I would write the top ten ridiculous/absurd stories that I have. Not about the silly things like the user had his caps-lock on, while he was trying to login. More about the pressure that you feel as an IT worker. I would do some comparisons between IT work and ER personal and so on.
I was in IT for about 14 years, not as long as you, but I've seen it all.
Sometimes, the IT department is heavily understaffed (two persons, when there should be four or five), because of the lack of budget.
If you're 22 years in IT, you should know exactly, what the OP means, or maybe you are 22 years at the same overstaffed, overpaid IT department of a very huge company. You know, what I mean.:-)
You're nitpicking about his specific printer example. Sure, a good printer tells you, when the toner is getting low or a paper jam occurs, but he mentioned the user that gets upset, just because he wasn't able to deliver his print on time - minutes before the Fedex guy left the building.
why don't you develop some proactive way of making sure it's working? People expect their computing environment to be utility-grade. Failures of the environment should be about as common as power failures. Most IT environments fall far short of the utility-grade mark.
His example was about a f*cked-up printer. What do you think what happened? Toner went empty in the middle of a print. Paper jam. Do you think that this guy can prevent that?
That is actually what he was talking about: people, who think that the whole corporate IT should be an "utility-grade computer environment". Thats what you get, when you flip the lid of your Powerbook, but an IT environment is way more complex than your single computer.
Somebody should collect those stories and write a book about all the absurdities that the IT has to take every day. I mean, not like the BOFH stories - true stories.
The good thing is, that Bild has absolutely no reputation in Germany. I don't know who's worse: the German Bild or the UK Sun. Whatever Bild does, it is very easy to debunk and the mentioned Bildblog is getting more and more popular. It is actually a pretty good PR for the innovative, alternative fuel company.
That's just a hoax of our famous 'newspaper' called Bild. If you can read German, visit the Bildblog, a blog dedicated to debunk all of Bilds hoaxes. In the meantime, Dr. Christian Koch put a note on his website, declining that he is using dead cats to produce fuel.
I know, that nothing comes close to Ableton Live, but I like the combination of seq24, ZynAddSubFX and LinuxSampler. I haven't tried FreeWheeling so far, but it looks very interesting. Absolutely not comparable to Live, but a very interesting approach.
Ever noticed the additional Google links (download, support, support, screenshots,...), when you enter something like Abiword, Firefox, OpenOffice, KDE,...? Nice feature.
I'm posting this at 2 to piss you off. Please go fuck yourself, you budding little network Nazi, you, and after you're done, see someone about your anger issues.
Funny, that almost all of your posts are either troll or flamebait, where most of mine are interesting, funny or insightful (+5).
Could you PLEASE stop posting at slashdot??? Nobody cares about your trolling, really. Grow up first. Whats your point anyway? Are you a little script kiddy or what? 'Ph33r the3 g(O)at'? What's wrong with you, you piece of shit? Look at your howling posts - most of the are trolls. You're really a dumb-ass. Go home to your mummy, lil kid.
MainActor & Piranha look excellent. But they are not open source.
We hear that all the time: there simply is no commercial support/software for Linux. There is no professional audio/video software available for Linux. The truth is, there is a lot of high quality (commercial) software for Linux out there. But I got it, whenever someone's talking about the lack of a specific software, he's talking about free as in beer software. There are equivalents of Windows/OS9|X software, but 'for chrissake it has to be free' for Linux.
I'm fed up! If you wanna do high-end video/audio rendering/editing, you have to pay for it at any plattform. Do not complain, that there is no high-end software available for F/OSS operating systems.
And if you press the gass through a turbine to create electricity, you can power a fridge plus radios/computers....
This is out of question. They say, this technology is extremely inefficient. There are real-world applications, but it is insane to use it to produce ice (cubes).
It would be easier to heat water with sun collectors, use the steam to drive a generator and use the electrical power to run a fridge.
Yes, but in my case it was different. X was screensavers, P2P software and so on. Asked, what the user wants to install so badly, I've received very seldom an answer.
Why is the parent post modded flamebait? It is simply true and it is not off-topic. It is also insightful, because not every reader knows that more and more cell phones operate as mp3 players.
