Because the people who pay for everything don't "see" a problem. From the uneducated user's perspective, everything works "the same" whether or not it's encrypted. They don't see how anything is "broken" so why should they pay $$$ in the form of certs and staff time to upgrade (i.e., "fix") things?
where vast masses prostate themselves Can someone please explain exactly how you do this? It sounds like it might possibly be...enjoyable. I feel like I'm missing out.
How about securing your WAP? I'm no advocate for theft of services, but people who plug these things in off the shelf and leave them that way are really just asking for it and really shouldn't be surprised, let alone incredulous when it happens.
I once helped out a lady with Win98 who called me after she received an $800 long-distance phone bill. She wa a dial-up ISP user and caught SOMETHING that was dialing Sweden in the middle of the night to do God-only-knows what.
Not the "worst" infection I've ever cleaned up, but certainly the weirdest!
I'm a guy who three years ago had a lump-ectomy. (Mammograms are NOT fun, y'all. The girls can KEEP 'em!) Fortunately, it was benign.
That said, "pink sites" is a dumb idea. Or sites of any OTHER color to support a cause. Still, I support freedom of speech and all that. Anyone who wants their site pink because of breast cancer or panther fetishes or whatever, well, more power to 'em.
Speaking as someone who IS a some-time sysadmin for several clients, I can say that trust is paramount. The places of which I speak are generally self-sufficient on a day-to-day basis, but need advice or someone to "just do it" when a major upgrade needs to take place and no "regular" staff can be spared for the task (assuming their knowledgeable.) I do work for doctors, lawyers, and one print shop (to which I even have a key!). These are all people I have known for years, however, in a rural setting. I would think that references should be a MUST given what you are likely to need such a person to do.
I second that. It's been a year or two since I used it, but it's been around for a LONG time and was the ONLY package I ever found for linux that allowed LIVE STREAMING instead of.jpg snapshots every X seconds.
If you can implement what you want with a minimum of effort/hassle, then do so whether your boss likes/endorses it or not. Keep it off-site if you must. Hell, even stock up on half a dozen flash drives and do it THAT way if you have to! And the first time it saves your/the company's bacon, make damn sure your boss KNOWS IT. Then hand him a requisition for whatever you need to properly implement what you NEED and compare that with the cost to the company as calculated by ($$$ lost per hour) * numberof hours The System was down because of a code glitch. If he still doesn't "get it", get out. You'll probably make more money freelancing yourself back to him as a consultant when he calls you. And he probably WILL coall you because it sounds like he doesn't want you wasting any time doing frivilous things like documenting your code either!!!
I'm not against project-based billing, but if you're going to go that route, make DAMN sure you have a finely-detailed punch list of everything that needs to be done before the project is "complete." And I mean EVERYTHING. If you don't, you'll have customers who have you coming back time and again for a "fix" or "tweak" they'll claim was paid for by the price they paid for the entire project.
I do light, user-based consulting as a side job and I bill strictly by the hour. That puts control of how much to spend in the hands of my clients. I give rough estimations of time involved and give reports as I go. At any time they can tell me to stop and owe me no more money.
Given the poster's stated work habits, it does sound to me like being paid "per task" or "per project" might be the best way to go. The question then becomes, will you waste more time in negotiating the price for a project than you're currently not billing for?
I once built a MacQuarium out of a Mac Plus. This was just before the PowerPC was released and the Mac Quadras and PowerBooks were shipping with big, red "Ready for PowerPC Upgrade!" stickers. My co-worker slapped one on the front of my MacQuarium. It's still there.
If you're talking about Windows PCs, nothing beats Deep Freeze from Faronics.
Get your PCs set up the way you want them, "freeze" them, and that's IT. All changes to the file system are cached. The upshot is that anything the user does the user is allowed to do "normally," but any changes evaporate as the aforementioned cache is deleted on reboot. As long as users have a networked Home Directory you're all set. If you have a SUS/WUS server, the PCs can be set to "thaw" in the middle of the night and apply WindowsUpdates.
And Faronics (the company) is a JOY to work with!!!
I own both a TiBook and a clamshell iBook Graphite "special edition", both with AirPort cards and an original Airport Base Station. I can't walk out my front door with my TiBook and get any signal. With the iBook, I can get to the end of my 50 ft. driveway and still have "two bars" worth of signal!
It's NOT in my head, and I don't need MaCNN to prove it to ME.
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Because the people who pay for everything don't "see" a problem. From the uneducated user's perspective, everything works "the same" whether or not it's encrypted. They don't see how anything is "broken" so why should they pay $$$ in the form of certs and staff time to upgrade (i.e., "fix") things?
(That's a possible explanation, not an excuse.)
