"Also, there is no "right to privacy" in the US constitution."
Well, it somewhat 'implied' in the articles relating to search and seizure.
However, the better argument is that the right to personal privacy is an inherit right. Remember, the constitutions is NOT there to grant and tell the citizen what rights they have, but instead it is there to spell out the limited powers that the government has. It basically says that all rights not granted to the feds are reserved to the states and the people.
Basically, citizens are 'born' with all rights, which are then only to be limited by laws....mostly to be passed by the states. At least, that's the way it was set up.
"The "proper channels" set immigration limits drastically to less than what economic forces would set them to."
Who's economic forces? Theirs or ours?
We can't afford to let everyone in all at once...we can see already the strain doing so, so far has cost us here in the US. There IS a need to regulate how may people get to come here...
"You sad, sad person.
Labour is an end in itself. Producing is what differences us from animals. Read some Marx.
If you're living just for the money, you're doing it wrong. Or right, according to what this society wants to turn you into."
I don't think of it that way. I love life, there are things I love to do....hang with friends, work out, travel, buy 'toys'....I like to play with computers, work with pgp and nym servers, etc.
Money allows me to live in a place and lifestyle I love...
If I won the power ball, I'd never 'work' again.
I can't understand why people way they'd acutally work after they were wealthy, unless just making money was an end to itself. If I had enough money to not work again...I'd not work again.
I was recently between contracts for 7 mos...every day, I woke up, went to the gym. If weather was nice, I rode my motorcycle around New Orleans all day....hit a couple bars for beer, and in the afternoons, met my working friends for a few.
I figured out then, that if I could do this for the rest of my life, I would. Do that, and occasionally take a vacation here and there to MX or Key West...to get away from it all.
I've never understood people who define themselves by their job. Me? I'd rather take the short time I have in life....and enjoy it in any fashion I'd like. I buy sports cars and stuff, not because what other people thign...because I like driving them and driving fast. I like to cook, I like to eat and drink well...I like to hang with friends...buy drinks...give to others...travle..etc.
If I didnt' have to work..I'd not , I'd do the things I said.
I cannnot really believe someone that had the means..would not do the same.
"How do you know? You never used the damned My Documents folder! For all you know, if you had used it, you'd have gotten roaming profiles, shadow copy/previous versions, backup-- all with zero effort on your part."
Nope...wasn't mandated or set up that way at that gig.
The did have a shared drive the allocated to you and would tell you where to map it, and if you wanted to save something on the network, you put it out there...but was never hooked to MyDocuments. That's the way it has been set up anywhere that did want you to save on network.
And...I'm on a mac now...I set up my own folders there too.
:)
Goodness...I've never seen anyone get so upset or adamant about how someone keeps their filesystem organized. I learned something how people and some companies organize their windows stuff...interesting.
"The first you will learn about money is that it lets you do exactly that. Make sure it's enough that in case things don't work out with Megacorp, you can get back to doing whatever it is you enjoy."
I could not have put it any better.
It just matters at this point to how much the offer is, and how realistic your changes are looking forward to see if you can make that much more.
It is hard to think of it, with your first company, but, while it is ok to be enthusiastic about your work maybe even a little emotional about it, you can NOT be emotional about the business itself. Work it to make money...to free yourself more and more to do what you want along the way. Many super successful people started a company, worked it up, sold and made a mint....and went on to do more and more interesting things.
Life's a journey....not a destination.
For the most part, a job is nothing more than a means to make money. Making that money allows YOU to do what YOU want to do...and if that is living a life of luxury, sleeping with lots of women, travel....or, even more work, you can't do it or anything they way YOU want to do, without sufficient funding.
And no...I've not run into much of what you describe....I work mostly on servers Solaris and Linux, when on a windows box, I mostly just use it as a terminal. Not much to back up, and on a recent gig, doing something different..coding some java to work with IBM websphere....you worked on modules...and when done, checked it into CM..so it is backed up there.
Only on that last gig...was my computer fairly locked down...but, even then, no there was no backup thing set up like you describe.
"1) Breaks virtually all Windows multi-user features,"
Hmm...windows isn't really much of a multi-user system...I've never been to a site where > 1 one person uses a single computer...we all get one each to use.
Well, you learn something new every day I guess...I've never been to work in an environment like you describe. I do a lot of admin work, so I guess I've never had to deal with a computer as locked down and ruled by an IT department like you describe, I've had generally full run with about any box I've had to work on...and most of what I do often is in dev environments..so, I guess I've always worked where I have the flexibility to experiment and 'play' with my boxes I'm on.
