Shark Bait: Bad CD Drive

Computerworld Shark Bait
June 24, 2008
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The best new baits:

* Floundering Users: Bad CD Drive
* Office Politics: Worst Places to Work?
* Q&A: Do People Trust IT? Apparently Not
* Back In the Day: Wireless -- Unclear on the Concept
* Shark Tank: What YouTube is for

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THE BEST NEW BAITS


Floundering Users: Bad CD Drive

I received a call from one of my users at an outside location. This
site is about 25 miles away, so I attempted to handle this problem by
calling the user ...

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3309890/132809449/121893/2/
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Office Politics: Worst Places to Work?

Computerworld is about to release its annual Best Places to Work in IT
special report. We want to create an alternative survey here in the
Shark Bait community -- the worst places to work!

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3309890/132809449/121894/2/
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Q&A: Do People Trust IT? Apparently Not

I just noticed this poll on Engadget asking readers, "Do you trust
your IT department?" From over 2,000 votes, 57% of respondents do not
trust IT. IT professionals do have access to a surprising amount of
confidential data ...

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3309890/132809449/121896/2/
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Back In the Day: Wireless -- Unclear on the Concept

A engineer called me in a huff, we had just changed the Wi-Fi wireless
that week, he was pulled over on the side of the interstate with his
laptop, going to a most important meeting and he needed to send his
e-mail for the project manger to review.

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3309890/132809449/121897/2/
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Shark Tank: What YouTube is for

Like Shark Bait? Check out Shark Tank, the snarky series that started
it all! Here's today's:

Hospital IT pilot fish spots a doctor's request for access to a
blocked site -- and figures it's just another doctor who thinks he's
above the law ...

http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3309890/132809449/121899/2/
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