I had an IT career for 15 years. I finally had my dream job, Director of IT for a medium sized but very well known auto club. Then the merger came. The larger club took over and I became a Systems Admin II. The new bosses were.. well lets say less than stellar. I quit on a Monday after a 3 months in hell project that I did not nor would not complete.
I joined a friend who had his own construction/remodel business. It has been good but the money certainly is not near what I was making. I've had to make some lifestyle changes but it has been worth it. Try to make sure you have some savings to fall back on for big expenses (like a new roof).
I'm even thinking of returning to IT now as my head has cleared from the depression of the last job. Or maybe return to school for a Master's of an IT forensics job.
I'll bet (IANAL) that have absolutely no obligation to compensate anyone for any financial damages. I would gues (not knowing who the company is) that all the people hosting with them signed an agreement to not hold them liable (hosting provider). And it's almost impossible to sue the FBI.
I've run a NNTP server before and with (at that time) 10,000+ newsgroups and there was no way I could know what was in them all. If we have to police them all or respond to everyone who complained about them it would shut them all down. It would be quite impossible to censor that many groups, just note the p0rn types out there under existing laws. He is going after AOL because it's a big target. And I do agree he is within his rights to ask that they be removed, it is his property. But Mr. Ellison has been a zealot in 'protecting' his property and I find that distasteful. Not wrong mind you, just something I find unagreeable.
If I have copyrighted or patented my car, then yes it would be stealing. Taking ones ideas if you patented or copyrighted them is protected under current law.
I guess he plans on suing every NNTP server operator on the web. Watch your backs if you are running one of these. Of course eventually what this means is that ISP's will have to filter all content on the internet besides just terrorist information, child porn, scientology, etc. This is a slippery slope that we've gone down. Personally I quit reading all of Ellison's stuff when he decided to just sue them as his 'business model'. I know he wants to protect his property but why not write material people such as myself would pay for (I don't download copyrighted music or books) rather than steal. As it is I choose to boycott people who sue for a living with my wallet.
My wife and I recently did a two month trip thru Canada and Alaska and we were able to get wifi by wardriving in almost every town. I have a Zaurus with kismet running and we'd drive thru a town with the Z running and it would beep on every 'hit'. It was easy to then get details about the AP. If it was WEP then I figured they locked the door (although AirSnort would have worked) and we'd go on to the next one. There was one available in every town we visited. Grocery stores all have them although many are WEP'd but most aren't yet. Most of the places that offer free access (coffe shops etc..) are available from the parking lots and other than a simple logon most were easy to jump on. Once in a while I'd pay for time inside, usually $4 US for an hour, then go to my camper and use it there. I was careful not to browse the local network and only use web and/or ssh back into work. Have fun, long trips are sweet.
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I had an IT career for 15 years. I finally had my dream job, Director of IT for a medium sized but very well known auto club. Then the merger came. The larger club took over and I became a Systems Admin II. The new bosses were.. well lets say less than stellar. I quit on a Monday after a 3 months in hell project that I did not nor would not complete.
I joined a friend who had his own construction/remodel business. It has been good but the money certainly is not near what I was making. I've had to make some lifestyle changes but it has been worth it. Try to make sure you have some savings to fall back on for big expenses (like a new roof).
I'm even thinking of returning to IT now as my head has cleared from the depression of the last job. Or maybe return to school for a Master's of an IT forensics job.
Good Luck, You'll probably do fine.
Linuxmon
People react here just the same as ninth graders, it would seem.
Now, if only other broadband ISPs would start policing their user base ..."
I'm not sure ISP should be 'policing' their users. This could lead to them 'policing' for many things. i.e. P2P, content, blogs....
It sounds like a slippery slope.
I'll bet (IANAL) that have absolutely no obligation to compensate anyone for any financial damages. I would gues (not knowing who the company is) that all the people hosting with them signed an agreement to not hold them liable (hosting provider). And it's almost impossible to sue the FBI.
I've run a NNTP server before and with (at that time) 10,000+ newsgroups and there was no way I could know what was in them all. If we have to police them all or respond to everyone who complained about them it would shut them all down. It would be quite impossible to censor that many groups, just note the p0rn types out there under existing laws. He is going after AOL because it's a big target. And I do agree he is within his rights to ask that they be removed, it is his property. But Mr. Ellison has been a zealot in 'protecting' his property and I find that distasteful. Not wrong mind you, just something I find unagreeable.
If I have copyrighted or patented my car, then yes it would be stealing. Taking ones ideas if you patented or copyrighted them is protected under current law.
I guess he plans on suing every NNTP server operator on the web. Watch your backs if you are running one of these. Of course eventually what this means is that ISP's will have to filter all content on the internet besides just terrorist information, child porn, scientology, etc. This is a slippery slope that we've gone down. Personally I quit reading all of Ellison's stuff when he decided to just sue them as his 'business model'. I know he wants to protect his property but why not write material people such as myself would pay for (I don't download copyrighted music or books) rather than steal. As it is I choose to boycott people who sue for a living with my wallet.
My wife and I recently did a two month trip thru Canada and Alaska and we were able to get wifi by wardriving in almost every town. I have a Zaurus with kismet running and we'd drive thru a town with the Z running and it would beep on every 'hit'. It was easy to then get details about the AP. If it was WEP then I figured they locked the door (although AirSnort would have worked) and we'd go on to the next one. There was one available in every town we visited. Grocery stores all have them although many are WEP'd but most aren't yet. Most of the places that offer free access (coffe shops etc..) are available from the parking lots and other than a simple logon most were easy to jump on. Once in a while I'd pay for time inside, usually $4 US for an hour, then go to my camper and use it there. I was careful not to browse the local network and only use web and/or ssh back into work. Have fun, long trips are sweet.