Interesting to hear what you and some others here have described...
Interesting, I just had to go look.I thought that the MyDocuments thing was just some preset stuff from MS. I didn't think of adding folder IN the thing. I know it is usually kept at C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\My Documents.
No, taking for instance that I have only one drive, C: I open up windows explorer, and I see that most programs install by default in C:\Program Files. I often set up things like c:\database and from there c:\database\oracle_info or c:\database\postgresql_stuff c:\pictures c:\picture\cancun_2009
Stuff like that. I didn't think that was such an unusual thing. I'd frankly never really noticed the MyDocuments thing so much until the past years when I saw so many apps trying to put stuff there by default...but like I said, never thought of of making a separate tree there, and thought everything was just thrown in one big pile.
"Also, what does your workplace do with their files? They don't use My Documents?
What do you mean my workplace uses? I've never been directed by a company/contract/customer where to put my files on my computer??
But the main answer, I'm used to creating my own subfolders off the root directory to sort out my files.
"Really? So you don't see a problem with someone sending out emails from "bankofamerica@gmail.com" asking people to log into their online banking? You don't see how that's not just fraud, but deliberately infringing on the rights of the company in question to protect their good name?
Let's bring it closer to home: what if I got the email address "cayenne8@gmail.com" and started sending out emails claiming to be you? Depending on the content of those emails, you probably wouldn't like it very much. How is this any different?"
In short...NOPE.
with bankofamerica@gmail.com, it is just a username at gmail.com being the domain. I KNOW that isn't from BoA, a real company would have their own domain.
As for the cayenne8...again, no problem. I'm only cayenne8 because cayenne, cayenne1, cayenne2, cayenne3, cayenne4, cayenne5, cayenne6, and cayenne7 were taken. I happen to like chile peppers, so do lots of other people. And it isn't like I'm wanting to identify myself hence the pseudonym (while they're still legal). I'm sure there are cayenne8's out there all over the internet, I just happen to be one of them.
Again no....if I want to interract with a business, I'll go to their website directly, or better yet, call or go in person if it is of a serious nature, like something fraudlent. That's what was done before the internet, it still is the best way of knowing who your are dealing with.
If someone is too stupid or lazy...then that's their problem. This *is* the internet after all....it wasn't designed with precise identification in mind, but, it did have anonymity as a very good possibility.
Actually, that is the one that scares me as a possibility. Maybe it is part of a mandate from the secret ACTA (sp?) international copyright treaty that is being worked on?
"(i) scanning storage files of the user's computer to identify any digital media content files stored therein,(ii) uploading a list of any identified digital media content files to the host computer system, and(iii) adding to the list any digital media content files that the user purchases from the purchasing component of the host computer system"
OOOOOOH!!!
Where can "I" sign up for this software!!!
Geez....how are they gonna convince someone to let them load this crap on their computer?
"Where did you learn to use Windows? Mars? Where the hell are you keeping files?"
I started with windows for workgroups 3.11 I think it was. I've always set up folders for different things on the 'tree'. I've never really ever used the MyDocuments thing much to tell the truth...
I'm used to the unix/linux way...treating everything as a folder...so, I am used to setting up folders for my work, and storing things in their place...not all jumbled up.
"n't see how you can be so indignant about the actions of businesses in what is essentially a public medium. Businesses will sue your ass if you take their name or likeness or something close enough to it in real life, so why not on the internet?"
I don't see them having jurisdiction or basis to bring a case that the contents of something as innocuous as an email address (the username mind you,not the domain part after @ sign) are.
Frankly, I'd personally go further than that on domain names. I think it should be first come first serve really. I don't favor having things in favor of companies and celebrities that have fame and deep pockets to push the everyman from their domains they first register...ESPECIALLY when they have a very good reason to have it, like a company name or personal name or reasons. But, that part may be more debatable as to merit, but, for something small like a username part of an email address...no, they should have no basis for that.
I don't think that stringing together some alpha-numeric text for use as a username or even a URL should constitute infringement on images or company trademarks, etc.
Won't someone stand up, and tell the fscking business world that the internet was not created just for them?!?!
Seriously, it wasn't built for businesses to make money, sell things or what-have-you. Sure, you can do it, but, that was not (and hopefully will not) be its primary purpose.
