That's a very different story than "hotels are for suckers", which is what I responded to. If you're young and rich, and choose to couchsurf because you like the lifestyle, so be it.
This is a heart catheterization, not an open procedure.
The surgeon is present to perform the vascular access and leaves the room only to avoid the frankly huge amounts of radiation necessary to perform the procedure.
It's not done over the Internet.
You can't do this remotely because you still need a surgeon and anesthesiologist on site (remember, the surgeon has to get into the vessel in the first place, and if anything goes wrong, he's going to have to run upstairs to do emergency heart surgery). This thing isn't mobile in any common sense of the word.
Incidentally, check out the policies of New York, one of the most pro-labor states out there:
You may be denied benefits if:
* You were fired because your employer alleged that you violated a company policy, rule or procedure, such as absenteeism or insubordination; because of a disagreement or dispute with a boss or co-worker; or you were fired for any other reason.
It's one thing to get laid off, but why on earth should you pay unemployment benefits to someone who gets fired for a bad attitude?
Sorry that my sarcasm didn't come through. The original question was about a small business that keeps getting tanked by $75/hr consulting fees for de-virusing a computer that the office manager - an otherwise excellent employee - keeps hosing. Now, if you're that small, you don't have anything like the options available to a university with thousands of employees and students. They can't afford a full-time sysadmin. They're going to have a lot of trouble affording the time for someone to just lock it down partway. Lock the work computers down. Install a separate one (that runs a sandboxed VM that is overwritten every time the browser starts up) for Internet use. Now your machines that are used for MS Word don't die because Pauline just can't resist clicking on cute puppies.
Then use your phone. I use my smartphone at work for exactly those reasons - there are a lot of conversations I have that are none of my employer's business.
Sorry. I should have been clearer. This is obviously a really small business (a $75/hr consultant makes a difference to them) that faces a difficult situation because of one otherwise exemplary employee. Set up a network with all the sensitive data on it that is locked down tighter than a nunnery and a network that's not so tightly managed that allows internet access. Problem solved.
I work in a large hospital. If you log in as a generic user - typical for most stations, because anybody can wake it up from the screensaver - you get no Internet access. If you log in as yourself, making tracking (and disciplinary action) possible, you can go to any non-porn/warez/etc site. It's no serious imposition on people who work in one place, and it keeps the infections down.
It's illegal to dock employees' pay for damage to the employer's property.
Are you sure? A quick Google suggests that this is true if the employee is exempt, if it wasn't in their contract, or if it would pull them below minimum wage, but not otherwise.
I work at a hospital. The computers that are on the network on which sensitive data is passed have whitelist Internet access to a tiny handful of sites. There is also a public wifi network that is basically open to anything but porn/warez sites which anyone can attach to. You're welcome to connect your smartphone or laptop to it.
It's not about controlling the employees, which I agree is counterproductive. It's about protecting the corporate information. 90% of my Internet usage at work is personal and has no business being done on computers that might contain patient information. That doesn't mean I spend all day surfing rather than working; it just means I need to separate the two.
Why offer general internet access from office PCs anyway? Lock them down tight. If you want to be nice, have an unlocked PC or two with a completely separate Internet connection that can be used during break times for any minor personal details - checking personal email, reserving plane tickets, etc.
The sales problem was that in the interim between concept and completion, the world filled up with mobile phone towers. All of a sudden, their potential market got a lot smaller.
As someone upthread noted, take photos, document them in your affidavit to the police, and then tell Gizmodo about it - and trust them to keep the heat on the police to stay clean.
Incidentally, do you think that crooked cops are total morons? They can shake down drug dealers, hookers, and the evidence locker for totally untraceable but valuable stuff. Why the hell would they risk anything on a one-of-a-kind object?
You're in Silicon Valley. Walk up to the front desk at 1 Infinite Loop and hand the damned thing over. Suggest that they might really want to get in touch with the guy who you know it belongs to. Don't call a tech support line and somehow claim that's the same as trying to return the phone.
Well, I checked the US State Department's travel advisory page, and they also mention Chad, Mali, the Central African Republic, Angola, and a few other spots. Most of those are about the risk of kidnapping, violent crime, or armed robbery rather than warnings of active, ongoing conflict, but it would be a strange criminal element that preyed only on foreigners.
That having been said, you're right that feeding the population is not generally a problem.
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That's a very different story than "hotels are for suckers", which is what I responded to. If you're young and rich, and choose to couchsurf because you like the lifestyle, so be it.
Your opinions change when you have money. Seriously.
Lots of things that sound stupid when you're young and poor turn into no-brainer decisions when you move into six figures.
Any recommendations in UK, France, or Switzerland? Heck, is there one in the US or Canada? It'd be nice to tell people what to look for.
