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Yes, bring ISE to the table, please. Cisco promised it was compatible with all of our switches, then we found nearly four hundred of our switches are models that may "technically" support IS", but they have insufficient resources to "actually" support ISE. As a result, my team is feverishly discovering flows with SPAN…

Training IT people about privacy seems like something that is assumed from Day One, and if it's not taught, the folks responsible for the education/training of IT staff are culpable and should be held responsible and liable. Even twenty years ago when Cisco began deploying their labs into public schools, the training…

Giving a bunch of strangers (Amazon and their delivery agents) the key to your home . . . Hmm, what could possibly go wrong with that? Some people! Let's innovate, let's be secure, and let's practice some healthy skepticism and paranoia when it comes to our convenience and safety. And let's not give strangers the keys to…

It was so unusual (actually, it was unique in the history of the world, to my knowledge) that it seemed faked--CGI. Too bad the third fuel cylinder malfunctioned--imagine three of those things touching down neatly on the same landing pad!

You've covered the same bases we have. However, this Geek Speak looks suspiciously familiar . . . either it's a retread or someone's trying to penetrate our trust. SECURITY!!!

What--you need to describe MORE than ONE apocalypse? Or, are you saying you've experienced multiple? In actuality, there's only supposed to be one Apocalypse. We overuse the word, since a true apocalypse is world-ending. It's common to use the word for dramatic effect, but we really ought to use smaller words, focused on a…

I experienced something similar, but on a larger scale. Our WAN/ISP provider had created full equipment and circuit redundancy and had practiced failovers successfully. And then came the day when all the WAN, but not the Internet, was down. Long story short, the Internet was directed off locally here in northern Minnesota,…

Those aren't red flags about your article or your process or descriptions. Those are red flags that can indicate problems and stressors for staff. Supporting this kind of environment exemplifies the worst part of keeping all the plates spinning on their posts. Now, sooner than later, something's going to break. Erich Brenn…

Bill Gates designed systems with a limit of 640 KB useable RAM, too. https://web.archive.org/web/20080501040344/http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/gates.htm

The Burger King story seems delightfully tongue-in-cheek with subtle snarkyness. But the communication skills seem to need a bit of work: How can one have a goal "to appeal to woke millenials"? What does even this mean?

The HappyOrNot story is excellent! I forwarded it to our team for consideration and further forwarding. Thanks!

That sound like better terminology to me. I guess this particular Mission's questions lean towards those with more recent System Administration than I've had (I moved from SysAdmin to Network Analyst in 2003 and haven't looked back). My misinterpretation was looking for servers instead of ESX servers, and the naming used…

This is the best explanation I've found yet for SWQL. It's particularly helpful when someone builds a document that doesn't assume the audience knows anything at all about SQL or databases or queries, their jargon or syntax.

Been there, built it, loved it!

Ahh! "Prints of his work" . . . And now I know THE REST of the story.

Your father's musical story of professionalism reminds me of a tale I heard many years ago. A virtuoso composer and pianist (I think perhaps it was George Gershwin) was interviewed in his later years, and when asked about his first truly memorable performance, he reminisced something to this effect . . . "My first paying…

Sadness for missing June's cool monitor. Happiness to the winners!

I see your T-Mobile Sidekick 3, and I raise you three different Suzuki SidekicksL

Excellent! Thank you. I'll dig into these and see if questions remain with my team.

Sorry, I had to go to the literal when I reread the topic of this page. Carry a nice sling and a few smooth river rocks. You're sure to get a head.

I've thought this picture would make a challenging 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle.

ding​ serena​ If one or more of your staff had the items referenced in the preceding note from deverts​, I'm hoping you'd be able to use it to better support our Meraki deployments.

My wife & kids & Outlook Calendar reminders are all the bots I need.

Those prank examples made me smile. Thanks for sharing!

At home, one of my hobbies is fishing. And I've learned to always change techniques, to try new ideas, and keep abreast of new technologies. Towards that end I've recently been improving my understanding of Automatic Charging Relays and how they differ from Isolators, with regards to charging and using multiple 12 volt…

Wait--people still use Macintoshs?

I'm curious how the vulnerabilities & ethics of 800+ Microsoft writers compares to one or more AI's being compromised by those wishing to manipulate public opinion. We can look at a person's bank account & communications and actions and determine if they're compromised, under pressure to write something or reveal secrets…

Establishing baselines with NPM and analyzing traffic flows with NTA can help you identify when you've got problems. Know what's expected for every device and flow, and red flag those flows that are unexpected until you have verified they are--or are not--malicious / unauthorized flows. I'm hoping to see more leveraging of…