The job culture where I work (Europe, Belgium) does not have this problem. I have never been required, nor has anybody been required to read any emails outside office hours.
IT Staff will have a separate "on Call Device" which will be given to the person on call. I have managers actually discourage to work extra hours and to enjoy family or friends during their time off.
Some rather have two people working 40 hours and be awake and doing a good job then 1 doing 80 hours and doing a lousy job because they are so tired all the time.
This is what I do as well. I see too many people waiting for the email to pop up and then reply to all. In fact it is fun to see how problems go away if you don't reply.
I know some that are afraid to go on a holiday because of all the mails that would be waiting for them. I say that an out of office tells them you are out and to me that means I can not expect any answer from them. If I MUST have an answer, I will contact them when they can back.
And while I am at it, please stop thanking me if I did something and reply just with "Done". Had one co worker who was upset because It did noteven put my official signature in the mail and did not elaborate on what I have done what she asked me to do. "Done" to me is the max I will do and I do not need a "Thanks". If you want to thank me, see me at the Xmas party and bring kneecaps.
I think it is due to the way Unions work in the USofA. As far as I understand you have no choice in what Union you get. You get into the Union of that profession.
e.g. if you are a screen writer, you go to the screenwriters union or you can't even get a job at certain companies.
We communist Europeans believe a bit in choice. I can get to any of three Unions. OK, Three is not a big choice, but it is more then one. I also can decide NOT to go to a union. If a union gets a deal done, this will be done for ALL employees, not only union members.
Oh and on Unions and media. Yesterday the strike in Belgium included part of the media.
Obviously to forgo the 'smear' detection, all photo's need to be in random order each time. Sure people will hate to look for the photo in the list and won't want to use it anymore, but this is about security, not about user experience, right?
It is because of this kind of thinking that people hate security. Perhaps you do not have problems scanning 255 photo's, but I do.
What I rather have is one 16 key password that never changes and is absolutely random and one login. Instead I have (at work alone) around 10 logins. Passwords need to be changed for some in 30 days, for others they are set and yet others are 31 days.
Not all are maintained by our company. Some are even shared ones. Stupid? Yeah, but it has been the reality of every place I have been to. Solve that first will ya?
What is even better is to see if you really need that JavaScript at all. For the majority of sites I look at regularly I use http://userstyles.org/ as a plugin. It is not easy doing all these sites, but I can tell you when you have done it and only see the actual content, it makes me happy to look at those sites.
Sometimes when I look at those sites without the configuration, it amazes me that people even would like to visit them. About 75% on a pageI have no interest in seeing on most sites and I am not even talking about adds, but useless headers and left and right columns and footers and things in between.
Let's see about all these individual items. GPS? I know where I live and I know where I work, so I do not need a GPS for that. The few times I do not know the way, I phone the people and ask for directions. I have a computer at work and a computer at home. The time in between I do not need one. Camera? There is nothing as boring as what happens to me. I do not have the urge to have everything that happens to me in some sort of remembrance of my past, If people are interested in it THEY can bring a camera. I don't care. As I do not mix work and private, there is no reason for me to drag stuff on a flash drive from and to the office/home. Same reason not to have a password walled.
All I need is a phone to send SMSses and call. The majority of those are about meeting up some place so we can talk in person. The important people know that my phone is off during work. Leave a message or send an SMS and we will meet in person.
So yeah, it is great to have a device that does everything. Unfortunately for the producer I do not need any of it. So I buy just about the cheapest phone I can get and I get annoyed because it can do so much stuff that I do not want.
For me it is like buying a PC with Windows preinstalled. It might be great for many people, but I am paying for shit I do not want.
Somebody said on Belgian Radio that the real enemy is not some terrorist who could abuse it but mother nature. She can trow much worse at us AND has the access of enough test subject to do so and already has.
And I agree. Mother nature has more kills on her name then any terrorist group. Even if you combine them all and include indirect kills, like wars over the centuries.
WWII had up to 80 million. That is over several years. Roughly the same amount of people dies of influenza in 1918 in one year. And that is only one example.
and it fails within the first 5 minutes when you import the data because you code fails on O'Connor.
We actually had an issue like that and the solution was to not type in O'Conner. Their second line of defense was that it was never a requirement. No, it still is not fixed.
I believe they want to have the code included in the requirements the next time. (We might do that and let it be written in another country and the few that are left then can install it right after they changed the paper in the printer.)
Seems that the same issue is going on here: try to blame it on somebody else instead of stepping up, taking responsibility and do something about it.
He also was not predicting anything. he wanted to tell stories and for that reason he invented the Robotics laws. The fact that we use it for something else is not his fault.
If adding or removing laws fitted his story telling, he would do so.
And they might seem naive, but who cares? They are stories, not predictions. And great stories at that. (Pity that they got raped in the movies)
It depends on what and when. Sometimes extra hands DO help. If you are good at IT, helping people on how to work with a computer might like learning them to fish. Just talking to a lonely elder person is better then buying them a TV or even (audio)books.