See? You're the best example. I/We am/are talking about account restrictions for average users (no admin access) in business environments and you're calling me "power tripping network Nazi". That's exactyl what I mean. At work, it's not your computer and not your responsibility when something really bad happens.
Just go on with your administrator account at home.
I was working as an IT Manager for a mid-sized company for a while. The main problem with "locking down users" is, that nowadays there is no respect for IT Administrators anymore. Especially in small/mid-sized companies, where every single employee goes directly to his/her boss or even worse to the CEO just to complain about their "inability to work", because of the locked down computer. "The bad admin locked down the computer and I can't work anymore!". Sure, the PHB, CEO, HR won't understand the difference between user/admin rights.
I have a pretty strong personality and a thick skin, but after a while, I gave up. Even brand-new interns complained about the situation that they were not able to install their "favourite software" or about the blocked ports at the corporate firewall.
After a while, the HR manager came to me and said, that in four years, half of the employees complained about me. Whenever I tried to change something (firewall, user rights,...), there were another ten or twenty complains.
All of the users are working as administrators on their computers at home - I know that, because most of them told me about the troubles they have with spyware and viruses, but they would never accept to have lower permissions at work. The common sense is, that the computer at work is actually theirs.
The same with company laptops. Everyone connects it at insecure networks at home, friends, hotel rooms, other companies and so on and after a business trip, you have to either reinstall the machine or remove spyware/malware.
It's just the lack of understanding, the habit to always work with admin rights at home and the lack of respect for the job of an IT administrator/manager.
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I would write the top ten ridiculous/absurd stories that I have. Not about the silly things like the user had his caps-lock on, while he was trying to login. More about the pressure that you feel as an IT worker. I would do some comparisons between IT work and ER personal and so on.
Huh? Are you my former IT co-worker?
I was in IT for about 14 years, not as long as you, but I've seen it all.
:-)
Sometimes, the IT department is heavily understaffed (two persons, when there should be four or five), because of the lack of budget.
If you're 22 years in IT, you should know exactly, what the OP means, or maybe you are 22 years at the same overstaffed, overpaid IT department of a very huge company. You know, what I mean.
You're nitpicking about his specific printer example. Sure, a good printer tells you, when the toner is getting low or a paper jam occurs, but he mentioned the user that gets upset, just because he wasn't able to deliver his print on time - minutes before the Fedex guy left the building.
why don't you develop some proactive way of making sure it's working? People expect their computing environment to be utility-grade. Failures of the environment should be about as common as power failures. Most IT environments fall far short of the utility-grade mark.
His example was about a f*cked-up printer. What do you think what happened? Toner went empty in the middle of a print. Paper jam. Do you think that this guy can prevent that?
That is actually what he was talking about: people, who think that the whole corporate IT should be an "utility-grade computer environment". Thats what you get, when you flip the lid of your Powerbook, but an IT environment is way more complex than your single computer.
Mod parent up!
Somebody should collect those stories and write a book about all the absurdities that the IT has to take every day. I mean, not like the BOFH stories - true stories.
I could write the first ten chapters.
The good thing is, that Bild has absolutely no reputation in Germany. I don't know who's worse: the German Bild or the UK Sun. Whatever Bild does, it is very easy to debunk and the mentioned Bildblog is getting more and more popular. It is actually a pretty good PR for the innovative, alternative fuel company.
But I'm with you, it can get dangerous...
That's just a hoax of our famous 'newspaper' called Bild. If you can read German, visit the Bildblog, a blog dedicated to debunk all of Bilds hoaxes. In the meantime, Dr. Christian Koch put a note on his website, declining that he is using dead cats to produce fuel.
I know, that nothing comes close to Ableton Live, but I like the combination of seq24, ZynAddSubFX and LinuxSampler. I haven't tried FreeWheeling so far, but it looks very interesting. Absolutely not comparable to Live, but a very interesting approach.
Ever noticed the additional Google links (download, support, support, screenshots, ...), when you enter something like Abiword, Firefox, OpenOffice, KDE, ...? Nice feature.
