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By far the most annoying and ridiculous thing in Windows (and it's STILL in W2k and AFAIK XP) is when you do a large file operation, like moving or deleting a large group of files, it gives you an error because one of the files is locked or something and when you hit OK it stops.
I still want all the other files that aren't locked to move. What idiot thought that up?
As a vetran network admin I have to totally disagree with you. I am therefore going to lock out your account, restrict your rights to your files and re-direct your e-mail.
Seriously though.... As a vetran network admin I'd have to say I've seen a lot of this myself. You ask the average guy looking for IT work what he thinks his job is and you hear things like manage accounts or maintain servers. Very seldom does the mention of another human come into it.
It's the guy that says: help the end users do their jobs better that I give the job to.
Finding a balance between security and flexibility is something that only comes with experience.
We monitor ALL traffic entering and exiting our network.
We don't hassle people about porno spam or the occasional mis-navigation to www..com. It's pretty obvious when someone is really surfing porn or doing anything else inappropriate.
Currently the majority of telemarketing companies don't call cell phone exchanges. If you put a land line number on your cell phone EXPECT to get telemarketing calls on it because they will no longer be able to filter your number by exchange.
How is posting an article pointing out that our elections might be rigged anti-American? Surely they wouldn't point out the flaw in order to perpetuate it.
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By far the most annoying and ridiculous thing in Windows (and it's STILL in W2k and AFAIK XP) is when you do a large file operation, like moving or deleting a large group of files, it gives you an error because one of the files is locked or something and when you hit OK it stops.
I still want all the other files that aren't locked to move. What idiot thought that up?
You have any idea how much some companies charge to pull cable?
As a vetran network admin I have to totally disagree with you. I am therefore going to lock out your account, restrict your rights to your files and re-direct your e-mail.
Seriously though.... As a vetran network admin I'd have to say I've seen a lot of this myself. You ask the average guy looking for IT work what he thinks his job is and you hear things like manage accounts or maintain servers. Very seldom does the mention of another human come into it.
It's the guy that says: help the end users do their jobs better that I give the job to.
Finding a balance between security and flexibility is something that only comes with experience.
It makes perfect sense that robots would be republicans. Soon they will be putting everyone out of work.
Skeet-Surfing!
"If everybody had an ocean, and a shotgun too"
WE ARE BORG
"A tiny pebble sends ripples across the entire pond"
Things like this were said by MANY computer industry "experts" before Y2k.
There are a lot of people that work very hard to make computers exchange information. It doesn't just happen.
The VAST majority of it was.
You make a lot of assumptions.
I monitor traffic as well as payload. The system I use is all open source and cost me nothing.
If you don't KNOW what's going on on your network you're a fool. There's no such thing as a responsible employee.
What a dork... I just truncated my own post...
That should also read:
We very clearly outline net useage and who's responsible for what in our employee handbook.
That way the responsibility goes both ways.
We monitor ALL traffic entering and exiting our network.
We don't hassle people about porno spam or the occasional mis-navigation to www..com. It's pretty obvious when someone is really surfing porn or doing anything else inappropriate.
I've got a ~12 year old Seagate SCSI drive that still works fine.
You can cook eggs on it while it's running, but it still works.
That's true... you don't have to buy Linux.
That's why you never trust a pre-installed OS.
Whenever I buy a new machine the first thing I do is wipe the hard drive clean.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~gitars/16-721/final/final .html
Sid Vicious wasn't an innovator, he was a prop. He wasn't recorded on the album and when they played live he was unplugged.
Sorry to blow your punk fantasy.
"I'll tell you who I am if you give me your PGP private key."
Wow, a coward and stupid... what a surprise.
Said the Anonymous Coward.
Yum
Currently the majority of telemarketing companies don't call cell phone exchanges. If you put a land line number on your cell phone EXPECT to get telemarketing calls on it because they will no longer be able to filter your number by exchange.
Esp. any CEO that has ever downsized a company to improve the bottom line.
Isn't that like a gun maker offering a reward for those that kill people with guns? (no, I'm not anti gun, so let's not even go there).
How is posting an article pointing out that our elections might be rigged anti-American? Surely they wouldn't point out the flaw in order to perpetuate it.
New Coke.
Probably not their best move to date.