Sounds like a personal problem, stop giving us excuses and just admit you don't like writing maintainable code.
See how easy that was!

Nope, all of your suggestions rely on the fact that you are telling someone who just sees variations in grey that a particular shade of gray is red. You are still asking them to believe you that what you describe is the color red. They can not observe the fact for themselves so in the end they just have to accept it on faith since the color red is just a concept to them. Your logic is circular which is just plain funny, I love watching people like you go around in circles.
lol

They assumed and therein lies the problem, but hey don't let the facts get in the way because that's inconvenient. ;^P

I am waiting for the botnets to start pillaging this "economy". Talk about return on investment, lol.

Unless you have citations to offer for your assumptions regarding the equipment used then you are making assumptions about consumer camera equipment and applying to purpose built equipment used in these setups. So, do you have the specs for the speed camera ticket systems or are you just giving us you anecdotal observations regarding your personal camera? Do you design systems such as these?

You seem to think you are an authority on the topic, but you have not provided any verifiable information.

Yes, some of the people responding are upset by the circumstances of your post. In their defense they get raked over the proverbial coals by internal/external auditors and security for the most minor of offenses regardless if they were aware of a rogue service/device on the network or not.The issue is that any device/service connecting to the network where sensitive(personal/financial/etc) info is held is a liability even if there is nothing sensitive stored on the machine. This is especially true if the machine is opened up to the internet because then it is available for any external attacker to use as a way to breach the network security. In regards to using a cloud service the main issues are what data will be placed there and who will access it.
You sound like an intelligent person and I am sure you can work something out with IT that will meet everyone's needs and comply with the auditors. My suggestion is to approach it like this: " Hey you guys are the professionals and I need your help setting up a group calendar/scheduling system." You would be surprised how well that one works, assuming that your IT folks are up to the task ;) .
  In the end it is all about working with people to get things done and usually a little patience and understanding goes a long ways.
Good luck!

I felt your statement was spot on in regards to Smith's position on profit seeking agents. Shaka's remark says more about his/her own position than yours. Shaka reminds me of Jack Nicholson's character Colonel Nathan Jessep in the movie "A Few Good Men", when the good Colonel scolds the prosecutors for sleeping under the very blanket of freedom he provides and then questioning the manner in which he provides it.

I recently read Smith's "Wealth of Nations" again and found his insights very profound in light of the recent economic crisis.
Just my 2 cents.

That's where you went wrong. I always test the evidence first. I certaintly would not want to waste the time/resources of Law Enforcement with flawed evidence. Right?

Yes, I saw that and had similar thoughts. Also they should look at virtual environment and look at Interactive python

Hmm, here in the U.S. where I am utility workers are not government employees. The very situation you described happened and the individual was arrested, arraigned and prosecuted.

Same here, IT and IS are separate groups but both are under CIO. The funny part is that most of the people outside IS think we are IT even though it is clearly not the case(the departmental listings say Information Services for us not Information Technology). To be honest I don't bother correcting people when they say IT, they could care less about the distinction between the terms and I have better things to do than be pedantic and piss people off.