Trying to solve HR problems with technology is doomed to futility.
At my company, I don't block web sites. If I walked by someone's desk and saw him[1] looking at porn, I'd say "don't do that." If it got out of hand, I'd discipline the person.
Sometimes I walk past the desks of the tech support guys and I see them on Facebook or playing solitaire. Well, what else are they supposed to be doing if there are no support tickets open or support calls coming in? I don't care if they take breaks every now and then as long as they get their work done.
AdBlock Plus is awesome. Another really useful tool is Ghostery. It might not reduce bandwidth dramatically, but by blocking beacons, trackers, etc. it junks tons of JavaScript content and makes web pages render far more quickly. This really improves the browsing experience.
There's a guy at work who wanted one, so we set one up. Then someone else followed suit. I decided to give it a try; my
desk is not adjustable so I hacked something together. Seems quite nice.
It was slightly too high, so I fixed it by taking a 1U rackmount server that's purely scrap metal at this point and standing on that.
So far very comfy.
Wow, are you off-base. I neither hate nor objectify women. And why do you assume "nudity" implies "female nudity"? What's wrong with nude guys?
I don't think nudity per se is a problem as long as it doesn't objectify or degrade anyone. It's perfectly harmless. Even depictions of sex, IMO, are quite harmless unless the depiction exploitative, degrading or violent.
Ummm... wtf? Actually, religiosity in the US is correlated with teen pregnancy rates.
Top 10 states by percentage identifying as "very religious" are Mississippi, Utah, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma.
Top 10 states by teen pregnancy rates are: New Mexico, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nevada, Delaware, South Carolina and Hawaii.
So 5 of the top 10 religious states are also in the top 10 for teen pregnancy.
Now please cite studies showing that "bombarding children with sexuality" (whatever that means) causes teen pregnancy,
Right, because a 5-year-old is traumatized by stumbling across a picture of a nude dude, but is perfectly fine watching 15 people a day being blown away violently on prime-time television shows.
OMG, think of the CHILDREN! What if she accidentally sees a PENIS? OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!
And what if young Bobby accidentally sees a boob? OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!
I use Linux Software RAID-1. It's dead-simple and quite reliable with pretty decent performance. Disk is cheap enough that (especially for workstations) RAID-5 just doesn't make sense.
Even on a couple of our database servers that do have hardware RAID controllers, I basically disable them (except for the BBU) and use Linux software RAID 10. I do that because it doesn't require any special proprietary monitoring tools and again, performance is decent and quality rock-solid.
I wouldn't use software RAID for RAID-5, I suppose, but I don't typically bother with RAID-5.
This is why I use RAID-1 on all my machines (except laptops which unfortunately don't usually have space for two drives) and why I use automated backups to both on-site and off-site targets so I don't need to remember to do anything.
I know RAID won't protect you from user errors, software bugs or maliciousness, but the number of times I've had a disk fail and not had to worry about lost data is worth the price of admission.
ISPs have no incentive to offer spam filtering, and indeed very little incentive to even give out email addresses. Email is a huge PITA and there are plenty of free providers to choose from : Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and probably dozens of lesser-known ones.
Also, ISPs have a pretty small profit margin on consumer service, so any costs they can cut, they will cut. So don't bother with an ISP email account.
I firmly believe that any women should have the right to enter the STEM field if she so chooses, just as I believe that any man should have the right to become a fashion model or a ballerina if he so chooses.
Absolutely girls and boys are different. They definitely play differently and prefer different toys.
But that doesn't mean that every girl is into pink frilly stuff, building blocks that make a kitchen, dolls, makeup, etc. And not every boy is into muscle cars, soldiers, violent games or spaceships.
Unfortunately, manufacturers rigidly enforce the stereotypes. I was out with my daughter one time at a department store and we were in the kids' clothes section. They might as well have put up a fence where the "girls'" t-shirts ended and the "boys'" t-shirts began: Girls' were pink or flowery or featuring hearts, ballerinas, kittens, puppies, etc. Boys' featured snarling superheroes, bad-ass trucks, etc. and were generally dark-colored. My daughter rolled her eyes at all of this; although she's a perfectly feminine girl, she still feels most comfortable in comfy dark sweatpants and a plain t-shirt.
There are many boys and girls being forced into unnatural stereotypes by society and by manufacturers. Here's a radical idea: Just make kids' toys and let the kids themselves figure out if they like them.
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She was hired by a rival and was sticking pins in clay models of rackmount servers.
Probably about as effective as most AV products or the average clueless outsourced support-monkey.
I didn't say only. I said "almost all".
Trying to solve HR problems with technology is doomed to futility.
At my company, I don't block web sites. If I walked by someone's desk and saw him[1] looking at porn, I'd say "don't do that." If it got out of hand, I'd discipline the person.
Sometimes I walk past the desks of the tech support guys and I see them on Facebook or playing solitaire. Well, what else are they supposed to be doing if there are no support tickets open or support calls coming in? I don't care if they take breaks every now and then as long as they get their work done.
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[1] I suspect it's almost all guys who look at online porn.
AdBlock Plus is awesome. Another really useful tool is Ghostery. It might not reduce bandwidth dramatically, but by blocking beacons, trackers, etc. it junks tons of JavaScript content and makes web pages render far more quickly. This really improves the browsing experience.