"Also, if you take the parking away from the study, it loses most of it's bite. "
This is what strikes me the most...I've never had to pay for parking when I drive to work. Everywhere I've ever worked had its own parking lot. I guess I've never worked 'downtown' in a place, but, in cities I've worked at...pretty much only banks were downtown and some office buildings, but nothing I'd be doing work at. I guess I've never lived where it is common to have to pay to park every day.
"Your transit system sucks. Also, consider biking. I currently bike to work and it takes about 20 minutes. By car it takes about 15 minutes. I have a co worker to bikes from another area of town (35 minute ride), and by car it actually takes longer because of all the traffic. The plus of biking is that I don't have to make time for the gym as I get all the exercise I need just by going to and from work. I realize biking doesn't work for everybody, but it could be done by a much higher percentage than it currently is."
Can't do that here...I'd be a sweat soaked smelly worker 10 min before I got to work. Hell, it is already muggy and in the high 70's here early in the mornings. I have to look reasonably professional.
And I like the gym. In addition to aerobic exercise, weight training is a good thing....can't get that just riding a bike. Not to mention carrying my lunch, my backpack...sometimes the company laptop, and books at times.
"Just because public transit takes longer doesn't mean it's automatically a waste of time. I used to work a job where my choice was a 40 minute drive (in bad traffic, it could double, but that was fairly uncommon) or a 120 minute bus/subway commute (never varied by more than 10 minutes). While public transit took longer, I never considered those 120 minutes to be wasted. I read a novel a day for months."
The parent this was an answer to mentioned that driving was 25 min/day....public transport was 1:30. That is an hour. Me? I'd rather use that time other than in transport. I like to work out 4 days a week after work. My usual work out time is 1 - 1.5 hour each time or so, that is important to me. As it is..I do work, eat at desk so I don't take a lunch hour, hit the gym after work. By the time I get home ( I live about 10 min away by car), take car of the dog, cook a meal, eat and clean up a bit...it is after 9pm, and time to get ready for bed.
I'd really miss that extra hour or so as that I like to do a couple things at home in the evenings or even watch some tv.
I imagine people with families have even more stuff they'd like to do with time not spent extra on a bus/train.
For the life of me, I've never understood why they turn off the extensions by default, and not only that,why do they keep burying the windows explorer further and further away? Don't people use that to find files? Start applications?
Does no one still get into the tree structure to create their own folders to organize things?
Or...do most people just put everything in My Documents?
Why not fund our own nuclear power plants programs? Build more plants. Build the breeder reactors (and the newer reprocessing tech)...and along the lines, maybe a little of the 238 stuff can come off the line for NASA?
First, we need to repeal the Carter ban on such nuclear reprocessing...and then, start building nuke power plants.
"Although I agree with you, if Faux news becomes a pay site, that is one less media outlet I will visit. I like going there to see what the Fascist arm of the Republican party is up to."
Just a thought for ya...with the way the Dems are weaving their governments way into banks and private businesses...you might also want to keep an eye on the fascist arm of the Democratic party.
"You don't necessarily need to be working on the classified system to have access to the computer. Someone has to clean up the computer labs."
They don't let just anybody into any area that contains either classified materials, or classified machines. You have to be cleared to even enter those areas much less access information. An unclassified person would not even be able to enter the room, much less touch anything in it. You're not going to be classified if you are not a US citizen...at least not normally.
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Well, it somewhat 'implied' in the articles relating to search and seizure.
However, the better argument is that the right to personal privacy is an inherit right. Remember, the constitutions is NOT there to grant and tell the citizen what rights they have, but instead it is there to spell out the limited powers that the government has. It basically says that all rights not granted to the feds are reserved to the states and the people.
Basically, citizens are 'born' with all rights, which are then only to be limited by laws....mostly to be passed by the states. At least, that's the way it was set up.
Who's economic forces? Theirs or ours?
We can't afford to let everyone in all at once...we can see already the strain doing so, so far has cost us here in the US. There IS a need to regulate how may people get to come here...
I don't think of it that way. I love life, there are things I love to do....hang with friends, work out, travel, buy 'toys'....I like to play with computers, work with pgp and nym servers, etc.
Money allows me to live in a place and lifestyle I love...
If I won the power ball, I'd never 'work' again.
I can't understand why people way they'd acutally work after they were wealthy, unless just making money was an end to itself. If I had enough money to not work again...I'd not work again.
I was recently between contracts for 7 mos...every day, I woke up, went to the gym. If weather was nice, I rode my motorcycle around New Orleans all day....hit a couple bars for beer, and in the afternoons, met my working friends for a few.
