southsideirish71

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Mar 2, 2006 -> 10:41 PM) My God, Hillary is f***ing scary. She looks like Satan's spawn. Pure evil. There might be something to that.

Now I think the Dubai deal is a bad thing. But I get a f***ing kick out of wacky liberals like Hillary jumping up and down because of the Dubai deal. She must take some amnesia pills, because she must forget about her husband snuggling up to the Chinese. You know the Chinese that he decided to do a bit of business with. In a very similar deal, a wholely owned Chinese government company Cosco was to take over a port. Bill was all over this deal, how it was a good thing. Shocking what a 300k donation to the DNC does to clear the conscience. I was upset when this was going on in 97 and 98. I was upset when the panama canal handover to the chinese was going on. And I am upset about this now. Oddly if you look at the Cosco deal, they are just as slimey and have done worse than the Dubai company. I dont remember Hillary giving her husband a slap in the head over that and giving speeches. Cosco takeover of old US Naval Station Hillary re-styling herself as a moderate or even a hawk is funny.

The nice thing about the nation of islam. Is that they pretty much dont hide what their view is. As insane as it is. They have an interview about the Palestinian elections, someone basically says that they want to destroy Israel and they just let it fly. I am glad that Blago decided to appoint someone that associates themselves with the Nation of Islam. They interview Dr. Kaukab Siddique who is an Associate Professor of English at Lincoln University, and is most likely someone that the NSA has bugged or should be bugging. Why would Blago during an election let anyone associated with the Nation of Islam on anything. Its not that they are f***ing nuts, its how f***ing nuts they are. I am waiting for the day when ol Farakkan decideds to stop coddling the countries of evil, and decides to have a Jihad of his own. He is just a terrorist in training.

US beat Poland 1 to nil in the snow. Soccer is the snow rocks. And of course the best picture

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 04:29 PM) I only listened on the radio for like last 3 innings.... Farmer sounded good but the other guy didnt really add much... Although I guess they werent bad. Pretty much this sums up the new radio crew. How we will all miss Rooney. Farmio: "So do you think has the upper hand for the 2nd lefty spot" Singleton: I think Cotts is going to win the job Farmio "No besides Cotts, who do you think will be the 2nd lefty" Crickets

This was like a Mark Buerhle game, 2 hours 11 minutes.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 02:14 PM) Did Juan take any pitches? He hit the first pitch to 3rd. It was a reported a hit and run.

Mack hits a single up the middle.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Feb 28, 2006 -> 08:41 PM) I'll just c'n'p my response in a different thread: I was at the game. Konerko's slam was the loudest I have ever heard the park. Watching a sellout crowd jumping up and down in the freezing cold rain kept me warm up in the farthest reaches of the Cell's upper deck. Konerkos slam was very memorable because of how quickly it happened after the pitching change. He just deposited the first pitch he saw into the left field bleachers. Pods was the icing on the cake on that game, but Konerkos slam is what had me believing that there is no way we are going to lose this series. What everyone forgets is that Lidge gave up a warning track fly to Uribe right before Pods came up. I had a feeling someone was going to end it on a dong, I thought it was going to be Dye not Pods. Having the Go Go White Sox song playing and then Thunderstruck and then the Dont stop believing(even though its corny) was a nice touch at the end of the game.

I am giving up caffeine in all known forms. I actually started on this 2 weeks ago.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 28, 2006 -> 10:24 AM) Yeah, I'm not saying we need to panic. He can take off the weight....maybe. A little heat, some running, and lots of water and he will shed a few pounds.

QUOTE(orangekrush88 @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 06:52 PM) Great stuff, I am loving the relationship between the two, don't know if this was posted over here or not but it was on the TNA front page about a week ago: Basebrawl" Shirts In Style At White Sox Spring Training News February 20th, 2006 15:37 "BASEBRAWL" SHIRTS IN STYLE AT WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING This weekend, pitchers and catchers for the World Series champion White Sox reported to spring training in sunny Tucson, Arizona, including catcher AJ Pierzynki and strength and conditioning coach Dale Torborg. Pierzynski and Torborg were part of the "Basebrawl" match that took place at December's "Turning Point" Pay-Per-View. Both Torborg and Pierzynski have attended subsequent TNA live events in Orlando since the December bout. This weekend at the start of training camp, Torborg unveiled a "Basebrawl" shirt he created for members of the White Sox to wear. The shirt features the TNA logo on the front and Torborg, Pierzynski and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan on the back. From all accounts, the shirt is already a hit as numerous players have sported them during daily training and media appearances. According to Torborg, he's already gone through a hundred shirts this weekend and has already ordered more to fill the demand of the rest of the White Sox roster and their families. That shirt is pretty cool. I would buy it.

