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Always present the benefits. Features can be used to demonstrate the benefits but the bean counters need to think it is value for money / best value / justifiable expenditure etc. I always find what I want and then present cheaper but less benefit options as well as more expensive with better benefits. Position the…

Company wants me to get a few and are willing to pay for them. Just need to find some time to study. I guess the questions will be pretty obscure judging by some of the ones on here.

How about a datacentre I found where the emergency power down button was right next to the door open button and both were green and unprotected.

What a surprise. Google taking control. It was only a matter of time.

Voice phishing. Isn't that what we used to get before e-mail, text and social media took over.

The vandalism was because he is a mindless thug who prefers to steal stuff rather than work for a living. He should be chained to a production line and made to work until he earns enough to pay for all the damage, costs and compensation. No point in prison which we have to pay for and won't rehabilitate him anyway. I…

Mnnnn. Project Aurora. Supercomputer or a cover for Aurora (aircraft) - Wikipedia

Yes and I have already commented on this. See earlier post. Doesn't really cause any problem though as it couldn't have been any other node they were referring to. The big red line also helped.

We had a techie guy from Microsoft come in and show us what we could do with Azure. I particularly liked the bit where we move ADFS to Azure and forget about it. He also talked about policies spinning up and down servers to schedules where we would only pay for up time. It all sounds great in principle but .......

Oh I know how to get what I think may be the correct answer. It's more a case of am I answering the question they think they are asking and not the question I think they are asking. I look after a multi host setup spread across 4 data centres (two on prem and two in the cloud) running over 1000 Virtual Machines (servers).…

Totally agree. Far to vague. Answers were only guessable if you already knew what they were looking for or were lucky.

Just stuck with #3.

More Mead for Sascha.

Yes, I'd rather have slow and correct than fast and wrong.

I guess it is something to do with a new person doing the quizzes. As you say, different but not a problem. Weirdly I had to explain to someone this morning what "skin a cat" meant. They thought I really wanted to skin a cat. Everyone knows you don't really skin a cat. Just toss it on the BBQ, the hair burns off and the…

Of course AI isn't just about cutting costs. Yes it is but it is also about dealing with all the menial, easy to automate stuff so the real people can get on with the more difficult stuff that will drive growth and get more stuff done. I lose about 2 hours a day with trivial stuff. It is slowly being automated which in…

Yes. Look closely.

Missed that. SAM is the only one I have so it would be my pick. Oh dear. I'll have to lie to get the points.

So close with the future has two wheels. Then you left out the engine. Motorcycles are so much better. Faster than bicycles, much more fuel efficient than cars, take up much less space than cars, do less damage to road surfaces than cars and the emissions from my sports bike are significantly less harmful than all that…

Surely the self driving car should be able to avoid the accident in the first place (faster reactions, better able to stop or control skids, better anticipation etc.). Although some people should really start to take some responsibility for their own actions. Maybe not walking out into moving traffic would be a good start.

Has to be Ghost. Daisy didn't even put up a fight and Scooby would just run and hide under a lampshade.

Now I really want an XL Bacon Double Cheeseburger meal.

Hi, thanks for your comments. We are stuck with a couple of 'project managers' who couldn't find their bum with both hands and a map. They are causing mayhem in every project. I've raised this with senior management and pointed out how much this is costing us. I've also proposed solutions and am trying to drive the…

I do like your approach but I've seen people fired for taking it. Sometimes you just can't buck the trend. King Canute tried it.

Week 2 Q1. Thought it was obvious until just before the 15 min mark when he mentions two groups of people that makes the question tricky. Are they looking for the obvious one(s) mentioned or are the looking for the two throwaway ones added right at the end.

Unfortunately I work with someone who is exactly the opposite. He really believes he knows everything and tells everyone they are doing things wrong. The problem is he knows nothing and is the one who is always wrong. Unfortunately management also suffer from this so think he is a genius. Fortunately he recently applied…

Seen the same problem in public and private sector. No money available for anything. When we manage to squeeze a few pounds out of management it is usually for hardware upgrades to keep the already creaking systems running. If we are lucky we get to upgrade some software. Last on the list is always training. That…

Just go ahead with them. Consider it a cull of the weakest in our community. The survivors will just be stronger, unless I don't survive. In that case I get a nice wooden overcoat and a one way ticket straight down. Of course this is just in jest although I can't help but feel that the media are blowing this all out of…

Yes, who is logged in and from which workstation.

Flying taxi. That would solve my 1.5 hour minimum commute each way every day but can you imagine the fun flying over London. It would need some really serious air traffic control but at least the traffic could move in three dimensions. It would also have to be bigger as I'm 6'4".