The response will probably be eventually be, "deal".
At that point, you simply tell the designers, "I am implementing policy as directed. Please address all future complaints regarding this matter directly to the owner."
Remember, you are expendable, the twit isn't.
That's a harmful attitude. I refuse to live in fear. I am a professional and will act like one, not cower at the thought of being the bearer of bad news.
Look: the owner is most likely rational. Irrational people don't run companies, at least not for very long. The owner will listen to reason.
On the off chance that he doesn't, just act as directed above. Note all your actions, and make sure you act professionally. If the owner decides to terminate you, he will be doing so without cause, and you will be able to collect unemployment benefits. Furthermore, your professional behavior will behoove you in the eyes of your next employer.
Passive-aggressiveness is not the right path.
You are certainly the optimist.
If the owner tells you to deal, and he isn't satisfied, he can terminate you, with grounds, insubordination.
This twit isn't your problem. Throttling him on your own initiative is both passive-aggressive and might overstep what the owner expects, which could land you in hot water. Don't do that. Here's what you do instead. Go to the owner's office and say the following:
I've been receiving complaints from some of the design staff about their computers slowing down and interfering with their work. The cause of the problem is the Production Director accessing files on designers' computers instead of copying them to his own. The hard drives on designer computers are not designed to accommodate two users accessing the files at once.
These slowdowns will persist unless we take action to correct the problem. If these remote accesses continue, we will need to increase the capacity of each designer's workstation at a cost of $A per machine for a total of $B. Another option would be to limit these remote accesses by implementing an automatic throttling system. That will take C hours of my time [optionally: at cost $D]." The last, which I recommend, is to create a new workflow for the Production Manager that ensures that designer computers are not overloaded.
What is your decision?
The response will probably be eventually be, "deal".
It's entirely possible that your hospital signed a deal with Microsoft...by exclusively using their products, they would get a discount.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time...
Which for a hospital often can directly impact health care. I see this all the time working for a hospital. The IT department doesn't know anything but Windows, doesn't want to support anything but Windows, and summarily declares anything but Windows 'not their problem'. The trouble is that patient care is often determined by the tools that do the job. We'll use Radiology as an example as they have been computerized due to the nature of their work for longer than most other departments in the hospital. Back in the day (10 years ago or more), most radiology was all Macintosh. Macs were built to do graphics and had networking abilities built in. It made sense that they would be used by many companies doing radiology apps and devices for use in hospitals. However, the hospital I worked at IT's department doesn't do Mac. Therefore, Radiology got no IT support. At that time, about 25% of the departments and clinics at the hospital were Macintosh. They all got no IT support simply because the people the IT department decided they'd rather support what they knew rather than what was required for their job. From talking to the networking guys, the situation was the same a few years earlier when the hospital was 50% Mac. Unfortunately, nobody gets fired for buying Microsoft. Today, there are many Radiology apps are on either linux or the Mac. IT still ignores that they exist or that patient care depends on those apps running and often talking to the rest of the hospital.
Of course, what this means is that the Radiology department just had to go and hire their own IT department. The hospital IT department keeps trying to take over but is never willing to actually do the work that is needed to run things.
Come to think of it; which hospital? I'm sure few geeks here would love this guy's job, and salary.
It's entirely possible that your hospital signed a deal with Microsoft...by exclusively using their products, they would get a discount.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time...
Which for a hospital often can directly impact health care. I see this all the time working for a hospital. The IT department doesn't know anything but Windows, doesn't want to support anything but Windows, and summarily declares anything but Windows 'not their problem'. The trouble is that patient care is often determined by the tools that do the job. We'll use Radiology as an example as they have been computerized due to the nature of their work for longer than most other departments in the hospital. Back in the day (10 years ago or more), most radiology was all Macintosh. Macs were built to do graphics and had networking abilities built in. It made sense that they would be used by many companies doing radiology apps and devices for use in hospitals. However, the hospital I worked at IT's department doesn't do Mac. Therefore, Radiology got no IT support. At that time, about 25% of the departments and clinics at the hospital were Macintosh. They all got no IT support simply because the people the IT department decided they'd rather support what they knew rather than what was required for their job. From talking to the networking guys, the situation was the same a few years earlier when the hospital was 50% Mac. Unfortunately, nobody gets fired for buying Microsoft. Today, there are many Radiology apps are on either linux or the Mac. IT still ignores that they exist or that patient care depends on those apps running and often talking to the rest of the hospital.
