I live in an at-will employmemt state in the good old US of A. Good luck with your civil suit. You realize that most decent litigation attorneys won't touch one on contingency unless there's at least $300k or so on the table? Of course if you want to pay by the hour...
There are companies that specialize in background checks. I'm willing to bet that they each have one or two smart people on staff who can narrow the field, but hey, its your career and your choice.
Forget it. That ship sailed long ago. People were complaining about the misnomer since the Morris Worm (and probably before that too). The media has coopted the word hacker whether you want them to or not. While you can continue to use it "correctly" in certain small circles, the general public equates hacker with malice.
If you or your company, is truly serious, then the steps to limit these sorts of things are pretty straightforward (no iPods/cameras in the workplace, locking the bios to prevent new usb, no admin rights on your machine, etc...).
The problem starts when the copmpany talks the talke, but doesn't back it up with action, leaving IT staff with a mixed message.
A clear, well-written security policy that has been bought off by and supported by exec mgmt is the only way to go. Sarbox is a great tool for scaring mgmt into line here.:)
Welcome to the real world, college boy. You don't like something, you're free to bitch about it all you want. However, if others are less than pleased with your comments, they may express their displeasure in ways that adversely affect you.
As the Parent poster points out, I'm free to create a blog and call my boss a stupid fuckhead. on the other hand, he's also free to fire my ass as soon as he finds out.
Oh, and guess what? All that stuff you've been publishing on the internet under your real name? Every future, potential employer is going to see it as they all google recruits now. How many companies do you think actually want a known rabble-rouser in the midst?
Last I checked, most software manufacturers are sending out buggy copies of their code hoping you won't notice, patching it up continuously, then going ahead and doing it repeatedly
Of course, some of them dodge the issue by labelling everything "BETA".
I'm not saying that corporations should not be punished for wrongdoing. I'm saying that attorneys should not be able to make obscene profits from defending the poor, innocent victims.
Slashdot Mirror
Network Mirror has all of the pages of this and (almost) every other multipage article that hits Slashdot.
From TFA:
[note: the rsstroom reader(TM) is a conceptual product by dj spyhunter]
I'm not sure how one would fake a concept.
Well, the content of most rss feeds does befit the product.
Don't kid yourself.
In lieu of keeping you there during your resignation period. Why risk liability over a couple of weeks of sysadmin pay?
The article is spoof, doing an s/frame/ajax/ on an earlier posting as to why frames suck. While it is a spoof, it still has a point.
I live in an at-will employmemt state in the good old US of A. Good luck with your civil suit. You realize that most decent litigation attorneys won't touch one on contingency unless there's at least $300k or so on the table? Of course if you want to pay by the hour...
I would respectfully offer that you are interpreting the Constitution, not referencing a Federal Law.
Sorry. The law that says is you take federal funding you cannot impede free speech.
Since the previous poster was kind enough to post his citation, perhaps you'd be kind enough to do the same? Where in the USC is this referenced?
There are companies that specialize in background checks. I'm willing to bet that they each have one or two smart people on staff who can narrow the field, but hey, its your career and your choice.
Forget it. That ship sailed long ago. People were complaining about the misnomer since the Morris Worm (and probably before that too). The media has coopted the word hacker whether you want them to or not. While you can continue to use it "correctly" in certain small circles, the general public equates hacker with malice.
If you or your company, is truly serious, then the steps to limit these sorts of things are pretty straightforward (no iPods/cameras in the workplace, locking the bios to prevent new usb, no admin rights on your machine, etc...).
:)
The problem starts when the copmpany talks the talke, but doesn't back it up with action, leaving IT staff with a mixed message.
A clear, well-written security policy that has been bought off by and supported by exec mgmt is the only way to go. Sarbox is a great tool for scaring mgmt into line here.
1) I have in the past
2) See #1.
I neither case was I permitted, by rules I agreed to prior to joining, to publicly disparage the organization (or words to that effect).
This isn't a Contitutional issue. It's a Common Sense issue.
Welcome to the real world, college boy. You don't like something, you're free to bitch about it all you want. However, if others are less than pleased with your comments, they may express their displeasure in ways that adversely affect you.
As the Parent poster points out, I'm free to create a blog and call my boss a stupid fuckhead. on the other hand, he's also free to fire my ass as soon as he finds out.
Oh, and guess what? All that stuff you've been publishing on the internet under your real name? Every future, potential employer is going to see it as they all google recruits now. How many companies do you think actually want a known rabble-rouser in the midst?
Last I checked, most software manufacturers are sending out buggy copies of their code hoping you won't notice, patching it up continuously, then going ahead and doing it repeatedly
Of course, some of them dodge the issue by labelling everything "BETA".
I get a similar experience with Firefox.
I don't think that trait is limited to the US.
I'm not saying that corporations should not be punished for wrongdoing. I'm saying that attorneys should not be able to make obscene profits from defending the poor, innocent victims.
I just can't imagine trying to clean a lens shaped like a giant corkscrew.
Just run a lint-free Debian logo through it a couple of times.
Looks like his front wheel is in the air to me.
When will the avg American figure out that class-action lawsuits only benefit big-time litigation attorneys?
Drink kahlua
The linked-to blog article is clear as mud
I think he wanted a blowjob