I have to say your attitude is the appropriate one to take, you're there to support the stupid decisions that others make, and providing that support is what keeps you employed.
There is no value in pointing out the fallacy in others plans, just be there to help pick up the pieces or cobble them together for them when the time arises. You're happy (mostly), they're getting to do exactly what they want without anybody else's opinion being interjected into their genius, and fuck all if it goes to pieces. It's not your project and as you said, as soon as you start poking holes in the PHB's plans, it's all your fault when something goes wrong (as predicted) and that reflects upon you when the time comes.
Seriously dude, you are the exception to the rule, rather than the other way around...they don't call em stealerships for nothin'
That's why I have a VCDS (VAG-COM) for my car, so I can troubleshoot it myself, and if possible, fix it myself. They work great for VAG cars (Audi, VW, Seat, Skoda) and are 200-400 bucks hardware AND software (you provide the laptop), and being VAG based, the VCDS works like a real dealership diagnostic tool vs. a dumb ODB II reader, which it can do too, in a pinch, for other vehicles.
You are right though, I recently pulled codes from my ex's truck, which indicated an issue with two tq lockup solenoids in the tranny pan, and really, the problem was an intermittent miss which our local mechanic diagnosed. Truck runs tip top again, no more TQ locking/unlocking at random.
I guess when some of the information on the internet is going to be excluded from the retrial, it would be prudent to restrict access to said evidence until a jury has been seated. Once this process has completed, it would then seem to be fair to reopen the files to the public with the strict instruction from the judge to the jury and alternates forbidding them from accessing the prior case files.
So Palm offers 250k in stock, over 2 yrs for the other principal management to stay. Not the most convincing of offers, and what's that Palm stock going to be worth in 2 years? Anything?
I went to the Apple Store at Park Meadows, CO on Saturday to have my iPhone repaired, and while I waited at the Genius bar I observed one guy selling (upselling really to the 64Gb unit) an iPad to an older couple.
He sold them Applecare, and then the Genius returned having repaired my iPhone (some cables were loose and yes it has worked perfectly since the repair (I was skeptical)) gave me back my iPhone.
I went and tried out the iPad. I did not leave with one. However, the young hipster couple to my left did leave with a 32Gb unit, so they are not holding back stateside.
OK, I know most don't use VCR's anymore, but there are those using DVD recorders, and being unable to set the settop box to switch to the right channel would interfere with setting up recordings when one is away.
Comcast sucks though, and this is definitely another example of such.
Your brother is likely working somewhere where they don't want to provide internet access bureaucratically. FD's are notorious for micromanagement, and internet access is so easy and tasty a target when it comes to exerting control over your minions.
As for the critical systems part, at least in our installation, there were no critical life safety systems running on our internal network, just our incident report database system, the personnel scheduling system, exchange and SMB. Last time I checked the rig rolled out the door regardless of the internet. Dispatching is handled over the airwaves, no internet required. In fact, I'd be hard pressed to trust any life safety item that REQUIRES the internet, seems like an oxymoron to me...just like the fact that the ultrasound machine (GE) I use at work runs XP, but then again, it's not life safety.
Remember, it's all about control when you're in IT (or in management at a FD). You can either be a dick or a doormat, but the best people fall somewhere in between, albeit a modicum of paranoia helps to one keep the generosity in check.
Having been an IT admin in my former life, and also having operated in a similar fashion to you, allowing unfettered access to the internet for our employees (it was a Fire Department, and the staff was there for 48 hrs straight, so allowing them some creature comforts such as facebook and youtube was appreciated). Having solid, centrally managed AV on each client machine, along with limited local user rights seemed to be effective.
I wish more facilities would take this tact instead of letting some firewall with a blacklist subscription slowly narrow the available internet to static sites that are considered "safe." True irony that advertising from some of these safe sites are now delivering payloads. Ironically, where I work now (not in IT), plenty of popup ads from news sites make it through, so I would assume we're vulnerable through this vector.
"18.000.000 cpus... is on AVERAGE 2.812 CPUs per system
Now judging by the illogic of using periods for expressing these two quantities, one large and one small, you create confusion in the reader, hence the appropriate use of commas to clarify a large number, and a period as a decimal point to elucidate a fraction.
Now, I'm all about the metric system, euro socialized medicine and other progressive concepts, but using the same piece of punctuation to express two completely different numerical concepts, in the same sentence, IS CONFUSING.
Exactly. Widen the net of surveillance by giving the tools used for communication to the enemy. It's not like anyone should expect any kind of privacy when using im/email/etc. regardless of locale.
MR is a very popular modality where I work due to the high incidence of soft tissue injuries that occur on the slopes above us.
