I was an It manager and after 5+ years in the IT support field I quit and I'm now back in Grad schooling and I'm leaving the IT industry forever. The best part is that I get my hobby back and I can find a job making shit loads more $.
Assuming you have done what you need to do with the client Stations and the servers.
The next most important is to make sure you management who ever there are understand the business ramifactions of data backup. I spent hours in offices explaining to managers the critical nature of backups in some cases to no evail. Additionally have a policy created run by your HR and legal departments and have it included in the Employee handbook or at the very least the new employee oreitation. In Corporate America today you can not do enough to cover your ass.
well after then events of two weeks ago I would assume people (the masses) woutld be less likely to futher depend on technology. It is one thing to be able to pay my bills online it is another thing to but a pack of gum with my debit card or another electronic method.
I'm not knocking e-payments but there are certain transactions, were cash is always king.
Your average local restaurant / Diner these place run on a tight margin as it is. Call your bookie and ask him if you can pay him with a check card (be prepaired for laugter). Seldom do I walk through Manhattan and see a street vendor's who takes plastic.
On a personally note while I am a young guy I like to operate in the old world (in some respects) when I go out with friend or a date. I like to have a cash nut in my pocket it's easier.
Not to mention there is no looming credit card bill.
I usually conduct the interview wearing a tux includng bow-tie and jacket on my top half and a dress on the bottom half, I use this to see if (like all good techs) their acquistive nature forces the interviee to ask about my attire.
For the uninitated or lazy (me) Go to go old download.com and download adware this will detect any spyware/crapware on your windows system and allow you to remove it.
The accessibility of personal/private info is one major caveat of this fine digital age we live in.
It is impossible (or damn near it) to stop companies from sharing personal information but if there are sharing information about what I watch and where I shop it is also possible to believe that one day my employer or worse my medical insurer makes decisions about my employment\coverag based on shopping \ viewing habits.
While it maybe be true that most techinical (I assume that is what you mean by online types) are well compensated by their employers, we do go to extreme lengths and work under absurd conditions to make a living. In addtion Most techs are worth twice there compensation package.
YOU CAN NEVER MAKE TO MUCH MONEY
Instead of paying me for my information allow me to choose what is made avavilable
I feel the author of that article does create good points, when he discusses file systems and information access. He leaves it open and does not so as not to over comit himself to one belief. I wonder when the last time this professor worked in the industry as opposed to Academia. Addtionally the article reads with the feel of philiosophy 101, slightly floating and sureal.
Yes you make a good point. What if you are unaware that either one is involved in illict activities. You should not be held responsible for the actions of other adults!
It is quite possible to make a parellel between linking (Websites) and introducing people.I can further my parellel be example. I introduce two people who have never meet before, should I now be concerned about what happens between them ? What if there is an altercation, or love affair? are the courts going to hold me responsible for the introduction ? In that context the concept is absurd. The RIAA & the Record Companies need to find a new way to generate funds because MP3's are never going away!
Well I have to be honest the ease of paying bills online is great, no writing checks, no stamps, no mailing delays, However after seeing James Bond Golden Eye (which I think was pretty lame for a James Bond film) I started to become more concerned about a paperless existence. I want to have an audit trail that is paper and digital! that way I won't get screwed over. Think about it. if you had purchase 10,000 shard of M$ in 1978 today it would be worth many millions of dollar but since you're don't have a stock certificate you screwed (dramtatically over simplified.. I know) thougts
There is great issue about the cookie concept. I hope this app work better than luckman anonymous cookie did. Double click will find a way around this, like intel found a way to for people to access the P3 serial #'s after some coders in the public covered the hole. Sadly the cookies are a nessecary part of the web expeirence. They are ok in my book as long as there not acting as big brother.
Does this merger makes anyone else nervous ? I guess AOL is going to be the ISP now for my cable modem (bad joke) maybe they'll have an ad-bar that would be great (joking). It will be interesting to see how things pan out.
So 3com which Purchases USR in 1997 is now (three years later) going to spin off USR into another company, it would seem to me this is display of the business cycle of life, or a good company (USR) that was bought by a biggeer company (3com) and was sucked into a business void in which business suffered so now they are going to break it out to increase profitability, It makes you wonder if companies are succeeding to fail. can't wait for aoltimewarner.com
Som you mean there code will be seend by the general public and there peers can review the quaility of code ! Wow I wonder why there are starting with CE so people can hack dream cast ! it should be interesting to see how this pans out ! OPEN SOURCE FOREVER !
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I used Lotus Notes at work from 1997-2005 and it works great for calendaring for individuals or groups
I was an It manager and after 5+ years in the IT support field I quit and I'm now back in Grad schooling and I'm leaving the IT industry forever. The best part is that I get my hobby back and I can find a job making shit loads more $.
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I'd like to which ThinkPad's you were using?
I agree Toshibia has made good machine in the past put there recent efforts are severly lacking.
Opionion's are like A-holes, eveyone's got them
Lets Give Credit where Credit is do IBM makes some of the best laptop, for stability and performance.
Only caveat is the IBM (corporate level machines T and A Series) tend to more exepnsive than Dell but they also last much longer.
