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Facebook. Every day I am more and more happy that I have never signed up for Facebook. 

Quantum Leap - I guess they put the names of the continents on the map in case someone hasn't any idea of what the world looks like (I'm assuming Amurkins here).

And people laughed at me when I said I wouldn't use Facebook. I guess they aren't laughing now. I'd be very worried if I had used it.

I got the correct answer. It just isn't where the original poster said it was.

All good points but, here, we are only allowed a two hour window every week to patch and, with overtime banned, we lose one of those hours. One hour per week to keep 1000+ servers patched. No patching allowed outside this window. Management don't seem capable of understanding the risks.

Microsoft don't always get it right. In a meeting with them they offered us space in two data centres. We had specified that they MUST be in the UK for legal reasons. One was near London, the other was in Dublin. I, being from N. Ireland, exploded. For those of you not in the know, Dublin is NOT in the UK. It is the…

I'm not sure there are any exciting aspects of working in retail.

Boeing is just another example of businesses making extra money out of the 'features' in a product that you actually need but aren't in the original product that you have to have first.

Always a problem when you give up some of the control of your systems. IT can blame Microsoft for deleting the DBs but management will blame IT as it is still their responsibility. I wonder how many IT staff took a hit over this. Would they be able to sue Microsoft because they lost their jobs. Who knows. 

Already signed up but will have to watch this one offline as it clashes with something else I want to watch. Sorry but you weren't my first pick Problem is that I want to watch all of them but can't do two at once.

Scooters aren't such a big problem in London as they are illegal to ride on the road or footpath. Dockless bicycles on the other hand are everywhere. At least the Boris Bikes have to be returned to a docking station or the rider loses their deposit.

Q9. Not complaining about this (I am a regular member of CABs so it is an easy one). Just making an observation that most organisations don't have a clue how a CAB should be used. Where I work we have a number of non technical people making technical suggestions on changes being proposed. It usually ends up in the farcical…

No it doesn't. It says something that doesn't match any of the answers. Sorry to be pedantic but that is what we all are after all.

Great article. That's pretty much what we have been telling management but they just aren't listening. The cloud will solve everything and support staff won't be needed - seems to be their approach. Pity we won't be around when it all goes wrong.

No idea of what the cloud will look like but I bet it will be a lot more expensive. Once they have you trapped they will put the price up and you will have no choice but to pay.

This IS one I have picked. Must remember to lock the door and sit up straight

Chrome extensions. No one ever reads through the documentation. They just want the extension to do what it says it will to solve their immediate problem. People still expect the developer to have done the job the way they assume it should be done. That's rarely the case. The only surprise here is that it's only 85%.

Ohhhh. I just about remember my days as a Cobol programmer. Now I need a lie down in a dark room. Not sure if it is fear or excitement. I suspect fear.

Not really surprised about Facebook not being secure. It's a perfect place for crims to gather personal information and therefore a huge target.

Yep. Order being delivered on Monday (to the UK).

I couldn't have put it better. Excellent post.

Uber losing money. I wonder how they will turn it around. They already pay the drivers very little so where is the money going.

physician, heal thyself

That's my understanding too. Supposedly it will still look like Edge but will have a Chrome engine.

Spent a couple of weeks in Japan. Most hotel rooms were smaller than cars and a lot more expensive. Gives me an idea for saving money next time I go. Rugby World Cup anyone ?

If only Tech skills were appreciated here. We have completely non technical project managers making technical decisions even when us techies say that doing whatever they are deciding would be the stupidest thing ever and explaining why. Then again we have some techies that are really stretching the definition of techie.

I won a Hoverpen Interstellar at London SWUG 2023. Really cool thing but just a desk toy. Who uses a pen any more (apart from old folk like me).

Sorry to point out that "A little bit of digging" on the 2nd last question ensured that people got the answer wrong. It's the inconsistency that I have a problem with.

Agree. It reminded me of a situation I got involved in many years ago. A client was upgrading their server hardware but wanted to retain the disks and data by just moving them across to the new hardware (from the same vendor). They were using a reseller to do the work but wanted me on site overnight just in case there were…

I'm all for AI. It would be nice to have some intelligence around here for a change, artificial or not.