There's a guy at work who wanted one, so we set one up. Then someone else followed suit. I decided to give it a try; my desk is not adjustable so I hacked something together. Seems quite nice.
It was slightly too high, so I fixed it by taking a 1U rackmount server that's purely scrap metal at this point and standing on that. So far very comfy.
The Greeks will never accept an exit from the Euro.
I really don't think they'll have much say in the matter.
You lose. I have three kids. And there's plenty of violence in kids' shows too, even though it tends to be cartoony.
Wow, are you off-base. I neither hate nor objectify women. And why do you assume "nudity" implies "female nudity"? What's wrong with nude guys?
I don't think nudity per se is a problem as long as it doesn't objectify or degrade anyone. It's perfectly harmless. Even depictions of sex, IMO, are quite harmless unless the depiction exploitative, degrading or violent.
Nude != Sex. That's a false equivalency you're raising there.
Ummm... wtf? Actually, religiosity in the US is correlated with teen pregnancy rates.
Top 10 states by percentage identifying as "very religious" are Mississippi, Utah, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and Oklahoma.
Top 10 states by teen pregnancy rates are: New Mexico, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Nevada, Delaware, South Carolina and Hawaii.
So 5 of the top 10 religious states are also in the top 10 for teen pregnancy.
Now please cite studies showing that "bombarding children with sexuality" (whatever that means) causes teen pregnancy,
I don't think this will happen quickly with nudity, and we have religion (for the most part) to thank/blame for this.
Michelangelo painted plenty of nudes, but the Catholic Church did a literal cover-up. *sigh*
Well that would be a nude nose. Think of the children!
And don't do something disgusting like blowing your nose either. Eeewww.
Right, because a 5-year-old is traumatized by stumbling across a picture of a nude dude, but is perfectly fine watching 15 people a day being blown away violently on prime-time television shows.
OMG, think of the CHILDREN! What if she accidentally sees a PENIS? OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!
And what if young Bobby accidentally sees a boob? OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!
Why does "Nude" equate to "Rude"? Oh right, I forgot... we're afraid of our bodies and spooked by healthy sexuality.
Yes, that's what the OP said he or she wanted. But is it really what's needed for solving the problem at hand?
Why not a revision control system like SVN or git?
RAID is not a Backup and should not be confused as such.
Ummm.... yes. Don't you think that's why I titled my reply "Raid and automated backups?"
I use Linux Software RAID-1. It's dead-simple and quite reliable with pretty decent performance. Disk is cheap enough that (especially for workstations) RAID-5 just doesn't make sense.
Even on a couple of our database servers that do have hardware RAID controllers, I basically disable them (except for the BBU) and use Linux software RAID 10. I do that because it doesn't require any special proprietary monitoring tools and again, performance is decent and quality rock-solid.
I wouldn't use software RAID for RAID-5, I suppose, but I don't typically bother with RAID-5.
This is why I use RAID-1 on all my machines (except laptops which unfortunately don't usually have space for two drives) and why I use automated backups to both on-site and off-site targets so I don't need to remember to do anything.
I know RAID won't protect you from user errors, software bugs or maliciousness, but the number of times I've had a disk fail and not had to worry about lost data is worth the price of admission.
Canadian, you're probably with Bell or Rogers. Yes, they suck. Try Teksavvy. They're actually pleasant to deal with.
Disclaimer: I'm not a Teksavvy employee or shareholder, but I am a very satisfied Teksavvy customer.
ISPs have no incentive to offer spam filtering, and indeed very little incentive to even give out email addresses. Email is a huge PITA and there are plenty of free providers to choose from : Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and probably dozens of lesser-known ones.
Also, ISPs have a pretty small profit margin on consumer service, so any costs they can cut, they will cut. So don't bother with an ISP email account.
I firmly believe that any women should have the right to enter the STEM field if she so chooses, just as I believe that any man should have the right to become a fashion model or a ballerina if he so chooses.
This. Thank you! That expresses it perfectly.
Absolutely girls and boys are different. They definitely play differently and prefer different toys.
But that doesn't mean that every girl is into pink frilly stuff, building blocks that make a kitchen, dolls, makeup, etc. And not every boy is into muscle cars, soldiers, violent games or spaceships.
Unfortunately, manufacturers rigidly enforce the stereotypes. I was out with my daughter one time at a department store and we were in the kids' clothes section. They might as well have put up a fence where the "girls'" t-shirts ended and the "boys'" t-shirts began: Girls' were pink or flowery or featuring hearts, ballerinas, kittens, puppies, etc. Boys' featured snarling superheroes, bad-ass trucks, etc. and were generally dark-colored. My daughter rolled her eyes at all of this; although she's a perfectly feminine girl, she still feels most comfortable in comfy dark sweatpants and a plain t-shirt.
There are many boys and girls being forced into unnatural stereotypes by society and by manufacturers. Here's a radical idea: Just make kids' toys and let the kids themselves figure out if they like them.
Nonsense; you don't need any kind of "faith" to be an atheist. All you have to do is say "I reject the notion of God as unprovable and unnecessary."