As a company you should always have a policy on document destruction and follow it very closely. That way if you ever are investigated documents can be proved to be destroyed based on company policy. It is only illegal to destroy documents if you are currently under investigation or are expected to be under investigation shortly.
Arthur Andersen did have a document retention/destruction policy and we were kept informed about it frequently. Where they got in trouble was doing it after investigations were started. Andersen was the second best job I've had (of about 6 since college). Only second to working for myself.
I haven't had respect for the company since Woz left. Jobs is an asshole while Woz actually has a heart to go with his brain. I was considering migrating to jsp on OS X Server with the new Oracle Release for one of my products. Their "heavy handed" techniques for years have pissed me off. However, what multi-national company isn't operating without a conscience anyway. Viva la IBM. Linux on x86-64 is less expensive anyway.
Blue states may have worker's rights but here in redneck land you'll have no such luck. I suggest calling the unemployment office first.
Congrats on quitting. I got so sick of working for others that I just decided to start my own company. It's 5 times the work and for some reason 1/10th the stress. Maybe it's because I like knowing the decisions I make have an actual impact on my future instead of hoping some dipshit PHB will notice my code is the most efficient and best performing in our office.
Sometimes you've got to get some balls and do something different, be it getting a new job, starting a new career or starting your own company. Change can be a good thing. Attitude makes a difference too.
What the fuck is wrong with people today? It's hard to believe but the US is getting farther and farther from being the bastion of freedom and becoming just like those countries we ridicule.
They went public because corporate law requires if you have over 500(?) shareholders and a corporate value of more than 10 million you must file your quarterly/annual reports with the SEC and make them publicly available.
Since you cannot convince those other stockholders over the base amount to sell back to the company, you might as well go public and get a shitload of cash anyway.
The only thing I don't understand is when a person makes over a billion dollars why the hell they don't retire. I don't mean quit working but separate yourself from the company because it will be changing once it's a public entity.
On a side note: I have my company setup as an S-Corp and have already used some of my Estate credits (you get a set value for life and can use them at any time, even before you're dead) to transfer my company into a living trust so on the off chance it does get big there will be no inheritance tax! My guess is WWI has been paid off already.
I use AMD processors in some of my servers and am evaluating purcahsing a new rack full of hardware for migrating off our current servers (mix of AMD & Intel) that are tower based. Monarch Computers (Linux Journal runs on them) is pretty reasonable but I'm also looking at the Sun offerings.
I like Dell computers reasonably well. However we have decided to go with AMD for multiple reasons. Unfortunately they don't offer what we are looking for and as a result have lost about a $30,000 purchase. Granted 30K is peanuts to them but over time it adds up, one customer here, one customer there.
Their slogan should be "Dell, providing what we say you need, not what you desire." Hell, even their linux offerings are a joke (workstation side).
If congress sets fines for speech to curtail freedom of expression/speech isn't that violating the first amendment?
How the fuck do they get away with this shit? Oh yeah, the *shocked* hypocritic southern dipshits. Nothing better than catching a Republican supporter living up to the "values" they promote. Gay Military Porn.
Closer to $50 I used to use Verisign until I started my own company, suddenly InstantSSL was a better choice at 1/10th the price. To my shock and surprise I haven't had a single customer that noticed (or at least mentioned that they noticed).
I got the Pro License for $149 for 3 years and if you somehow screw up they can invalidate and reissue in minutes (good for when you're new to it or implementing them on a different platform).
I'm very pleased with InstantSSL and would compare them favorably to Verisign (actually better because getting a cert reissued on Verisign was a bit of a pain).
If you find something that fits you and you're the only person in the world that likes it who cares if it sells 1,000,000 copies or 1, as long as you get what you like.
BTW, Dell will sell more shitty OptiPlex GX280's than Apple will sell mini's. Does it make them better? Or do the specs make the better? Or is it the price that makes it better? The reality is your opinion is what makes something better. Unfortunately you have yet to learn it is only better to you.
Apparently you don't support any software products. Users try stuff simply to try it. I attempt to aleviate any querystring hacking so I can know when someone is maliciously trying to gain access to other parts of the system they shouldn't see. If they can see the location bar I don't know if it's a user just screwing around or someone trying to hack the system. If you hide the location you know it takes a bit more knowledge to attempt querystring hacking (not much but my for the users of my systems it is beyond their knowledge base).