Of course, what this means is that the Radiology department just had to go and hire their own IT department. The hospital IT department keeps trying to take over but is never willing to actually do the work that is needed to run things.
Sounds like they just need to fire the Director of IT, or whoever is in charge, with prejudice, then hire one who is willing to employ people who know more than Windows.
Its very easy, all somebody with clout has to tell him him, "Your will support Linux and Mac for the Radiology Department, if you do not have the resources, you will hire them.". Then start documenting the process. When he whines about them not being certified or whatever, the bozo gets his policy changed, immediately.
The only reason is it illegal is because it makes Ticketmaster realize they aren't charging enough for the tickets. The money those guys made, is just revenue lost by Ticketmaster.
Not sure how you get lusers to read error messages. But the best way to get Admins to RTFM is to disguise the manual as smut. They will read every word trying to find it.
Getting them to follow the instructions they just read is yet another mystery.
"she went over all of the available documents and found that they expressly kept those [IP] rights with Gaylord"
So no the idiots at the Army Corps of Engineers who signed the contract for this didn't in fact get ownership of anything other than the physical sculpture.
So? Just bulldoze it and build another. Then make sure they own all the rights to the new one.
If the laptop was stolen, where is they police report?
I could understand it not being reported as stolen; if they were just going to write it off. But since they were taking the effort to track it down, they must have been a police report filed.
In addition why was the student not busted really hard for making a false claim of the laptop being stolen?
Its sounding like they trying to cover it up. And that should be good for even more jail time for the conspirators. Wahoo!
These bozos aren't just wiretapping a student, they're wiretapping the entire home. That laptop could be anyplace in the house.
Even though the lawsuits could come from the students; there would be much stronger weight to them if the homeowners filed them, not on the behalf of their children, but on their own behalf as well.
The difference is how people react when a 16 year old says "How could you do this to me?" as opposed to an adults scream: "How dare you do this to my children!" It might be even more interesting if both the students, and the parents files separate lawsuits.
And why haven't these wiretapping jokers be arrested yet?
Last known picture i saw of him was on a piece about Apple at the latest Macworld (I think it was there, wired.com may be your friend).
He didn't look that big to me neither but maybe when flying coach...
The is Southwest, the great cattle carrier of the sky, its only coach.
All the DCMA takedown notices that I've seen, not received just seen, like the Open Office notice that was sent out a few years ago, contain an "Under Penalty of Perjury" clause. A few disbarment, and some jail terms for perjury might put a damper on that BS.
The only thing that would top going after the peons and lawyers sending out the notices would be RICO charges against the xAA; and member corporations for the crap that they're pulling.
Half the people on this site probably weren't even alive when Windows 3.1 came out... could you guys give the pointless Microsoft bashing a rest? Just once, ever?
Could we maybe just get over it instead of posting another "LOLZ Microsoft BOB is bad guyz!!"
This shit pisses me off.
Except every few years they remind us how much they really suck.
And 3.1 wasn't that bad. Except when you compared it with an Amiga.
But since then they've had Windows ME, and Vista to remind us how much they suck.
How many crimes have been committed by criminals who do weight lifting and body building in prisons? Have they banned weights and restricted everybody to yoga?
I think the big difference here is that the article says 'Computer Science BS graduates', which I consider similar to my school. Then the summary goes nuts about 'programmers', which I think are different than computer science. People tend to think of programmers as the guys that just code, which of course would make them less valuable and more replaceable than full blows software engineers.
High school kids and anyone who spends two years at a technical school can 'program' nowadays, but coming up with a proper design is something people are still willing to pay for.
I see plenty of 'fire and forget' designers who can't code, nor can they design. They're just good at selling people that they can design; then the people who can do both actually have to clean up the mess. When the project is successful, the management rewards the bozos who did the lame design to begin with; after holding the people who actually made it work accountable for the success or failure.
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At that point, you simply tell the designers, "I am implementing policy as directed. Please address all future complaints regarding this matter directly to the owner."
That's a harmful attitude. I refuse to live in fear. I am a professional and will act like one, not cower at the thought of being the bearer of bad news.
Look: the owner is most likely rational. Irrational people don't run companies, at least not for very long. The owner will listen to reason.
On the off chance that he doesn't, just act as directed above. Note all your actions, and make sure you act professionally. If the owner decides to terminate you, he will be doing so without cause, and you will be able to collect unemployment benefits. Furthermore, your professional behavior will behoove you in the eyes of your next employer.
Passive-aggressiveness is not the right path.
You are certainly the optimist.
If the owner tells you to deal, and he isn't satisfied, he can terminate you, with grounds, insubordination.
This twit isn't your problem. Throttling him on your own initiative is both passive-aggressive and might overstep what the owner expects, which could land you in hot water. Don't do that. Here's what you do instead. Go to the owner's office and say the following:
The response will probably be eventually be, "deal".
Remember, you are expendable, the twit isn't.
It's entirely possible that your hospital signed a deal with Microsoft...by exclusively using their products, they would get a discount.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time...
Which for a hospital often can directly impact health care. I see this all the time working for a hospital. The IT department doesn't know anything but Windows, doesn't want to support anything but Windows, and summarily declares anything but Windows 'not their problem'. The trouble is that patient care is often determined by the tools that do the job. We'll use Radiology as an example as they have been computerized due to the nature of their work for longer than most other departments in the hospital. Back in the day (10 years ago or more), most radiology was all Macintosh. Macs were built to do graphics and had networking abilities built in. It made sense that they would be used by many companies doing radiology apps and devices for use in hospitals. However, the hospital I worked at IT's department doesn't do Mac. Therefore, Radiology got no IT support. At that time, about 25% of the departments and clinics at the hospital were Macintosh. They all got no IT support simply because the people the IT department decided they'd rather support what they knew rather than what was required for their job. From talking to the networking guys, the situation was the same a few years earlier when the hospital was 50% Mac. Unfortunately, nobody gets fired for buying Microsoft. Today, there are many Radiology apps are on either linux or the Mac. IT still ignores that they exist or that patient care depends on those apps running and often talking to the rest of the hospital.
Of course, what this means is that the Radiology department just had to go and hire their own IT department. The hospital IT department keeps trying to take over but is never willing to actually do the work that is needed to run things.
Come to think of it; which hospital? I'm sure few geeks here would love this guy's job, and salary.
It's entirely possible that your hospital signed a deal with Microsoft...by exclusively using their products, they would get a discount.
It certainly wouldn't be the first time...
Which for a hospital often can directly impact health care. I see this all the time working for a hospital. The IT department doesn't know anything but Windows, doesn't want to support anything but Windows, and summarily declares anything but Windows 'not their problem'. The trouble is that patient care is often determined by the tools that do the job. We'll use Radiology as an example as they have been computerized due to the nature of their work for longer than most other departments in the hospital. Back in the day (10 years ago or more), most radiology was all Macintosh. Macs were built to do graphics and had networking abilities built in. It made sense that they would be used by many companies doing radiology apps and devices for use in hospitals. However, the hospital I worked at IT's department doesn't do Mac. Therefore, Radiology got no IT support. At that time, about 25% of the departments and clinics at the hospital were Macintosh. They all got no IT support simply because the people the IT department decided they'd rather support what they knew rather than what was required for their job. From talking to the networking guys, the situation was the same a few years earlier when the hospital was 50% Mac. Unfortunately, nobody gets fired for buying Microsoft. Today, there are many Radiology apps are on either linux or the Mac. IT still ignores that they exist or that patient care depends on those apps running and often talking to the rest of the hospital.
Of course, what this means is that the Radiology department just had to go and hire their own IT department. The hospital IT department keeps trying to take over but is never willing to actually do the work that is needed to run things.
Sounds like they just need to fire the Director of IT, or whoever is in charge, with prejudice, then hire one who is willing to employ people who know more than Windows.
Its very easy, all somebody with clout has to tell him him, "Your will support Linux and Mac for the Radiology Department, if you do not have the resources, you will hire them.". Then start documenting the process. When he whines about them not being certified or whatever, the bozo gets his policy changed, immediately.
There, I corrected you.
"Hail, Hail! The Witch is Dead"
"And there was great rejoicing."
It could be worst, they could be playing selections from "American Idol". They wouldn't even have to play it very loud.
Yes I am aware that this is in the UK, and not the US. The point stands.
No hangover - Good Faster sober - Bad
You're not done mister, get back to the lab.
