Local admin rights and permission to install anything you want aren't the same thing. I have local admin rights, but software is still installed by our desktop team, and only approved applications and versions.

Wow, what a bunch of morons. In addition to hiring people that understand you just can't do that kind of stuff, my company has controls in place to prevent it. Want to reboot a production server? You need a change ticket, approval and you're going to be doing it during the maintenance window unless it's an emergency. Gotta do it? Call it an emergency and explain yourself later. Can't? Find another job.

At my last 2 jobs developers have had security exceptions for local admin rights. The combination of money lost due to wasted time otherwise plus the fact that developers are going to cause less harm than average users is apparently enough to persuade even management.

Ironic, isn't it, that this is coming from the most awful coverage wireless provider?

I live in Iowa and the only of those activities I could really do is cross country skiing. I've done it, it's alright. Downhill skiing I love, but it's not really an option here. It's an inconvenience, causes accidents, and my dog comes back in the house with wet feet all the time. My friends from Alabama that think it's beautiful haven't seen the disgusting, filthy snow on the side of the road.

I'm not a bitter, unhappy person. I just don't like snow. Incidentally, it's less of an inconvenience than mowing the lawn during the summer.

My point wasn't to complain about snow or even imply that we should engage in trying to eliminate it. The OP thought everyone liked snow.

Oh the irony! Or sarcasm.

No.

Really? A lot of people hate snow and would presumably be more than willing to go without. Myself included. Unfortunately, living in a tiny town just west of a larger city, if this were to ever happen I'd probably be a little unhappy.

Genius. I would say RTFA, but you all you really need to do is read the summary.

I wore one for 6 years and couldn't disagree more. I don't know how much time you spend thinking about what you're going to wear to work, but for me, it's a process that doesn't take any longer than putting my clothes on. Grab a pair of pants, while I'm putting them on spot a shirt that doesn't clash, then reach left or right for shoes that "go."

Oh, and the reason I prefer not to wear a uniform is so I can express myself. My employer can't take away my individuality!

That's right. No one will ever mistake me for a metrosexual.

Just live with it. A reasonable person can see the difference between a simple mistake years ago (especially if there is no conviction) and a habitual law breaker. I sold alcohol to a minor because I was too lazy to check an ID, and it turned out to be a sting. It didn't ruin my life.

I bet one or two of them are reading this right now.

I don't use any Firefox extensions and I feel like it's bloated. Extensions aren't the problem, they're the solution.

Firefox has slowly become more and more like what really bothered me about IE. Nothing specific -- but it's getting slower and buggier. Just like IE. It's not quick and light like it used to be. I'm ready to try Chrome on my Mac.

Dead? Wow. Apparently the 300 million people in the US that are going to turn their TVs on tonight are pretty oblivious, too. Who knew?

What I don't understand is why people aren't still ripping Microsoft for this. They make software with an exploit that can prevent your PC from booting, .... meh. It's like a data center losing your data and blaming it on a fire. Yes, the fire destroyed the data. Yes, there should have been redundancy.

Sigh.

Looking at and attempting to identify trends is a tool. You might have heard of it. It's not foolproof, and unfortuntely in this case it made eldavojohn say something. Implying that what the original comment said was racist was pure BS, though.

I suppose I should have just said what I was really thinking all along, though. eldavojohn is a huge loser that does nothing but sit around on slashdot all day posting a comment carefully crafted to make it look like he has incredible insight to EVERY STORY POSTED.

By the way, notice that I never claimed the view wasn't occidental. But "occidental", "racist" and "wrong" are all different words with different meanings.