Go to your local soup kitchen and ask what they need. Then buy it and give them the goods. Also don't just do it because it is Christmas. Ask what they need all year around and give food or whatever they need monthly or even on a weekly basis.
Time is also something that they can use. Take time to talk to lonely elderly people. The downside is that you won't get rid of your money and get back more then you give away.
So what we should do is all file a DMCA copyright claim on any of their songs. Once they put it back, somebody else claims it. That way we could abuse the system and get THEIR music away from Youtube.
It is nice that you think that Google has give copyright owners extra access. However they are not the ones that decide who is the actual copyright owner. The law should do that.
If I claim that I have the right of a song that I see and that Sony placed online, do you think they will take it down? They did nothing for copyright owners. I am a copyright owner, yet I do not have that access.
It is all about the money. Companies have plenty and thus they make the laws.
You mean there are no alternatives to locking devices for books or ways to hold trains together? I mean apart from the ones that were used before magnets were used.
The issue is not alternatives, the issue is price. That and the fact that kids will put stuff in their mouth and swallow it, no matter what. That is what kids do and that is why parents should not be putting them in front of a TV. Instead they must spend time with the kids.
Life causes death That should be clear to everybody. Accidents happen and humans (children and adults) will die because of it. When I was young my mother saw me playing at a door and was afraid my fingers would be caught between the door. She grabbed me and closed the door. Unfortunately she did not know that my sister was at the other side of the door and the top of her finger was chopped off. Should we now put warning labels on doors or forbid them or just realize that sometimes accidents happen? The fact that my sister did not make her house 'baby safe' for her kids and just said "If they break something, so be it." (and she was not talking about a vase. She was talking about arms and legs) makes me clear what at least this 'victim' thinks.
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The job culture where I work (Europe, Belgium) does not have this problem. I have never been required, nor has anybody been required to read any emails outside office hours.
IT Staff will have a separate "on Call Device" which will be given to the person on call. I have managers actually discourage to work extra hours and to enjoy family or friends during their time off.
Some rather have two people working 40 hours and be awake and doing a good job then 1 doing 80 hours and doing a lousy job because they are so tired all the time.
This is what I do as well. I see too many people waiting for the email to pop up and then reply to all. In fact it is fun to see how problems go away if you don't reply.
I know some that are afraid to go on a holiday because of all the mails that would be waiting for them. I say that an out of office tells them you are out and to me that means I can not expect any answer from them. If I MUST have an answer, I will contact them when they can back.
And while I am at it, please stop thanking me if I did something and reply just with "Done". Had one co worker who was upset because It did noteven put my official signature in the mail and did not elaborate on what I have done what she asked me to do. "Done" to me is the max I will do and I do not need a "Thanks". If you want to thank me, see me at the Xmas party and bring kneecaps.
I think it is due to the way Unions work in the USofA. As far as I understand you have no choice in what Union you get. You get into the Union of that profession.
e.g. if you are a screen writer, you go to the screenwriters union or you can't even get a job at certain companies.
We communist Europeans believe a bit in choice. I can get to any of three Unions. OK, Three is not a big choice, but it is more then one.
I also can decide NOT to go to a union. If a union gets a deal done, this will be done for ALL employees, not only union members.
Oh and on Unions and media. Yesterday the strike in Belgium included part of the media.
Obviously to forgo the 'smear' detection, all photo's need to be in random order each time. Sure people will hate to look for the photo in the list and won't want to use it anymore, but this is about security, not about user experience, right?
It is because of this kind of thinking that people hate security. Perhaps you do not have problems scanning 255 photo's, but I do.
What I rather have is one 16 key password that never changes and is absolutely random and one login. Instead I have (at work alone) around 10 logins. Passwords need to be changed for some in 30 days, for others they are set and yet others are 31 days.
Not all are maintained by our company. Some are even shared ones. Stupid? Yeah, but it has been the reality of every place I have been to. Solve that first will ya?
I know the time when it was said only people who think they are important would have one. Really important people have others doing what they need.
I minimize the use of mine. It is off most of the time and when on, basically to make plans to meet people in person.
What is even better is to see if you really need that JavaScript at all. For the majority of sites I look at regularly I use http://userstyles.org/ as a plugin. It is not easy doing all these sites, but I can tell you when you have done it and only see the actual content, it makes me happy to look at those sites.
Sometimes when I look at those sites without the configuration, it amazes me that people even would like to visit them. About 75% on a pageI have no interest in seeing on most sites and I am not even talking about adds, but useless headers and left and right columns and footers and things in between.
Let's see about all these individual items.
GPS? I know where I live and I know where I work, so I do not need a GPS for that. The few times I do not know the way, I phone the people and ask for directions.
