A sensible policy is that "unapproved" applications are unsupported. This means that if something I install causes problems, I have to resolve them or have my box re-imaged. I'm fine with that. Don't "lock down" my machine, prevent me from doing my job efficiently, and then crow about how you've saved the company money.
I'm assuming you're ok with taking 2 weeks of unpaid leave when you finally do give up and need to have your box re-imaged. Or do you think that admins don't have anything else to do on their hands? Backing-up, re-imaging, reinstallation and data recovery takes time, and there is a queue you know.
Over at my place we do have more flexibility in allowing people to install $gadget_of_the_month on their computer. Including add-ons to IE etc. And then one fine day things don't work properly and they expect you to "fix it".
Let's face it, software restrictions are there for a REASON. And that reason may not always be most convenient for you, but it doesn't mean that the administrators are just out to make your life miserable.
docsigma2000: jesus christ man docsigma2000: my son is sooooooo dead c8info: Why? docsigma2000: hes been looking at internet web sites in fucking EUROPE docsigma2000: HE IS SURFING LONG DISTANCE docsigma2000: our fucking phone bill is gonna be nuts c8info: Ooh, this is bad. Surfing long distance adds an extra $69.99 to your bill per hour. docsigma2000:...!!!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK docsigma2000: is there some plan we can sign up for??? docsigma2000: cuz theres some cool stuff in europe, but i dun wanna pauy that much c8info: Sorry, no. There is no plan. you'll have to live with it. docsigma2000: o well, i ccan live without europe intenet sites. docsigma2000: but till i figure out how to block it hes sooooo dead c8info: By the way, I'm from Europe, your chatting long distance. ** docsigma2000 has quit (Connection reset by peer)
I feel compelled to say that your own view of Christians seems quite biased itself. Think of the Christians living in China and Southeast Asia, minority to an oppressive opposition that for the most part, denies them the right to exist. Or of the Israelis in the Middle East. The tables are turned, yet they don't riot in the streets in protest. So what was your point again? That what your religion teaches you doesn't affect your reaction so much as the oppression you face?
Pls note the link should go to http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate
Just going to the main site will bring you Windows Update, unless you've gone to Microsoft Update before. Yar, use your IE to go there.
Actually that's the part I hate about it here. Not enough laws to protect the little guy. Alot of talk about "maintaining your employability" in the older years and having children w/o getting fired. Not alot done.
It occurs to me that you americans have never had the chance to see the results of a 20, 30 year structural economic plan come to fruition. Simply because of the fractious nature of the bipartisan system, every time the government changes hands, there's people to tear down everything the previous government tried to set up. I'd go so far as to say that no president would ever design something w/o rewards to be reaped within 4 years. I'm not saying that a 1-party government is all that hot, it's just that it's something to think about. How do you expect things to get better if you don't allow time for it?
If I were Google, I wouldn't want to go down that line of reasoning. By setting a legal precedence that GMail is just another word, anybody would be able to jump in and use it. End result, everyone loses.
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A sensible policy is that "unapproved" applications are unsupported. This means that if something I install causes problems, I have to resolve them or have my box re-imaged. I'm fine with that. Don't "lock down" my machine, prevent me from doing my job efficiently, and then crow about how you've saved the company money.
I'm assuming you're ok with taking 2 weeks of unpaid leave when you finally do give up and need to have your box re-imaged. Or do you think that admins don't have anything else to do on their hands? Backing-up, re-imaging, reinstallation and data recovery takes time, and there is a queue you know.
Over at my place we do have more flexibility in allowing people to install $gadget_of_the_month on their computer. Including add-ons to IE etc. And then one fine day things don't work properly and they expect you to "fix it".
Let's face it, software restrictions are there for a REASON. And that reason may not always be most convenient for you, but it doesn't mean that the administrators are just out to make your life miserable.
http://bash.org/?142934
...!!!!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK
docsigma2000: jesus christ man
docsigma2000: my son is sooooooo dead
c8info: Why?
docsigma2000: hes been looking at internet web sites in fucking EUROPE
docsigma2000: HE IS SURFING LONG DISTANCE
docsigma2000: our fucking phone bill is gonna be nuts
c8info: Ooh, this is bad. Surfing long distance adds an extra $69.99 to your bill per hour.
docsigma2000:
docsigma2000: is there some plan we can sign up for???
docsigma2000: cuz theres some cool stuff in europe, but i dun wanna pauy that much
c8info: Sorry, no. There is no plan. you'll have to live with it.
docsigma2000: o well, i ccan live without europe intenet sites.
docsigma2000: but till i figure out how to block it hes sooooo dead
c8info: By the way, I'm from Europe, your chatting long distance.
** docsigma2000 has quit (Connection reset by peer)
What I worry about is what happens when you try to fall down, and miss the ground.
Thanks. I've always wanted to know who was that guy that kept screaming "MOD PARENT DOWN!"
I feel compelled to say that your own view of Christians seems quite biased itself. Think of the Christians living in China and Southeast Asia, minority to an oppressive opposition that for the most part, denies them the right to exist. Or of the Israelis in the Middle East. The tables are turned, yet they don't riot in the streets in protest. So what was your point again? That what your religion teaches you doesn't affect your reaction so much as the oppression you face?
I always thought that sound was that of a scuba mask...
Well you ought to see Schrodinger's CD collection. Simply mindblowing.
You know, I've never troubled myself with mod points... That is, until now. Thank you for ruining my life.
Pls note the link should go to http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate Just going to the main site will bring you Windows Update, unless you've gone to Microsoft Update before. Yar, use your IE to go there.
You _do_ know that Apple was ripping off the IBM slogan, "Think" right? Right?
They do it so that people can invent their own sexual positions, instead of copying it off the screen
Strange how people would welcome the law if it applied in South Africa but villify it when it applies to their own home...
Take that, evil!
Oh come on, Take That may have sucked at singing, but evil?
I'm confused here. Are you saying that it takes alot of time, effort and bribes to get a law out, but just any 12 people can veto it?
Been there, done that
Seriously, you need to countercheck your spelling checker. "Magna"???
The government is very business-friendly.
Actually that's the part I hate about it here. Not enough laws to protect the little guy. Alot of talk about "maintaining your employability" in the older years and having children w/o getting fired. Not alot done.
It occurs to me that you americans have never had the chance to see the results of a 20, 30 year structural economic plan come to fruition. Simply because of the fractious nature of the bipartisan system, every time the government changes hands, there's people to tear down everything the previous government tried to set up. I'd go so far as to say that no president would ever design something w/o rewards to be reaped within 4 years.
I'm not saying that a 1-party government is all that hot, it's just that it's something to think about. How do you expect things to get better if you don't allow time for it?
What will Microsoft do in response?
So we were smacking bloggers down? Hello?
When you take candy from a kid on Halloween, you're actually stealing from an extortionist, that's the other difference. "Trick or treat" my ass...
If my ear can hear it, I can write down the lyrics and sing them! Hah! Someone try to stop me!
If I were Google, I wouldn't want to go down that line of reasoning. By setting a legal precedence that GMail is just another word, anybody would be able to jump in and use it. End result, everyone loses.
I'm a slant-eyed rice-picker living in Singapore and I loled...