Subj : Re: Halt and Catch Fire
To   : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Wed May 18 2022 21:58:00

  Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
  By: MRO to Moondog on Wed May 11 2022 07:57 am

 >   Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
 >   By: Moondog to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue May 10 2022 03:22 pm
 > 
 >  >
 >  > Yeah, there's always some misfit trying to use their system is a way that
 >  > breaks things.  At a previous site we had to lock down a user's profile s
 >  > the y couldn't change things enoughto get in trouble.  When they would
 >  > complain
 > 
 > 
 > i someone is at a desk. you have to watch them.
 > there will be some funny business going on.
 > my friend is an it manager and they have this software that shows all the us
 > 
 > this dude got in trouble and they watched him delete his emails and try to c
 > they track when they're idle, what programs are open, what emails they send 
 > 
 > at my job as an electronics tech we had an engineer who would sit by himself
 > he was stupid and didn't realize my desk was right behind his.
 > 
 > he was trying to break the computer by restarting it. either hardware, the O
 > 
 > he stopped doing it.  later on i helpd out in another department and came ba
 > ve had a camera on him all day.
 > 

The worst users were the "super users" that purchased an O'Reilly book on
every app and the OS they used, and would try to tweak  the OS how they
wanted it to run.  You can spot them on their first day because they would
ask if you  have all the adapters they need to use their old IBM "M" keyboard
they 've been using since the 1980's.  The other jerk you had to look for
would comlain about his laptop, then you find the problem is some other
company's VPN software is installed.  The guy moonlights for a competitor,
and uses all his compnay provided assets because his other employer asks
contractors to supply their own devices and run their apps through Citrix desk
top.  When you strip off their VPN and tell them that is not only an IT violat
ion but also an ethics violation due to conflict of interest, they will go to
their supervisor and play stupid and say we evil IT are making him
non-productive.  My boss will forward me the nastygram he received, I will
show him and the other guy's boss in an email what was done, and would copy
and paste the exact  wording from the IT/ user's agreement and the ethics
guide page that says I should've immediately informed the legal department
and HR of this improper use of company assests and intellectual property.

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