Say hello. Even when you don't need something. Don't question what he does all day Fill out the stupid request form Treat everything he does as a favor Never forget he can read your email
What this boils down to is:
Treat him like a human being, follow policy and procedure, appreciate his work, and don't talk about about him.
I guess people forget that SAs are people and employees too and that they work under constraints placed on them by upper management.
Yep, taht is the problem. That is right, you are the problem.
Do one little thing or install one little app and if you have problems your on your own.
This is generally because most places have rules against users installing apps on their own.
The problem is they are so constrained by what they can do that they are very frustrating to work with.
They are constrained by management and good administration. If you are frustrated that you can't do something, either you need to take it up with the people who set up the rules or you need to rethink what you are doing, because it is going against policy.
I can just imagine trying to convince some contracted person in India that I really do need to have VMPlayer installed on my Windows laptop.
It should not be hard if you do need it. You should be able to say "I can't do my job without it" and that should be that. If you can't do that, then you probably don't need it.
Arrested in the hospital for public drunkenness and underage drinking after you are taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning a day before your 21st bday. This actually happened to a friend. I guess that it's far better to let students with alcohol poisoning choke on their own vomit than go to the hospital and risk getting arrested.
Hey, here is a novel idea. Don't drink underage. Then they don't have to worry about getting arrested, alcohol poisoning or choking on their own vomit.
Now stop bitching that your friend got busted for breaking the law.
If someone tries to virtually rape you, get a virtual can of virtual gasoline and a virtual road flare. Then, throw the virtual gas on your attacker and light his/her virtual ass on virtual fire.
Hell, code up a virtual lightsaber and cut them into little pieces.
In a way, yes. But, I don't think the two are related. I think that Windows would be better if it targeted geeks more, allowing for more customization and control.
But, that is not why it is more susceptible to attack. That is because of the way they integrated IE into the Windows base code. And, that the code is so complex.
I beg to differ. The most serious deficiency in Linux is that it's target audience is geeks. Because it is "for geeks, by geeks", things that would bother Joe Home User never get addressed.
You are so right, I would mod you up if I had the points.
Missed applications that use their own special UI as opposed to the one provided by the window manager. Should I mention mbox vs. maildir? How about financial software that tries to be both for professionals and for individuals and ends up missing both targets? What about the same application or data being in different locations in different distributions?
Time to hand you your ass, because your argument is horrifically flawed.
In order for anarchism or communism to work, all people, without exception, must be altruistic. Humans are not altruistic by nature. Neither will work because someone who is not altruistic will corrupt the system.
People do not use Microsoft because of some overarching shadow conspiracy the government to use the education system to destroy people's free will. They use it because it is easier to use. They use it because they don't have to be computer geeks to use it. They use it because their lives revolve around other things than computers. Things like family and friends and work and church. People use Windows because it is a known quantity and they can go to a store and buy software that works with little or no effort.
As long as people have bigger things to worry about than getting their Broadcom Wireless card working on their laptops, people will use Windows. As long as people have bigger things to worry about than setting up a chart of accounts in gnuCash, people will use Quicken on Windows.
The majority of people choose Windows over Linux because to them, computers are tools that should work and be easy to use, not extensions of some half-baked ideology.
Now, here is your sign and your tin foil hat, go sit down some where and think about what happens when a small group of malicious individuals encounter the altruistic anarchist society you think is so wonderful.
Apple lost out on hardware cost. Because Microsoft doesn't make and sell the computers on which Windows run, competition has driven down the cost of hardware.
I recently needed to purchase a new laptop. I looked at Apple/Mac and I looked at current Windows laptops. I ended up buying an HP for less than US$900 because the comparable Apple product was more than twice the cost.
90% of business is getting done on Windows, not Linux. If Linux is for "people who needed to get things done", then Linux would be the platform of choice.
Not my stuff, usually. Unless the developers have been at it again. I get paged when someone else' junk screws up and it effects my application, even when it is known that is is someone else's junk and there is nothing I can do about it.
I remember a little girly talking to me about how safe she was online. I sent her a google map link to her high school and the approximate location of her house and picture of her self.
Look, dipshit, I was replying to Yali's idiotic statement that the rules should be changed for women so they wouldn't flee IT jobs. Maybe you should get your fucking head out of your fucking ass and read the parent of my post.
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Testosterone is a poison now? Having too much of it is being "poisoned"?
Talk about hating men.
Say hello. Even when you don't need something.
Don't question what he does all day
Fill out the stupid request form
Treat everything he does as a favor
Never forget he can read your email
What this boils down to is:
I guess people forget that SAs are people and employees too and that they work under constraints placed on them by upper management.
