A couple of high-profile viruses made my life miserable in different ways for several months. I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that it took so long to recognize that a virus was involved at all - but there was no complete system failure, simply degraded performance and flaky behaviour.
I have no problem with anti-virus companies making lots of noise about the dangers involved. If Microsoft were truly serious about security they would include a subscription to McAffee or Norton in every copy of Windows.
I've had more problems than I can count
over the years with IBM drives. I've had
many die after 1-2 years of use, and in at least
one case the drive came defective, with the
famous clicking. That was a different model,
a notebook drive.
I generally try to avoid IBM drives these
days. The GXP I picked up a few months ago
didn't work under Linux so I exchanged it for
a Western Digital. Maybe that IBM drive was
defective as well.
I'm continually blown away at how brazenly
the "brand-name" web sites pull this kind of
stuff. (Remember Amazon's updated privacy
policy...)
I suppose you should thank EBay for correcting
your "mistake" in judgement.
I have my own domain name with a single
mail queue...each time I give out my email
I give a different addr with identifying
information. It's always interesting to
see who spams me in spite of their stated
policy.
I can't comment personally on Microsoft. But
judging by what I've seen working in tech, the
claims are plausable enough.
I've worked in the Silicon Valley as a consultant
for ten years. When I first moved to the area
I was immediately struck by the near-complete
absence of African-Americans working in tech...
and living in the local neighborhoods, as well.
It's still the same now.
I've witnessed with my own eyes anti-black
bias in the interviewing and hiring process.
I move between companies regularly, so I feel
pretty confident concluding the practice is
widespread. It's not always intentionally malicious--
often I've seen the bias
expressed as a sort "discomfort" with the
individuals in question. But intentional or not,
it's unfair and irrational make decisions on that
basis.
West-coast tech companies tend to be lax
and have loose organizational structure. In
such an environment human nature goes unchecked
to a certain extent. This doesn't stop with
the rank and file -- management is largely
uncontrolled as well. The *only* time I've
ever seen upper management intervene on
HR issues is when there was a lawsuit involved.
I hear plenty of racist comments flying in
all directions at work. It's not only whites
against everyone else. (Perhaps mostly, though.)
But for some reason African-Americans and Hispanic Americans suffer the most.
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Another pen I will lose somewhere.
A couple of high-profile viruses made my
life miserable in different ways for several
months. I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that
it took so long to recognize that a virus was
involved at all - but there was no complete
system failure, simply degraded performance and
flaky behaviour.
I have no problem with anti-virus companies making
lots of noise about the dangers involved. If
Microsoft were truly serious about security they
would include a subscription to McAffee or Norton
in every copy of Windows.
over the years with IBM drives. I've had
many die after 1-2 years of use, and in at least
one case the drive came defective, with the
famous clicking. That was a different model,
a notebook drive.
I generally try to avoid IBM drives these
days. The GXP I picked up a few months ago
didn't work under Linux so I exchanged it for
a Western Digital. Maybe that IBM drive was
defective as well.
I suppose you should thank EBay for correcting your "mistake" in judgement.
I have my own domain name with a single mail queue...each time I give out my email I give a different addr with identifying information. It's always interesting to see who spams me in spite of their stated policy.
I've worked in the Silicon Valley as a consultant for ten years. When I first moved to the area I was immediately struck by the near-complete absence of African-Americans working in tech... and living in the local neighborhoods, as well. It's still the same now.
I've witnessed with my own eyes anti-black bias in the interviewing and hiring process. I move between companies regularly, so I feel pretty confident concluding the practice is widespread. It's not always intentionally malicious-- often I've seen the bias expressed as a sort "discomfort" with the individuals in question. But intentional or not, it's unfair and irrational make decisions on that basis.
West-coast tech companies tend to be lax and have loose organizational structure. In such an environment human nature goes unchecked to a certain extent. This doesn't stop with the rank and file -- management is largely uncontrolled as well. The *only* time I've ever seen upper management intervene on HR issues is when there was a lawsuit involved.
I hear plenty of racist comments flying in all directions at work. It's not only whites against everyone else. (Perhaps mostly, though.) But for some reason African-Americans and Hispanic Americans suffer the most.