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11/13/09
It's so obvious that it's ridiculous that it's taken this long.
... and yes, I already have the Firefox plugins. But I'd prefer a built-in solution. #gizmodoremainders
11/12/09
For example.. A local station where I live cuts off it's online broadcast when it runs live KU football & basketball games (which is the only time I would want to listen). They cut the online broadcast because KU wants anyone listening online to be paying for the broadcast through another service they have.
Also you could use it for easy rebroadcasting of a station online... Take what you pick up over the air and broadcast it online. There might be some legal problems there. But it would be a super low budget and easy way for a small station to get their broadcast online. #gizmodoremainders
11/10/09
People already use other people's computer to hack in anonimity... why not use them to store files?
And that's why arresting people for "possession" of virtual files is something really complicated.
It's extremely hard for everyone who is not living in complete isolation to keep a thorough check on every file in their personal computers. And I'm talking about people who knows how to deal with their PCs VERY well... let alone people who don't.
A good exercise to this is taking a look at temporary internet files. You'll find stuff there you'll never find out where it came from.
If by any chance you got into a more suspicious website... by mistake or not (let's say you were doing a very innocent Google Image search) you could end up with very compromising stuff and never know about it.
But I feel I'm going off topic... so let's leave it at that. #virus
11/10/09
Why don't you have a seat?
Ok.
Why are you here?
I was just uh going to say hello...?
Uh-huh. It says here that you said you "want to bang you so hard all night long".
No, see, I... I thought she was 18!
Uh-huh. Let's see... ah here it is, "I want to pound your 14 year old ass until we hit peak oil" - did you say that?
it was uh... it's a typo!
Uh-huh. Let me ask you something: What makes you think that even a naive, libidinous 14 year old girl would want to touch your crusty Frankenstein-looking ass?
I uh.... I like turtles!
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11/10/09
Sounds a lot like a modern-day Salem Witch Trial. #virus
11/10/09
They make it sound like this could happen to anyone... it could happen to YOU!
But stop and take a look at it and every one of them was engaging in the online equivalent of drunken sex with a transvestite hooker (shady warez site, P2P network). Even if you're using a condom (AV software) if you do it enough times sooner or later it's going to break and you're going to catch something. #virus
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11/10/09
P2P != warez. or shady.
Peer-to-peer is a distribution architecture. How can something inert give you a virus?
Now can viruses be found on P2P networks? Absolutely!
Viruses can be found on webpages too. Should we also avoid HTTP?
EDIT: And I make this comment because I use peer-to-peer literally every single day and have not had a virus on my PC in YEARS. Probably since the napster days.#virus
11/10/09
Ignorance is no excuse. If someone is computer illiterate they need to find someone who knows what they're doing and learn from them. #virus
11/10/09
Hell, I'm guessing we're probably talking Kazaa, Limewire, etc. not BitTorrent. #virus
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11/10/09
Though I suppose if they had virus protection they wouldn't have the virus in the first place. And given that pedophiles seem to be total morons, [gizmodo.com] I feel like there's probably very little chance that the average person would really have to worry about this happening to them #virus
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10/27/09
1. They use Macs. They like macs. Get over it. God forbid they use a different platform. Plus, he said they use OS X and Linux for their PRODUCTION machines. Perhaps they have test machines they use for their OS reviews?
And why the HELL should they be required to enact some kind of stupid technical affirmative action by mixing up their office's Operating System cultural makeup just because some of you chowder heads base your entire personality on hating Justin Long? If they want to be an all Mac/Linux shop, then that doesn't affect your ability to get a date on Friday night. Your Leeroy Jenkins T-shirt does that just fine for you.
2. The whole ad/spyware debacle has NOTHING to do with that idea that because they use Macs they couldn't have caught it. This has been happening across all of double-click's network, along with other ad serving companies. It usually is a Flash banner ad that, once approved, the spammers activate the payload and whenever that banner is served, you get fakey looking WINDOWS pop ups telling you there is a Virus alert. This kind of scam has hit ESPN and MLB, along with some other major league sites.
