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Often this latter thing requires one to make an improvement on the present programme or process for which there is in managerial terms no time nor budget available. So the fault remains, often causing a great deal more expense after due credit has been given for the present results. There is no investigation about it, the need to correct it and proceed to produce output is too strong. We are not driven by the need to do accurate work but instead the cheep and timely result is the aim. When will they ever learn?>>

Above terrific insight was in response to a question < (Not individually, but the organization they work in)?
At Cadbury Schweppes, people are paid to notice if there is a malfunction in the automatic canning machine. If the machine malfunctioned, and no-one noticed, tens of thousands of defective packs of cans might be packed.

Computer programmers (and I suppose I mean the admirals and politicians running the organization, because they are the people who are doing the real programming) don't seem to be being paid to notice major malfunctions.

People don't seem to possess the tools they need to help them make usable suggestions for improvement.

Suggestions need to be able to be captured, and then considered for costs and benefits, and the best suggestions, if any, used.

Without proper tools to assess the quality of suggested improvements, the organization is reduced to having to "implement" a few haphazard suggestions in order to show it is "on top of" the current problems.

So an organization, perhaps responsible for safety-critical software, is reduced to implementing suggestions proposed by staff.
[A/Have a look at this code the supplier is planning to use.
B/This angle variable is in the range 0 to 360 degrees. Shouldn't that be 0 to 359.9 ?]
The customer's suggestion to change the code to 359.9 may be poorly thought through. This is an example of a poorly thought-through "improvement".>>

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HP’s new Dm3z laptops have this processor in it and the 1.6GHz throws me off. My HP has a Dual Core 2 Duo with 2.0Ghz. Can someone explain to me if these are any good? Looking to get this computer for my girlfriend http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/328626/HP-Pavilion-dm3-1030us-13-3/

AMD Athlon(TM) Neo X2 Dual-Core L335 Processor (1.6GHz, 512KB) with ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics
1.6 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache. These graphics immerse you in a full HD experience with quiet mobile PC operation, even on the go. Enjoy more vibrant colors and lifelike picture quality with ATI Avivio HD. You’ll get full HD functionality for movies, games, and digital photos on your notebook, plus DirectX 10 graphics performance for the latest 3-D games at a value price. DISCLAIMERS: AMD’s numbering is not a measure of clock speed. This system requires a separately purchased 64-bit operating system and 64-bit software products to take advantage of the 64-bit processing capabilities of AMD technology. Dual/quad/triple-core processing available with AMD technology is designed to improve performance of this system. Given the wide range of software applications available, performance of a system including a 64-bit operating system and dual-core processor will vary..AMD’s numbering is not a measure of clock speed. System memory dedicated to video performance is not available for other use by other programs. This disclaimer affects system memory and graphics. Battery life will vary depending on product model, configuration, loaded applications, features, power management settings. Maximum capacity of battery will decrease with time and usage. ATI Avivo HD is a technology platform that includes a broad set of capabilities offered by certain ATI Radeon HD graphics. Not all products have all features. As Blu-Ray is a new format containing new technologies, certain disc, digital connection, compatibility and/or performance issues may arise, and do not constitute defects in the product. Flawless playback on all systems is not guaranteed. In order for some Blu-ray titles to play, they may require a DVI or HDMI digital connection and your display may require HDCP support. HD-DVD movies cannot be played on this Desktop PC. HD content required to view HD images.
This isn’t a PC, its a Laptop.

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i got this email a few days ago:

FROM THE EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION AWARD COMITEE
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AVENUE CHRLES DE GUILE
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E-mail( lotteryawardcompanyoffice@one.co.il )

MOTTO : CELEBRATING THE DIFFERENCE YOU’VE MADE
€850,000.00 EMAIL SELECTION AWARD WINNING PRIZE 2010

!!!CONGRATULATION!!!

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which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of €850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Euros).

NOTE: Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocols to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by International software organization committee, we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next coming (1million euro) international lottery.
To file for your claim, Please contact the claiming Agent stated below to receive your winning Money immediately:

NAME: Mr Yunus Ibra
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CONGRATULATIONS: Contact your claim agent for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims officer not later than 10th of March, 2010. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

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Best Wishes.
The Management,
Lottery Organisation.

i did not think it was real so i emailed them asking for more info and got this reply:
Dear Lucky winner. We have two options in this office

Dear Lucky winner ,

Attn:

OPTION 1. This programme is a world wide programme. I advise you to furnish us with your details to enable us transfer your charity prize if all obligations are fulfilled. This programme is called united lotto random e-mail pick by the computer for all email users that fall in. Although, it will go through the ministry of justice for authentication here in Burkina Faso. After you provide the banking information, the claiming manger will send it to the ministry of justice for a legal clearance and after which, the chairman of the Board of Directors will sign your winning cheque. It will sent to your paying bank who will transfer your charity prize into your bank account anywhere in the world within 48hours.

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Congratulations for winning in this programme.
Fill this CLAIMING RELEASE FORM below and send it immediately to this e-mail Address and Call me after you have sent the form to this Email address because I am a very busy person.
Regard.
Claiming Agent.
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Tel: ( +226 78 04 94 15 ).

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PERSONAL DETAILS

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OFFICIAL WINNING INFORMATIONS
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For my high school technology class, I’m supposed to interview someone who works in the IT field. Unfortunately, I don’t know anyone that fulfills the requirements of the assignment. Here is the list of questions:

1. Personal information (employee name, employer name, workplace address, work telephone number, job title, number of years on current job, years of computer experience).

2. What kind of computer system(s) do you use (hardware, software, printers, other related equipment)?

3. What kind of training have you received in order to use the computer system effectively? Do you find the IT Technical Staff in your firm to be helpful and easy to work with?

4. What business processes (operational) are supported by the IT systems in your workplace?

5. How does management use the IT system to support their activities?

6. Is your system part of a network? If so, who is the network administrator? How often do you interact with the administrator? What kinds of issues do you discuss with the administrator?

7. Are your computer systems connected to your customers, suppliers or partners? If so, describe how the system is used to connect to these entities.

8. As your career has progressed, what changes in IT have you noticed and how have these changes in IT contributed to your performance?

9. Has using the computer system at work influenced your life outside of work? If so, in what way?

10. What advice would you give to a new employee about the IT supported workplace?

*Apparently we’re supposed to find someone with 10 years work experience. I guess if it’s close to 10 it won’t matter.
**If someone kindly does answer these questions, would you mind if I e-mailed 5 follow-up questions? We need to come up with 5 questions of our own, and I don’t know what to ask without prior information.

I know this might take some time, but if anyone is willing to answer these questions I would be eternally grateful!!!

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The email says:

“Due to suspicious activity, the Battle.net account (email address) has been locked. To restore access to this account, please follow these steps:

Step 1: Secure Your Computer

In the event that your computer has been infected with malicious software such as a keylogger or trojan, simply changing your password may not deter future attacks without first ensuring that your computer is free from these programs. Please visit our Account Security website to learn how to secure your computer from unauthorized access.

Step 2: Secure Your E-mail Account

After you have secured your computer, please create a new password for your e-mail account since it may also be compromised. Be sure to check your e-mail filters and rules and look for any e-mail forwarding rules that you did not create. For more information on securing your e-mail account, visit the Support page.

Step 3: Check the Password

You must check your password in order to resume using this Battle.net account. Please click this link to choose a new password:

https://us.battle.net/account/support/pa…

*Note that if this link no longer grants access to Battle.net account management or this link has been compromised, you should go to your account management website to check your account status as soon as possible at http://support.battle.accountsecurity.us…

Sincerely,
The Battle.net Account Team
Online Privacy Policy”

It is from “WoWAccountEU@review.blizzard.com”, which is not the official Blizzard email address, yet when I click on the link to reset my password, no “Web Forgery Detected!” page comes up, and the start of the url is in blue, which states the site is secure.

I really don’t know if this is a true email or not. Are these hackers just using smarter tactics, or is this an official email?

Note: Another thing that confused me was that it’s the US BattleNet; my WoW account is European. Though I have sent an email to US Battlenet before (By mistake )

/In before TL;DR

Hope you can help! <3

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what should i supply them in order to make their work easier…and when i say easier i mean to cooperate well and to make good result?…

one good answer that helped me was this one from H4×0rchix0r

I think you should have:

1) a project management application that all three of you can access and update
2) a test environment – for that, I would recommend virtualization so that it doesn’t interfere with your production environment

for 1 and 2 i still have questions

1)project manager has to do with content management?and if not then what is the difference?

2)what is the role of test enviroment?

and i also want to state that i want to be the person who guides the process and organise developers that make dynamic sites,flash,actionscript,animations .is this software appropriate and if yes how?please suggest me any possible way for a better co operation for a job of web development from distance….

thank you

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Since the late 1990s, federal agents have reported systemic communications security breaches at the Department of Justice, FBI, DEA, the State Department, and the White House. Several of the alleged breaches, these agents say, can be traced to two hi-tech communications companies, Verint Inc. (formerly Comverse Infosys), and Amdocs Ltd., that respectively provide major wiretap and phone billing/record-keeping software contracts for the U.S. government. Together, Verint and Amdocs form part of the backbone of the government’s domestic intelligence surveillance technology. Both companies are based in Israel – having arisen to prominence from that country’s cornering of the information technology market – and are heavily funded by the Israeli government, with connections to the Israeli military and Israeli intelligence (both companies have a long history of board memberships dominated by current and former Israeli military and intelligence officers). Verint is considered the world leader in “electronic interception” and hence an ideal private sector candidate for wiretap outsourcing. Amdocs is the world’s largest billing service for telecommunications, with some $2.8 billion in revenues in 2007, offices worldwide, and clients that include the top 25 phone companies in the United States that together handle 90 percent of all call traffic among U.S. residents. The companies’ operations, sources suggest, have been infiltrated by freelance spies exploiting encrypted trapdoors in Verint/Amdocs technology and gathering data on Americans for transfer to Israeli intelligence and other willing customers (particularly organized crime). “The fact of the vulnerability of our telecom backbone is indisputable,” says a high level U.S. intelligence officer who has monitored the fears among federal agents. “How it came to pass, why nothing has been done, who has done what – these are the incendiary questions.” If the allegations are true, the electronic communications gathered up by the NSA and other U.S. intelligence agencies might be falling into the hands of a foreign government. Reviewing the available evidence, Robert David Steele, a former CIA case officer and today one of the foremost international proponents for “public intelligence in the public interest,” tells me that “Israeli penetration of the entire US telecommunications system means that NSA’s warrantless wiretapping actually means Israeli warrantless wiretapping.”

As early as 1999, the National Security Agency issued a warning that records of U.S. government telephone calls were ending up in foreign hands – Israel’s, in particular. In 2002, assistant U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Diegelman issued an eyes only memo on the matter to the chief information technology (IT) officers at the Department of Justice. IT officers oversee everything from the kind of cell phones agents carry to the wiretap equipment they use in the field; their defining purpose is secure communications. Diegelman’s memo was a reiteration, with overtones of reprimand, of a new IT policy instituted a year earlier, in July 2001, in an internal Justice order titled “2640.2D Information Technology Security.” Order 2640.2D stated that “Foreign Nationals shall not be authorized to access or assist in the development, operation, management or maintenance of Department IT systems.” This might not seem much to blink at in the post-9/11 intel and security overhaul. Yet 2640.2D was issued a full two months before the Sept. 11 attacks. What group or groups of foreign nationals had close access to IT systems at the Department of Justice? Israelis, according to officials in law enforcement. One former Justice Department computer crimes prosecutor tells me, speaking on background, “I’ve heard that the Israelis can listen in to our calls.”

Retired CIA counterterrorism and counterintelligence officer Philip Giraldi says this is par for the course in the history of Israeli penetrations in the U.S. He notes that Israel always features prominently in the annual FBI report called “Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage” – Israel is second only to China in stealing U.S. business secrets. The 2005 FBI report states, for example, “Israel has an active program to gather proprietary information within the United States. These collection activities are primarily directed at obtaining information on military systems and advanced computing applications that can be used in Israel’s sizable armaments industry.” A key Israeli method, warns the FBI report, is computer intrusion.

I am refering to the patriot act actually the NSA is who is spying and the companies they use are Israeli so The Israeli’s are spying on america FOR the U.S government how stupid is that!

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is this up to snuff? what improvements? This is for IT work particularly with installation.

Qualifications
I am an Information Technology professional with a diverse background seeking to contribute my wide range of skills not limited to my knowledge of computer hardware and software but also my experience in face-to-face dealings, supervision, research and analysis as well as self-management, multi-tasking and efficiency to a technical service role. I possess broad insight and understanding to the needs and goals of my employer and bring a respectful yet assertive attitude towards completing my assignments to satisfaction. Adapt well to evolving roles within a project and work well with others. Easily identify and resolve technical issues and concerns. Excellent communication and presentation capabilities

Technical Skills

Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7-MS Office 2003/2007-Novell-Unix/Linux-Oracle-TCP/IP-Desktop and Work Centre Printers/Multi-functions-Routers/LAN/WAN-Norton-AVG-BASIC

Professional Experience

Oscar Robertson Solutions, Cincinnati, OH(08/2009-05/2010)
Optimization Associate(via Ajilon Professional)
Co-managed Manage Print Go Lives at various Procter and Gamble facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Solely managed Manage Print Go Live at Procter and Gamble Duracell facility in Bethel, Connecticut.
Networking and System Configuration for new Manage Print Devices.
Data collection and area mapping of old printer/fax devices as part of conversion.
Equipment roll outs and device assembly as well as troubleshooting and break-fix as needed.

Finlay Jewelry, Cincinnati, OH(8/2008-4/2009)
Operations Clerical
Performed various administrative duties such as balancing daily transactions, maintaining detailed inventory records, ensuring timestamp accuracy for all employees within company timecard application, mailings and maintaining corporate correspondence via MS Outlook and MS Access as well as training and motivating sales professionals.
Audio/Visual Marketing
Responsible for resolving customer issues and providing sales assistance as needed.

Standard Textile, Cincinnati, OH(Summer 2008)
Clerical Assistant, temporary(via Trak Staffing Solutions)
Independently identify and catalogue hard copy files in company’s legal department warehouse
Created detailed spreadsheets in MS Excel to inventory and to allow easy and reliable retrieval of hard copy files for legal department personnel.
Sort, reorder, box and shelve files in office alphanumerical order.
General clerical duties as needed.

GE Money bank, North Canton, OH (04/2007-09/2007)
Customer Service/Collections, temporary(via Kelly Services)
Provided customer service support for users of GE Money lines of credit.
Promoted to collections department to recover payments for past due accounts.

Genie Overhead Door, Alliance, OH(11/2006-03/2007)
Tier 3 Technical Support, temporary(via Ryan Alternative Staffing)
Performed diagnostics and troubleshooting of device issues via telephone, documented ticket/resolutions, dispatched work orders and resolved customer issues and concerns.
Employee of the Week January 2007.

McDonalds, Navarre, OH(04/2004-08/2006)
General Crew/3rd Shift Supervisor
As General Crew handled food preparation, customer service store maintenance.
Promoted to Shift Supervisor(Experimental 3rd Shift) where high productivity and low overhead yielded average net profit of $7,000 per month for aforementioned shift. 3rd shift canceled in all other locations save mine.
Employee of the Month April 2006.

Shearers Foods, Brewster, OH 11/2003-02/2004)
Packaging/Maintenance, Seasonal
Product Packaging and Quality Selection.
Promoted to Maintenance Team handling equipment and facility care.

Hardee’s, Navarre, OH(09/2000-11/2003)
Crew Team Member
Food preparation, customer service and store maintenance.

Education

Raymond Walters College, Blue Ash, OH(09/2007-06/2009)
Radiation Sciences, No Degree.
Relevant Coursework: Linux/Unix, Oracle, Dreamweaver

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For my high school technology class, I’m supposed to interview someone who works in the IT field. Unfortunately, I don’t know anyone that fulfills the requirements of the assignment. Here is the list of questions:

1. Personal information (employee name, employer name, workplace address, work telephone number, job title, number of years on current job, years of computer experience).

2. What kind of computer system(s) do you use (hardware, software, printers, other related equipment)?

3. What kind of training have you received in order to use the computer system effectively? Do you find the IT Technical Staff in your firm to be helpful and easy to work with?

4. What business processes (operational) are supported by the IT systems in your workplace?

5. How does management use the IT system to support their activities?

6. Is your system part of a network? If so, who is the network administrator? How often do you interact with the administrator? What kinds of issues do you discuss with the administrator?

7. Are your computer systems connected to your customers, suppliers or partners? If so, describe how the system is used to connect to these entities.

8. As your career has progressed, what changes in IT have you noticed and how have these changes in IT contributed to your performance?

9. Has using the computer system at work influenced your life outside of work? If so, in what way?

10. What advice would you give to a new employee about the IT supported workplace?

*Apparently we’re supposed to find someone with 10 years work experience. I guess if it’s close to 10 it won’t matter. At this point, one year would be fine.
**If someone kindly does answer these questions, would you mind if I e-mailed 5 follow-up questions? We need to come up with 5 questions of our own, and I don’t know what to ask without prior information.

I know this might take some time, but if anyone is willing to answer these questions I would be eternally grateful!!!

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