Just as jotaeleemeese mentioned above, if your case is critical you'll get bumped to the head of the line, but otherwise, you're gonna wait for your MR. It's not magic, just because we live in the US and are straddled by this broken profit driven model of healthcare doesn't mean that you're going to get instant diagnostic tests done or a miracle cure TODAY.
MR's take time. Lots of time, and when there is only one machine (well now we have two but one is privately owned) there's gonna be a wait.
Yes, I second the manual TDI approval and, having reprogrammed the ECU in my 2003 4 times now, A. don't fear ECU flashes and B. love the fact that by design my car disables the drive by wire throttle when the throttle and brake are applied simultaneously. I've tried it out as an experiment and it works.
Only problem for me with putting the car in neutral is the absence of a rev-limiter (it's programmed that way on purpose) but if the engine in my car runs away, it's much more likely that it is due to a turbo failure sucking all the oil into the intercooler and then the engine rather than an electronic failure of the throttle pedal confusing the ECU.
Oh yeah, and I still get 38mpg with double the hp and torque that the car started out with.
One more thing, people have no idea but their cars are frequently flashed at the dealership to fix all sorts of things, and I'd image that 95% of the time the car owner has absolutely no idea.
Really? Windows works reliably in a hospital setting? Wonder why my XP based GE Ultrasound machine crashes all the time, and bluescreens occasionally...funny how the older unit I have made by Acuson that runs a flavor of unix seems rock solid. The GE has been restored using ghost to factory settings and still fails from time to time. LAME.
The first time I saw my GE bluescreen in the middle of a study and realized it was running Windows I almost puked.
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I have to say your attitude is the appropriate one to take, you're there to support the stupid decisions that others make, and providing that support is what keeps you employed.
There is no value in pointing out the fallacy in others plans, just be there to help pick up the pieces or cobble them together for them when the time arises. You're happy (mostly), they're getting to do exactly what they want without anybody else's opinion being interjected into their genius, and fuck all if it goes to pieces. It's not your project and as you said, as soon as you start poking holes in the PHB's plans, it's all your fault when something goes wrong (as predicted) and that reflects upon you when the time comes.
The idiots running the show is why I left IT...
Maybe they're using it to determine why anyone would eat Haggis.
As if the populous of slashdot needs instruction on finding internet porn pppft...
YES those ARE the ones and they're fucking AWESOME!
That's what I was thinkin' isn't there FedEx for gosh shakes? Aren't we flyin' around the planet in aeroplanes nowadays?
How perishable IS this chocolate stuff? I mean Hershey bars are pretty indestructible.
"They also have other ancient ales and everyone beer they make I just plan awesome."
Really? How many Ancient Ales did you have tonight?
Seriously dude, you are the exception to the rule, rather than the other way around...they don't call em stealerships for nothin'
That's why I have a VCDS (VAG-COM) for my car, so I can troubleshoot it myself, and if possible, fix it myself. They work great for VAG cars (Audi, VW, Seat, Skoda) and are 200-400 bucks hardware AND software (you provide the laptop), and being VAG based, the VCDS works like a real dealership diagnostic tool vs. a dumb ODB II reader, which it can do too, in a pinch, for other vehicles.
You are right though, I recently pulled codes from my ex's truck, which indicated an issue with two tq lockup solenoids in the tranny pan, and really, the problem was an intermittent miss which our local mechanic diagnosed. Truck runs tip top again, no more TQ locking/unlocking at random.
I guess when some of the information on the internet is going to be excluded from the retrial, it would be prudent to restrict access to said evidence until a jury has been seated. Once this process has completed, it would then seem to be fair to reopen the files to the public with the strict instruction from the judge to the jury and alternates forbidding them from accessing the prior case files.
Man, I should be a lawyer. I get this stuff! :-p
Just remember to bring your papers to the crater. It is an impressive site, but I wouldn't want you to get detained in AZ.
You sir, assume correctly. I do not deny my ignorance of markets and so on...
So Palm offers 250k in stock, over 2 yrs for the other principal management to stay. Not the most convincing of offers, and what's that Palm stock going to be worth in 2 years? Anything?
Bye bye Palm. It's been nice knowin' ya.
I went to the Apple Store at Park Meadows, CO on Saturday to have my iPhone repaired, and while I waited at the Genius bar I observed one guy selling (upselling really to the 64Gb unit) an iPad to an older couple.
He sold them Applecare, and then the Genius returned having repaired my iPhone (some cables were loose and yes it has worked perfectly since the repair (I was skeptical)) gave me back my iPhone.
