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I understand the infighting between IT departments and pushing tickets back to people who should be able to handle an issue BUT please don't forget the user who just ends up being stuck in the middle while we fight about who should fix the problem. After all, we only exist because they do.

You have to be really careful with scripting. Here they didn't manage scripting at all. Now, after several people have left, we have scripts coming out of the woodwork where weird things are happening when we try to change things. We don't know about obscure scripts running as scheduled tasks from many servers. Sometimes…

@"ecklerwr1" missed opportunity for wordplay there. Should have been "so we (sc)roll with it". Agree it is too geared up for phones / tablets yet most people on here would probably be at work using PCs or laptops at their desks. plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Driverless cars could disrupt the airline industry until the road congestion causes gridlock and no one can get anywhere. If only there was an alternative. Oh yes, flying. But the airlines have all gone out of business.

I think I have just about stopped laughing at that. I'm the Sys Admin. We have a Global Head of IT, an Infrastructure Manager, a Security Manager, Me, 3 x Seniot IT Engineers / Analysts, 3 x junior admins, 2 x network admins, a programmer and the rest are 1st and 2nd line. It's all a bit manic.

Don't forget that for many years the code for America's nuclear arsenal was 00000000. Yep, 8 zeros. That was for Ronnie Raygun so he could remember. I think (hope) the have changed it now. Just don't tell the orange troll.

I agree but reality trumps everything else. Patching window is 07:00 to 09:00 Tuesday and, as they won't pay overtime for it and no one starts before 08:00 we only get 1 hour per week for patching. It doesn't matter how much we rant and rave at them, they won't listen. I don't care anymore. I just wait for things to break…

ServiceNow for IT. Estates have just put their own one in but can't get it to work. They came to IT for help and we said NO.

Can't even open the link. Apparently, according to the muppets at zScaler, that site is not suitable for work. A damning indictment on AWS.

Nice fire pit although without anything to give it scale I will assume it is just big enough to take one of the s'mores you mention.

Don't go anywhere near the computer after I've had a few so have never bought anything I shouldn't (so far).

I don't really get the Netflix one. It looks like a solution looking for a problem. I know I'm not influenced by a still from a programme. It's the storyline or the premise of the programme that gets me interested. If that grabs my attention then it is irrelevant who is in it or what facial expression they have.

Google tracking everyone. Now that's a surprise - not. 

So you can activate these crappy devices by using sounds humans can't hear. Well no one saw that coming (except almost everyone). Next they'll bring back 'blipverts' Come back Max Headroom, all is forgiven.

In the past I was told I would have to sign a contract which stated that I would repay training costs if I left. I refused and they quickly decided that I would get the training anyway as they would have lost out on a major contract if I wasn't trained. As it turned out I left after another 3 years so the contract wouldn't…

There was no need for research to tell you that Mondays are BAD. The Boomtown Rats told us why Mondays are bad years ago.

Ah, you've seen our password repository then.

Surely it would be either "101010" or "What do you get if you multiply SIX by NINE".

AI might become good but how will we know that the answers aren't being skewed or manipulated by whoever is behind the AI. Can we ever trust it ?

Don't quite understand today's answers. I answered what appeared to be correctly and was marked wrong. Seems very strange. 

That sounds suspiciously like what I did. I selected 3 as the remaining one didn't fit at all with the subject of the mission.

You are correct. The accent above the e means you pronounce it.

As usual, You are a STAR. Thanks again.

Yep, 30 years an IT pro and still learning new stuff. Not many professions can say that.

Ahh, a proper old school IT person. I remember my CNE exams (just). CNE4, CNE5, CNE6

One does if I make an assumption about how this "new to me" product works. I think this question is making assumptions about people knowing the product already. 

I work at an University. We've got engineering, design and IT departments. We'll probably invent a toaster with a killer app that allows you to see when your toast is ready ( ). I can't wait for killer robots. We've already got Skynet (UK military satellite network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(satellite) I've had…

Apple Maps. What a colossal waste of time and effort. Google won that war. Why keep fighting. On a side note. It's probably a good idea to build maps from 'the ground up'.

I'd love to but my new company doesn't use it yet and I can't get a verification screenshot from my old company as I don't work there any more. For some reason they have revoked my login and remote access ;-)

Microsoft have been laughing at fines for years. Nothing changes for huge corporations.