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One thing that auto-refresh does is cause extra, potentially unnecessary hits on the database. The idea that users could set a page to refresh only when they want or are looking at it would prevent a lot of searches from being executed on the Orion database. There are plenty of times I have multiple tabs up because I am…

I will not even try to outdo @"adatole"'s comment. Buffy, perspective from someone who survived a really apocalyptic event, and wrapping up the who month's challenge? You get big kudos for that entry, Leon. I will propose another way to pluralize apocalypse. The suffix -im is the masculine plural in Hebrew. "Apocalypsim"…

Machane Yehuda ... so Marzipan? Bring any back with you? I didn't see enough schwarma photos to justify eating your weight. Is that because you didn't stop to take photos in the middle of nom-nom-nom?

Spring? You're less than one monthly mission's worth of points away. (150 points per correct answer) x (20 questions per mission/month) = 3000 points. So long as it's in stock, you can order before the end of the year.

I could go along with 'viewed', but I would guard against allowing a working poller to be edited. To me, it's the same idea as tinkering in the lab, but not with the production network.

I have been looking at the unfortunate story about the heart transplant from Michigan. The posted story quotes the patient that this is a problem with Medicare -- not any private insurance -- not paying enough for her to afford medication on her budget. Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system. Yet, the story…

@"adatole"Arak is really a high-alcohol Sambuca minus the sugar content. Both have a nice anisette flavor. I've been known to enjoy sipping either, but probably prefer the arak for sipping straight up. @"sqlrockstar"I like Heaven Hill. I even know someone in the DC area who grew up near the Shapiras in Louisville. I think…

With the size of my house and lack of garage, I really have not gotten into much home repair or woodworking. My father used had a nice shop in the basement of the house where I grew up, but his 29th yahrzeit is today (i.e., he passed away 29 years ago on the Jewish calendar) so that was a long time ago, and he was already…

I answered the question correctly. The popup stated I answered incorrectly, then stated the correct answer was the one I provided. Is something up?

While I thoroughly enjoyed @"patrick.hubbard"'s essay, my experience has been a bit different. Since I left UUNET in 2004, I haven't worn many casual shirts. Workwear has generally been button-down dress shirts and khakis or dress slacks, sometimes with jacket, tie, or both. As a result, I have UUNET polos that are still…

As I have told a number of people, I love four-legged, furry friends. My allergies do not. As a result, I have to depend on others' stories, photos, and videos about their pets for my fix. Fortunately, I have plenty of dealers that don't charge. My wife takes a class via Zoom, and the fellow who teaches it regularly has…

Plenty of good ideas here. Quizzes can be nice, and sharing tales is always fun. However the day is observed, though, you arrrr going to talk like a pirate, right?

Honestly, I think that life will go mostly back to what we all considered normal once the vaccines are widely distributed. From the viewpoint of many on this list, some things will appear different, but I suspect it will be more from temporarily rapid evolution that will return to its former, slower pace. I think a lot of…

Nice thoughts @"lmsherwin". BTW, In what part of NoVA should I wave as a pass through it? I'm across the Potomac from you, so drive in Virginia frequently. I am right now taking PTO, since I cannot carry it over anyway. I am still on-call.Had my managers not canceled their conference calls for the week, I'd still be on…

Why not just offer a true HA solution?

I take my video conferences on my laptop while it lives up to its name. That way, nothing can be visible outside my upper body. I never wind up on video calls with customers, which lets me have some fun with what I wear. I certainly have been known to wear one of these, which got some nice reviews from colleagues. Really,…

Speaking of defending against social engineering, what are your feelings about KnowBe4? I've been getting their emails for some time, but have no experience with their products.

I have internet-only FiOS, with the router Verizon included for free for 3 years. I have a small house (floors about 600 sf) but it's closing on 100 years old. Translation: the exterior walls of the original house are brick and most of the interior walls are still made from plaster backed with lath or wire mesh, i.e., lots…

@"undesired_result"There's always a chance the wrong thing was accidentally registered when clicking. Working on a loaner laptop with a finicky trackpad can do that.

I take it your shul is not using ShulCloud. I can actually sympathize. Before we got ShulCloud, for several years I made the times starting with a sunrise/sunset table generated from the U.S. Naval Observatory website for our location. Talk about a thankless job!

I love being around four-legged furry friends. My allergies, however, strongly disagree. We tried to host a friend's dog overnight once. For the sake of being able to breathe, we won't be doing that again anytime soon. So, the only fuzz therapy I get is when I run into a dog with its human outside who wants to play.…

I tend to be quite the introvert in that I do not have a large group of friends, and I don't seem to make. However, I do like to strike up friendly chit-chat with just about anyone when an opportunity is there. If we're both standing in a line and wearing gear for the same football team, we have something for a brief chat.…

Currently, my group is not using SAM.

I thought the "separate and dedicated hosts" line was clear: The main Orion server must not house the Orion Web Console or run a website. Since logging into the OWC is required to perform a centralized upgrade, that means logging in to the OWC via an Alternate Web Server. As I posted here, I tried using the offline…

I opened a feature request to include support for running the upgrade from the AWS in the future. If this is a concern for you, please vote it up.

This appears to work ... somewhat. Until the main engine has completed its upgrade, everything works as normal. Once the main engine is complete and files start getting pushed out to the AWS, APE, etc., one of those nice, pink error boxes pops up, stating: "Menu Failure. "We are having trouble communicating with the Orion…

On a Cisco, you can specify (at least) 128 or 256-bit key length. In full the command would read: snmp-server user TestSNMPv3User TestSNMPv3Group v3 auth SHA "AuthP@$$w0rd" priv aes 256 "PrivP@$$w0rd" I have also found that enclosing the passwords in double-quotes makes a difference, especially when using any special…

I saw the quote from Jacob Frenkel in the article. I'd trust his opinions on the subject. I've known him and his family (mostly the family, though) for years.

As so many others already noted: ye olde phone call works fine.

Nice idea. I played with it for a while, but have yet to get it working. Even setting the "Data aggregation" field to "Max", the report still displays all records in the datasource -- in my case, all configs in Cirrus.ConfigArchive for nodes currently managed by NCM downloaded more than 24 hours ago. I still need to return…