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Comment: Re:Well, does the law force compliance? (Score 1) 316

by pete6677 (#43354973) Attached to: WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords
Illinois is the exact opposite. NOBODY gets denied unemployment here. I even knew of someone who was fired for stealing merchandise and the company was not able to contest the unemployment filing because there was no police report of the theft. Then again, this is a welfare state and politicians here like it when people scam the benefit programs since it means they are more likely to vote Democrat as a way of saying thanks.

Comment: Re:You don't (Score 1) 683

by pete6677 (#42569531) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Can I Explain To a Coworker That He Writes Bad Code?
While unmaintainable code is a bad thing, the reality of it is there are no real warranties in the software world. Every product or service has terms that state something along the lines of "we are not liable for anything" and you aren't even entitled to so much as a refund of the purchase price, although many companies will refund money if the customer is super pissed and they want to keep the customer.

Comment: Re:You don't (Score 1) 683

by pete6677 (#42569467) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Can I Explain To a Coworker That He Writes Bad Code?
JavaScript is easy to hate because its a piece of garbage. It can't make up its mind whether or not it wants to be a real programming language (will it support data types or not?) . If it weren't the only client side scripting language available, it would be abandoned like Flash.

Comment: Re:No persuasion required (Score 1) 510

by pete6677 (#42569381) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Should Employers Ban Smartphones?
Good idea. Lets go back in time 20 years just because it makes life easier for control-freak employers. Hire professionals, treat them well, and be amazed at the quality of work they do. Or continue your approach of paying peanuts, hiring monkeys, and being disappointed that they goof off all day. Which one do you think will lead to a better company overall?

Comment: Re:Ban of outside laptops (Score 1) 510

by pete6677 (#42569313) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Should Employers Ban Smartphones?
This is a non-issue 99% of the time. Your company's competitors don't care about seeing your TPS reports. Besides, an unauthorized person could just print that report and take it out the door with them. I've never seen a company with restricted printing. I hate to disappoint you, but nobody cares about your data besides you.

Comment: Re:Device administration software (Score 1) 510

by pete6677 (#42569037) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Should Employers Ban Smartphones?
This is the biggest problem with IT people. They put up with whatever shit gets shoveled onto them, and then wonder why management does not respect them. Try asking any other department to be on call 24/7, regularly work 60+ hours per week, never do personal stuff at the office, and be super-expendable whenever quarterly numbers fall a bit. It would not fly.

Comment: Re:Simple solution, more government! (Score 1) 592

by pete6677 (#42424541) Attached to: Facebook Paid 0.3% Taxes On $1.34 Billion Profits
Liberals are OK with this, since Facebook is a liberal corporation. Tax breaks are only bad when used by conservative companies such as oil producers. This is the same reason you never hear liberals demonizing pro athletes or actors/singers for making a lot of money, but they will absolutely rip into wall streeters, many of which make less.

Comment: Re:Freedom of Speech protects you from the governm (Score 3, Interesting) 1061

by pete6677 (#42310237) Attached to: Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist Church
The IRS should however relentlessly audit the books of this organization. To make sure they are compliant, you know. If they end up costing the "church" a lot of money and frustration in the process, too bad so sad. If the Obama administration has no problem using government agencies to harass non-union companies, they should have no problem doing it to the Westboro terrorists.

Comment: Re:Kind of silly (Score 1) 100

by pete6677 (#42301667) Attached to: California Sues Delta Air Lines Over Mobile Privacy
California officials have no desire to confront their fiscal problems. They would rather add to them by doing things such as building high-speed rail to nowhere and a football stadium in LA for a team they don't have using money they don't have. But it keeps the unions happy, which keeps Democrat politicians elected. That is how California (and Illinois) work in a nutshell.

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