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Shooting off onto the smoke / CO2 detector tangent, I just saw an "Ask This Old House" segment about smoke detectors and was interested to learn: * Smoke detectors have a life span. Just because they test OK when you press their test button doesn't mean they'll do the job you need them to do. They need to be replaced every…

You'd think they'd build the Holodeck around the warp core and just run it virtually. If they ever needed to dump it, just do so--or shut down the holodeck program. And then start up a new Warp Core program. Simple!

My company's doing a new round of Phishing education, sending Phishing e-mails to employees that track who clicks on them, and that sends the employee to a training page that explains what they should do with Phishing spam in the future. It's kind and friendly and gentle--not vindictive or finger-pointing or accusatory. I…

Uff da! THIS is why I keep coming back to Thwack. Interacting with folks who've implemented ideas I COMPLETELY missed, perhaps because I've been using Solarwinds since 2004, and many features available today were not present when I learned the products back in the day. No, I haven't been using the Dynamic Selection…

My kids attempted to listen to music too loudly through ear buds. I took away their audio players temporarily and explained how the ability to play loud music doesn't equate to it not causing permanent damage to their hearing. I showed them how their grandparents' hearing was diminished--Grampa's through performing in a…

Did you know there are no standards for PCI auditors and their audits? There are guidelines, but if you hire an auditor and you don't like their advice or the results of the audit, you can hire a different auditor and get completely different results. This was a surprise to me when I discovered this, and I've seen three…

That's just WAY cool. I don't deal with anything remotely like that at work, and I think it sounds really interesting!

Thank you for posting the Net Neutrality info. Now's the time to make your concerns heard with your government officials. If you're unsure what this means to you, review Thwacksters' thoughts and reactions here: What might the loss of Net Neutrality mean to you, your company or your industry?

Nicely explained!

I… Look like Scott … so you do not be... a little bit jumpy. Karen Allen was a fave of mine in this movie and in Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

Fingers crossed. I really had hoped for that 34" curved screen monitor from a while back . . . But Bose Bluethooth sounds nice. Even though I sold my 901 Series IV's a few years ago for about three times what I paid for them.

Wow! That's a great shopping list for monitoring needs. And nothing SW offers can do this? Or you just haven't bought the modules or licenses to do it all yet?

Did you catch "The Bacon Addict" Movie? https://youtu.be/uijKLEvJnzA

Buy: hire technical staff with the skills you need, at the best price you can get them. It becomes a very active competition with other companies to find people willing to sacrifice their home lives and personal pay to get the training and salaries they need to get the job. Those people with the best skill sets may only be…

Don't forget that excellent communications and Change Management are the heart of what makes these things work as needed.

Agreed on the name view limitation!

Certs (IMHO) are best used for getting a better job elsewhere unless and until your current employer recognizes the certs' value to the organization, and the employer pays for the training and testing (at least one test). The best accounting firms pay for their employees to take training to become Certified Public…

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"How cloud-based apps 'could and should' replace legacy apps"? Let's define "Whether the cloud is appropriate" before saying it "could and should" replace legacy apps. Frankly, the cloud is not appropriate. Yet. But it may one-day become appropriate. It's trendy. It has lots of hype and glitz. But it remains vague and…

Here's a good place to start: NetPath - Video - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support The NPM training resources also point at the same link: NetPath - Video - SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. Help and Support

You're a good teacher, Leon. Your wisdom just automatically leads one from point A to B and then to C. Or maybe I just got lucky; even a broken clock is right twice a day. ;^)

You're welcome. If you find a good way to use the information, please post your process (with screen shots) so all in Thwack can benefit from your discoveries.

Fortune favors the bold. There are no lucky people--only prepared people. You did well--congratulations.

Cleaning up Cyberhoarding practices and careless really needs an "Easy" button. I'm happy to see I haven't fallen into most of the traps. But cleaning up the few I know about isn't easy.

Goal: Just say "no" to Personal Devices. And while you're at it, say "no" to wireless, too. In for a penny . . . Result: It turns out that can be a "career-limiting" decision. People want it, at any price, at any cost--convenience is king. So we spend a very large amount of money trying to provide the services and…

As long as Cisco doesn't buy out Solarwinds . . .

We've allowed BYOD, but not for doing work--only for checking personal e-mail, Facebook, etc. We've rolled out corporately owned & managed mobile devices for those who require them. "Require" is scrutinized carefully. It's not enough to "be connected", to "know someone in I.T. or Management", or to be a VIP or C-level. You…

It's embarrassing to see what folks are willing to drag out of the attic or cellar when 3000 points are offered. My, aren't we a private bunch? Yep--just up until 3000 Thwack points are made available.

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