I saw the following two headlines next to each other in the CP "Daily News" yesterday:
Tech coalitions pen open letter to Burr and Feinstein over bill banning encryption
Microsoft rolls out new programs to incent IT pros to go cloud
OK, we know that Feinstein and Co. have produced something that is DOA all the way around, but still, the juxtaposition of these two headlines made me ask the question: Would any company or any responsible IT pro put their stuff out on the web without some decent encryption to protect it? It seems to me that the current concept of "cloud" that Microsoft is betting so heavily on would become instantly dead in the US if anything like the Feinstein/whoever bill came into effect. I know that (as written) "Feinstein" contains "Einstein", but it sure seems like the spelling is all they share...

I had the same set of problems - I changed jobs. If the idiot managers think that everyone is like them, then they deserve to have everyone like them.

I have loved Linux since I put my kids on it and realized that I didn't have to clean up after it every time they went out on the web and the machine caught a virus - it just didn't catch them. That lack of headaches made it a wonderful experience alone, and the kids ended up learning a lot more than if they had had a more commercial system.

This has reached a crescendo, so I will take its measure. Anybody have a treble hook so I can catch some bass?

Be careful, someone is taking notes.

You might look at Republic Wireless service - for $5 a month (plus adders) they give you Wifi-based "cell service" anywhere you can get Wifi. You have to pay for a Moto-G or Moto-X up front. For $10 a month (I pay around $11.70 with everything) you get voice-only cell service (Sprint-based) when you are out of Wifi range. The sound on Wifi has gotten a lot better than it used to be, too. I am still stuck with a contract cell phone, but I use this for a "home phone" that I can carry everywhere.