This WAS NOT a failure of their choice of OS, but rather a failure of vetting of the Ad buyer, which is probably a criminal ring out of Russia or Florida.
3. and OMG! Ponies!? You're a dick. Period. Once you said Lawyer, it all clicked. You may be successful, you may have a family, kids in a good school, drive an awesome car, etc etc, but it still doesn't change the fact that you're an asshat. An asshat who drives a really awesome car, but an asshat nonetheless.
Not to say that I wouldn't hire you, but I wouldn't trust you with my Texas Instrument scientific calculator, not to mention my IT decisions. You fixed your own Exchange account and now that qualifies the entire IT department for being fired? I think Aesop wrote something about this once.
Hey, I've got an idea. Perhaps they didn't fix your Exchange account because typically, in these situations, the DICK who has computer problems usually goes to the bottom of my "I'll fix it if I have absolutely nothing to do" list. You remind me of Dwight from "The Office". Do you find your stapler is often encased in Jello for no apparent reason?
Stick to the Law, My Little Pony, and try not show off your ignorance too much. We're all getting headaches from rolling our eyes too much.
And everyone else...go outside. Go to the park. Go to the mall. Kiss a girl. Kiss a guy. Just don't make this your cross. #announcements
10/27/09
When the IT guy would show up in the office, I'd ask politely if they could take a look at my account to find out the problem. Time and again, the answer was "You must have a dud phone. Your settings worked fine on my phone." This went on for more than half of a year.
As it turned out, the problem was caused by something in the alias directory. That error meant that my account wouldn't work on any smartphone.
It's not that I fixed my own IT problem. It's that I had to fix my own IT problem which had been an open ticket item for more than a year, that the IT consultants bald-faced lied to me about them fixing the problem, that they lied about the source of the problem, and that their company billed ours for services that were clearly not rendered. On top of that, the problem could have been fixed on Day 1 by deleting the botched account and creating a new one with the correct settings.
I give people plenty of rope. Whether they use it to climb or go hang themselves is up to them.
If my secretary tells me she's done something, I know from experience that she has. She's earned trust and because of that, I'll go to bat for her. I've had clerks that I've delegated simple tasks to - making copies of exhibits for example. And while failure is not the end of the world, persistent failure is not something that I look for in someone I depend upon.
Let's say a project has been delegated to me. I take the substantive parts and, after working out the logistical aspects, delegate the simple tasks. It's why support staff exists. While I allot ample time for just-in-case, if someone is a weak link, it can really bollix things. To the outside world, I own their mistakes. And because of that, if I am having to own too many mistakes from someone, that's when it's time to end the relationship.
And just so we're clear - this isn't the IT department that screwed up. It was an IT consultant company. Before I started, there was a staff IT guy. He was laid off and IT outsourced to a consultant company. When their contract is up, I'd love nothing more than to see our firm go with someone else. Preferably, the prior IT staffer who by all accounts from my co-worker was far more reliable and efficient than the consultants. #announcements
10/28/09
The only company I have dealt with that I would recommend (both as an employee and as a customer) is Tech Systems (I can only vouch for Detroit and Lauderdale). They have always been fantastic and don’t lie to you about wages. The two times I worked for them I was told up front the percentage they needed from my pay (5% in both instances I believe). My first gig with them paid well and my second gig even better. They treated me with respect and most of the people I worked with knew their shit.
If you need to outsource go with an Exchange hosting company (unless security is a massive concern) and only contract out your internal stuff. #announcements
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I have run multiple websites and never once had an issue with security or malware. I guess maybe apple isnt so great after all when you can only design sites that can be trusted by other apples. I am shocked that with this many readers, there isnt a windows test before publishing anything. #announcements
10/27/09
"I have run multiple websites and never once had an issue with security or malware. "
... that you are aware of. #announcements
10/27/09
Shut them all down from losing money. Maybe the malware would have not made me lose so much. (:
Force of habbit, I came back. Back to engadget..... #announcements
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AdBlock FTW! Gawker's revenue model FTL! #announcements
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