who can't afford it is no worse than I am, nor is the person who has insurance who skips the line better than I.
This brings me back to the question at the start. How can we afford it? If the humanitarian argument doesn't sit well with you, think about this economic, financial angle. When you consider the lost money involved in bankruptcy, the lost income generated by the person while they suffer from inadequate healthcare and potentially death because of it, the costs of this lack luster healthcare system add up. When you combine that with preventative measures that could be taken if people were not concerned with how much it would cost them, the long term costs of medicine drops dramatically.
The question then becomes, how can we afford not to...
True, whatever encryption you have set up, it can only be as strong as a user who is working with it. If they're stupid enough to leave their passwords or tokens with PIN's in the bag, of course your going to have problems. But an aggressive education plan coupled with a "lest the clenched fist of retribution come down upon you" attitude, you can save yourself a lot of issues. But the above comment was more directed about organisations that don't use encryption at all. I don't know how many times recently I've heard of major entities who should know better losing a laptop with data stored in cleartext. If you're not encrypting things, it doesn't matter how many educational classes you host, people will still lose laptops, USB sticks.
Can't agree more. Encryption is such a basic and fundamental requirement that if you're security team isn't working on a way to encrypt your data now, they should have it already done.
A question that should be asked more though that it currently is, is why do you need this data on easily stolen device. For example, why do customer records need to be on a laptop, why is this confidential document on a USB stick?
In my work place, no one can transfer anything off our internal network via data transfer. USB sticks will not be detected by machines. There are no open ethernet cables so if you try to connect a laptop to the cable running into your machine, it wont work. If anyone wants anything taken from the network, they need to raise a request and then if its granted, they will get the data encrypted and placed on a USB stick or laptop of their choice. We have a record of where things were taken from, when they were, requested by whom, authorised by whom. Users may find it slightly inconvenient but our data is secure, controlled and even in the event on a lost laptop or USB stick, we know that its encrypted to a high standard
The rumor circulating is that it will be part of an expansion pack later on.
Certainly the element of religion is receiving a lot of attention on fan forums. A lot of threads with 70%+ in polls for it to be kept in the game. I also think that given how much community interaction is put into the game (i.e. mod support) that the developers wont simply ignore the outcry of the community
It's so nice to see that snobbery is alive and well in the nerd world
Unfortunately yes. In my workplace we still use floppy disks and other legacy devices because other institutions also still use them.
Processes and systems that were setup 20 years ago still exist and when there is a system setup to handle something across an industry, in the example I'm thinking of its banking related, to get that changed across every company, institution and outlet take not only large amount of capital invest in the new hardware and software, but first agreement of the new standard, and then training after everything is done and then usually also changing large amounts of code that have been setup in each company.
Just because we in IT can see better ways to do things, doesn't mean that management can have the foresight to actually implement it and see it through. And usually they have a point, by the time we have everything implemented and up and running, there could/would be a better way of doing it again!
Obama = Hitler (as if you need more proof)
Obama - breathes oxygen
Hitler - breathed oxygen
Obama - was born on Earth
Hitler - was born on Earth
Obama - will die on Earth
Hitler - died on Earth
Obama - drinks water
Hitler - drank water
Obama - has an 'a' in his first name
Hitler - had an 'a' in his first name
Obama - blood is red
Hitler - blood was red
And you know people will try to spin it that all of the above could be said of a large number of people or that we're twisting our facts to suit a point we want to make.....
For great justice!!!!
Anyone else got the remixs of Lawrence Lessig on Stephen Colbert going around in their head now after reading this article?
I was just thinking the same thing... Surely this is something for idle?
10 QuickTake
9 Pippin
8 iPod Hi-Fi
7 Power PC
6 Mac OS9
5 eWorld
4 Performa line
3 "Hockey Puck" mouse
2 20th Anniversary Mac
1 Apple III
Honourable Mentions: Color Classic and the Mac Portable
You're holding up the US Senate and the House as examples of good government...when only 18% approve of its work...when for the majority of the past 40 years more Americans disapproved of Congress than approved?
Obama has advised people not blow money on Vegas, I think I'll follow that advice
Seriously, if other games controls on the iPod are anything to go by, I wouldn't want to be controlling a helicopter with spinning rotor blades, with an iPod
Core i7 clocking at 2.93GHz 6GB RAM 5 1.5TB Hard Drives (At least 7.2TB needed to store final result and base conversion)
He will be releasing the program he created for Windows (64bit only) and Linux
Your indignation would be a lot more interesting to me if it wasn't so covered in crap.
Everytime U2 are on the verge of releasing an album, they leak it online so they can have a story about their album being 'stolen' before its released and get a brick load of free publicity from the subsequent news stories. Its amazing how they're able to use the internet to their advantage while still being able to call it a disgrace!
I think that the people who would be offended by this are not the people that voted for Fianna Fail in the first place.
I completely agree.
The idea behind the ESRB rating is a suggestion.
I'm not so uptight as to think that if the child is one year younger than the rating, there is no way in hell I'm going to let him play it. No. I'll look at the recommended age rating and make an individual decision about whether the child is mature enough in mind to play it.
I don't want to get into a huge argument about "Are you telling me how to raise my child?!?!?" but there are some games that are just not suitable to a younger audience. The ESRB rating should be treated as a travel book. Just because it says one thing, doesn't mean that that is the only way you can do it!
Seriously, anyone who needs to read this review shouldn't have the responsibility of children. A quick look at the ESRB rating of each of the above games will tell you that little Johnny who is 8 shouldn't be playing Dragon Age, GTA or assassins Creed!!
If management is something that interests you then go for it. But if you're like me you wont want to.
The technical aspect of my job is what I enjoy, not ensuring we have adequate cover, or that Joe actually came in at 0900 and not 0905 again!!! Your technical role will slowly be reduced until you are more concerned about rota's, quota's and time management...*shudder*
Holy rod almighty...
What is the world coming to. So he made a cheap joke on the comment section of a newspaper website. Big fraking deal. Like there isn't any one of us who could claim to have not done something like that at one point or another.
I don't know whats worse though, the fact that the 'journalist' did this, the fact that he bragged about it, or the people defending what he did.
As a former moderator on a large site. If someone did exactly this, I would have deleted it then warned him, the second time, deleted it, give him a final warning and the third time, delete it, then banned him, by IP or otherwise. If I was so concerned with people being vulgar then I wouldn't allow anonymous posting.