To the Webmaster

Hello,


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Webmaster Woes

I have a question to whom this may concern,

I don't start college this year but i wanted to know what would the fees be for entering this college if i wanted to go for a buisness degree?
In the buisness department do you do neonatology (premature baby care)?

What?!

Tales from the Webmaster continues after a long hiatus. Nothing interesting has been sent to the address for some time... until now. This is just a random bit of wisdom to be shared.

Dear Sir or Madam:

Dr. ====== at St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Oklahoma taught me that we teach non-accounting students accounting and accounting students to be an accountant. I have taught Accounting part-time for many years. My teaching was partially nullified by this simple statement.

In the current world it is important for a manager to know accounting. It is not important that the student be an accountant. But, we teach the non-accounting majors to be accountants and make it mandatory in the Business School. We need to have two classes teaching accounting and separate the different types of students.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely Yours,
Stephen Covert, CPA
Stephen Edward Covert, CPA, State of Oklahoma
116 Goldsborough Drive, Midwest City, OK 73130
Phone Number: 405-259-9229; Fax Number: 405-732-2177;
e-mail: lcovert@cox.net

cc: Dr. ======;
Phone Number: (405) 878-5100 x 5159; e-mail: ===@stgregorys.edu

Thoughts from a Vacuum

University administrative systems, like the legacy ones we have here, are complex, highly integrated programs with layers of back-end processes. Registration must tie into several databases - it must tie into who is eligible for a certain class, the number of seats available - and it must work simultaneously so that two people don't book the same last seat in a given classroom. Every couple of years some genius decides that a new enterprise program can just be done by students as part of a class project. They are clueless. Completely clueless.... and I guess it is my fault. I really ought to do a better job of educating the public (our users) about what goes into an enterprise system. There are no easy fixes. A specific program does not exist by itself. It has to be able to seamlessly integrate into the vast labyrinth of existing enterprise systems. Getting code to talk to code is not a project for students. Too much is at stake.

Another....Tales of the Webmaster

Hello,

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- All I have to say is gross. I hate people.

Spackers

The art of hacking has long been something I have admired. Having the skills to covertly access information that is private or even better top secret has a certain cache. However, and this is a big "however," today's hackers are just plain stupid. They hack not for the thrill of accessing information, but for the purpose of spamming. They are spam hackers or spackers. How stupid is this? They use their "talents" to hack Facebook accounts and Web sites in order to send out product advertisements. What an incredible waste. The more creative ones will spoof a Web site and steal identities, but where is the real challenge in that? Any number of morons will fill out a piece of paper and give you their lives. They are right there with the cold-calling thieves that phone old people for money. There is no cache in this. You can't feel special or like you've accomplished something because your spam attack has made your site a top hit for Google for the two minutes before your site is blacklisted. How incredibly stupid. This makes me angry. These skills could be put to much better use or at least misuse.

Online Career Dangers

A recent ZDNET blog (http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=1703) discusses the security risks of Twitter. Apparently people are updating and inadvertently exposing confidential information. It really makes my latest mishap seem even more minor than it is. Yes, I inadvertently offended a co-worker by stating that I "survived" a meeting with him. He of course does not have access to my twitter account, but another co-worker was kind enough to share it with him. I of course apologized for the hurtful comment and explained that it was not intended to be hurtful. He is not yet over it. You would think his skin would be a bit thicker than that. The irony of this is that on Friday I am giving an interview about the importance of protecting one's Facebook and online identity as it relates to future careers. You don't want to be exposed as unprofessional and should keep everything set to private. Of course, I did set everything to private but failed to be picky in the friends I allowed to view my updates. I am now appropriately paranoid. Lesson learned. If I work with you, you no longer have the ability to spy on me.