Gee, that seems so common sense... but I think the government will be able to tell me what common sense is better... okay I'm obviously joking.
Honestly these issues are why I'm going to have trouble even voting in this election. Which person should I have telling me how to live when I already know a better way to live??? hmmm... how about neither and I just go about doing what makes sense because I have my own brain and intend to use it?
I've never been a 'green conservative' for anything that Al Gore says- why should Obama or McCain be any different? I've always thought this way because it makes sense and I'm just glad to see I'm not completely alone in it. thank you for posting and I'm glad to hear that well-thought design worked out for you.
Hey - let's round up all the people who are sending out spam or making these stupid virii (viruses, if you like). We can't give them the chair, so this is the next best thing!
Then again, I did medical research to put myself thru college - I wonder if this would be the same kind of thing, and, well - I'd probably still be stupid enough to do it. $1000? Sure! Nuke me! Thank you sir, may I have another!
I also just got this hilarious picture in my head of a SWAT team storming the campus of a certain company in Redmond, WA... That'll keep me going all day:)
- The Deej has spoken. Many have heard. Few have listened.
I agree- I'd love to be able to do that with my clients- but it's not always possible (politics, etc) to lock down companies with smaller or no support staff on-site. It causes nightmares on a nearly constant basis- some programs still require local administration rights to run (grrr!) and frankly a lot of users don't like being hindered. If you are in the enviable position of being able to tell them "tough!" that's great- but I haven't been in an environment like that in some time:)
Now, I can offer some unofficial Kinko's insight- it's all about paranoia. When I last worked with Kinko's (as a field tech) I got the impression that they were stepping up their efforts (though they were still using Windows 2000 and were only four months ago beginning to install OS X). I can't really confirm that the re-imaging process is policy after every guest- the last time I did their re-imaging process it took 3 hours, not 5-10 minutes.
But as far as what their administrators are thinking- since I know a few of them, I can 'unofficially' enlighten a bit on this- the delima isn't so much with internet threats so much as it is with keyloggers and other things being installed. Since the scanners, mice, etc that they use are USB- they can't nessisarily lock down USB functions- allowing a good lot of system level access to be possible with the right program.
But- my information is a tad out of date- I haven't been in a Kinko's in several months- but the last time I was part of a project built entirely around securing the PCs to disallow physical keyloggers to be installed. Prior to that I was a team lead for the ExpressPay project.
I should also mention that I've never worked directly for Kinko's, I've always been a contractor, though I have had a good amount of contact with some very smart people in Dallas. The administrators have the impossible task of keeping functional computers running safely in a difficult-to-secure environment.
Now, if only I could convince them to load Firefox in the next CR image...
Slashdot Mirror
Of course Firefox rocks!
I got to "Address Not Found" in like... less than a second
(link slashdotted...)
I agree with you. So much so I've added this as a quote to my Facebook profile (where people find reason to be offended by me daily)
Gee, that seems so common sense... but I think the government will be able to tell me what common sense is better... okay I'm obviously joking.
Honestly these issues are why I'm going to have trouble even voting in this election. Which person should I have telling me how to live when I already know a better way to live??? hmmm... how about neither and I just go about doing what makes sense because I have my own brain and intend to use it?
I've never been a 'green conservative' for anything that Al Gore says- why should Obama or McCain be any different? I've always thought this way because it makes sense and I'm just glad to see I'm not completely alone in it. thank you for posting and I'm glad to hear that well-thought design worked out for you.
You know- I'm so glad that someone else is saying this and I thank you for doing so.
Global Climate "change" caused by humans is theoretical and shaky at best. The economics of funding our enemies is not.
Well said; I applaud you no matter what side of the isle you're on.
ROFL. Or maybe Starcraft II !!!!
Okay - so earlier today I posted about testing weapons on spammers... and Microsoft... this is creepy.
Hey - let's round up all the people who are sending out spam or making these stupid virii (viruses, if you like). We can't give them the chair, so this is the next best thing!
:)
Then again, I did medical research to put myself thru college - I wonder if this would be the same kind of thing, and, well - I'd probably still be stupid enough to do it. $1000? Sure! Nuke me! Thank you sir, may I have another!
I also just got this hilarious picture in my head of a SWAT team storming the campus of a certain company in Redmond, WA... That'll keep me going all day
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The Deej has spoken.
Many have heard.
Few have listened.
I agree- I'd love to be able to do that with my clients- but it's not always possible (politics, etc) to lock down companies with smaller or no support staff on-site. It causes nightmares on a nearly constant basis- some programs still require local administration rights to run (grrr!) and frankly a lot of users don't like being hindered. If you are in the enviable position of being able to tell them "tough!" that's great- but I haven't been in an environment like that in some time :)
Now, I can offer some unofficial Kinko's insight- it's all about paranoia. When I last worked with Kinko's (as a field tech) I got the impression that they were stepping up their efforts (though they were still using Windows 2000 and were only four months ago beginning to install OS X). I can't really confirm that the re-imaging process is policy after every guest- the last time I did their re-imaging process it took 3 hours, not 5-10 minutes.
But as far as what their administrators are thinking- since I know a few of them, I can 'unofficially' enlighten a bit on this- the delima isn't so much with internet threats so much as it is with keyloggers and other things being installed. Since the scanners, mice, etc that they use are USB- they can't nessisarily lock down USB functions- allowing a good lot of system level access to be possible with the right program.
But- my information is a tad out of date- I haven't been in a Kinko's in several months- but the last time I was part of a project built entirely around securing the PCs to disallow physical keyloggers to be installed. Prior to that I was a team lead for the ExpressPay project.
I should also mention that I've never worked directly for Kinko's, I've always been a contractor, though I have had a good amount of contact with some very smart people in Dallas. The administrators have the impossible task of keeping functional computers running safely in a difficult-to-secure environment.
Now, if only I could convince them to load Firefox in the next CR image...