I'm posting this at 2 to piss you off. Please go fuck yourself, you budding little network Nazi, you, and after you're done, see someone about your anger issues.
Funny, that almost all of your posts are either troll or flamebait, where most of mine are interesting, funny or insightful (+5).
Just go home.
What time is it?
Could you PLEASE stop posting at slashdot??? Nobody cares about your trolling, really. Grow up first. Whats your point anyway? Are you a little script kiddy or what? 'Ph33r the3 g(O)at'? What's wrong with you, you piece of shit? Look at your howling posts - most of the are trolls. You're really a dumb-ass. Go home to your mummy, lil kid.
MainActor & Piranha look excellent. But they are not open source.
We hear that all the time: there simply is no commercial support/software for Linux. There is no professional audio/video software available for Linux. The truth is, there is a lot of high quality (commercial) software for Linux out there. But I got it, whenever someone's talking about the lack of a specific software, he's talking about free as in beer software. There are equivalents of Windows/OS9|X software, but 'for chrissake it has to be free' for Linux.
I'm fed up! If you wanna do high-end video/audio rendering/editing, you have to pay for it at any plattform. Do not complain, that there is no high-end software available for F/OSS operating systems.
Open your mind.
In Germany, we already do that: Zentrale Bergungsort Bundesrepublik Deutschland (German, but pictures). Here is a short description in english. All the documents are kept on microfilms, but I don't know what they do with audio/video material.
And if you press the gass through a turbine to create electricity, you can power a fridge plus radios/computers....
This is out of question. They say, this technology is extremely inefficient. There are real-world applications, but it is insane to use it to produce ice (cubes).
It would be easier to heat water with sun collectors, use the steam to drive a generator and use the electrical power to run a fridge.
How can you rotate anything without moving parts???
10000000 rpm could be acheivd with mules and huge gears?
To make that "high rate of rotation (over 1,000,000 rpm)." Better use the ice on your legs after.
If you press a gas into a cylinder with a specific angle, it starts to rotate at a very high rpm. Here is the construction.
Please RTFM first.
Wow, you aren't talking about Family Health International in Durham, NC are you?
Nope, a software company in Berlin, Germany.
Yes, but in my case it was different. X was screensavers, P2P software and so on. Asked, what the user wants to install so badly, I've received very seldom an answer.
Why is the parent post modded flamebait? It is simply true and it is not off-topic. It is also insightful, because not every reader knows that more and more cell phones operate as mp3 players.
power-tripping network Nazis
See? You're the best example. I/We am/are talking about account restrictions for average users (no admin access) in business environments and you're calling me "power tripping network Nazi". That's exactyl what I mean. At work, it's not your computer and not your responsibility when something really bad happens.
Just go on with your administrator account at home.
I was working as an IT Manager for a mid-sized company for a while. The main problem with "locking down users" is, that nowadays there is no respect for IT Administrators anymore. Especially in small/mid-sized companies, where every single employee goes directly to his/her boss or even worse to the CEO just to complain about their "inability to work", because of the locked down computer. "The bad admin locked down the computer and I can't work anymore!". Sure, the PHB, CEO, HR won't understand the difference between user/admin rights.
...), there were another ten or twenty complains.
I have a pretty strong personality and a thick skin, but after a while, I gave up. Even brand-new interns complained about the situation that they were not able to install their "favourite software" or about the blocked ports at the corporate firewall.
After a while, the HR manager came to me and said, that in four years, half of the employees complained about me. Whenever I tried to change something (firewall, user rights,
All of the users are working as administrators on their computers at home - I know that, because most of them told me about the troubles they have with spyware and viruses, but they would never accept to have lower permissions at work. The common sense is, that the computer at work is actually theirs.
The same with company laptops. Everyone connects it at insecure networks at home, friends, hotel rooms, other companies and so on and after a business trip, you have to either reinstall the machine or remove spyware/malware.
It's just the lack of understanding, the habit to always work with admin rights at home and the lack of respect for the job of an IT administrator/manager.
You're right, I forgot Windows Vista Ultimate Edition: