Comments on: Ten Ways to get fired and/or arrested at work http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rants and Revelations » Followup on: Ten Ways to get fired and/or arrested at work http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-43870 Rants and Revelations » Followup on: Ten Ways to get fired and/or arrested at work Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:30:43 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-43870 [...] Rants and Revelations » Ten Ways to get fired and/or arrested at work? Well, I got an email from the author of the WSJ article: Hi Paul, Thanks for the candid feedback. [...] [...] Rants and Revelations » Ten Ways to get fired and/or arrested at work? Well, I got an email from the author of the WSJ article: Hi Paul, Thanks for the candid feedback. [...]

]]> By: David Parsons http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42862 David Parsons Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:46:52 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42862 I found one comment on the lifehacker site to be particularly funny: "I'm a sysadmin and if I saw you doing that I'd fire you!" Since when does anyone give the BOFH authority to fire people? Even the dumbest manager has enough sense to listen to their "DANGER! DANGER!" alarm when such a thing is proposed. I found one comment on the lifehacker site to be particularly funny: “I’m a sysadmin and if I saw you doing that I’d fire you!”

Since when does anyone give the BOFH authority to fire people? Even the dumbest manager has enough sense to listen to their “DANGER! DANGER!” alarm when such a thing is proposed.

]]> By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42696 Paul Tomblin Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:05:53 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42696 Sorry, "cmdoptesc", there still seems to be some interaction between the Spam Karma 2 plugin and the OpenID plugin. I haven't figured it out yet, but it looks like the OpenID plugin somehow eats the form variables that Spam Karma 2 puts in. It seems to work well for some people and not others. Sorry, “cmdoptesc”, there still seems to be some interaction between the Spam Karma 2 plugin and the OpenID plugin. I haven’t figured it out yet, but it looks like the OpenID plugin somehow eats the form variables that Spam Karma 2 puts in. It seems to work well for some people and not others.

]]> By: cmdoptesc@livejournal http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42659 cmdoptesc@livejournal Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:17:38 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42659 Check out the comments back at one of the contributor's homes, Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/software/productivity/10-things-your-it-department-wont-tell-you-284192.php Hey Paul, when I tried to post this comment using my OpenID identity, WordPress told me: <blockquote>WordPress You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.</blockquote> Check out the comments back at one of the contributor’s homes, Lifehacker:

http://lifehacker.com/software/productivity/10-things-your-it-department-wont-tell-you-284192.php

Hey Paul, when I tried to post this comment using my OpenID identity, WordPress told me:

WordPress

You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.

]]> By: Tina Marie http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42349 Tina Marie Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:16:52 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42349 *headdesk* On the upside, people doing things like the WSJ is recommending is what pays my salary. *headdesk*

On the upside, people doing things like the WSJ is recommending is what pays my salary.

]]> By: Rich Lafferty http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42318 Rich Lafferty Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:03:39 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42318 "Hit Alt-Tab to quickly minimize one window (say, the one where you're browsing ESPN.com) and maximize another (like that presentation that's due today)." YOU KEEP USING THOSE WORDS etc. “Hit Alt-Tab to quickly minimize one window (say, the one where you’re browsing ESPN.com) and maximize another (like that presentation that’s due today).”

YOU KEEP USING THOSE WORDS etc.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42311 Jessica Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:36:38 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42311 Also, it's amazing how unobvious stuff can be even to so-called power users. Back in university, one of my friends (and he was a unix power user) set the permissions on his home directory to drwx-wx-wx on the grounds that he wanted people to be able to put files in his directory, but at the same time he was very protective of his privacy and didn't want anyone to see his files. It took a demonstration (me putting nasty things in his home directory while arguing about this with him in the lab) before he established that this wasn't a great idea. Also, it’s amazing how unobvious stuff can be even to so-called power users.

Back in university, one of my friends (and he was a unix power user) set the permissions on his home directory to drwx-wx-wx on the grounds that he wanted people to be able to put files in his directory, but at the same time he was very protective of his privacy and didn’t want anyone to see his files.

It took a demonstration (me putting nasty things in his home directory while arguing about this with him in the lab) before he established that this wasn’t a great idea.

]]> By: Jessica http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42308 Jessica Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:32:18 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42308 Yes, let's give advice to the people who don't understand WHY the rules are in place so that they can create more work for the rest of us. Mind you, I have occasionally broken several of these rules (specific rules that are policy guidelines rather than enforced in stone) for specific reasons, but I am actually careful about it. E.g. I download and install open source products such as Firefox and ssh clients on my system, as it's recognized that the "rules for everybody" don't apply the same way to IT staff, but I am choosy about what I use, and I don't disable or subvert the existing security to do it. Yes, let’s give advice to the people who don’t understand WHY the rules are in place so that they can create more work for the rest of us.

Mind you, I have occasionally broken several of these rules (specific rules that are policy guidelines rather than enforced in stone) for specific reasons, but I am actually careful about it.

E.g. I download and install open source products such as Firefox and ssh clients on my system, as it’s recognized that the “rules for everybody” don’t apply the same way to IT staff, but I am choosy about what I use, and I don’t disable or subvert the existing security to do it.

]]> By: Barry Price http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42298 Barry Price Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:45:52 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2007/08/01/ten-ways-to-get-fired-andor-arrested-at-work#comment-42298 I've done all ten, if you substitute Gmail for the "online storage" websites, and ignore the Blackberry rules (never had one, never want one). In my defense, it was usually because I was required or instructed to do so. Which is a different problem entirely... I’ve done all ten, if you substitute Gmail for the “online storage” websites, and ignore the Blackberry rules (never had one, never want one).

In my defense, it was usually because I was required or instructed to do so. Which is a different problem entirely…

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