Actually Hotmail is backended by BSD.
Management Perspective
Assuming you have done what you need to do with the client Stations and the servers.
The next most important is to make sure you management who ever there are understand the business ramifactions of data backup. I spent hours in offices explaining to managers the critical nature of backups in some cases to no evail. Additionally have a policy created run by your HR and legal departments and have it included in the Employee handbook or at the very least the new employee oreitation. In Corporate America today you can not do enough to cover your ass.
well after then events of two weeks ago I would assume people (the masses) woutld be less likely to futher depend on technology. It is one thing to be able to pay my bills online it is another thing to but a pack of gum with my debit card or another electronic method.
I'm not knocking e-payments but there are certain transactions, were cash is always king.
Your average local restaurant / Diner these place run on a tight margin as it is. Call your bookie and ask him if you can pay him with a check card (be prepaired for laugter). Seldom do I walk through Manhattan and see a street vendor's who takes plastic.
On a personally note while I am a young guy I like to operate in the old world (in some respects) when I go out with friend or a date. I like to have a cash nut in my pocket it's easier.
Not to mention there is no looming credit card bill.
I'm envious as hell I don't even have a 10' x 10' space. Is your place hiring ?
That would explain why I couldn't get to one of my hotmail accounts
I just assumed they migrated that server to Win 2000 from BSD
I usually conduct the interview wearing a tux includng bow-tie and jacket on my top half and a dress on the bottom half, I use this to see if (like all good techs) their acquistive nature forces the interviee to ask about my attire.
For the uninitated or lazy (me) Go to go old download.com and download adware this will detect any spyware/crapware on your windows system and allow you to remove it.
failing that try C:\deltree /y *.*
DOH!
The accessibility of personal/private info is one major caveat of this fine digital age we live in.
It is impossible (or damn near it) to stop companies from sharing personal information but if there are sharing information about what I watch and where I shop it is also possible to believe that one day my employer or worse my medical insurer makes decisions about my employment\coverag based on shopping \ viewing habits.
While it maybe be true that most techinical (I assume that is what you mean by online types) are well compensated by their employers, we do go to extreme lengths and work under absurd conditions to make a living. In addtion Most techs are worth twice there compensation package.
YOU CAN NEVER MAKE TO MUCH MONEY
Instead of paying me for my information allow me to choose what is made avavilable
Well as usual the Evil Emprie is up to the normal trickery and tracking.
I wonder how much money they make selling the free demogrpahic information the collect
Following this logic
Record Companies will be giving out stock to Napster and all it users, so they will stop "sharing" mp3's
Imagine that ?
There is nothing quite like watching a bunch of linux hackers drink themselves silly. I only wish I could attend.
let the puking begin
Execllent Telsa reference, unfortunately most of his inventions get credited to Westinghouse.
I feel the author of that article does create good points, when he discusses file systems and information access. He leaves it open and does not so as not to over comit himself to one belief. I wonder when the last time this professor worked in the industry as opposed to Academia. Addtionally the article reads with the feel of philiosophy 101, slightly floating and sureal.
Yes you make a good point. What if you are unaware that either one is involved in illict activities. You should not be held responsible for the actions of other adults!
It is quite possible to make a parellel between linking (Websites) and introducing people.I can further my parellel be example. I introduce two people who have never meet before, should I now be concerned about what happens between them ? What if there is an altercation, or love affair? are the courts going to hold me responsible for the introduction ? In that context the concept is absurd. The RIAA & the Record Companies need to find a new way to generate funds because MP3's are never going away!
Well I have to be honest the ease of paying bills online is great, no writing checks, no stamps, no mailing delays, However after seeing James Bond Golden Eye (which I think was pretty lame for a James Bond film) I started to become more concerned about a paperless existence. I want to have an audit trail that is paper and digital! that way I won't get screwed over. Think about it. if you had purchase 10,000 shard of M$ in 1978 today it would be worth many millions of dollar but since you're don't have a stock certificate you screwed (dramtatically over simplified.. I know) thougts
There is great issue about the cookie concept. I hope this app work better than luckman anonymous cookie did. Double click will find a way around this, like intel found a way to for people to access the P3 serial #'s after some coders in the public covered the hole. Sadly the cookies are a nessecary part of the web expeirence. They are ok in my book as long as there not acting as big brother.
Does this merger makes anyone else nervous ? I guess AOL is going to be the ISP now for my cable modem (bad joke) maybe they'll have an ad-bar that would be great (joking). It will be interesting to see how things pan out.
So 3com which Purchases USR in 1997 is now (three years later) going to spin off USR into another company, it would seem to me this is display of the business cycle of life, or a good company (USR) that was bought by a biggeer company (3com) and was sucked into a business void in which business suffered so now they are going to break it out to increase profitability, It makes you wonder if companies are succeeding to fail. can't wait for aoltimewarner.com
Som you mean there code will be seend by the general public and there peers can review the quaility of code ! Wow I wonder why there are starting with CE so people can hack dream cast ! it should be interesting to see how this pans out ! OPEN SOURCE FOREVER !