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You could probably have an alert trigger a Web Performance Monitor session to order a taco from Just Eat to be delivered to the office.

And yet on previous questions we have HAD to go away from the hint page to find the correct answers. Where is the consistency. How are we supposed to know when to stay on one page for the answer and when to dig a lot deeper. Given how many times the questions have also been incorrectly set up so that we have single choice…

I don't understand this obsession of taking photos of yourself then forcing them on others. I take photos of things I've seen and look at them as a reminder. If someone else wants to look at them they can but that would only be friends and family. They last thing they want to do is look at pictures of me. If you want to do…

Would never have an Apple watch but it would be interesting to see one try to dial 911 here in the UK. I imagine the gun toting yokels from the US of A wouldn't turn up. They'd probably shoot first anyway.

I'm guessing it would be great but not sure about the after party and drinking.

Surely the waste nuclear materials stored on the dark side of the moon exploded in 1999 and sent the moon off on a wild journey through space (taking with it the moonbase and all it's crew). I'm sure I watched a series of documentaries on this in the 1970's. Space: 1999 - Wikipedia

To be fair though, if important information about a product is missing from the documentation or the documentation is misleading it could lead you to not even considering the product.

I think you may be correct. It doesn't look like a one answer question given the hint.

I've lost count of the number of times people in IT departments that I have worked in have argued against the use of data security as it negatively impacts them. I explain to them the consequences of data theft and the stock answer is "That's your problem not mine". WRONG. It's everyone's problem. I guess most would fail…

Blockchain not much use. At last. Common sense starts to prevail.

Agreed. Now I feel safe to answer (and got it right). Thanks.

If I had unlimited time and money I would get some IT training for IT managers. Most of the ones I have had to deal with can barely tie their own shoelaces and we don't give them sharp objects.

Now the latest question is borked. Yet another one that requires you to enter text but when you enter the correct text you get it wrong.

My IT journey (30 years so far) is a bit like being on a rollercoaster that is still being built. Sometimes I'm also the person building it so have some control. Sometimes it is being built by morons (think IT management) and that is where it gets worrying. I don't like rollercoasters.

VMWare buying up the world. I'm not sure this is even a problem. I don't know anyone who uses both technologies.

So DevOps is just the new name for doing IT the way it should have been done in the first place but rushing it and almost certainly getting it wrong.

I won't hold my breath. This is my 7th month on Thwack and I have 7 months of all green but still no prize.

Yep. That's the scope for confusion I was referring to. Look at the IP addresses of the '4' Hosts.

Stem Cells can turn into many different types of cells. If you can control what they turn into you would have a very good way of replacing dead, damaged or missing cells and be able to cure or manage many many illnesses and diseases. Pity one of the sources of stem cells are embryos and that attracts a lot of bad…

Not sure about making the job candidates interview themselves. Might work for an internal vacancy but I can't see it working for an external one. The external person wouldn't have any of the requisite information.

Earthquake early warning. 3 seconds. I suppose that gives you time to kiss your *** goodbye. Fortunately here in the UK our biggest earthquakes aren't enough to cause any damage. I can see why it might be useful for Cali residents. Can't read the LA Times article as the website is unavailable. There hasn't been a…

Yes it is. When I convert GBP to USD I don't get anywhere near any of the answers. Now I'm used to US companies ripping us off by just making the GBP price the same or similar to the USD price but I don't really want to take the chance of getting this wrong based on an assumption. 

Must tell one of my current clients about this. Oh wait. I did but they don't listen.

Had a close shave with the Facebook stuff once. Was at a job interview when they brought up the problems with stuff I had posted on my facebook account. When I told them that I didn't have one they tried to prove me wrong. Turned out it was someone else with the same name but not even resident in the UK. It did make me…

Agreed. AI is just another tool. Years of experience will lead to intuition and management thinking you are a genius. I've lost count of how many times I've suggested where a problem lies only to be overruled and subsequently found to be correct. 

I worked in Government / public sector for a number of years. Cloud First was great until you realised that almost every system couldn't be put into the cloud because of various pieces of legislation and regulation. Training never happened because every IT department was cut to the bone and there was no money available and…

Bike first cities might work in the Netherlands (a country not well known for it's hills) but I can't see it working in the UK. Also, most cyclists here seem to think they own the road and that the traffic laws don't apply to them. This gives all of them a bad name and they are mostly hated.

I once worked at a secure site where dead hard disks were treated correctly. We had to hammer a six inch nail through them. They were then taken away by a large person you wouldn't argue with (and he had a gun). They would come back after being put through an industrial shredder. We had to sign for them then he would take…

Here's what I see for the "Recovery Summary". No mention of Virtual to virtual.

Funny article (as in Ha Ha). ML is still in its infancy though so it is probably correct to compare it to a 2 year old. If things go well it will mature far faster than humans though (although most people don't think I have matured at all , unless you count it as in a cheese kind of way).