I said for complex forms use flash. 99% of my business web apps don't use flash. If you'll read my original posts you'll see that is what I was advocating, Flash when simple html based forms aren't an elegant solution.
Not always, plus it isn't elaborate window.open() location=no. Sometimes you use querystrings that pass values and you validate any input. Plus if someone really knows how to hack at all post won't stop a damn thing (I can write an example in about 30 seconds to demonstrate). In web apps like C programs you always assume the data you are processing is trying to do something it shouldn't, and as a consequence you validate everything. I don't fuck around when it comes to HIPAA. Going to jail for not properly securing PHI is not an option.
Plus click reply and look at the location bar on slashdot.
Not really. In the grand scheme of things what's $700? Could you build an alternative for $700? I charge $100/hour for custom development for my clients and they pay without a problem. Not being able to provide the solution they desire be it flash, jsp's, stored procedures or anything else doesn't matter to them if you cannot do the job because you won't buy the tool.
Try and convince a carpenter that he doesn't need that power-tool set he uses because a normal screw driver and hammer does the job just as well.
The thing you're missing is the opportunity cost. It's pumped up in Business School but it is the most relevant thing anyone can learn.
Buy $700 software product, get $10,000 account. Offer alternative customer doesn't want, save -$9,300.
Which would a rational business person choose? There is a reason people buy proprietary software. Normally it's because it is better than the free alternative. Yes there are exceptions (apache, linux,...) but a solution is frequently more than one tool or software product. It is a set of tools and software products that work together to achive the desired result. I own 3 companies and 1 runs exclusively on OSS the second has a mix and the third runs 80% MS Software. They all have different needs and the solution that was the easiest to implement and maintain was selected.
Frequently you cannot find an OSS product that will match feature for feature a purchased product. So what do you do? Wait 6 months for an internal software team to develop the tool for you at a cost of 100's of thousands of dollars and missed development on the core product your company is built on? Or do you simply buy what you need? My guess is Adobe doesn't have their own internal C Compiler to build Photoshop. Now they may use Borland, Visual C or any other available tools but it is unlikely they do it internally. Hell I remember when they released the first program I bought (Photoshop) that used MMX instructions and thinking it was a big deal (since it required assembly to use the registers).
In life and business sometimes you have to spend money to make money.
Maybe people should quit trying to screw in a nail with a hammer. Any really complex web interfaces my company builds use Flash which works on Linux, Windows, OS X & even PocketPCs.
If your interface is very complex it would make more sense to build a web-enabled application for clients instead of a web-browser that brings problems like pop-ups, etc with it.
Just my 2 cents as a developer (I do both stand alone & web-based apps at my company).
Just turn off javascript in the browser you use. If a site requires javascript then don't go there.
I develop website based apps and my site uses pop-ups to avoid easy querystring hacking (I also validate every variable by user which I don't tell them, so querystring hacking with an incorrect variable locks out their accounts) by hiding the location bar. We tell all our users to add our site to their "allowed" list. Fortunately the new IE pop-up blocker works the same way the mozilla/firefox one does. I wish fucking safari had an allowed sites instead of the damn all or nothing check in preferences.
Forms are easy: form name='frmBobsForm' action='loadinfo.jsp' input type='text' maxlength='20' name='txtField' size='22' input type='submit' value='Send Info'
Liqour and illegal drugs are easy to manufacture. Making a bullet that is precise enough to fit a cartridge and have the proper gunpowder amount is significanly more difficult. Having packed my own bullets before (with my redneck NRA grandparents) it is not easy and that was with all the necessary items furnished for use.
So you are correct in one sense it won't stop it completely. However, it will take over 99% of them off the market.
When you can grow bullets in a ditch behind your house is when I would say it is an ineffective law. Most people don't mine for lead in their spare time.
Rich people don't know better. They see the solution they are looking for and they pay their servants to load their movies for easy access. When you make 10~15 million a year time is worth more than money. If they could hire someone to shit for them I'm certain they would.
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Sounds like a new alcoholic beverage. Drink it and you'll be fucked.
As a company you should always have a policy on document destruction and follow it very closely. That way if you ever are investigated documents can be proved to be destroyed based on company policy. It is only illegal to destroy documents if you are currently under investigation or are expected to be under investigation shortly.
