How much do you care for your office/personal computer?
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Well, there's pretty much nothing I can do about it as far as my work PC is considered as I haven't been given a carry-away laptop from the company. I have desktop machine and there are plenty of batches that pull some of the settings from the server when the PC is turned on. Also, the antivirus software runs on the server. Even so, the admin guys (or the STGs, for some of you) connect the machine for so-called administrative tasks overnight a couple of times every month or so. But what those b@stards don't know is I have created a process which takes a screenshot every minute and save it to a network location which is (I am sure) not known (simply because they wouldn't bother) to them. I also have managed to have it running it for all machine-users. :cool: And believe me, the admins here just navigate around the Windows Explorer and check the list of installed programs even if it gets pushed to the server by one of the batch jobs! X| So even if I don't have control over anything they do to my machine, I still do know what exactly they did in so-called "Administrative Session". :rolleyes: Also, that reminds me the days we used to unplug the Ethernet cable (and turn off the monitor) when we were told to turn our machines off when leaving the office everyday. So when pinged, the machine used to appear to be turned off. Those b@stards never bothered physically checking the machines. :doh:
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Nothing to do with the title, but with the text on the link you've put.
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight
Sometime back, the demand was so much short of supply that there were rumors that one of the big companies had unofficially stated "Trespassers will be recruited".
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
My office computer is not mine: it is company's ownership. So I just don't give a flock, and even if I have a support/administration background I don't hesitate to call for support and wash my hands of it. We have old, cheap and painfully slow computers, less licenses than software and many other issues and we all are invariably ignored. Then may them eat their own medicine. I have reaped some to-be-shipped-but-will-never-be (for reliability issues) PCs to increase my disk space (which was a meager 80GB) and RAM (I had 1 GB. With VS2008 it is Hell. Now I have 2 whole GB!). Some day I'll switch entirely to the other PC which has a Pentium G, whuile I'm stuck with a Pentium E. Yes, I know we are in 2015.
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Office computer -> Do not touch! Home computer -> Don't you even dare think about touching it!
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So, you basically feed it with top quality electrical current ? You gently brush its USB ports ? You give it presents (More RAM) ? You apologize when you throw your mouse at it ? You ... whisper to it him exciting Octo-core stories late at night ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
I am a old school guy: "Good tools are half of the work." So I pamper my IT as much as I can :thumbsup: PS: bought me (private) the Nexus 6 and yesterday my boss offered a new 27-iMac (as part of a raise) :cool:
Press F1 for help or google it. Greetings from Germany
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So, you basically feed it with top quality electrical current ? You gently brush its USB ports ? You give it presents (More RAM) ? You apologize when you throw your mouse at it ? You ... whisper to it him exciting Octo-core stories late at night ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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My office computer is not mine: it is company's ownership. So I just don't give a flock, and even if I have a support/administration background I don't hesitate to call for support and wash my hands of it. We have old, cheap and painfully slow computers, less licenses than software and many other issues and we all are invariably ignored. Then may them eat their own medicine. I have reaped some to-be-shipped-but-will-never-be (for reliability issues) PCs to increase my disk space (which was a meager 80GB) and RAM (I had 1 GB. With VS2008 it is Hell. Now I have 2 whole GB!). Some day I'll switch entirely to the other PC which has a Pentium G, whuile I'm stuck with a Pentium E. Yes, I know we are in 2015.
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
It sounds like you are stuck with a typewriter in the dark ages. I would refuse to work with something that old, for productivity reasons. X|
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
He who touches my computer must be willing to lose a limb :mad:
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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It sounds like you are stuck with a typewriter in the dark ages. I would refuse to work with something that old, for productivity reasons. X|
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
I would do that too but then I'd lose my job - the company is loyal to its employees but can't even remotely understand the word "investment". We deploy entirely new machines without prototypes first "becuse they cost" (way less than 3 months to the customer site fixing mechanical/electrical/software design flaws, but who cares?). A company where each expense over 30 € must pass through the CEO herself, and has more than 1000 employees... You understand the problem. At least they hire people instead of using temps and they provide an average wage, but noever do more than the bare legal minimum (which is better than the other Italian companies, that normally circumvent/break the law).
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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My office computer is not mine: it is company's ownership. So I just don't give a flock, and even if I have a support/administration background I don't hesitate to call for support and wash my hands of it. We have old, cheap and painfully slow computers, less licenses than software and many other issues and we all are invariably ignored. Then may them eat their own medicine. I have reaped some to-be-shipped-but-will-never-be (for reliability issues) PCs to increase my disk space (which was a meager 80GB) and RAM (I had 1 GB. With VS2008 it is Hell. Now I have 2 whole GB!). Some day I'll switch entirely to the other PC which has a Pentium G, whuile I'm stuck with a Pentium E. Yes, I know we are in 2015.
