I call BS. I am the administrator of two SOX controls for our Workstation environment. One is a "Workstation Hardening" control (what a joke), and the other is some cluster about having to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete to see if a user that doesn't exist on the machine or domain can log onto the computer(yes, I'm serious).
I've tried to help the auditors understand that my two controls make absolutely no sense, which basically fell on deaf ears. From an IT persons perspective, auditors are there to try to tell us how we should do our job, and the procedures we should take to do our jobs. Most of the auditors I've met can be completely snowed when it comes to technology, so why do we allow them to audit our environement?
The comment from this poster about "IT workers often can't be trusted"... Well... I'm really disappointed that someone that claims to be an IT person would actually say that. We are hired, and should be trusted, since a majority of us have our own checks and balances to make sure that our environment is secure, and it is in our best interest to make sure that it is. The problem usually is from processes and procedures developed by people that have absolutely no business being in IT.
BTW: I'm sure that this wrought with grammatical/spelling errors. Well... Get over it.
I took the not lethal approach. I live in a decent neighborhood, but unfortunatley the f*ck next door got divorced and started up his own meth-lab. I won't get into the specifics, but there were several nights I stayed awake every night at the dinner table with a 10mm S&W, just ready for the f*ck to walk through my door. I digress.
What I did was went out an purchased a cheap computer and bought a Geovision G600 card, and purchased three IR cameras. The total cost was around $1500 - $2000, but was completely worth it.
Here are some links to the system and cameras I purchased:
I don't think the camera link is exactly what I purchased, but it is very close. I'd love to post a link to my system to let everyone view it, but there is no way I would survive a slashdotting.:)
Believe me when I say that this has been very successful, not only in getting this person arrested, but also in providing me with some very hilarious footage.
Please tell me you do not run your life like this.
I cannot believe that in this day and age, someone would say that you should just roll over on your back and not confront the officer when they are wrong. The only reason I can think that you answered this way is that you yourself are one of the over-testosteroned officers that give the real officers a bad name.
Now, if you are a complete and total idiot, you can raise your voice to them, start swinging, and start using "swear" words on them. If you do that, you deserve what you get, but just by arguing with the officer on your rights, you are not violating any law, so they cannot do a single thing to you.
Lets deny MS the right to improve their OS then Linux will be the defacto OS -- but oh wait, gotta rip out the firewall because norton makes one, gotta rip out the browser because that would stomp on opera. Rip out that media player because we gotta make sure REAL makes money, oh lord we can't forget about real.
You've got to be kidding... What you are suggesting is not improving their OS, but is in fact what is bloating it and making it easier to hack. They are including entirely too many applications that have no business being in the OS. Look at Linux, you can choose to load the base OS, nothing else, that's it. If you choose to install a browser, you can. If you choose to install a "media player", you can. If you choose to install anything, you can, and are not forced to install what is in the "OS".
BECAUSE THAT KIND OF STUFF BELONGS IN THE OS! (WoW).
Again, like I said above, This stuff does NOT belong in the base OS, and you should have the option to not install it. The only way that I've really been able to uninstall this "shit", pardon my use of language, is to modify multiple.INF files from a distribution sharepoint, or modify an unattend.ini file and load from a distribution sharepoint. I'm fairly fed up with all these little "Windows" kiddies (adults included) that have never used another OS other than Windows and think that by adding more software, it is somehow "improving" it.
Don't get me wrong, I do think that XP is, by far, the most stable OS that Microsoft has developed since MSDOS 5.0 . It still does not mean that I have to agree with the BS they keep pushing on us.
Here's an idea, how about Microsoft start by making tighter code, instead of this lame ass bloatware that they keep pawning off on the public. How about MS also start by understanding their code so that there are not as many "Buffer Overflow", and other gaping holes that have been produced in their "OS"
Remember, half of the worlds population is below average intelligence.
Ok, I know that this has probably been brought up before, but why are the publishers of books not going after libraries? Books after all, are being bowrrowed for several weeks, read, and returned for others to view.
How is this really different from sharing files, other than people can make copies of the shared files? You could technically check out a book, then type the contents into word and use distiller to convert it to a widely accessable reader format.
If I'm also not mistaken, libraries also have books on tape, along with music on tape (maybe even cd's) and vinyl of music. Are the libraries not subject to these copyright infringements?
Do they really think that going after the consumer is going to help the recoup any money that they may have lost from people "pirating" their music that wouldn't have purchased it in the first place?
Are these people forgetting that there are quite a few companies out there that still use DOS bootdisks to boot to their NT/Novell/Lanman/BV networks. I've been creating network bootdisks for approximately six years now, and have yet to find a viable replacement for the floppy drive.
The current way we have been creating these multi-nic bootdisks would not allow us to create a bootable CD-ROM, being as they actually write to the floppy. From what I can remember about CD-ROMs, is that a standard CD-ROM is incapable of writing to a blank or partially written too CD...:-).
It would be nice to see some thought go into this, before they decide to get rid of the almighty 3.5" floppy drive.
People are not powerless against corporations, just don't purchase their products or services and soon they will be out of business, or will have to change their policies. Cable modems/Broadband is just a "want" not a need, and anyone can do without it.
