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Comparing this Geek Speak topic and thread to others, I'm disappointed (but not surprised) to see it generated only half the views of other subjects, and many fewer bookmarks and comments. Perhaps it's only due to the more specialized topic, or to there being more NPM fans than database/v-sphere/VSAN folks present in…
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Bump.
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Item 1: As @Jfrazier pointed out, when you wrote "NFV can also reduce the company’s reliance on physical switch ports", we're challenged to understand how this can be possible. OK, if you run more and more servers in UCS chasses, yes, you've reduced the number of network switch ports required in a data center. But that's…
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Facebook outages sending users elsewhere? * The reason for going elsewhere should primarily be security concerns, and secondarily reliable and ubiquitous access. * Prove the alternative vendors' solutions are more secure and more reliable than FB and you've got something worth looking into.
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Paper, pen, and an abacus or slide rule. That's what we'll all go back to, and unplug from the network, then simply rely on physical security. You can't beat Layer 1 security, right?
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The hat is tossed into the ring. Can you improve on it? I love to read creative network fiction!
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I've never tried eating pigeon. I've read about it. Having easy access to Passenger Pigeons for food caused their extinction. I'm no vegetarian or vegan, but it seems there'd be better sources of nutrition. And OF COURSE bacon would make it better!
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SLA's wth penalties never seem to come close to covering more than 1% of the estimated impact of an outage when it comes to Internet / WAN / Cloud services. Last year I saw a local business experience an all-day WAN provider failure that cost the customer an estimated $800,000.00. I sympathized with them, but this type of…
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Ten years ago my employer not only paid for training anywhere in the U.S., but also paid for tests towards certification. I took training and four Nortel networking tests at my company's expense, passed all and picked up three certifications at once, which resulted in a promotion and bigger annual pay. But that was then .…
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Dealing With Brilliant Jerks: I've worked with "Bob" and it's no joy. He really knows his technical stuff, and asks very pointed and hard questions. But he lacks empathy and proper business environment communication skills. All who work with him are not positively impressed by his style of communication. Yet he provides…
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Actually, we don't even want to consider POE LEDs in network rooms (don't say "data closet", or a closet is what they'll give you) because hey, if you've got a problem bad enough to require your presence in a network room, do you want to be working in the dark on it?
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Of COURSE France can be happy winning a tournament in which other competitors did not qualify! Seriously? All teasing aside, when I made my way through the NCAA Foosball tournament to the local finals in the 1980's, I didn't have a care about others who couldn't compete for one reason or another. Sure, some might have been…
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It's only two clicks away, right? Click on the switch discovered, then click on the interface within the switch. Of course, if your Web engine isn't optimized that can take thirty seconds or more to load. Avoiding that middle step WOULD be a time-saver.
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I think you're right on--the hype is garnering inappropriate attention. Of course, if a person Googles BitCoin low & high prices over the last few years, it's easy to get sucked into the idea of "If I'd spent a thousand bucks on Bitcoin when it first came out, three years later I'd be a multi-millionaire! It MUST be…
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Ah yes, free points. Excellent.
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I have the same problems--no good hints for questions about 9/13 and 9/14. However, the answers were intuitive and obvious to me. Without hints, I suspect everyone might be able to answer them both correctly. I did. Maybe I was lucky?
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I'd offer a guess that what you requested is not available due to the idea that these alerts need to be reviewed and their causes corrected, instead of allowing someone to delete them in bulk. I know that's not your goal, but it seems a risk others might take. (Also--remember to vote for your own suggestion once you create…
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Thank you for honoring me by reposting some of my thoughts this week, adatole. You know my thoughts on recognizing folks for what they do when it's appreciated. As jeremymayfield said before me, you've created more happiness and goodness and pleasure in the world by starting this easy but thought-provoking mission.
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You might just be right in thinking MS may have better earned our trust than other vendors. But fool me once . . .
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I didn't think I had any custom HTML in my deployment either. I was only building new views, right? But they leveraged Custom HTML widgets, so my deployment is customized--at least, it is according to SW's definition. Even this basic "How to" page I built will put anyone's deployment into a Customized HTML mode--which…
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One more hard question, then the last question of the month (usually "Did you fill out the survey?") and I could be in the running . . . Projecting Amazon Prime's Picard or Star Trek Discovery on a long winter's night might be fun. If I only had enough wall space on which to project it . . .
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Given what we've seen on television and experienced in real life, it's apparent voice-command-to-computer solutions are often insecure and provide unexpected (sometimes hilarious, sometimes dangerous) results. This is another example of alpha-testing product on consumers who expect a finished and secure solution. I'm not…
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Soft skills make the icing on the cake for the hard skill's foundation. Some examples I've personally witnessed: * A woman I know graduated from a U.S. university with an English Major. She earned a teaching degree to please her parents, but didn't want to teach. She taught English to the English in England for a time, and…
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Do you have pencil lead embedded in your body? - Ars Technica OpenForum
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I, too, was hoping for easy/affordable personal space travel and hover cars. The Jetsons Intro (60's vs 80's) - YouTube Although it's my own fault, I feel particularly betrayed that I will NOT go to the moon.
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I'd rather folks sat on their PC's to warm themselves than someone developing a ceramic heater that ran off POE. Heat is (perhaps) the worst, least efficient use of electricity.
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It certainly seems something's missing in the planning and testing-before-release of products filling needs like Kubernetes. What methods of not-creating-vulnerabilities, and then testing & confirming everything's secure before releasing to the public, are people forgetting or never learning?
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I'm sorry to confess that I don't know how to disable that alert. I went through the entire NTA 4.2 manual looking for "disable" and "NBAR2" and did not find what you need. The manual is here: https://files.mtstatic.com/site_11644/9966/14?Expires=1517678340&Signature=I9lTof55wQ-1gPQ6a-2RdPMlOGrjG65fVE569IOYq37xL… Your…
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The comments showing up here continue to amaze and impress me. You all are experts in your fields, and have much to offer anyone who has ignorance about the impact of losing Net Neutrality. Thank you! And keep the comments coming, all! I see great dollars and sense discussed; are there no whacko paranoid people reading…
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Kudos to the fellow who's trying to prove FB is or isn't allowing politicians to lie. I hope social media becomes a better place as a result of his efforts.
