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Hah--Web Sense has blocked access to the linked page because it's categorized as "Personal Network Storage and Backup." Oh well, anything to keep it all secure . . .

Mall Conversion seems to be the right thing to have been thinking about ten years ago. The local health care system in my town already took over two major empty anchor properties in the local mall that were formerly occupied by Sears and Younkers, turning them into fancy exercise / rehab facilities & custom care service…

If SW went through the demo program, Meraki would give them a free MX65 or Z3, according to my understand of the program. Three of my guys have done that and gotten free Meraki gear for home. Of course, you need the cloud service to use it, and that might not be free . . .

I finally dug a little bit into the custom options and discovered NCM can automatically add all new nodes to all appropriate jobs. There's no longer any extra steps required on my team's part--just add a node and NCM will automatically back up its startup & running configs, archive files, inventory it, write memory…

Length & girth or weight of each?

My past interaction with reviews outside of Thwack have resulted in me getting added to many annoying spam lists. Now I'm hesitant.

It turns out you CAN use port 161 for Netpath flow discovery. Of course, this doesn't give you the ability to choose UDT or TCP--I assume it's only TCP.

Twist my arm! I'd love to be there.

Let yourself be optimistic and not dwell on Cloud services being unavailable or slow. Do not spend time reminiscing the good old days when Exchange was hosted locally within your organization, and it responded quickly and reliably. Look to a future where Azure and AWS won't be unknown and mostly unknowable, where your…

Komodo Dragons. I wouldn't want to run into a hungry one that might be out hunting ME.

Agreed--Spock was quite the sidekick option to omit. But folks voted down Genie, and IMHO he is the ultimate sidekick due to his brains, power, wit, and flexibility. Ah well, it's only a game.

Yes, broadcast television is pretty cool. It's free, it provides two or three flavors of all the major networks, a couple of versions of Fox, and best of all: four flavors of PBS! No monthly service cost, no more advertisements than broadband, no additional charge from ISP's . . . It's amazing what comes across for…

There's really only one true answer:

COBOL versus newer, more efficient languages / code? Hmmm. Stable, but clunky. Reliable, but not fast, not glamorous, not sexy. Not GUI. You don't throw away something simply because it's old--not when it does the job well. Even though it may not have been what you studied or have never learned. I'm on the fence with this…

That's a good one! I recognized only 35 robots, and couldn't name even half of them. Nicely done!

I'm reminded of the Packleds on Star TreK: The Next Generation. Talking in simple terms was the solution to understanding the needs and expectations, and explaining technical information to them. Pakled | Memory Alpha | FANDOM powered by Wikia

And without the old compass and sextant navigation, along with hand held telescopes, how will we maintain our supply of one-eyed pirates with eye patches? That's critical to continue having great icons and stereotypes in stories and movies! Aargh!

Duluth is a night time winter wonderland, and it's free for the public to visit and stroll through one of the biggest season light shows around. Check it out here: https://www.google.com/search?q=bentleyville&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixx6Pi-7TXAhWpx4MKHSbZCTgQ_AUICigB&biw=1344&bih=767

I had so many problems with this issue that I had to build a new Resource for my NPM front page to give me a clue about when any Polling Engine was using so much space for logging that it would soon go toes-up. Coupled into this is the issue that JobEngineV2 was experiencing MANY problems and generating LOADS of…

My organization regularly sends random phishing test e-mails at our users, simulating bad guys masquerading as our company, requesting users to click on links or download attachments. For those users who don't recognize this as phishing, when they click on the links or try to download the attachment, they are sent to a…

Ah, I see: "Vault" versus "Valut". That one seemed obvious after reading the Hint, but for anyone who is very literal and detail-oriented, "Valut" is not literally a valid answer within the Hint. I'm too human, and make too many typo's myself; I'm used to giving others the benefit of the doubt, and I tend to read for…

I agree, the "seat rage" stories involving two passengers and reclining seat backs is unfortunate. Although each person being more thoughtful and considerate of the other should have prevented this (the front person turning back and asking the person behind if it were acceptable to recline the seat, and the rear person (no…

Lake Nipigon. We put several in the boat that day that went between 28" and 33". The 33" Walleye weight 13 lbs even. And I was busy maneuvering the boat through current in 2' of water, so my buddy got that big gal on his line, and despite my claiming "It must be a branch!", I had to swallow my pride and grin and net her.…

Ah, I'm in the opposite camp--I never drink coffee. Sigh. Perhaps we need a Thwack Awards Exchange Depot, where someone who doesn't want a particular award can park it and exchange it for someone else's winnings.

I added it below, since the Geek Guides aren't available to general Thwack users. My apologies for hijacking the topic, and I hope my thoughts below may help you justify or obtain the funding needed to the right job for your company.

Driverless trucks were the last Wolverine movie--kind of realistic, pretty inflexible, very scary under the wrong circumstances. Driverless tractors have been around for a few years already: Case IH Autonomous Concept Tractor - YouTube With Amazon and Google being two of the biggest automation users in the world in the…

Once a person is a proven learner, and they possess excellent communication skills, there are few fields in which an English Major cannot excel!

I'll be interested to see what SW products/tools can do with ACI.

Banning facial recognition tech seems appropriate at this time to me, too. It would be one thing if it were reliable, but it's not. It must be 100% accurate, mustn't it? Or it can do harm instead of help? Great Britain seemed to have it going, especially at certain airports, and certainly in science fiction television.…

More time at home, due to COVID-19, brought me some new hobbies & lessons learned, as well: * I bought a 3/4-ton pickup truck (my first pickup truck ever) just before COVID-19 hit. It's enabled me to do new things:* Pull stumps. Lesson learned: Use the right kind of tow strap, lest you end up with one that stretches until…