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I'll bet your customers love your software, because it runs extremely fast on their machines (most of which are probably the same specs as yours).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2015/01/15/trespassers-will-be-shot-on-sight/[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
My work computer? People can do what they like with the keyboard and mouse, but if they touch the monitor with their dirty, smelly, greasy fingers, they'll lose an arm.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'll bet your customers love your software, because it runs extremely fast on their machines (most of which are probably the same specs as yours).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
The software actually runs fast, it is all native code especially crafted for speed since it runs on almost real time systems - we inspect and decide wether they are contaminated or not up to 25 products/second, and the limit is mainly physical. Also the pc shipped to customers are way faster than ours, now we're shipping i5 for example. Their cost is sinked in the machinery price so it is not a problem. But us employees... we're slaves. Treated at the bare decency minimum but slaves. The service employees often have to travel thousands of kilometers and stay abroad for weeks, nevertheless there is no such thing as a company Credit/Debit card - the emplyees must anticipate the expenses from their own accounts and then the company decides what to refund and what not (a colleague of mine got appendicitis when he was in Australia and the company didn't refund 50€ of bandages, even if he was ill-on-job). Also several colleagues report that at the end of the year they are on 2-300 € short each...
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The software actually runs fast, it is all native code especially crafted for speed since it runs on almost real time systems - we inspect and decide wether they are contaminated or not up to 25 products/second, and the limit is mainly physical. Also the pc shipped to customers are way faster than ours, now we're shipping i5 for example. Their cost is sinked in the machinery price so it is not a problem. But us employees... we're slaves. Treated at the bare decency minimum but slaves. The service employees often have to travel thousands of kilometers and stay abroad for weeks, nevertheless there is no such thing as a company Credit/Debit card - the emplyees must anticipate the expenses from their own accounts and then the company decides what to refund and what not (a colleague of mine got appendicitis when he was in Australia and the company didn't refund 50€ of bandages, even if he was ill-on-job). Also several colleagues report that at the end of the year they are on 2-300 € short each...
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
You're getting out of bed every day to be treated like that? Being unemployed and broke is preferable, and it leaves you free to pursue better options.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You're getting out of bed every day to be treated like that? Being unemployed and broke is preferable, and it leaves you free to pursue better options.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
Being unemployed and broke is preferable
No, not really. Also there are very few better offers in Italy, mostly temporary jobs that last 6 months without health care or any right whatsoever. I'm building a family, I can't afford that. Also my division is one of the best treated beause we bring in more than half the yearly revenue (despite being only 2% of the work force) and during working hours we are treated well - in other division it is forbidden to move from the desk and a formal reprimand has been issued to a colleague who went 4 times at the toilet in a morning. Now, THAT's terrible, and I'd have brought up a judiciary hell upon the company if it happened to me. Sadly, this is one of the best places here...
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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You're getting out of bed every day to be treated like that? Being unemployed and broke is preferable, and it leaves you free to pursue better options.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
Being unemployed and broke is preferable
No, not really. Also there are very few better offers in Italy, mostly temporary jobs that last 6 months without health care or any right whatsoever. I'm building a family, I can't afford that. Also my division is one of the best treated beause we bring in more than half the yearly revenue (despite being only 2% of the work force) and during working hours we are treated well - in other division it is forbidden to move from the desk and a formal reprimand has been issued to a colleague who went 4 times at the toilet in a morning. Now, THAT's terrible, and I'd have brought up a judiciary hell upon the company if it happened to me. Sadly, this is one of the best places here...
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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The software actually runs fast, it is all native code especially crafted for speed since it runs on almost real time systems - we inspect and decide wether they are contaminated or not up to 25 products/second, and the limit is mainly physical. Also the pc shipped to customers are way faster than ours, now we're shipping i5 for example. Their cost is sinked in the machinery price so it is not a problem. But us employees... we're slaves. Treated at the bare decency minimum but slaves. The service employees often have to travel thousands of kilometers and stay abroad for weeks, nevertheless there is no such thing as a company Credit/Debit card - the emplyees must anticipate the expenses from their own accounts and then the company decides what to refund and what not (a colleague of mine got appendicitis when he was in Australia and the company didn't refund 50€ of bandages, even if he was ill-on-job). Also several colleagues report that at the end of the year they are on 2-300 € short each...
Geek code v 3.12 GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
