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Whoops! Apparently, we haven't mastered email yet.

Whoops! Apparently, we haven't mastered email yet.lollol. Hate to say it, but if something like say, a layoff gets out like this, you can bet that there's no way to retract it. Even if you [i]could[/i] do it (which you really can't - there's no "take back this message" function...

Tags: Whoops, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.

Virtualization is hot because Windows is not.Poor UNIX weenies[i]"...every new application required a new Windows box. That happens to be the way most IT departments work and it is a good thing for Microsoft because that is the way Windows works!"[/i]Not really. We stuff all kinds of crap on...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, virtualization, McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows, server, incompetence, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

Verizon: New fiber rollout isn't cheap

Verizon: New fiber rollout isn't cheapBungled roll out ....FIOS is available on the street adjacent to our neighborhood, but not in our neighborhood. Despite Verizon sending us weekly mailings saying it IS available. Incompetence is my guess.If Verizon fails, it will be because of bungled opportunites like this.Cable...

Tags: Network technology, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Old Tech, TV, broadband, INcompetence, God, Verizon Communications Inc., fiber, WiMAX, Fios

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

In IT, you can't tell incompetence from fraud

In IT, you can't tell incompetence from fraudOr, just maybethe developer who put that particular page together overlooked something and it broke.I know its a one in a million long shot but it could just be a simple mistake coupled with a badly configured web.config file.Comedy ContinuesI too received an...

Tags: Litigation, Linux, .NET, Operating systems, Development tools, author obviously, information technology, Microsoft IIS Server, PHP, error page, error message, fraud, incompetence, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET, programming, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-01-19

In IT, you can't tell incompetence from fraud

In IT, you often cant tell incompetence from fraud. For example, I was clicking through on google hits to see if anyone else had identified the CPU in Apples playphone as a PowerPC (out of Samsung, by IBM) and hit this on a major financial site: ...

Tags: incompetence

Blog posts 2007-01-19

Are programmers underpaid, or executives overpaid?

Are programmers underpaid, or executives overpaid?Start his own company of course"What's a programmer who's already at the top of his or her development track to do?"No one ever hired Bill Gates or Michael Dell as an executive. They hired themselves.we should outsource executives to India;)Haven't seen a 3% raise...

Tags: likeness, Dilbert Principle, Dilbert, incompetence

Discussion threads 2006-08-28

Google exec challenges Berners-Lee

Google exec challenges Berners-Leeand last on the list"They won't need Google" (or anyone else for that matter...)Tim, Google, and all thatOK guys, it's time to read Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu docs again. No reason to reinvent.too funny ...... it makes my belly hurt. Get this:"We deal with millions...

Tags: SEARCH, Storage, Google Inc., incompetence

Discussion threads 2006-07-19

The competence of IT outsourcing

Paul Murphy argued in a blog post today that outsourcing mission-critical IT functions is a sign of management-level incompetence. Quoting from that post: ...outsourcing is a solution to internal incompetence at either, or both, the business and IT levels. Thus it's quite true that very few CEOs or CFOs...

Tags: General Motors Corp., information technology, outsourcing

Blog posts 2006-03-01

Who's blocking Vonage?

Who's blocking Vonage?The company is Comcast...who just rolled out their own VoIP solution. I have relatives who are affected by this. They can't receive incoming calls intermittently.It's NOT a good thing. Broadband companies, unfortunately, have an incentive to do this because they also want to offer some...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Network technology, broadband, Vonage Holdings Corp., WiMAX, Comcast Corp., information technology, incompetence

Discussion threads 2005-03-09

Microsoft skips Itanium with new Windows

Microsoft skips Itanium with new WindowsMS next hardware acquisition, AMD:) Just joshing.Shades of the Alphaanother one bites the dustA pity.Well, there's plenty of other Server OSs for Itanium2. Somehow I don't think this will really hurt Intel's sales of Itanium 2.MS incompetence?[Edited] "Years ago, Microsoft committed to produce Windows...

Tags: Processors, Microsoft Windows, Intel Itanium, Microsoft Corp., incompetence, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Alpha

Discussion threads 2004-11-10

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Inappropriate Performance Review Phrases (We'd All Like to Use)

Complete waste of skin. nt..The 7 P's"Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Performance. He has the last three down to a science." or "I'm not sure what we would do without his wit, however, I'm not sure what he does without it." This employee......will only be productive when we discover...

Tags: Performance management, Inappropriate Performance Review Phrases, performance

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Inappropriate Performance Review Phrases (We'd All Like to Use)

The toughest performance reviews are the ones for the most troubling of employees. How do you capture their ineptitude, indifference or incompetence in a pithy, to-the-point phrase? Read on... by Brian Sommer

Tags: Performance, Performance Review, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-11-17

Rogue Amoeba: App Store 'broken'

Yikes, I will never buy an iPhone app then[i]Kafasis goes on to say that Rogue Amoeba won't develop additional apps and that updates to its existing iPhone applications "will likely be rare."[/i]How terrible! You buy an iPhone app, it has a couple bugs in it, but because of Apple's incompetence...

Tags: Smart phones, way thing, Rogue Amoeba, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Sony Ericsson announces XPERIA X10 Google Android device

8GB8GB? definitely not enough in 2010. especially for a media centric phone with a 4" screen. 32 GB will be pretty standard by then. what is it with these companies that they are so cheap with storage?iphoneand isn't it amazing how all these shiny new phones are exact copies of...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, XPERIA X10, Apple iPhone, phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Bells give net neutrality the McCain two-step

Net neutrality can only...be accomplished by a company divesting the provision of the infrastructure from the provision of the services that use the infrastructure. As long as the same company provides both services there will never be neutrality. These companies have to much at stake in delivering services that ride...

Tags: Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

SCO story ends with a whimper

William Shakespear should have expanded on his "first ... the lawyers" bit!It is hard to feel sorry for people who go crying all the way to the bank!BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!Good riddance.Someone remind meThis turned out exactly how Bitty/No Ax predicted, right?: o )SCO Xenix & UnixRather sad that their expertise at delivering...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, SCO Group Inc., BSD, Linux, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Microsoft breaks Firefox

IE Welded into WindowsIE is welded into the Windows Operating System,that is why Windows is so insecure and proneto viruses/worms.They thought by making IE basically explorer.exein concept they would ruin any competitor likeNetscape well they did in a way.Interesting part of it is, they failed becauseFirefox is the most popular...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Windows 7 to 'Elevate Miami'

They could've done it for free with Linux or UNIX...They could've done it for free with Linux or UNIX, then used the money they saved to buy even more computers.I am sure they knew that...and apparently nobody cares.I am not so sure...there's a lot of incompetence in the public service.They...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Unix, OOo, computer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Sidekick outage says more about the future of 'Pink' than Microsoft's cloud

This isn't about any service.This is about Microsoft in general. It brings up the question of whether they can manage a server environment. It doesn't matter what that environment is. Preservation of data is always job one. And this is the job where the failure occurred. So Pink, Azure, cloud,...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Corp., Azure, job, Pink, IT administration

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

T-Mobile offers Sidekick customers $100 credit, is that enough to retain them all?

Lets see those T-Mobile Customer Service figures againSomehow Sprint or even MetroPCS don't seem too shabby anymore. Personally, if I just lost all my data from my cell company's incompetence there is no way in hell I'd stay with them. They'd have to give me that android phone and comp...

Tags: T-Mobile, SideKick, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-13