1. Congressionally-mandated enforcement of business ethics. It is a waste of taxpayer resources to have GIs visiting sites such as YouTube, MTV, etc., as these sites are not mission essential. (Something possibly only the over-30, not still living with mommy crowd might understand.)
2. Operational security prohibits visiting any web site that permits posting of messages, or in this case, videos. Residents of the 5-pointed cesspool have seen too many instances of publicly accessible forums used by DoD personnel to post information about operations that are yet to occur. It's the old, "Loose lips, sinks ships," mindset. Rightfully so.
!%$@#%#@! Slashdot is blocked on my DoD system, so I had to go home to Mommy's house and post this.
MS knows the DOT will have to adopt Vista sooner or later, hence their diplomatic response while all Redmond is laughing hysterically. In any case, DOTs tempered, go-slow, approach is sensible, and no different than any other large organization. Test it, but don't even think about putting it on the production network. Yet.
Hmmm... What's the point of a Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree? It's to demonstrate you meet the minimum acceptable educational standards for a job position. One cannot fully ascribe attainment of such degrees solely to the ability to take tests. Some credit must be given the student for understanding the material and having the smarts to adapt classroom education to real-world situations. From those adaptations, comes experience.
Do IT certifications help? I think yes -- probably more-so for people with experience, but without a 4-year degree. They demonstrate a minimal acceptable education level. (It would be a mistake to view IT certifications as "training" certificates, as opposed to "educational" certificates.)
However, certifications are not a panacea for a degree, particularly if you consider monetary compensation or the likelihood of finding employment. My own observation is experience doesn't count until you've been in a field at least five years with a solid performance record.
My bottom line: The value of IT certifications diminishes the higher the degree you have obtained, but they're fully worth pursuing for non-degreed people looking to improve their emplyment prospects.
- Banished
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The so-called "censorship" exists because:
1. Congressionally-mandated enforcement of business ethics. It is a waste of taxpayer resources to have GIs visiting sites such as YouTube, MTV, etc., as these sites are not mission essential. (Something possibly only the over-30, not still living with mommy crowd might understand.)
2. Operational security prohibits visiting any web site that permits posting of messages, or in this case, videos. Residents of the 5-pointed cesspool have seen too many instances of publicly accessible forums used by DoD personnel to post information about operations that are yet to occur. It's the old, "Loose lips, sinks ships," mindset. Rightfully so.
!%$@#%#@! Slashdot is blocked on my DoD system, so I had to go home to Mommy's house and post this.
MS knows the DOT will have to adopt Vista sooner or later, hence their diplomatic response while all Redmond is laughing hysterically. In any case, DOTs tempered, go-slow, approach is sensible, and no different than any other large organization. Test it, but don't even think about putting it on the production network. Yet.
Hmmm... What's the point of a Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree? It's to demonstrate you meet the minimum acceptable educational standards for a job position. One cannot fully ascribe attainment of such degrees solely to the ability to take tests. Some credit must be given the student for understanding the material and having the smarts to adapt classroom education to real-world situations. From those adaptations, comes experience. Do IT certifications help? I think yes -- probably more-so for people with experience, but without a 4-year degree. They demonstrate a minimal acceptable education level. (It would be a mistake to view IT certifications as "training" certificates, as opposed to "educational" certificates.) However, certifications are not a panacea for a degree, particularly if you consider monetary compensation or the likelihood of finding employment. My own observation is experience doesn't count until you've been in a field at least five years with a solid performance record. My bottom line: The value of IT certifications diminishes the higher the degree you have obtained, but they're fully worth pursuing for non-degreed people looking to improve their emplyment prospects. - Banished