You mean instead of being an employee? Few people can do that.
I am not against owning stock but you need disposable income for that and you need to know who and when to buy. It can be quite risky.
All I was saying in my first post is, people should never expect that their loyalty to their employer will be reciprocated. In most cases, it will not be.
The loyalty is always on the part of the employee. Corporations are legally obligated to be loyal only to stock holders. The interests of the company and its investors always trumps any concern for employees.
You're dreaming if you think otherwise.
Bravo! Keep up the good work. I had lots of fun introducing my gf's kids to Debian a few years ago. They had an old HP Pavilion gathering dust in their basement on which I installed Debian. Turns out they didn't care what OS was running as long as it was connected to the Internets. Go figure.
Seems like all the people I know who openly profess to "hating computers" have never used Mac OS or GNU/Linux.
Their experiences with Windows has soured them against all computers. Paradoxically, they are reluctant to give up the OS they hate because they have invested so much energy (intellectual and emotional) in learning how to cope with it. They can't stand to think of all that effort being wasted and assume that none of their Windows experience will be helpful in learning a new OS.
You commie FOSS people say its Microsoft's fault every time. Free software is tererism! True Patriots Use Windows!
-- Your friendly neighborhood MSFT shill.
I almost never encrypt messages. I hardly ever have reason to. If it's really sensitive data like a password change, I do encrypt. Yes, even if it's internal. The odds are pretty good the Exchange server has been compromised, what with it being a Microsoft product and all.
Your advice is good and I am taking it seriously. Believe me, I have told myself the same sorts of things for years. Yes, I have hurt myself in the past by reacting against absurdities in the workplace.
I did not call my TA stupid or ever think he was stupid. That was someone responding to my post.
I'm not some 19 year old kid. I'm just taking one course in my spare time to beef up my knowledge in one specific area.
Sincere thanks for the thoughtful post.
Yes, that's right. The protocol is insecure.
Regarding your sig, I think Geo should s/jingoism/patriotism.
Patriotism is about loyalty, solidarity and a willingness to make sacrifices for your country. This does not necessarily imply a willingness to spill blood on behalf of your country. You can be a patriot without believeing your country is superior to all others. You can be a patriot without joining in the armed services.
Yeah, people like me are anti-Microsoft just to be trendy. Or something. It's not because MSFT is fundamentally at odds with their interests, and that most of MSFT products are not worth the hassle or the cost.
You forgot Postfix.
Well, my TA is not an idiot but he's held a networking job at a search engine company for 11 years which tells me he's willing to conform, and a big part of corporate conformity these days is saying yes to Microsoft Everything At Work, even if your job consists entirely of supporting Linux servers. He carries that Microsoft-for-everything attitude into his TA night job.
You would be amazed how many people can't deal with a pure text file. It's pure social conditioning. Instead of just cutting and pasting or just using Word to open the file, they bitch at you to send them the file in Word format. Anything but Word format scares them. THAT.txt COULD BE A VIRUS!!!
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You mean instead of being an employee? Few people can do that.
I am not against owning stock but you need disposable income for that and you need to know who and when to buy. It can be quite risky.
All I was saying in my first post is, people should never expect that their loyalty to their employer will be reciprocated. In most cases, it will not be.
The loyalty is always on the part of the employee. Corporations are legally obligated to be loyal only to stock holders.
The interests of the company and its investors always trumps any concern for employees.
You're dreaming if you think otherwise.
SuperFeltch FTW!
Bravo! Keep up the good work. I had lots of fun introducing my gf's kids to Debian a few years ago. They had an old HP Pavilion gathering dust in their basement on which I installed Debian. Turns out they didn't care what OS was running as long as it was connected to the Internets. Go figure.
Seems like all the people I know who openly profess to "hating computers" have never used Mac OS or GNU/Linux.
Their experiences with Windows has soured them against all computers.
Paradoxically, they are reluctant to give up the OS they hate because they have invested so much energy (intellectual and emotional) in learning how to cope with it. They can't stand to think of all that effort being wasted and assume that none of their Windows experience will be helpful in learning a new OS.
He compared apples to apples.
"Where is the Code Red for Apache, that infected over 250.000 servers?"
Well, where is it?
You could use that free electrical power to run the turbocharger! Heh.
That Apache argument is one of the best I have heard. Sometimes I think I should develop a database for all the reasons Windows sucks.
You commie FOSS people say its Microsoft's fault every time. Free software is tererism! True Patriots Use Windows! -- Your friendly neighborhood MSFT shill.
I agree. The collegehumor.com video wasn't all the funny either. Colbert could pull stuff better than that out of his hat before he's had his coffee.
I have never owned a motorcycle so I have no idea what you mean. Why would a shaft drive bike not be able to pop a wheelie?
Yes, easy to set up and impossible to maintain or secure. Yeah, I'm sure your servers are the exception ;)
I almost never encrypt messages. I hardly ever have reason to. If it's really sensitive data like a password change, I do encrypt. Yes, even if it's internal. The odds are pretty good the Exchange server has been compromised, what with it being a Microsoft product and all.
What is ARM/x86? Do you mean that MeeGo will be designed to run on both ARM and x86?
I don't want to antagonize the guy. He seems like a nice guy.
Mainly I'm just surprised that it was an issue for him.
Your advice is good and I am taking it seriously. Believe me, I have told myself the same sorts of things for years. Yes, I have hurt myself in the past by reacting against absurdities in the workplace.
I did not call my TA stupid or ever think he was stupid. That was someone responding to my post.
I'm not some 19 year old kid. I'm just taking one course in my spare time to beef up my knowledge in one specific area.
Sincere thanks for the thoughtful post.
The Bible talks about flywheels?
Yes, that's right. The protocol is insecure. Regarding your sig, I think Geo should s/jingoism/patriotism. Patriotism is about loyalty, solidarity and a willingness to make sacrifices for your country. This does not necessarily imply a willingness to spill blood on behalf of your country. You can be a patriot without believeing your country is superior to all others. You can be a patriot without joining in the armed services.
Yeah, people like me are anti-Microsoft just to be trendy. Or something. It's not because MSFT is fundamentally at odds with their interests, and that most of MSFT products are not worth the hassle or the cost.
You forgot Postfix.
I'm a sysadmin so 90% of my work is done with vi or vim. Using a word processor just slows me down and annoys me.
Seriously, is it that hard to use a question mark?
SRSLY????
Well, my TA is not an idiot but he's held a networking job at a search engine company for 11 years which tells me he's willing to conform, and a big part of corporate conformity these days is saying yes to Microsoft Everything At Work, even if your job consists entirely of supporting Linux servers. He carries that Microsoft-for-everything attitude into his TA night job. .txt COULD BE A VIRUS!!!
You would be amazed how many people can't deal with a pure text file. It's pure social conditioning. Instead of just cutting and pasting or just using Word to open the file, they bitch at you to send them the file in Word format. Anything but Word format scares them. THAT
Due to the gyroscopic effects of the flywheel?
Really? I thought it was mostly html, xml, binaries and javascript ;)
. . . but, but Microsoft Exchange is the industry standard! What institution or corporation can function without it?