With due respect, your response is also bogus. That sentence didn't just fall into Google's terms of service. It was intentionally put there so that when Google decides they truly don't want servers on their network, they can terminate your agreement and connection. It's truly naive of you to think this language is completely innocent and has zero chance of being enforced.
secretary: OK. so what do you mean that "this new ribbon bar is all you need"? Where'd my "print" menu go???
They have to ask that every time a new version of MS Office comes out anyway.
For the same reason that if it's better to give a dehydrated man 2 glasses of water instead of 1, it is not logical to give him 50 glasses of water. It is a complete logical fallacy to claim that because a small increase of something is better, any amount of increase is better. Try again.
My AR10 will take out a fully armored military personnel easily. and remember, the military fires FMJ rounds. I'll be firing hunting rounds that when I hit his arm, it will blow off.
I'm bothered that anyone is posting anything like the above here. And are proud of it.
we have problems with people's attention being distracted from their jobs....
We also suffer from vandalism...
Management has dismissed half of the lessons ever learned about keeping personnel happy. They don't give a damn about happy employees.
You don't have a smartphone problem, you have serious H.R. problems. Taking away cellphones ain't gonna help one little bit with that.
If you work in a DoD environment then you have to accept the possibility that you're not going to be able to bring your device in the building. It sucks sometimes sure but if the risk is information coming in or going out then this helps mitigate it a great deal.
The problem is multifold, but the main one that jumps out at me is what if these rules are enacted AFTER you accept the position? And what if there is a completely valid reason for you having a cell phone (family crisis, etc.)? Employers who don't support their employees' needs are likely to suffer talent drain. Of course, they won't admit or recognize this until it's too late.
If not having your pacifier with you at all times makes you that uncomfortable, find a different job.
Yeah. My mom is critically ill in the hospital right now, so my iPhone is not a 'pacifier'. It is a lifeline to the doctors, nurses, family members, and friends who are helping care for her when I can't be because I have to come into that job you are so cavalier about me ditching. And several of them prefer texting (so they can communicate silently without bothering the patient), so forwarding the cell to my desk (which I often have to get up from) is not an option.
Then they shouldn't use Skype, period. Skype is so notoriously unreliable, that for FB to not have a plan to reconnect a bad Skype connection is absolutely unprofessional.
One man's constant is another man's variable. -- A.J. Perlis