The attitude here is that, if everyone else is doing it (however you define "everyone else"), then it's OK for you to do it, too.

Lying is lying---it doesn't matter if it's a recent college grad or a CEO. Justice has nothing to do with how much you make or how high you've climbed in life.

The only difference here is that someone got lucky and no one caught him sooner. Just because you get away with a crime doesn't mean that it suddenly isn't a crime. This guy deserves the flak he is receiving on all fronts and I have no sympathy for him any more than I would have had he been caught when he first lied about his education.

If you don't want to get strung up as a liar, cheater, and thief, then don't do those things in the first place. It's so simple, and some people never learn.

There's a simple solution to this --- just say no! If someone asks you to do something you aren't comfortable with, then get up and leave and go somewhere else. If enough people have the guts to do this, then these practices will change. If people in general follow them quietly, then they'll become an accepted part of our society and that'll be that! People are always too quick to forget that they do, in fact, have a choice in nearly everything they do!

I went through the same process about 2 years ago---and I recommend leaving as much documentation behind as possible. It's time consuming and can get big, but if you have an indexed document or documents explaining the steps needed to resolve common situations or handle regular tasks, then they'll be able to solve their problems without calling you every time. If they call you and the answer is in the documentation, you can then tell them to RTFM. If vendor documentation is good enough, then you can leave that behind as well for them. Either way, this puts much of the training on them, and not on you, since you only have a single day to explain everything that you've learned over the course of 5 years!

I think it's silly that Apple always ends up being the target of this sort of complaint. Are any of our electronic devices manufactured in quality, safe facilities where workers are given 40 hour (or less) work weeks, vacaction time, full medical benefits, and a 401(k) plan? Is your Droid or Windows phone manufactured any differently? How about your TV, PS3, or Blu Ray player? This is a commentary on 2 things: 1) Working conditions in China For this, the Chinese government will need to be persuaded to change their policies to protect their workers more. Either the people of China rise up and demand better working conditions, or people around the world stop buying their stuff. Without that change, the horrible working conditions there are essentially legal and will continue. 2) A company's desire to produce their electronics cheaply and very quickly. Cell phone makers can't produce their hardware in the US. It'd be a beautiful gesture if they could, but it's impossible. The cost to do so would mean that your $200 cell phone would suddenly cost $500 and your $500 cell phone would go for maybe $1000? Beyond that, the US, and many Western countries lack the necessary infrastructure to manufacture technology at the speed and volume that occurs in China. Will the US make the dramatic changes necessary to "bring jobs home", as everyone always asks for? Would US workers be willing to make $5/hour to support this new industry and guarantee a shift in global industry? I for one don't like the fact that everything I buy comes from somewhere in southeast Asia, but our society has been embracing this change for decades, and to change it from what it is now will require immense effort by many people for many years in order to know that all of these great toys we buy aren't the product of underpaid, overworked, tortured people.

Tablets, laptops, and desktops all serve different crowds: A desktop is for all computing needs where you don't need to be on the road---everything from checking email to graphics design or programming. They're cheapest and you get the most horsepower for your $. A laptop is for someone who needs most of the power of the desktop, but on the go. Laptops run similar OSs, have somewhat similar specs, interface, and try to cram it all into a portable box. The price tag is higher and you compromise some on graphics and processing power, but most people do not use laptops for intense processing. A tablet is for quick information gathering or posting on the go. It's great as a e-book reader, a GPS, an internet browser, or other applications when time, space, and location are limited. I give Apple a ton of credit as they took a market that had been failing over and over for years and made it into a success---maybe not everyone agrees with their business model or the devices they create, but you cannot deny that they are on a roll and have the market captivated with everything they do (if this wasn't the case, you wouldn't see multiple posts on /. every day about them).

Does anyone NEED math in their life? I'm sure you could get by without it and survive...but you're guaranteed to live a lot worse! Probability, basic accounting practices, decimal/fractional math, and other basic stuff we learned early on may seem simple and basic enough, but few people understand it well enough to use it to their advantage in life! Taking out a mortgage? You'll be in bad shape if you don't understand all the types of loans out there, the benefits of each, and be able to determine which is the best deal for your house. Our mortgage crisis wasn't caused by well-educated Americans making careful and thoughtful decisions! Out shopping? Being able to compare prices and quickly do that basic decimal math in your head (and add or subtract percentages) can save a lot of money in the long run! Beyond all the simple economic examples, I like being able to read the news, whether it's politics, science, or economics, and have a clue what's really going on. Math isn't just for test scores and educational grants, it's so people can understand the world. Understanding math allows people to solve problems better and to apply analytical skills to the world around them instead of judging based on biases, rumor, or the opinions of others. It's lack of science and math knowledge that's allowing people to hold ignorant beliefs and make poor decisions, whether on a mortgage, or on who to vote for in an upcoming election. Will the average guy need Calculus for anything...nope. Will they need alot of other math skills in order to live their lives the best they can? Most definitely!

It seems that the first responses to a request like this is to suggest new technologies and programs to solve the problem. It sounds, though, like 95% of the problem is that there are no procedures and organization in place already so that files have a purpose or place to go. A good file storage policy with the appropriate instructions sent to the users could just as easily make this work going forward. I've seen collections of millions of files that were perfectly fine as they were organized by user, purpose, source, destination, etc...and then subdivided as needed...and users knew what the organization was and how to maintain it (to their own benefit as it means they can find their own stuff). You can also institute a more structured system where organization is already there for them to use, but it's your call. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS figure out how you want things to be organized first! What are the functions of these files, why are they saved, who created them,, who accesses them? This will make the job of sorting the mess out easier.