QUOTE(DePloderer @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 09:47 AM) Yesterday, University scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer. Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption. The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women. To test the theory, 100 men were fed 8 pints of beer each within a 1hour period. It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects: 1) Gained weight. 2) Talked excessively without making sense. 3) Became overly emotional. 4) Couldn't drive. 5) Failed to think rationally. 6) Argued over nothing. 7) Had to sit down while urinating. 8) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong. No further testing was considered necessary This is Gods way of making sure the Irish never rule the world.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Feb 26, 2006 -> 08:21 AM) wait a second, you cant just bring your ipod home and turn it on(well at least I couldnt). I had to download the Itunes programs on my computer, and then plug it in to my computer and let it charge for more than a few hours before I could do anything with it. When you plug your Ipod into your computer, it always freezes up, you cannot disconnect it from the computer without disconnecting it THROUGH the computer. And if you cannot disconnect it through itunes, usually a USB icon shows up on the bottom right hand corner of your computer screen(the three pronged wire icon), you can right click that, hit disconnect, and then hit STOP to disconnect your Ipod that way. Is your computer up to the specifications needed for an Ipod? You might have to try a different computer. Or, you might just have a defective Ipod. I remember having all kinds of problems when I got mine, but they turned out to be nothing really. Kyyle hit it on the head. Just install the software that came with your IPOD first, then connect the device. If you try and connect it without installing the software you are running windows your OS will try to detect it as a mass storage device. If you load the drivers first, then it will detect it correctly and associate your Itunes software with the IPOD when its connected. Now if you have a defective unit, then all of the above is worthless. I have had the 20 gig unit for a while and it works great never had a problem. Also make sure that you have your AC power plug ready to go if you update the firmware, as it needs a reliable power source for the firmware upgrades.

You have to go with Buerhle. He is on the bump.

QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 09:27 PM) I'm glad to see sumone picked up the ball and ran with it. It's easy to say "give me a f***in break" or "relax" when if you were monitored as your employees are would you be able to "relax" ? What you did was for you're own personal gain. It had nothing to do with company policy or the laws regarding the invasion of privacy. I find it funny that someone is so bent out of shape that poor wittle cub fans were denied their rights to get tickets. This is pretty amusing.

QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 09:49 PM) Nothing is wrong with that. You went too far in bragging that you did this to Cubs fans, yet you still allow access to the Sox stuff. If your rationale is that you need to save company resources, then you need to do it to all. Thanks for telling me when I went too far. Oddly my boss didnt think it was a big deal, nor did our CIO who he told because he thought it was funny. They both had a chuckle over it and got a kick out of it. Considering both of them do my review and the CIO reports directly to the CEO, I think I am ok.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 06:03 PM) If you did the same for other events or mass uses of bandwidth, including Sox ticket time? Sounds good then. If the sox traffic was causing the same type of issues that our cubby fans were doing with opening up hundreds of sessions and it impacted connections to the mainframe, sure. Oddly the same people who were doing these types of activites are the same people that complain the loudest that the network is slow.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 05:46 PM) You're still missing the point. Your actions were NOT a corporate investigation. They were your own petty motives. That is why its wrong. If you really want to get the letter of our corporate law then. My actions stopped a group of over 100 individuals from stealing company resources. My motives have nothing to do with them not doing their job. The pleasure in stopping the cubby fans from purchasing tickets when they should be working was secondary to my primary job of protecting our bandwidth. Maybe we should submit a bill to each of their departments for stolen bandwidth. We had one cub fan utilizing over 100 virtual waiting room sessions.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 05:01 PM) Privacy is not black and white - it has gradients. Read here: http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/arti...01dltr0026.html A few highlights. For one, see in the overview, that law favors legitimate, employer-monitoring practices. Not individual whims. See also that 8 states, IL included, extend privacy laws normally reserved for public sector employees to private employees as well. There is also the federal ECP Act, which may also protect employees from willful or unnecessary interception of data. Point is, you are taking a risk, a risk your company will shoulder. Don't make it seem like your arbitrary use of power is "part of your job". I will have to let the rest of the chicago corporate security investigation community know at the next Infraguard/Facist meeting that we are all at risk. That mainly deals with corporate interception of private email. Like google mail and things of that nature. There are certain protections that I must abide by when I preform forensic investigations. I can retrieve artifacts offline from the machine itself, I however cannot connect the machine online and retrieve their email. We protect ourselves by blocking all personal mail. Note to Mods/Admin: God I didnt think that this thread was going to take this ethics turn. This probably needs to moved to Buster. Next time I wont share with the class. Then I can have rest weigh in on how I am a corporate facist