Well, although I have a Droid, not an N1, that's helpful. I've got root, so wifi tether already works...
Just out of curiosity, what does CM offer that stock 2.1 + root + SetCPU + Helixlauncher doesn't?
You may be denied benefits if:
* You were fired because your employer alleged that you violated a company policy, rule or procedure, such as absenteeism or insubordination; because of a disagreement or dispute with a boss or co-worker; or you were fired for any other reason.
It's one thing to get laid off, but why on earth should you pay unemployment benefits to someone who gets fired for a bad attitude?
Sorry that my sarcasm didn't come through. The original question was about a small business that keeps getting tanked by $75/hr consulting fees for de-virusing a computer that the office manager - an otherwise excellent employee - keeps hosing. Now, if you're that small, you don't have anything like the options available to a university with thousands of employees and students. They can't afford a full-time sysadmin. They're going to have a lot of trouble affording the time for someone to just lock it down partway. Lock the work computers down. Install a separate one (that runs a sandboxed VM that is overwritten every time the browser starts up) for Internet use. Now your machines that are used for MS Word don't die because Pauline just can't resist clicking on cute puppies.
FWIW, you have no idea just how fucked up the world I live in is.
You're totally in the clear. Universities with - let's be insanely conservative here - 1000 users are just like 5-employee firms.
You have lots of time to be unemployed, with no unemployment benefits because you got fired...
Seriously, I'm not an employer, but if I were I'd be laughing really hard.
I'm not IT.
only if "caused by the employee's gross negligence, or dishonest or willful act."
Only in California. The federal law (FLSA) allows docking pay if the contract allows it and it doesn't bring the employee below minimum wage.
Then use your phone. I use my smartphone at work for exactly those reasons - there are a lot of conversations I have that are none of my employer's business.
Sorry. I should have been clearer. This is obviously a really small business (a $75/hr consultant makes a difference to them) that faces a difficult situation because of one otherwise exemplary employee. Set up a network with all the sensitive data on it that is locked down tighter than a nunnery and a network that's not so tightly managed that allows internet access. Problem solved.
I work in a large hospital. If you log in as a generic user - typical for most stations, because anybody can wake it up from the screensaver - you get no Internet access. If you log in as yourself, making tracking (and disciplinary action) possible, you can go to any non-porn/warez/etc site. It's no serious imposition on people who work in one place, and it keeps the infections down.
It's illegal to dock employees' pay for damage to the employer's property.
Are you sure? A quick Google suggests that this is true if the employee is exempt, if it wasn't in their contract, or if it would pull them below minimum wage, but not otherwise.
I work at a hospital. The computers that are on the network on which sensitive data is passed have whitelist Internet access to a tiny handful of sites. There is also a public wifi network that is basically open to anything but porn/warez sites which anyone can attach to. You're welcome to connect your smartphone or laptop to it.
It's not about controlling the employees, which I agree is counterproductive. It's about protecting the corporate information. 90% of my Internet usage at work is personal and has no business being done on computers that might contain patient information. That doesn't mean I spend all day surfing rather than working; it just means I need to separate the two.
Why offer general internet access from office PCs anyway? Lock them down tight. If you want to be nice, have an unlocked PC or two with a completely separate Internet connection that can be used during break times for any minor personal details - checking personal email, reserving plane tickets, etc.
The sales problem was that in the interim between concept and completion, the world filled up with mobile phone towers. All of a sudden, their potential market got a lot smaller.
If Gizmodo knows the poor man's name, it's because the finder did.
As someone upthread noted, take photos, document them in your affidavit to the police, and then tell Gizmodo about it - and trust them to keep the heat on the police to stay clean.
Incidentally, do you think that crooked cops are total morons? They can shake down drug dealers, hookers, and the evidence locker for totally untraceable but valuable stuff. Why the hell would they risk anything on a one-of-a-kind object?
Useful note: if the cops refuse to come get it, and you don't care enough to take it to them, throw it in the fucking trash.
You're in Silicon Valley. Walk up to the front desk at 1 Infinite Loop and hand the damned thing over. Suggest that they might really want to get in touch with the guy who you know it belongs to. Don't call a tech support line and somehow claim that's the same as trying to return the phone.
Well, I checked the US State Department's travel advisory page, and they also mention Chad, Mali, the Central African Republic, Angola, and a few other spots. Most of those are about the risk of kidnapping, violent crime, or armed robbery rather than warnings of active, ongoing conflict, but it would be a strange criminal element that preyed only on foreigners.
That having been said, you're right that feeding the population is not generally a problem.
Would you please just explain yourself? He admitted ignorance and asked for knowledge. I'm doing the same.