Holy cow...
/that's yo ass, I guess.
Eddie Murphy flashback!!! That's from, like, the FIRST album that nobody remembers!!
...that there haven't been any "The Last Starfighter" references in here.
How about securing your WAP? I'm no advocate for theft of services, but people who plug these things in off the shelf and leave them that way are really just asking for it and really shouldn't be surprised, let alone incredulous when it happens.
I once helped out a lady with Win98 who called me after she received an $800 long-distance phone bill. She wa a dial-up ISP user and caught SOMETHING that was dialing Sweden in the middle of the night to do God-only-knows what.
Not the "worst" infection I've ever cleaned up, but certainly the weirdest!
I'm a guy who three years ago had a lump-ectomy. (Mammograms are NOT fun, y'all. The girls can KEEP 'em!) Fortunately, it was benign.
That said, "pink sites" is a dumb idea. Or sites of any OTHER color to support a cause. Still, I support freedom of speech and all that. Anyone who wants their site pink because of breast cancer or panther fetishes or whatever, well, more power to 'em.
I still think it's stupid.
Carlin On Campus. Nice.
He's copying pr0n. Is there an xxxcopy?
Have you seen "Office Space"?
"It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't CARE."
Speaking as someone who IS a some-time sysadmin for several clients, I can say that trust is paramount. The places of which I speak are generally self-sufficient on a day-to-day basis, but need advice or someone to "just do it" when a major upgrade needs to take place and no "regular" staff can be spared for the task (assuming their knowledgeable.) I do work for doctors, lawyers, and one print shop (to which I even have a key!). These are all people I have known for years, however, in a rural setting. I would think that references should be a MUST given what you are likely to need such a person to do.
I second that. It's been a year or two since I used it, but it's been around for a LONG time and was the ONLY package I ever found for linux that allowed LIVE STREAMING instead of .jpg snapshots every X seconds.
If you can implement what you want with a minimum of effort/hassle, then do so whether your boss likes/endorses it or not. Keep it off-site if you must. Hell, even stock up on half a dozen flash drives and do it THAT way if you have to! And the first time it saves your/the company's bacon, make damn sure your boss KNOWS IT. Then hand him a requisition for whatever you need to properly implement what you NEED and compare that with the cost to the company as calculated by ($$$ lost per hour) * numberof hours The System was down because of a code glitch. If he still doesn't "get it", get out. You'll probably make more money freelancing yourself back to him as a consultant when he calls you. And he probably WILL coall you because it sounds like he doesn't want you wasting any time doing frivilous things like documenting your code either!!!
I'm not against project-based billing, but if you're going to go that route, make DAMN sure you have a finely-detailed punch list of everything that needs to be done before the project is "complete." And I mean EVERYTHING. If you don't, you'll have customers who have you coming back time and again for a "fix" or "tweak" they'll claim was paid for by the price they paid for the entire project.
I do light, user-based consulting as a side job and I bill strictly by the hour. That puts control of how much to spend in the hands of my clients. I give rough estimations of time involved and give reports as I go. At any time they can tell me to stop and owe me no more money.
Given the poster's stated work habits, it does sound to me like being paid "per task" or "per project" might be the best way to go. The question then becomes, will you waste more time in negotiating the price for a project than you're currently not billing for?
I once built a MacQuarium out of a Mac Plus. This was just before the PowerPC was released and the Mac Quadras and PowerBooks were shipping with big, red "Ready for PowerPC Upgrade!" stickers. My co-worker slapped one on the front of my MacQuarium. It's still there.
If you're talking about Windows PCs, nothing beats Deep Freeze from Faronics.
Get your PCs set up the way you want them, "freeze" them, and that's IT. All changes to the file system are cached. The upshot is that anything the user does the user is allowed to do "normally," but any changes evaporate as the aforementioned cache is deleted on reboot. As long as users have a networked Home Directory you're all set. If you have a SUS/WUS server, the PCs can be set to "thaw" in the middle of the night and apply WindowsUpdates.
And Faronics (the company) is a JOY to work with!!!
Faith is believing in something when common sense tells you not to. /34th Street
...or she could get her 2nd degree in astrophysics and run off with the first two-headed alien that hits on her at a party.
/Trillian?
It's either that or back to the dole queue on Monday...
"Oh Johnny, I LOVE shelf paper!!!"
I own both a TiBook and a clamshell iBook Graphite "special edition", both with AirPort cards and an original Airport Base Station. I can't walk out my front door with my TiBook and get any signal. With the iBook, I can get to the end of my 50 ft. driveway and still have "two bars" worth of signal!
It's NOT in my head, and I don't need MaCNN to prove it to ME.
...ROMeyn