I figured out then, that if I could do this for the rest of my life, I would. Do that, and occasionally take a vacation here and there to MX or Key West...to get away from it all.
I've never understood people who define themselves by their job. Me? I'd rather take the short time I have in life....and enjoy it in any fashion I'd like. I buy sports cars and stuff, not because what other people thign...because I like driving them and driving fast. I like to cook, I like to eat and drink well...I like to hang with friends...buy drinks...give to others...travle..etc.
If I didnt' have to work..I'd not , I'd do the things I said.
I cannnot really believe someone that had the means..would not do the same.
Nope...wasn't mandated or set up that way at that gig.
The did have a shared drive the allocated to you and would tell you where to map it, and if you wanted to save something on the network, you put it out there...but was never hooked to MyDocuments. That's the way it has been set up anywhere that did want you to save on network.
And...I'm on a mac now...I set up my own folders there too.
Goodness...I've never seen anyone get so upset or adamant about how someone keeps their filesystem organized. I learned something how people and some companies organize their windows stuff...interesting.
Actually, sufficient money is exactly what can buy you independence.
If you aren't beholden to anyone or any company for making a living, you can do pretty much as you please as long as its legal.
(Not getting into how enough money will actually often buy you legal leeway too at times.)
I could not have put it any better.
It just matters at this point to how much the offer is, and how realistic your changes are looking forward to see if you can make that much more.
It is hard to think of it, with your first company, but, while it is ok to be enthusiastic about your work maybe even a little emotional about it, you can NOT be emotional about the business itself. Work it to make money...to free yourself more and more to do what you want along the way. Many super successful people started a company, worked it up, sold and made a mint....and went on to do more and more interesting things.
Life's a journey....not a destination.
For the most part, a job is nothing more than a means to make money. Making that money allows YOU to do what YOU want to do...and if that is living a life of luxury, sleeping with lots of women, travel....or, even more work, you can't do it or anything they way YOU want to do, without sufficient funding.
Well, hope they don't outlaw Linux and other OSes....as a way to get around it.
And no...I've not run into much of what you describe....I work mostly on servers Solaris and Linux, when on a windows box, I mostly just use it as a terminal. Not much to back up, and on a recent gig, doing something different..coding some java to work with IBM websphere....you worked on modules...and when done, checked it into CM..so it is backed up there.
Only on that last gig...was my computer fairly locked down...but, even then, no there was no backup thing set up like you describe.
"1) Breaks virtually all Windows multi-user features,"
Hmm...windows isn't really much of a multi-user system...I've never been to a site where > 1 one person uses a single computer...we all get one each to use.
Well, you learn something new every day I guess...I've never been to work in an environment like you describe. I do a lot of admin work, so I guess I've never had to deal with a computer as locked down and ruled by an IT department like you describe, I've had generally full run with about any box I've had to work on...and most of what I do often is in dev environments..so, I guess I've always worked where I have the flexibility to experiment and 'play' with my boxes I'm on.
Interesting to hear what you and some others here have described...
No, taking for instance that I have only one drive, C: I open up windows explorer, and I see that most programs install by default in C:\Program Files. I often set up things like c:\database and from there c:\database\oracle_info or c:\database\postgresql_stuff c:\pictures c:\picture\cancun_2009
Stuff like that. I didn't think that was such an unusual thing. I'd frankly never really noticed the MyDocuments thing so much until the past years when I saw so many apps trying to put stuff there by default...but like I said, never thought of of making a separate tree there, and thought everything was just thrown in one big pile.
"Also, what does your workplace do with their files? They don't use My Documents?
What do you mean my workplace uses? I've never been directed by a company/contract/customer where to put my files on my computer??
But the main answer, I'm used to creating my own subfolders off the root directory to sort out my files.
Let's bring it closer to home: what if I got the email address "cayenne8@gmail.com" and started sending out emails claiming to be you? Depending on the content of those emails, you probably wouldn't like it very much. How is this any different?"
In short...NOPE.
with bankofamerica@gmail.com, it is just a username at gmail.com being the domain. I KNOW that isn't from BoA, a real company would have their own domain.
As for the cayenne8...again, no problem. I'm only cayenne8 because cayenne, cayenne1, cayenne2, cayenne3, cayenne4, cayenne5, cayenne6, and cayenne7 were taken. I happen to like chile peppers, so do lots of other people. And it isn't like I'm wanting to identify myself hence the pseudonym (while they're still legal). I'm sure there are cayenne8's out there all over the internet, I just happen to be one of them.
