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Regarding A.I. and lie detectors . . . there's a fundamental flaw in the concept. People have proven that lie detectors can be fooled. Worse, lie detector results risk being manipulated without one's knowledge by someone who may have compromised the network in which the detector resides. And what about the A.I. making the…
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Yes, e-votes seem so infinitely untrustworthy. I recall stories of a U.S. President--Lyndon B. Johnson. The worst one was a rumor from when he was running for Senator, and it went something like this: * Ballot results did not come in from all districts simultaneously, although they should have. * A small number of…
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Yes, "Average" shouldn't have been included in the question. It confuses things, because the correct answer obviously has nothing to do with an average over the specified time period.
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Is this still unresolved, unprovided?
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As the offspring of an alcoholic father, who dealt with work stress through drink & abuse, I'll say "Drink, but choose wisely." I made a New Years Resolution back in 1980 to never drink alcohol as a result of its impact on my childhood through my father. The rationale was "He's such a good & strong man. If alcohol could…
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George, we may be retiring at similar time frames. If you've any interest in fishing & boating adventures in northeast Minnesota or southwestern Ontario, contact me. Maybe we'll run into some personal best fish! If the fish don't bite we might each come away from the experience with a new good friend. Yours, Rick
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There's something to that. Remove humans and you remove the future, effectively eliminating history (which is human-centric from my point of view). Heinlein also wrote: "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." Could there be something about hackers that comes from an inner problem? Heinlein: "If you…
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I LOVED the Data Viz Caveats article! I've mistakenly fallen victim to several of the problems mentioned, and have seen too many presentations that abuse the concepts demonstrated in the web page. This is one I'll be sharing with presenters!
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"Down" is reserved for the point of view of the user's ability to work, to reach a service or online resource. A service or resource's ability can be boiled away further and further, until no functionality remains. But for me and my users, "Down" is the word used when: * A service or asset is not available at all *…
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"SAP" will always first remind me of "Second Audio Program", which used to be available on certain analog broadcast television stations, and could include content like the automated local NOAA weather radio. Wiki thinks SAP is something very different indeed: Systems Applications Products audit - Wikipedia With such a…
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Leveraging modern social media technology to subtly and efficiently enable age discrimination isn't right. It's even "more wrong" to me as I age. I've been doing network support, design, analysis, and troubleshooting for twenty-two years now. I worry about whether I'd find work with another employer if I went chasing…
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I'll dare to cast a slightly negative parallel: containers scaled to larger sizes, and applied to the business hierarchy, end up being potential problems. While we each become experts with the small containers we create or work with, we lose insight into the containers created or maintained by others. Now size that concept…
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I've seen the referenced manipulated image of a black man given white skin digitally. "Something" looks unnatural about it, but folks are used to being able to point at a picture and trust it reflects reality. But that hasn't been guaranteed ever since the first black & white darkroom work was done to "improve" an image.…
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The "flat file" static copy we keep as a template, in which we highlight variables to change on a per-location or per-device basis (snmp-server location, hostname, etc.) is a useful tool for updating incoming switches, but it is useless when one also needs to upgrade all existing switches with the new information. A great…
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I agree--it's time consuming to train myself to use the new web report builder when I already have the skill for the old Report Writer. But I'm finding that going through the effort is resulting in some worthwhile skill improvements in myself, so I'm not pushing back as hard as I thought I would. But where functionality…
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Don't be confused by what SLA's are for in general, what they can do. They are capable of MUCH more than just "ensuring the voice-over-IP (VoIP) environment is healthy." SLA's and IP SLA are two very different animals, and it's easy to confuse the two. Use SLA's to get better rates from ISP's and ASP's, to get…
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Yes, you can't have either without the other. Infosec and NetOps MUST be friends. How else will they survive? Infosec and NetOps should be friends, Oh, Infosec and NetOps should be friends. One sure likes to surf the Net, the other tries to hedge their bet. But that's no reason why they cain't be friends. IT folks need…
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Please clarify the mean of POAM? Nothing I find at Google seems to bring a wry smile, and I bet your definition may fill that need.
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I attended a seminar yesterday in which FBI Special Agent John Bonhage spoke about this exact topic. His best advice: if you see something that doesn't seem right, that just seems odd or off from what you'd expect, notify the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Home ). He said…
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Last day of April 2018 bump.
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I thought for sure you were going to provide information about how TCP window size can impact throughput more than latency. From Wikipedia: TCP windowsThe throughput of a communication is limited by two windows: the congestion window and the receive window. The congestion window tries not to exceed the capacity of the…
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The story about how the broadband industry loves certain names . . . No matter what they call it, no matter what the monthly or per-bit charge, consumers are stuck when there's only one provider available in the area in which they live. Which is the result of the industry manipulating government (all branches--federal,…
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Three items, regarding LEM versus Kiwi, for me: * Scaling * Price * Security Analysis I have a small number of critical network devices (core and distribution routers/switches) and the scaling of my legacy version of Kiwi is perfect for a small need & easy log look-ups, easy filtering, easy amount of alerts/e-mail to…
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It seems like you've just described silos, and why they're bad. And I agree with your assessment.
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Poor Atlanta. Poor anyone who relies on the Internet and who doesn't have perfect security. And poor hackers & ransomeware writers--when they need social services that won't be available because they're down, due to ransomware. And poor Earth, whose leaders promote profit over altruism, whose people won't vote for great…
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I agree on the low value & ROI for Home DNA kits. Don't waste your money. Regarding commercial DNA analysis, seriously consider the long-term impacts share your unique and personal information with a web-based database over which you have no control. It might be fun to learn you are related to Napoleon; not so fun to…
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Your fire pit pool is still beautiful with colorful leaves and shining reflections from the high water. I can easily imagine many wonderful images coming from high water and your outdoor entertainment area.
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