I have a computer at work and a computer at home. The time in between I do not need one.
Camera? There is nothing as boring as what happens to me. I do not have the urge to have everything that happens to me in some sort of remembrance of my past, If people are interested in it THEY can bring a camera. I don't care.
As I do not mix work and private, there is no reason for me to drag stuff on a flash drive from and to the office/home.
Same reason not to have a password walled.
All I need is a phone to send SMSses and call. The majority of those are about meeting up some place so we can talk in person. The important people know that my phone is off during work. Leave a message or send an SMS and we will meet in person.
So yeah, it is great to have a device that does everything. Unfortunately for the producer I do not need any of it. So I buy just about the cheapest phone I can get and I get annoyed because it can do so much stuff that I do not want.
For me it is like buying a PC with Windows preinstalled. It might be great for many people, but I am paying for shit I do not want.
To be fair, many customers do the same to the company.
Somebody said on Belgian Radio that the real enemy is not some terrorist who could abuse it but mother nature. She can trow much worse at us AND has the access of enough test subject to do so and already has.
And I agree. Mother nature has more kills on her name then any terrorist group. Even if you combine them all and include indirect kills, like wars over the centuries.
WWII had up to 80 million. That is over several years. Roughly the same amount of people dies of influenza in 1918 in one year. And that is only one example.
We actually had an issue like that and the solution was to not type in O'Conner. Their second line of defense was that it was never a requirement. No, it still is not fixed.
I believe they want to have the code included in the requirements the next time. (We might do that and let it be written in another country and the few that are left then can install it right after they changed the paper in the printer.)
Seems that the same issue is going on here: try to blame it on somebody else instead of stepping up, taking responsibility and do something about it.
Well, there is the dad of that girl from 2 Broke Girls.
Oh darn, I should not know about that show as I live in a country where it isn't distributed.
When I read the headline, it means that those are the best months to write code as nobody likes to write crappy code.
Probably it says differently in the thing below the subject, but I am not really interested in that.
Must have been some /. editor making an extra buck.
He also was not predicting anything. he wanted to tell stories and for that reason he invented the Robotics laws. The fact that we use it for something else is not his fault.
If adding or removing laws fitted his story telling, he would do so.
And they might seem naive, but who cares? They are stories, not predictions. And great stories at that. (Pity that they got raped in the movies)
Almost sounds like working Europe for any standard company.
Well, except the job security that is.
People who do dishonest things do not count on getting caught. They count on NOT getting caught. Otherwise prisons would be empty.
Also we only know about people who get caught. We never hear about those who did not.
It does not pay forward the users. It pays forward the coders IF they want to distribute their code,
It depends on what and when. Sometimes extra hands DO help. If you are good at IT, helping people on how to work with a computer might like learning them to fish.
Just talking to a lonely elder person is better then buying them a TV or even (audio)books.
Money is not always the answer.
yeah, but they taste better.
Go to your local soup kitchen and ask what they need. Then buy it and give them the goods.
Also don't just do it because it is Christmas. Ask what they need all year around and give food or whatever they need monthly or even on a weekly basis.
Time is also something that they can use. Take time to talk to lonely elderly people. The downside is that you won't get rid of your money and get back more then you give away.
Do not buy yourself a good conscience. Earn it.
So what we should do is all file a DMCA copyright claim on any of their songs. Once they put it back, somebody else claims it. That way we could abuse the system and get THEIR music away from Youtube.
It is nice that you think that Google has give copyright owners extra access. However they are not the ones that decide who is the actual copyright owner. The law should do that.
If I claim that I have the right of a song that I see and that Sony placed online, do you think they will take it down? They did nothing for copyright owners. I am a copyright owner, yet I do not have that access.
It is all about the money. Companies have plenty and thus they make the laws.
Don't be silly. They are a company and thus above the law. What are you? A communist to be even asking these kind of questions?
It depends on the age of the kid and how much it learned by doing stupid things already.
You mean there are no alternatives to locking devices for books or ways to hold trains together? I mean apart from the ones that were used before magnets were used.
The issue is not alternatives, the issue is price. That and the fact that kids will put stuff in their mouth and swallow it, no matter what. That is what kids do and that is why parents should not be putting them in front of a TV. Instead they must spend time with the kids.
You are a parent. That does not stop. EVER!
Life causes death That should be clear to everybody. Accidents happen and humans (children and adults) will die because of it.
When I was young my mother saw me playing at a door and was afraid my fingers would be caught between the door. She grabbed me and closed the door. Unfortunately she did not know that my sister was at the other side of the door and the top of her finger was chopped off.
Should we now put warning labels on doors or forbid them or just realize that sometimes accidents happen?
The fact that my sister did not make her house 'baby safe' for her kids and just said "If they break something, so be it." (and she was not talking about a vase. She was talking about arms and legs) makes me clear what at least this 'victim' thinks.