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  1. Re:Get it in writing on Ask Slashdot: Handing Over Personal Work Without Compensation? · · Score: 1

    You are right, I missed that part.

  2. Negotiate First on Ask Slashdot: Handing Over Personal Work Without Compensation? · · Score: 1

    It's not clear to me if you were asked by your boss to write the app, or if you just saw the need and wrote it on your own. It's best if you can think through your position before starting work rather than afterwards. However, at least you are thinking it through now so you are learning. If you saw the need and wrote the application, ask for money. It does not cost anything to ask and you will learn about negotiating. Make a case for being paid extra and put it to your boss. Give it everything you've got. Then if he says no, give the work over with a good attitude and tell him you are glad you can participate and be helpful. Remember that everything that you do builds your reputation, so if you are doing extra work and fixing problems that are beyond your formal responsibilities while at the same time meeting your responsibilities and not stepping on any toes, you are actually ahead of the game. At some point if the job is not giving you what you want, look to move on. Then in your interviews, you can speak in positive terms about the extra contributions you made.

  3. We are having no problems with Comcast Business on Ask Slashdot: Is There a War Against Small Mail Servers? · · Score: 1

    My business has a Comcast Business account, and we host our own email and for several clients. Comcast is not blocking port 25 for us and we are having no problems being blocked anywhere. Do you have a reverse DNS record that resolves to the address of your email server?

  4. This is the Life on Pay-Per-View Journalism Is Burning Out Reporters Young · · Score: 1

    Well, welcome to the world of wire services. This was life in the Associated Press and United Press International and countless other wire services that were born and then buried over the years. I worked as a journalist for just about 10 years in photo, print and then TV and this is the life. You are on deadline and you have to hustle to get there first. There is nothing more satisfying that to have another reporter tell you that they are going to go do your story. Not everyone is made for this kind of life, and I watched over the years as people who did not have the drive, energy and love for what they were doing fade away. Finally I reached my end too. It's just the way it is.

  5. What I check first thing. on First Thing IT Managers Do In the Morning? · · Score: 1

    First thing I do in the morning is to check my previous night's backup

  6. What is different? on Increasing the Value of the Domestic IT Worker? · · Score: 1

    $ X a gazillion. Got it?

  7. VPN Problems on Experiences with DirecWay Satellite Internet · · Score: 2, Informative

    I did a lot of research with Direct as I needed to provide internet access for a client of mine in a remote location. The problem with satellite is that you cannot do VPN at speeds that are beyond dialup. That the pages do not say VPN anywhere indicates to me that you still can't do VPN at broadband speeds and this might be a problem. Otherwise, others that I have talked to using satellite for internet access say it is fine - no major glitches.