Why is faster sober bad?
You can just make up for it in quantity.
Who cares what the researchers say.
I'm going to have to do my own research. In cases like this, first hand knowledge is the only way to go.
If you're going for 80% Stroh, is really tasty.
Actually even if you aren't going for 80%, Stroh is really tasty.
The only reason is it illegal is because it makes Ticketmaster realize they aren't charging enough for the tickets. The money those guys made, is just revenue lost by Ticketmaster.
Not sure how you get lusers to read error messages. But the best way to get Admins to RTFM is to disguise the manual as smut. They will read every word trying to find it.
Getting them to follow the instructions they just read is yet another mystery.
from TFA:
"she went over all of the available documents and found that they expressly kept those [IP] rights with Gaylord"
So no the idiots at the Army Corps of Engineers who signed the contract for this didn't in fact get ownership of anything other than the physical sculpture.
So? Just bulldoze it and build another. Then make sure they own all the rights to the new one.
If the laptop was stolen, where is they police report?
I could understand it not being reported as stolen; if they were just going to write it off. But since they were taking the effort to track it down, they must have been a police report filed.
In addition why was the student not busted really hard for making a false claim of the laptop being stolen?
Its sounding like they trying to cover it up. And that should be good for even more jail time for the conspirators. Wahoo!
If they're saying take down a copy of Open Office; and they represent Microsoft. They do not actually represent the copyright holder.
These bozos aren't just wiretapping a student, they're wiretapping the entire home. That laptop could be anyplace in the house.
Even though the lawsuits could come from the students; there would be much stronger weight to them if the homeowners filed them, not on the behalf of their children, but on their own behalf as well.
The difference is how people react when a 16 year old says "How could you do this to me?" as opposed to an adults scream: "How dare you do this to my children!" It might be even more interesting if both the students, and the parents files separate lawsuits.
And why haven't these wiretapping jokers be arrested yet?
I think it will be a good use of tax dollars to keep the people responsible for this in jail; forever.
Preferable where the stick all the violent offenders.
Last known picture i saw of him was on a piece about Apple at the latest Macworld (I think it was there, wired.com may be your friend). He didn't look that big to me neither but maybe when flying coach...
The is Southwest, the great cattle carrier of the sky, its only coach.
All the DCMA takedown notices that I've seen, not received just seen, like the Open Office notice that was sent out a few years ago, contain an "Under Penalty of Perjury" clause. A few disbarment, and some jail terms for perjury might put a damper on that BS.
The only thing that would top going after the peons and lawyers sending out the notices would be RICO charges against the xAA; and member corporations for the crap that they're pulling.
I'm a peon, and I'm trying to get the most out of the company for my own benefit too.
Try these guys: http://www.apple.com/retail/lenoxsquare/ [apple.com] if they can't help, then I am not sure who can?
Those were the guys who said to check Amazon.
What City?
All the bozos here in Atlanta/Lennox said was: "Try Amazon", and that was months ago.
Half the people on this site probably weren't even alive when Windows 3.1 came out... could you guys give the pointless Microsoft bashing a rest? Just once, ever?
Could we maybe just get over it instead of posting another "LOLZ Microsoft BOB is bad guyz!!"
This shit pisses me off.
Except every few years they remind us how much they really suck.
And 3.1 wasn't that bad. Except when you compared it with an Amiga.
But since then they've had Windows ME, and Vista to remind us how much they suck.
If any alien civilization were capable of communicating or visiting here, I doubt these issues will be a problem?
If they were sane, they would put up a big sign outside our solar system saying: stay away from these assholes.
How many crimes have been committed by criminals who do weight lifting and body building in prisons? Have they banned weights and restricted everybody to yoga?
I think the big difference here is that the article says 'Computer Science BS graduates', which I consider similar to my school. Then the summary goes nuts about 'programmers', which I think are different than computer science. People tend to think of programmers as the guys that just code, which of course would make them less valuable and more replaceable than full blows software engineers. High school kids and anyone who spends two years at a technical school can 'program' nowadays, but coming up with a proper design is something people are still willing to pay for.
I see plenty of 'fire and forget' designers who can't code, nor can they design. They're just good at selling people that they can design; then the people who can do both actually have to clean up the mess. When the project is successful, the management rewards the bozos who did the lame design to begin with; after holding the people who actually made it work accountable for the success or failure.