Arthur Andersen did have a document retention/destruction policy and we were kept informed about it frequently. Where they got in trouble was doing it after investigations were started. Andersen was the second best job I've had (of about 6 since college). Only second to working for myself.
I haven't had respect for the company since Woz left. Jobs is an asshole while Woz actually has a heart to go with his brain. I was considering migrating to jsp on OS X Server with the new Oracle Release for one of my products. Their "heavy handed" techniques for years have pissed me off. However, what multi-national company isn't operating without a conscience anyway. Viva la IBM. Linux on x86-64 is less expensive anyway.
Blue states may have worker's rights but here in redneck land you'll have no such luck. I suggest calling the unemployment office first.
Congrats on quitting. I got so sick of working for others that I just decided to start my own company. It's 5 times the work and for some reason 1/10th the stress. Maybe it's because I like knowing the decisions I make have an actual impact on my future instead of hoping some dipshit PHB will notice my code is the most efficient and best performing in our office.
Sometimes you've got to get some balls and do something different, be it getting a new job, starting a new career or starting your own company. Change can be a good thing. Attitude makes a difference too.
And?
Some of us don't read macslash.
Submitter forgot this jackass.
What the fuck is wrong with people today? It's hard to believe but the US is getting farther and farther from being the bastion of freedom and becoming just like those countries we ridicule.
They went public because corporate law requires if you have over 500(?) shareholders and a corporate value of more than 10 million you must file your quarterly/annual reports with the SEC and make them publicly available.
Since you cannot convince those other stockholders over the base amount to sell back to the company, you might as well go public and get a shitload of cash anyway.
The only thing I don't understand is when a person makes over a billion dollars why the hell they don't retire. I don't mean quit working but separate yourself from the company because it will be changing once it's a public entity.
On a side note: I have my company setup as an S-Corp and have already used some of my Estate credits (you get a set value for life and can use them at any time, even before you're dead) to transfer my company into a living trust so on the off chance it does get big there will be no inheritance tax! My guess is WWI has been paid off already.
I use AMD processors in some of my servers and am evaluating purcahsing a new rack full of hardware for migrating off our current servers (mix of AMD & Intel) that are tower based. Monarch Computers (Linux Journal runs on them) is pretty reasonable but I'm also looking at the Sun offerings.
I like Dell computers reasonably well. However we have decided to go with AMD for multiple reasons. Unfortunately they don't offer what we are looking for and as a result have lost about a $30,000 purchase. Granted 30K is peanuts to them but over time it adds up, one customer here, one customer there.
Their slogan should be "Dell, providing what we say you need, not what you desire." Hell, even their linux offerings are a joke (workstation side).
If congress sets fines for speech to curtail freedom of expression/speech isn't that violating the first amendment?
How the fuck do they get away with this shit? Oh yeah, the *shocked* hypocritic southern dipshits. Nothing better than catching a Republican supporter living up to the "values" they promote. Gay Military Porn.
If you'd read his parent post I was replying to both.
Closer to $50
I used to use Verisign until I started my own company, suddenly InstantSSL was a better choice at 1/10th the price. To my shock and surprise I haven't had a single customer that noticed (or at least mentioned that they noticed).
I got the Pro License for $149 for 3 years and if you somehow screw up they can invalidate and reissue in minutes (good for when you're new to it or implementing them on a different platform).
I'm very pleased with InstantSSL and would compare them favorably to Verisign (actually better because getting a cert reissued on Verisign was a bit of a pain).
SCOX isn't someone else. It is an invalid stock listing code.
Yahoo
E*Trade
SCOXE is vaild. SCOX won't be used again for a while.
Why is it always a competition?
If you find something that fits you and you're the only person in the world that likes it who cares if it sells 1,000,000 copies or 1, as long as you get what you like.
BTW, Dell will sell more shitty OptiPlex GX280's than Apple will sell mini's. Does it make them better? Or do the specs make the better? Or is it the price that makes it better? The reality is your opinion is what makes something better. Unfortunately you have yet to learn it is only better to you.
Apparently you don't support any software products. Users try stuff simply to try it. I attempt to aleviate any querystring hacking so I can know when someone is maliciously trying to gain access to other parts of the system they shouldn't see. If they can see the location bar I don't know if it's a user just screwing around or someone trying to hack the system. If you hide the location you know it takes a bit more knowledge to attempt querystring hacking (not much but my for the users of my systems it is beyond their knowledge base).
