Ideally, HR data should be stored in a secure facility on an encrypted disk with access restricted to cleared (not just "bondable") and trained personnel. (Other employees may need to see their own files once in a while, but they most assuredly do not need direct write access.) The only outside access should be a secured line to your offsite backup facility. (If someone complains, TS. We're talking about the financial security of all the employees versus a few HR people having to commute or someone not getting their preferred vacation slot.) Even in the smallest mom-and-pop company, it should at least be locked in a UL-approved container in the back office, out of view of the general public.
That's an easy one! The most basic points of programming philosophy are set forth in Asimov's Laws of Robotics, as stated in his robot stories and novels, though I think that new Zeroth Law ("A robot may not harm humanity in general, or, through inaction, allow humanity in general to come to harm.") might prove somewhat difficult to implement.
In addition, I agree quite strongly with those who recommended MIT's Jargon File, and I direct your attention especially to the entry for "molly guard."
You should also try S. I. Hayakawa's Language in Thought and Actio, and you should definitely consult The Word Spy. The first is one of the classics in the field of semantics; the second logs the appearance of new words and phrases (frequently tech-related), and explains the concepts behind them.
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Ideally, HR data should be stored in a secure facility on an encrypted disk with access restricted to cleared (not just "bondable") and trained personnel. (Other employees may need to see their own files once in a while, but they most assuredly do not need direct write access.) The only outside access should be a secured line to your offsite backup facility. (If someone complains, TS. We're talking about the financial security of all the employees versus a few HR people having to commute or someone not getting their preferred vacation slot.) Even in the smallest mom-and-pop company, it should at least be locked in a UL-approved container in the back office, out of view of the general public.
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1. Go to a place with no extradition treaties.
2. Write a virus that closes open relays.
In addition, I agree quite strongly with those who recommended MIT's Jargon File, and I direct your attention especially to the entry for "molly guard."
You should also try S. I. Hayakawa's Language in Thought and Actio, and you should definitely consult The Word Spy. The first is one of the classics in the field of semantics; the second logs the appearance of new words and phrases (frequently tech-related), and explains the concepts behind them.