This comes from hiring the cheapest person HR can find.
Yep, taht is the problem. That is right, you are the problem.
This is generally because most places have rules against users installing apps on their own.
They are constrained by management and good administration. If you are frustrated that you can't do something, either you need to take it up with the people who set up the rules or you need to rethink what you are doing, because it is going against policy.
It should not be hard if you do need it. You should be able to say "I can't do my job without it" and that should be that. If you can't do that, then you probably don't need it.
Hey, here is a novel idea. Don't drink underage. Then they don't have to worry about getting arrested, alcohol poisoning or choking on their own vomit.
Now stop bitching that your friend got busted for breaking the law.
No, it is not. This and a lightpen use completely different technologies and position detection systems.
This is fucking stupid.
If someone tries to virtually rape you, get a virtual can of virtual gasoline and a virtual road flare. Then, throw the virtual gas on your attacker and light his/her virtual ass on virtual fire.
Hell, code up a virtual lightsaber and cut them into little pieces.
Or, just get a real life.
A case for harassment, maybe, but for rape, no.
Of course, said person could just get some sort of Second Life weapon and beat the virtual shit out of the harasser.
So, what you are saying is that video games cause violence, yes?
Virtual killing fest leads to real killings, yes?
Just because you can do something, it does not follow that one should do it.
These kids, and you, can do something, but you should not be doing it, therefore you are being punished for doing it.
So you would believe some random
Just a minor nit:
Linux is a KERNEL
GNU/Linux is an OS
Red Hat Linux and Debian are distributions.
In a way, yes. But, I don't think the two are related. I think that Windows would be better if it targeted geeks more, allowing for more customization and control.
But, that is not why it is more susceptible to attack. That is because of the way they integrated IE into the Windows base code. And, that the code is so complex.
I beg to differ. The most serious deficiency in Linux is that it's target audience is geeks. Because it is "for geeks, by geeks", things that would bother Joe Home User never get addressed.
Nice of you to put words in my mouth and misconstrue what I said.
To use your own words against you: People eat McDonald's food because it is better than eating a turd sandwich.
Accidentally develop an application that uses code under two incompatible free licenses and see what happens.
You are so right, I would mod you up if I had the points.
Missed applications that use their own special UI as opposed to the one provided by the window manager.
Should I mention mbox vs. maildir?
How about financial software that tries to be both for professionals and for individuals and ends up missing both targets?
What about the same application or data being in different locations in different distributions?
Time to hand you your ass, because your argument is horrifically flawed.
In order for anarchism or communism to work, all people, without exception, must be altruistic. Humans are not altruistic by nature. Neither will work because someone who is not altruistic will corrupt the system.
People do not use Microsoft because of some overarching shadow conspiracy the government to use the education system to destroy people's free will. They use it because it is easier to use. They use it because they don't have to be computer geeks to use it. They use it because their lives revolve around other things than computers. Things like family and friends and work and church. People use Windows because it is a known quantity and they can go to a store and buy software that works with little or no effort.
As long as people have bigger things to worry about than getting their Broadcom Wireless card working on their laptops, people will use Windows. As long as people have bigger things to worry about than setting up a chart of accounts in gnuCash, people will use Quicken on Windows.
The majority of people choose Windows over Linux because to them, computers are tools that should work and be easy to use, not extensions of some half-baked ideology.
Now, here is your sign and your tin foil hat, go sit down some where and think about what happens when a small group of malicious individuals encounter the altruistic anarchist society you think is so wonderful.
If Linux is better, why isn't everyone using it?
Could it be that Linux has some serious deficiencies that are not being addressed?
Apple lost out on hardware cost. Because Microsoft doesn't make and sell the computers on which Windows run, competition has driven down the cost of hardware.
I recently needed to purchase a new laptop. I looked at Apple/Mac and I looked at current Windows laptops. I ended up buying an HP for less than US$900 because the comparable Apple product was more than twice the cost.
90% of business is getting done on Windows, not Linux. If Linux is for "people who needed to get things done", then Linux would be the platform of choice.
Not my stuff, usually. Unless the developers have been at it again. I get paged when someone else' junk screws up and it effects my application, even when it is known that is is someone else's junk and there is nothing I can do about it.
I remember a little girly talking to me about how safe she was online. I sent her a google map link to her high school and the approximate location of her house and picture of her self.
She got the idea pretty quick.
Look, dipshit, I was replying to Yali's idiotic statement that the rules should be changed for women so they wouldn't flee IT jobs. Maybe you should get your fucking head out of your fucking ass and read the parent of my post.
Let's trade jobs. I am on call every three days and get woken up at least once a night when on call.