Ahhh.... Don't you think that issuing fines for going "over" the speedlimit is a little ridiculous, especially when it is recorded by GPS? Couldn't they just put a governor on the vehicle to prohibit you from exceeding the maximum speedlimit in that state? Yes, I know that they could typically speed in a residential area that has a 30mph limit. You would think that if it could turn the car off, they could come up with a way to limit the speedlimit through GPS?
It sounds like all they want is extra money for something that they could control. Shame on them!
If Microshaft really thinks that this is going to stop people from digitally recording their CD's, they are more insane than I thought. Couldn't we just move to the VQF format? http://www.vqf.com
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I call BS. I am the administrator of two SOX controls for our Workstation environment. One is a "Workstation Hardening" control (what a joke), and the other is some cluster about having to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete to see if a user that doesn't exist on the machine or domain can log onto the computer(yes, I'm serious).
I've tried to help the auditors understand that my two controls make absolutely no sense, which basically fell on deaf ears. From an IT persons perspective, auditors are there to try to tell us how we should do our job, and the procedures we should take to do our jobs. Most of the auditors I've met can be completely snowed when it comes to technology, so why do we allow them to audit our environement?
The comment from this poster about "IT workers often can't be trusted"... Well... I'm really disappointed that someone that claims to be an IT person would actually say that. We are hired, and should be trusted, since a majority of us have our own checks and balances to make sure that our environment is secure, and it is in our best interest to make sure that it is. The problem usually is from processes and procedures developed by people that have absolutely no business being in IT.
BTW: I'm sure that this wrought with grammatical/spelling errors. Well... Get over it.
I took the not lethal approach. I live in a decent neighborhood, but unfortunatley the f*ck next door got divorced and started up his own meth-lab. I won't get into the specifics, but there were several nights I stayed awake every night at the dinner table with a 10mm S&W, just ready for the f*ck to walk through my door. I digress.
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What I did was went out an purchased a cheap computer and bought a Geovision G600 card, and purchased three IR cameras. The total cost was around $1500 - $2000, but was completely worth it.
Here are some links to the system and cameras I purchased:
http://www.geovision.com.tw/002/en/product-gv60
http://www.supercircuits.com/STORE/prodinfo.a
I don't think the camera link is exactly what I purchased, but it is very close. I'd love to post a link to my system to let everyone view it, but there is no way I would survive a slashdotting.
Believe me when I say that this has been very successful, not only in getting this person arrested, but also in providing me with some very hilarious footage.
Please tell me you do not run your life like this.
:)
I cannot believe that in this day and age, someone would say that you should just roll over on your back and not confront the officer when they are wrong. The only reason I can think that you answered this way is that you yourself are one of the over-testosteroned officers that give the real officers a bad name.
Now, if you are a complete and total idiot, you can raise your voice to them, start swinging, and start using "swear" words on them. If you do that, you deserve what you get, but just by arguing with the officer on your rights, you are not violating any law, so they cannot do a single thing to you.
Nice try though.
Don't get me wrong, I do think that XP is, by far, the most stable OS that Microsoft has developed since MSDOS 5.0 . It still does not mean that I have to agree with the BS they keep pushing on us.
Here's an idea, how about Microsoft start by making tighter code, instead of this lame ass bloatware that they keep pawning off on the public. How about MS also start by understanding their code so that there are not as many "Buffer Overflow", and other gaping holes that have been produced in their "OS"
Remember, half of the worlds population is below average intelligence.
Ok, I know that this has probably been brought up before, but why are the publishers of books not going after libraries? Books after all, are being bowrrowed for several weeks, read, and returned for others to view.
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How is this really different from sharing files, other than people can make copies of the shared files? You could technically check out a book, then type the contents into word and use distiller to convert it to a widely accessable reader format.
If I'm also not mistaken, libraries also have books on tape, along with music on tape (maybe even cd's) and vinyl of music. Are the libraries not subject to these copyright infringements?
Do they really think that going after the consumer is going to help the recoup any money that they may have lost from people "pirating" their music that wouldn't have purchased it in the first place?
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Are these people forgetting that there are quite a few companies out there that still use DOS bootdisks to boot to their NT/Novell/Lanman/BV networks. I've been creating network bootdisks for approximately six years now, and have yet to find a viable replacement for the floppy drive.
:-).
The current way we have been creating these multi-nic bootdisks would not allow us to create a bootable CD-ROM, being as they actually write to the floppy. From what I can remember about CD-ROMs, is that a standard CD-ROM is incapable of writing to a blank or partially written too CD...
It would be nice to see some thought go into this, before they decide to get rid of the almighty 3.5" floppy drive.
People are not powerless against corporations, just don't purchase their products or services and soon they will be out of business, or will have to change their policies. Cable modems/Broadband is just a "want" not a need, and anyone can do without it.
Plain and simple, just the way I like it.
Ahhh.... Don't you think that issuing fines for going "over" the speedlimit is a little ridiculous, especially when it is recorded by GPS? Couldn't they just put a governor on the vehicle to prohibit you from exceeding the maximum speedlimit in that state? Yes, I know that they could typically speed in a residential area that has a 30mph limit. You would think that if it could turn the car off, they could come up with a way to limit the speedlimit through GPS? It sounds like all they want is extra money for something that they could control. Shame on them!
If Microshaft really thinks that this is going to stop people from digitally recording their CD's, they are more insane than I thought. Couldn't we just move to the VQF format? http://www.vqf.com