Perversely, I was often happy that customers would cling to Norton. Bad for them, good for me. Part of the reason why I had to get out of consumer tech support.
Healthcheck bans work pretty well up until the the "OK" signal gets mimicked. Although, what with this being the Internet and all, I can't imagine anyone here would be able to figure out a way to do that... for about five minutes.
To give an analogy, it's like driving a car on the road with no supervision even though you have no idea how to drive a car.
So we should have a government run licensing program, whereby you must have a government issues license before connecting to the internet? That's going to improve things how?
Fines for YouTube commenters would be a good start.
Believe it or not, I actually work for a living. In my experience at larger organizations, being irreplaceable means that you will have a very secure position, and your boss (or other Powers That Be) will never want to move you out of it - in fact, (s)he'd be foolish to do so. When that happens, the only promotion you can get is a self-promotion - by going to another outfit. As long as you don't do that very often, it will look pretty good on a resume.
When I feel I have something worth writing more about, I'll write more. Quality over quantity, yes?
If you think you live in a society where you haven't ceded your self determination to the whim of the collective, try not filing tax returns for a few years.
I will admit that Ayn Rand certainly had that "take care of oneself" part of "take care of oneself first before helping others" down pretty well.
As for the philanthropic Ayn Rand fans, do you have any examples? Every one I've had to deal with in real life (granted, these were the ones who volunteered that particular data about themselves, so that might skew my sampling) has been about as eager to help their fellow citzens as Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs is to leave a tip.
Always try to make yourself a truly invaluable part of the team anywhere you work who the boss could not even consider doing without, no matter your opinion of him or the company.
Translation: always try to make yourself unpromotable.
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Old code that required current customers to patch their current software in order to be secure.
Wait, what?
Perversely, I was often happy that customers would cling to Norton. Bad for them, good for me. Part of the reason why I had to get out of consumer tech support.
"anonymous" just means black-mask.
I thought the Guy Fawkes mask was mostly white?
It's a good business model for computer repair outfits/people as well.
Agreed: if corporations were people, they'd be sociopaths.
The drop bears will slaughter us all!
But I want to use the one finger salute for leaving YouTube comments!
I'm a big fan of the atlatl.
required internet ID's
That will be something new to socially engineer out of people.
Hmm, I should have applied the * puts on sunglasses * to this one.
Looks like we need to step it up a cyber-notch. * puts on sunglasses *
FTFY
FTFY
Healthcheck bans work pretty well up until the the "OK" signal gets mimicked. Although, what with this being the Internet and all, I can't imagine anyone here would be able to figure out a way to do that... for about five minutes.
Excellent point.
Overly trusting pedophiles? That's my best guess.
The supermutants will enjoy uncapped bandwidth! Deathclaws, on the other hand, are more into texting.
Latest news, after the fast food war, Taco bell becomes a ISP. Buys up AT&T.
AT&T's customer service rankings improve.
You would think so, but my years in freelance technical support have convinced me otherwise.
Have I mentioned how much working freelance technical support has destroyed my empathy for my fellow human beings?
To give an analogy, it's like driving a car on the road with no supervision even though you have no idea how to drive a car.
So we should have a government run licensing program, whereby you must have a government issues license before connecting to the internet? That's going to improve things how?
Fines for YouTube commenters would be a good start.
TOR has some definite vulnerabilities when used for BitTorrents:
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea
Make your time!
Your signature makes me smile!
Believe it or not, I actually work for a living. In my experience at larger organizations, being irreplaceable means that you will have a very secure position, and your boss (or other Powers That Be) will never want to move you out of it - in fact, (s)he'd be foolish to do so. When that happens, the only promotion you can get is a self-promotion - by going to another outfit. As long as you don't do that very often, it will look pretty good on a resume.
When I feel I have something worth writing more about, I'll write more. Quality over quantity, yes?
If you think you live in a society where you haven't ceded your self determination to the whim of the collective, try not filing tax returns for a few years.
I will admit that Ayn Rand certainly had that "take care of oneself" part of "take care of oneself first before helping others" down pretty well.
As for the philanthropic Ayn Rand fans, do you have any examples? Every one I've had to deal with in real life (granted, these were the ones who volunteered that particular data about themselves, so that might skew my sampling) has been about as eager to help their fellow citzens as Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs is to leave a tip.
As you are in the UK, you are fortunate to not be dealing with the H1-B mess.
As for the common factor issue...
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounding yourself with assholes.”
William Gibson
Always try to make yourself a truly invaluable part of the team anywhere you work who the boss could not even consider doing without, no matter your opinion of him or the company.
Translation: always try to make yourself unpromotable.