I went and tried out the iPad. I did not leave with one. However, the young hipster couple to my left did leave with a 32Gb unit, so they are not holding back stateside.
Sorry rest of the world.
OK, I know most don't use VCR's anymore, but there are those using DVD recorders, and being unable to set the settop box to switch to the right channel would interfere with setting up recordings when one is away.
Comcast sucks though, and this is definitely another example of such.
Your brother is likely working somewhere where they don't want to provide internet access bureaucratically. FD's are notorious for micromanagement, and internet access is so easy and tasty a target when it comes to exerting control over your minions.
As for the critical systems part, at least in our installation, there were no critical life safety systems running on our internal network, just our incident report database system, the personnel scheduling system, exchange and SMB. Last time I checked the rig rolled out the door regardless of the internet. Dispatching is handled over the airwaves, no internet required. In fact, I'd be hard pressed to trust any life safety item that REQUIRES the internet, seems like an oxymoron to me...just like the fact that the ultrasound machine (GE) I use at work runs XP, but then again, it's not life safety.
Remember, it's all about control when you're in IT (or in management at a FD). You can either be a dick or a doormat, but the best people fall somewhere in between, albeit a modicum of paranoia helps to one keep the generosity in check.
Having been an IT admin in my former life, and also having operated in a similar fashion to you, allowing unfettered access to the internet for our employees (it was a Fire Department, and the staff was there for 48 hrs straight, so allowing them some creature comforts such as facebook and youtube was appreciated). Having solid, centrally managed AV on each client machine, along with limited local user rights seemed to be effective.
I wish more facilities would take this tact instead of letting some firewall with a blacklist subscription slowly narrow the available internet to static sites that are considered "safe." True irony that advertising from some of these safe sites are now delivering payloads. Ironically, where I work now (not in IT), plenty of popup ads from news sites make it through, so I would assume we're vulnerable through this vector.
"18.000.000 cpus ... is on AVERAGE 2.812 CPUs per system
Now judging by the illogic of using periods for expressing these two quantities, one large and one small, you create confusion in the reader, hence the appropriate use of commas to clarify a large number, and a period as a decimal point to elucidate a fraction.
Now, I'm all about the metric system, euro socialized medicine and other progressive concepts, but using the same piece of punctuation to express two completely different numerical concepts, in the same sentence, IS CONFUSING.
Well, all this is going to encourage is encryption of sensitive email, at least in the segment of the population that:
a. cares
b. has a clue
Exactly. Widen the net of surveillance by giving the tools used for communication to the enemy. It's not like anyone should expect any kind of privacy when using im/email/etc. regardless of locale.
Sounds like a good way to gather intel on the people using this technology in these "friendly" countries.
if your only objection is that you want to live better by enslaving poor people, you're a terrible person.
This is what defines the American right. Personal wealth made on the backs of other poor people, here at home and abroad.
MR is a very popular modality where I work due to the high incidence of soft tissue injuries that occur on the slopes above us.
Just as jotaeleemeese mentioned above, if your case is critical you'll get bumped to the head of the line, but otherwise, you're gonna wait for your MR. It's not magic, just because we live in the US and are straddled by this broken profit driven model of healthcare doesn't mean that you're going to get instant diagnostic tests done or a miracle cure TODAY.
MR's take time. Lots of time, and when there is only one machine (well now we have two but one is privately owned) there's gonna be a wait.
Yes, I second the manual TDI approval and, having reprogrammed the ECU in my 2003 4 times now, A. don't fear ECU flashes and B. love the fact that by design my car disables the drive by wire throttle when the throttle and brake are applied simultaneously. I've tried it out as an experiment and it works.
Only problem for me with putting the car in neutral is the absence of a rev-limiter (it's programmed that way on purpose) but if the engine in my car runs away, it's much more likely that it is due to a turbo failure sucking all the oil into the intercooler and then the engine rather than an electronic failure of the throttle pedal confusing the ECU.
Oh yeah, and I still get 38mpg with double the hp and torque that the car started out with.
One more thing, people have no idea but their cars are frequently flashed at the dealership to fix all sorts of things, and I'd image that 95% of the time the car owner has absolutely no idea.
Really? Windows works reliably in a hospital setting? Wonder why my XP based GE Ultrasound machine crashes all the time, and bluescreens occasionally...funny how the older unit I have made by Acuson that runs a flavor of unix seems rock solid. The GE has been restored using ghost to factory settings and still fails from time to time. LAME.
The first time I saw my GE bluescreen in the middle of a study and realized it was running Windows I almost puked.
Irony comprehension, either you've got it or you don't. Not taught at any level.
If it's that hard to comprehend how to wrangle this story onto a screen, perhaps it's best left as a book?