Who was the expert witness? * *
*ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 7:48 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Maybe I should have said the legal system....but clearly whoever sits on > these tribunals must have been taken in by this guy's nonsensical verbiage. > Either that or our solicitors are useless. > > Basically this guy was placed under suspension and investigated for > spending all day on his blog instead of working. So he resigned. And claimed > constructive unfair dismissal. And won. I'm waiting to see the final > recommendations of the tribunal and find out whether the technical issues he > put in front of the tribunal had any bearing on the verdict. I'm hoping they > didn't. > > > On 8 July 2011 12:42, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Which part of the justice system failed here? >> >> >> * * >> >> *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of >> Technology for the SMB market… >> >> * >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 5:02 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com>wrote: >> >>> Well I have lost all faith in the justice system. This guy won his case >>> for unfair dismissal. He is now awaiting compensation. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 1 July 2011 14:58, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> We have a user who is facing disciplinary action for over-use of the >>>> Internet. He is defending himself, and some of the points he has risen >>>> truly >>>> make me aware of the fact "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"... >>>> >>>> He claims that, since he uses Firefox, and Microsoft ISA Server is, in >>>> his words, "*optimized for use with Internet Explorer and Citrix*", >>>> that the records of his web browsing cannot be accurate, as he was not >>>> using >>>> Internet Explorer. >>>> >>>> He also claims that when using VPN from home, as he was on a >>>> "*dual-processor >>>> Mac*", that the timings recorded for his Internet usage are inaccurate, >>>> as the Mac "*works faster and more efficiently than Windows machines, >>>> and henceforth creates a skew in time that cannot be accurately recorded by >>>> Windows or Microsoft software*" >>>> >>>> Finally, he has named the restrictions on his work machine as a >>>> contributory factor towards his over-use of the Internet. "*The >>>> processing time used by the technologies deployed at work, such as Group >>>> Policy, AppSense, and ISA Server, create an inaccurate representation of my >>>> browsing time, as the pages load and unload slower than they would on, for >>>> instance, my dual-processor Mac, therefore the evidence exhibited is >>>> inaccurate and inadmissible*" >>>> >>>> I hope he does not manage to convince the people on this tribunal that >>>> he actually knows what he is talking about. >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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