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 04:54 PM) we had one of our sys admins reading emails he shouldn't. i fired him. Good he should of been fired if it wasnt his job.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 04:51 PM) It seems to me like you are telling the wrong people to relax. Maybe your company should relax. They sound very high strung about their own employees. Cub fans or not, what you do doesn't seem right. It may be your job and what you get paid to do, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it and think that it is the right thing to be doing. Welcome to corporate america. They do this at a hell of a lot more firms than you know.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 04:29 PM) Those types of suits never hold up (wrongful termination)...this is a completely different type of case. Those suits cannot hold up in IL because this state employs the "right/will work" clause, I forget what it's called on a lawful basis, but I know a company CAN terminate employment for ANY reason they choose in IL. A infringement on a persons privacy is a different story. In some cases it could be compared to installing a security camera in the womans bathroom simply because the company thinks it can. Doesn't work that way. Some rights to privacy, in a company or outside of a company, CANNOT be taken away. A bathroom is a place of expected privacy. Where Title III comes into place with electronic survelliance is when you have an "expectation" of privacy. Our acceptable use policies are specific. Our employees have no reasonable expectation of privacy with their email or computer use. We also do not allow cameras, USB sticks, or other times that could be used to remove data or intellectual property. Again these are f***ing cub fans we are talking about. Jesus christ. Maybe we can ban the cubs suck shirts because they might offend their sense of being a cub fan. Everyone relax.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 04:23 PM) I assure you at the company I work for, although I have the same power as the person we speak of...I never do any such thing unless I have a specific REASON, by and from the company, to do so. I don't think he was being serious about reading e-mails, either, as that would be a 24/7 job in and of itself...however, merely stating it is an abuse of power, which is what I think the poster is getting at with a lawsuit. Just because you "can" doesn't mean you "should", without proper reason, the employee DOES have rights. One thing companies don't understand with most "contracts" is an employee CANNOT sign away their lawful rights, no matter what the document states. There ARE privacy issues at hand... First thing you could have the same rights. However my job is a tad more specific than your. My entire reason for being at my company is to perform security analysis and investigations. I also on the side act as the level 3 support for our cisco environment. The employee has no expectation of privacy. The only countries I cannot monitor is Australia due to their privacy laws. They go out a different pipe on our network. Fire someone for surfing porn. I pretty much guarentee they will sue at some point. It happens. Why were they watching me? Oh poor me. Guess who wins, ever single time. We do. What I do is tried and true in a court of law. I guarentee that the person we will investigate next week, will at some point if they are termainted sue the company. This is how it was at my last company and I am sure if I move to another company. This conversation is going no where. This is what I do for a living. If you dont like it, I dont know what to tell you. A lot of larger companies have a person that performs the extact function. They do everything that I do and some have a hell of a lot more money and time and people to do it. I hope none of you work for a big 6 accounting firm. They have groups of security engineers doing this. And what I meant by I was half joking about reading emails. Part of my job is to investigate people for sending company secrets or our sales forecasts, designs, etc out to our competitors. We have mining tools that perform most of th searches, however at some point. My two eyes have to glance over it before I send it to legal and HR for a recommendation of action. I dont just flippantly go through peoples email reading it for fun. All of my fun time is spent on this goofy site, and that is a bout it. The rest is working. The comment for I read you email is a known IT joke that Y2HH seemed to glance over. They have stickers and shirts that have that joke on it.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Feb 24, 2006 -> 04:00 PM) I'm an "IT" guy myself...actually I'm more than that, to just call myself an IT guy is weak. I run the lan/wan infrastructure and also the perimeter firewall/intrusion systems...so I have ultimate control, even over the remaining IT guys, since they control servers/systems and I still get to say what traffic goes where...I also get to say if the Proxy server has any actual control. That said...this is a weak display of "IT" power, or abuse of said power. Blocking a persons access to purchase tickets...tsk tsk...maybe it's only me but I find this no different than power ticket brokers using their influence to get tickets off the table before they are available to the public. It's a weak form of brokering, and I dispise brokers and those that use underhanded tactics like them. As for reading other employees e-mail, personal or business...I find this even worse. This is merely an admin abusing power he obviously isnt ready to have. Although some of the others seem to disagree with me here and may feel free to buy you free beer and high-five you for such antics, I do not share in their celebration of this. It's weak. No beers for you. n00b. The line about reading their email was half hearted and half real. I am the security engineer. I perform security investigations on a daily basis. These require the collection and review of email, and I also perform forensic investigations, we also use key loggers to watch traffic, and use network sensors to catpure their conversations. I have assisted law enforcement in this, as a former law enforcement employee. I have testified in court for civil and criminal matters. So I have a firm understanding of what is and what isnt ethical. I was playing a prank on cub fans. Give me a f***ing break.