Again no....if I want to interract with a business, I'll go to their website directly, or better yet, call or go in person if it is of a serious nature, like something fraudlent. That's what was done before the internet, it still is the best way of knowing who your are dealing with.
If someone is too stupid or lazy...then that's their problem. This *is* the internet after all....it wasn't designed with precise identification in mind, but, it did have anonymity as a very good possibility.
Actually, that is the one that scares me as a possibility. Maybe it is part of a mandate from the secret ACTA (sp?) international copyright treaty that is being worked on?
Wait, you mean this isn't going to be offered on all/most versions of Win 7?
OOOOOOH!!!
Where can "I" sign up for this software!!!
Geez....how are they gonna convince someone to let them load this crap on their computer?
I started with windows for workgroups 3.11 I think it was. I've always set up folders for different things on the 'tree'. I've never really ever used the MyDocuments thing much to tell the truth...
I'm used to the unix/linux way...treating everything as a folder...so, I am used to setting up folders for my work, and storing things in their place...not all jumbled up.
Funny, maybe its because I don't use windows at home, and only when jobsites give me a windows box...but, I honestly NEVER knew what that button did!!
I don't see them having jurisdiction or basis to bring a case that the contents of something as innocuous as an email address (the username mind you ,not the domain part after @ sign) are.
Frankly, I'd personally go further than that on domain names. I think it should be first come first serve really. I don't favor having things in favor of companies and celebrities that have fame and deep pockets to push the everyman from their domains they first register...ESPECIALLY when they have a very good reason to have it, like a company name or personal name or reasons. But, that part may be more debatable as to merit, but, for something small like a username part of an email address...no, they should have no basis for that.
I don't think that stringing together some alpha-numeric text for use as a username or even a URL should constitute infringement on images or company trademarks, etc.
Seriously, it wasn't built for businesses to make money, sell things or what-have-you. Sure, you can do it, but, that was not (and hopefully will not) be its primary purpose.
This is what strikes me the most...I've never had to pay for parking when I drive to work. Everywhere I've ever worked had its own parking lot. I guess I've never worked 'downtown' in a place, but, in cities I've worked at...pretty much only banks were downtown and some office buildings, but nothing I'd be doing work at. I guess I've never lived where it is common to have to pay to park every day.
Can't do that here...I'd be a sweat soaked smelly worker 10 min before I got to work. Hell, it is already muggy and in the high 70's here early in the mornings. I have to look reasonably professional.
And I like the gym. In addition to aerobic exercise, weight training is a good thing....can't get that just riding a bike. Not to mention carrying my lunch, my backpack...sometimes the company laptop, and books at times.
The parent this was an answer to mentioned that driving was 25 min/day....public transport was 1:30. That is an hour. Me? I'd rather use that time other than in transport. I like to work out 4 days a week after work. My usual work out time is 1 - 1.5 hour each time or so, that is important to me. As it is..I do work, eat at desk so I don't take a lunch hour, hit the gym after work. By the time I get home ( I live about 10 min away by car), take car of the dog, cook a meal, eat and clean up a bit...it is after 9pm, and time to get ready for bed.
I'd really miss that extra hour or so as that I like to do a couple things at home in the evenings or even watch some tv.
I imagine people with families have even more stuff they'd like to do with time not spent extra on a bus/train.
For the life of me, I've never understood why they turn off the extensions by default, and not only that,why do they keep burying the windows explorer further and further away? Don't people use that to find files? Start applications?
Does no one still get into the tree structure to create their own folders to organize things?
Or...do most people just put everything in My Documents?
I want more info!!
If you're still on the flight...how much are drinks on Virgin? What good scotches do they offer? Any single malts? Any good beers?
Why not fund our own nuclear power plants programs? Build more plants. Build the breeder reactors (and the newer reprocessing tech)...and along the lines, maybe a little of the 238 stuff can come off the line for NASA?
First, we need to repeal the Carter ban on such nuclear reprocessing...and then, start building nuke power plants.
Just a thought for ya...with the way the Dems are weaving their governments way into banks and private businesses...you might also want to keep an eye on the fascist arm of the Democratic party.
They don't let just anybody into any area that contains either classified materials, or classified machines. You have to be cleared to even enter those areas much less access information. An unclassified person would not even be able to enter the room, much less touch anything in it. You're not going to be classified if you are not a US citizen...at least not normally.