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Agreed--anything else is a guaranteed flood of calls to the Help Desk.

The video clue for Apr 26 has an interesting conclusion. Words to the effect of "Now that we know the extent of the issue, we can prioritize our response accordingly." The impression that left with me: "the issue's mostly affecting Argentina, and we aren't in charge of that country's IP routing & switching infrastructure.…

"Warshipping". Obviously. I'd never heard of it, but it seems inevitable once explained. Will we need a Faraday Cage in every Receiving room? Or a separate non-networked facility to receive and open and inspect devices, away from our WLAN?

Aaaand, again we have the objectionable redistribution of our names & e-mail addresses into third-parties, as part of the Mission short-cuts. Specifically, open the privacy notification link (which so many folks inappropriately do NOT read before agreeing to anything) SolarWinds - Privacy Policy and search for "share".…

Perhaps the biggest Pop Culture surprise and impact, to me, was the Phoenix : Baselisk round. Certainly the Harry Potter franchise had a major upsetting impact here, since the Phoenix defeated the Baselisk there, despite the size and strength and magical power of a Baselisk being apparently superior to any Phoenix, whose…

Also bump.

I love your initial assessment and observations. Item #3 in particular stands out head and shoulder above the rest. Followed closely by item #4. "Follow the money" should be the mantra we never forget.

7-Eleven users' accounts hacked? Naturally. This comes from jumping on a band wagon when one doesn't have the appropriate training and knowledge of Internet security. It's inevitable. But rather than simply writing apps that are harder to compromise, when will we start doing something to prevent people from even coming up…

I love a good success story!

I like your perspective, and respect it. My perspective is skewed based on the lack of management of IP addresses and ports that some IT teams have shown in the DC's. We have 4000 servers and you'd think they'd all be locked down, labeled, well-known, with little change or churn. Suffice it to say that I could better…

Silly tech vendors . . .

Yes, Lake Superior. Other communities have also refreshed their old industrial waterfronts and recognized that lakes and rivers are for people to enjoy, not just for commercial traffic or for dumping waste into. Minneapolis has done a wonderful job creating new trails on and over the Mississippi in their downtown region.…

Speaking of the eclipse this month, who's going to see the full view, either because it's coming to you, or you're coming to it?

Wow! That guy's out of control!

Well, the $18G price is quite a goal you set for yourself. But you've got to have a dream. If you don't have a dream how will you make a dream come true?

In the article with "Six Secrets From Research", one sentence captured the world's problems best (IMHO): "We need more discussions where. . . both sides are open to changing their mind."

Our solution to BYOD also involves containerization. A third-party commercial product installs on personal devices, their owners/users accept the terms and conditions, then gain access to limited company resources. If the device goes off the net or is lost or stolen, or if the employee moves on, the software automatically…

Naw, tell it like it is. You could've included a cute picture to lighten it up, but then we'd have to look at stuff like this:

I suspect Millenials aren't joining country clubs because they have other interests. Perhaps online gaming, perhaps rock climbing or theater or videos or kendama. The country club set I've watched, in person and in the news, frequently represents people whose idea of fun does't match mine. If Millenials are that same way,…

Netflix has a great program on right now (October 2015) called "Rise of the Hackers". Goes over ransomware, Q-bit processing and Quantum calculation for very large prime numbers. Fascinating stuff, including the Stuxnet info Netflix recently published. And "they say" Stuxnet was supposed to be contained, never intended to…

Teach your children well, and they will not stray from the path. (Or they'll be fired.) * Select incoming people for their great interpersonal skills, not just their certifications. They must have a personality you're happy to be with because that's part of their nature. You'll have a hard time changing their personality…

Perhaps many are in industries and positions similar to mine, where the absolute minimum acceptable level of performance is your absolute best work. No, I'm not an eye surgeon or a nuclear physicist controlling dangerous isotopes. But I design, install, and maintain the network that lets them do their jobs. Automation &…

It's a good rationale for forwarding all those e-mails of concern to your administration. Maybe that flow will help them realize the public's interest in how your organization protects itself and its customers.

(Ranked at Level 28 out of 28 levels achieved by anyone--only two others have achieved that level, sitting at position 3 out of 130,000+, still worries . . .) My MAN!

It's a challenging topic (based on trusting the cloud's security and availability), and I'm happy you've shared these ideas with us. Forewarned is forearmed.

That's pretty decent for the office (if you don't have a microwave oven nearby). Did you know there's a whole group of people who've focused on the fine art of cooking on a car or truck engine--while driving? https://www.wikihow.com/Cook-Food-on-Your-Car%27s-Engine

Sounds like a challenge--how to eliminate that potential single point of failure where the two service providers' lines cross? I still see dozens of home users' ASA 5505's go off line every few weeks as Sprint/Mediacom/Spectrum or some other shared provider reboots their routers or neighborhood nodes as part of regular…

I don't understand the reference to "cockroach." Can you provide context for me?

Today's answer choices do not match up correctly with the solution provided in the Hint link. High Latency is not equal to High CPU.

Heaven save us from ignorant but well-meaning superiors! I had one, long ago, who believed a hardened Free-BSD firewall was the cause of certain problems, and while I was out taking lunch, he wanted to reboot it. Of course he had no passwords, no logical access. But he had the key to the server room, and proceeded to power…