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- Is only some offensive speech ok?
- In this politically correct world we find ourselves in, where you are suppose to pretend you care about hurting someone else's little feelings, who decides what is and what isn't acceptable?We have discussed flag burning, and it is a hateful and intentionally inflamatory pun intended thing to do. Yet...
- Tags: jdclyde, racist, radio
- Discussion threads 2007-04-10
- Should Funta be Banned from TR?
- Should Funta be Banned from TR?In my first week in TR, I've been called an idiot, unfunny, weird, a racist, a bigot, and much more based on comments I've made in two posts in TR.I found the racist and bigot labels particularly harsh. Unbeknownst to the little TR clique...
- Tags: bigot, clique, funta, general, off-topic, racism, racist, real world, TR
- Discussion threads 2005-11-07
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- Combating prejudice on the Helpdesk.
- We had a caller who would describe himself as ‘Old School' one of the young ladies took the call and was very brusquely asked to put him through to a ‘proper' engineer.Whether it was her female voice or her Caribbean accent that he didn't like wasn't immediately clear, but she...
- Tags: windows, Training, support, Helpdesk, Help, General, Customer Relations
- Blog posts 2007-06-10
- The importance of not feeding trolls
- What are peoples views?Depends on the trollUnfortunately, the internet and places like TR are always going to attract "trolls" and people with way too much time on their hands, and too little in the way of manners and ethics.The trolls who are looking for hacks and cracks here on TR...
- Tags: beth blakley@..., troll
- Discussion threads 2007-03-26
- Control Risk by Controlling E-mail Content
- One of the most effective ways for employers to reduce electronic risks is also one of the simplest. By requiring employees to use appropriate, businesslike language in e-mail and other electronic documents, employers can limit their liability risks and improve the overall effectiveness of the organization's e-communications. Language that is...
- Tags: Language, E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers
- philapinos
- phillapine along with chinese and Nigerian nurses are being imported and unfairly placed alongside Americans for jobs in nursing that are ruining the compensation and professional goals of nursing the phillipine nurses act as a group with tagolig as their language on the job, similar to Spanish, not english. ...
- Tags: ccaposino@..., nurse
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- Lenovo denies ditching Linux
- Lenovo flip-flops on Linux. I wonder what's really going on.Is this really a case of mistaken announcements, or suddenly changed policy, or what? The backpedaling sounds kind of suspect, what with the statement that you have to get your own license for a Linux install but they'll install...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Notebooks, Linux, Chinese Style
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- Liberals old and new
- I heard a comparisson the other day of old liberals vs new.They summed it up that the older Liberals in the 50's & 60's,were all about seeing equal rights and treatment of each other. Women were to be considered EQUAL to men, blacks equal to whites etc. Liberals...
- Tags: Liberal, offence
- Discussion threads 2004-11-03
- carpetbombing
- What's the likelihood that we could get some kind of official rule against carpetbombing in discussion threads? The signal-to-noise ratio in some discussions is decreasing dramatically, all thanks to the cut-and-paste post-count campaign of one member (yes, I'm talking about deepsand).I'm not sure whether he thinks he's actually helping...
- Tags: apotheon, deepsand
- Discussion threads 2005-05-16
- Monitoring Browser Activity
- We have a Windows SBS Premium with 38 users. Until now we have had a very relaxed and basic internet usage policy - No porn, No racist sites, personal use in personal time etc. It has come to light that this relaxed policy is being abused (surprise surprise!!). Is there...
- Tags: ISA, isa 2000, Microsoft IIS Server, monitoring, neil.randall@..., Nel, networking, Web
- Discussion threads 2006-08-31
- Dear Brits....
- ...now that the Shilpa Shetty hoopla/joke has died down, what are your thoughts about the entire racket?Reality TV programmes are just not my cup of tea, and I do not watch them. But I think improving the programme's TV ratings was at the core of the incident. I was surprised...
- Tags: media, onbliss, much ado about nothing, making mountain out of a mole hill, off-topic, programme
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Who is this guy and what's up with his blog?
- Who is this guy and what's up with his blog?Maybe he's got some hidden messages for a terrorist cell in there:http://techrepublic.com.com/5255-6257-0.html?month=9&year=2005&forumID=99&threadID=182108&id=1774580Content deals with web programmingMost of the content seems related to web programming. His name sounds Iranian, so perhaps the characters we see are the browser's best attempt at displaying...
- Tags: blog, gibberish, M_a_r_k, off-topic, TR BLOG, Web site, wierd
- Discussion threads 2005-10-13
- Reporting spam
- I just wanted to remind everyone what we mean when we call something in the Forums spam. Lots of people are reporting things that really don't fall into that category.Please report the following:1. Messages about buying products and services that are not relevant to the topic or to IT professionals2....
- Tags: spam, sMoRTy71
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- News stories that make you go...."huh?"
- http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4615520"A local group fighting for immigrant rights is calling for a boycott of two nationally known companies. Dunkin Donuts and Applebee's are accused of discriminating against immigrant workers whose names don't match their social security numbers."Apparently, the two chains are firing people who's names don't match thier Social Security numbers....
- Tags: appitizers, Applebee, Applebees, boycott, donuts, illegal aliens, Mickster269, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2006-10-05
- HELP!!!! Administrator Password Required!!!!!
- I was going to post this in response to one of Old Mycroft's answers to a password request. He (she?) does answer them so eloquently.Why has there been so many posts requesting password cracks, unlock codes, license keys etc? All from people who join and post on the...
- Tags: Bizzo, password, admin password
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- 802.11n - The consequences of abandoning the 5 GHz frontier
- Should 802.11n only operate at 5 GHz?Should 802.11n only operate at 5 GHz? An important debate has erupted over the next generation wireless LAN standard and we have a big mess with the abandonment of the 5 GHz frontier.Check it out and vote here:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/Ou/?p=411You're in the wrong thread, manKev,There...
- Tags: George, george_ou@..., hardware, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11n, Jason, networking, spam, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-01-24
- Ben Stein is right!
- Ben Stein is right!Here is an article written by Ben Stein. I agree completely.Special ReportGet Off His Back UpdatedBy Ben Stein Published 9/2/2005 11:59:59 PM***UPDATED: Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005 , 2:13 p.m. ***A few truths, for those who have ears and eyes and care to know the truth:1.) The hurricane...
- Tags: Ben Stein, George W. Bush, i'm back!, off-topic, ProtiusX
- Discussion threads 2005-09-10
- Colin Powell is "black."
- After a recent rant about referring to "African Americans" as "blacks," I could not help but notice a story from Reuters about the resignation of Colin Powell. The following appears in the story: "first black secretary of state."A clue for JulianJulian, you missed and continue to miss the whole point...
- Tags: Colin Powell, Julian
- Discussion threads 2004-11-15
- Vista Passwords
- Okay, I know how this is going to sound. I work on computers on the side, and I have this 80 year old german lady that has forgotten her login password to Vista. I have try booting in safe mode to bypass it but I did not see...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, horrorshow247, password, cracker, computer, floppy disk, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Sanity check: Is the U.S. losing its role as the world leader in information technology?
- Is the U.S. still the world leader in IT, or has it been overtaken?I wrote my opinion here:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=524Do you think the U.S. has lost its role as the world leader of IT? Why or why not? If you do think so, what do you think are some of causes?...
- Tags: Strategy, Jason Hiner, world leader, information technology, U.S
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
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