i've had this handle since they were called handles. i've also been watching you post under CmdrTaco for like 8 years on/. i'd be rather frustrated were your situation to happen to me anywhere.
its advertised as being a replacement for your portable laptop and/or pda. without the screen i don't understand how they can even attempt to say it takes the place of those two things. i have to locate a monitor when i'm out? or just carry one with me? how is that portable?
part of me says who cares - quit inventing things to get upset over. then part of me thinks wait a second.. if i were in charge of deploying a card system that held sensitive information at any given point in time i would have at least implemented some sort of encryption - it's just logical. i mean, yeah, the liklihood someone's going to come in behind you, get your recent card and read off your personal info for malicious use is pretty slim but it is still another avenue to be utilized. raising the feasability raises the frequency.
all in all i've had about 9 different bosses ranging from completely inept to (what i would consider) 'well adjusted'.
the most notable of my bosses was referred to as either 'jellyfish' or 'the peruvian prince' by the people who reported to him. jellyfish because he was completely spineless when it came down to confronting people he knew were integral to the flow of work and the prince nick was due to his lack of respect for *anyone* because, as with most arrogant people, he thought his 5h*t didn't stink. somehow this guy wormed his way into the VP position of the IT dept on top of the guy who actually hired him who was quite a few years older than him. the hiring guy wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed but his organizational skills along with his ability to get people working in a team efficiently would have, imo, made him the perfect candidate. unfortunately his shrewdness was nowhere near jellyfish's, so he lost the position to an undereducated and underqualified bull5h*tter. back to jellyfish.. there are stories upon stories about this guy - but i think the only one that needs telling is the time he got one of those phishing emails looking for your bank account information.. and responded. with everything you'd ever want to know to get into his finances and essentially take over his life. from what i was told this was the damage: his account was emptied within minutes. 2 houses. 4 cars. and thousands upon thousands of dollars in credit cards racked up within a day or so. what a fool. and this guy is the VP of IT for a company who does +-10million OI a year. pathetic.
thankfully i now work for someone who has the ability to delegate tasks to the proper people, allow them to do their job and knows their limits. of course i haven't seen those limits yet because the guy seems to have done just about everything both in and out of work. he's a pleasure to work with and for. never gets overly upset nor jumps to conclusions without proper information at hand. and if there is an issue, its worked out - not worked up.
i, too, fear for our future and realize that the delusion of the US as '#1' is just that - a delusion. the average american is a blithering idiot and quite ignorant of whats really going on. and on top of it you can't tell the majority of them anything because.. well.. they already know everything. its like a big country full of spoiled rotten 13 and 14 year olds.
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i've used this too. thought it was pretty common sense really.. didn't realize /. needed a whole bloated article about it.
i've had this handle since they were called handles. i've also been watching you post under CmdrTaco for like 8 years on /. i'd be rather frustrated were your situation to happen to me anywhere.
its advertised as being a replacement for your portable laptop and/or pda. without the screen i don't understand how they can even attempt to say it takes the place of those two things. i have to locate a monitor when i'm out? or just carry one with me? how is that portable?
part of me says who cares - quit inventing things to get upset over. then part of me thinks wait a second.. if i were in charge of deploying a card system that held sensitive information at any given point in time i would have at least implemented some sort of encryption - it's just logical. i mean, yeah, the liklihood someone's going to come in behind you, get your recent card and read off your personal info for malicious use is pretty slim but it is still another avenue to be utilized. raising the feasability raises the frequency.
HAHAHAHA... thats hysterical
all in all i've had about 9 different bosses ranging from completely inept to (what i would consider) 'well adjusted'. the most notable of my bosses was referred to as either 'jellyfish' or 'the peruvian prince' by the people who reported to him. jellyfish because he was completely spineless when it came down to confronting people he knew were integral to the flow of work and the prince nick was due to his lack of respect for *anyone* because, as with most arrogant people, he thought his 5h*t didn't stink. somehow this guy wormed his way into the VP position of the IT dept on top of the guy who actually hired him who was quite a few years older than him. the hiring guy wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed but his organizational skills along with his ability to get people working in a team efficiently would have, imo, made him the perfect candidate. unfortunately his shrewdness was nowhere near jellyfish's, so he lost the position to an undereducated and underqualified bull5h*tter. back to jellyfish.. there are stories upon stories about this guy - but i think the only one that needs telling is the time he got one of those phishing emails looking for your bank account information .. and responded. with everything you'd ever want to know to get into his finances and essentially take over his life. from what i was told this was the damage: his account was emptied within minutes. 2 houses. 4 cars. and thousands upon thousands of dollars in credit cards racked up within a day or so. what a fool. and this guy is the VP of IT for a company who does +-10million OI a year. pathetic.
thankfully i now work for someone who has the ability to delegate tasks to the proper people, allow them to do their job and knows their limits. of course i haven't seen those limits yet because the guy seems to have done just about everything both in and out of work. he's a pleasure to work with and for. never gets overly upset nor jumps to conclusions without proper information at hand. and if there is an issue, its worked out - not worked up.
i, too, fear for our future and realize that the delusion of the US as '#1' is just that - a delusion. the average american is a blithering idiot and quite ignorant of whats really going on. and on top of it you can't tell the majority of them anything because.. well.. they already know everything. its like a big country full of spoiled rotten 13 and 14 year olds.