I said for complex forms use flash. 99% of my business web apps don't use flash. If you'll read my original posts you'll see that is what I was advocating, Flash when simple html based forms aren't an elegant solution.
Not always, plus it isn't elaborate window.open() location=no.
Sometimes you use querystrings that pass values and you validate any input. Plus if someone really knows how to hack at all post won't stop a damn thing (I can write an example in about 30 seconds to demonstrate). In web apps like C programs you always assume the data you are processing is trying to do something it shouldn't, and as a consequence you validate everything. I don't fuck around when it comes to HIPAA. Going to jail for not properly securing PHI is not an option.
Plus click reply and look at the location bar on slashdot.
Not really. In the grand scheme of things what's $700? Could you build an alternative for $700? I charge $100/hour for custom development for my clients and they pay without a problem. Not being able to provide the solution they desire be it flash, jsp's, stored procedures or anything else doesn't matter to them if you cannot do the job because you won't buy the tool.
...) but a solution is frequently more than one tool or software product. It is a set of tools and software products that work together to achive the desired result. I own 3 companies and 1 runs exclusively on OSS the second has a mix and the third runs 80% MS Software. They all have different needs and the solution that was the easiest to implement and maintain was selected.
Try and convince a carpenter that he doesn't need that power-tool set he uses because a normal screw driver and hammer does the job just as well.
The thing you're missing is the opportunity cost. It's pumped up in Business School but it is the most relevant thing anyone can learn.
Buy $700 software product, get $10,000 account.
Offer alternative customer doesn't want, save -$9,300.
Which would a rational business person choose? There is a reason people buy proprietary software. Normally it's because it is better than the free alternative. Yes there are exceptions (apache, linux,
Frequently you cannot find an OSS product that will match feature for feature a purchased product. So what do you do? Wait 6 months for an internal software team to develop the tool for you at a cost of 100's of thousands of dollars and missed development on the core product your company is built on? Or do you simply buy what you need? My guess is Adobe doesn't have their own internal C Compiler to build Photoshop. Now they may use Borland, Visual C or any other available tools but it is unlikely they do it internally. Hell I remember when they released the first program I bought (Photoshop) that used MMX instructions and thinking it was a big deal (since it required assembly to use the registers).
In life and business sometimes you have to spend money to make money.
Maybe people should quit trying to screw in a nail with a hammer. Any really complex web interfaces my company builds use Flash which works on Linux, Windows, OS X & even PocketPCs.
If your interface is very complex it would make more sense to build a web-enabled application for clients instead of a web-browser that brings problems like pop-ups, etc with it.
Just my 2 cents as a developer (I do both stand alone & web-based apps at my company).
Just turn off javascript in the browser you use.
If a site requires javascript then don't go there.
I develop website based apps and my site uses pop-ups to avoid easy querystring hacking (I also validate every variable by user which I don't tell them, so querystring hacking with an incorrect variable locks out their accounts) by hiding the location bar. We tell all our users to add our site to their "allowed" list. Fortunately the new IE pop-up blocker works the same way the mozilla/firefox one does. I wish fucking safari had an allowed sites instead of the damn all or nothing check in preferences.
Forms are easy:
form name='frmBobsForm' action='loadinfo.jsp'
input type='text' maxlength='20' name='txtField' size='22'
input type='submit' value='Send Info'
Easy as pie.
Isn't it against federal law to tax interstate commerce? Plus if you bought them via the internet the fed's have specifically made it a "no tax zone".
Love stupid the taxes
I just posted this exact same thing that got rejected.
Here is the link to get it repaired.
Liqour and illegal drugs are easy to manufacture. Making a bullet that is precise enough to fit a cartridge and have the proper gunpowder amount is significanly more difficult. Having packed my own bullets before (with my redneck NRA grandparents) it is not easy and that was with all the necessary items furnished for use.
So you are correct in one sense it won't stop it completely. However, it will take over 99% of them off the market.
When you can grow bullets in a ditch behind your house is when I would say it is an ineffective law. Most people don't mine for lead in their spare time.
It's not impossible, simply make selling bullets a felony with a 10 year minimum sentence in a federal prison.
Guns don't work without bullets, they are what we need to make illegal.
Rich people don't know better. They see the solution they are looking for and they pay their servants to load their movies for easy access. When you make 10~15 million a year time is worth more than money. If they could hire someone to shit for them I'm certain they would.