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That article about Ethereum was interesting. Honestly, most anyone investing in blockchain doesn't understand that jumping on that bandwagon was never a good idea. Maybe they'll learn by losing their investment? No, probably not. That would suggest they learn from studying history (even if it's their own). And if they…

No MOAR Silos? Ha! Untrue. The cloud carries its own unique silos that can narrow down supportability even further. I find it interesting some companies are withdrawing some (or all!) assets from the cloud when it becomes apparent the cloud is not as reliable/secure/available/affordable as expected, or when certain…

I used Mosaic 1.0 not long after it was released to the public. It was not was I expected or wanted--it was more of a research tool than a web browser, but that probably reflects the fact that many web resources were simple text access to university archives and libraries. Happiness that the technology and sites have…

I cast a vote for "all is well with the current question, hint, and answer" team. Reading the question, there's only one statement Thomas makes that includes two answers. And there's only one option in the answers that covers that.

I think, based on your thoughts about "your" vs. "you're", you'd enjoy a radio show called "A Way With Words." It's worth listening to during drive time, or downloading the podcast if that's more convenient. People write in or call in with pet language/pronunciation/grammar peeves, requests for history/origin of words or…

Spot ON!

This is also my experience. However, take care that you do not leave your deployment after only watching for the things you are most concerned about. Be mindful that you are likely ignorant of vulnerabilities and constantly changing environments that open new vulnerabilities. Continuing your education of technologies,…

To top off everyone else's comments for September 7th's answer, now my web browser (Chrome's latest version) isn't rendering the text in an expected manner:

Envy and impressed. That's me, regarding your travel and skills. Way to go!

Snacking while on a video / conference call from home? Nope. Not even with the microphone on mute and the camera turned off. It's just not the professional behavior your peers need and expect. My folks taught me better; did yours?

Bump.

I'm glad someone came up with the idea of building a product that can make others' lives easier. Thanks, SolarWinds, for NPM, NCM, NTA, etc. and the platform in which they're integrated. They (and YOU) are a big part of my day.

Back when I did PC Support in the early 1990's I was called to the same school classroom every six or eight weeks with a complaint of no network connectivity. The MAC there repeatedly lost network connectivity every six-to-eight-weeks, and I'd tried everything I could think of each time I visited. I'd eventually get it…

Maybe I'm too strict, but I can't imagine a practical business circumstance where Change Management and visibility, history of actions and archived configs, Compliance and Control, is not beneficial. It's inconvenient to folks who make mistakes and try to hide them to avoid taking responsibility. Hopefully all of us are…

I agree with the assessment of penalizing FB $5B as too little, too late. When someone is glad to "only" pay $5B, something's wrong. That goes for Exxon, FB, or any country or business or individual or group.

I like your thoughts on Quantum Computing being a better solution to certain problems than BitCoin or BlockChain may be. I'm with you in this.

Wow. You all are my heroes! I love the script wizard detail & expertise displayed herel.

My Heroes!

I can understand the original intent behind the Whole Foods policy in question. But life is seldom as simple and clear-cut as one might wish. Flexibility and accommodation are likely required to ensure the local franchise stays in business. I've seen those empty shelves, and my personal response was disgust and…

Hacking the source code at ASUS certainly is efficient. What better way to get around all the end users' protection? The sad part is that this is a known hack, as the article mentions has been done previously.

Let me apologize in advance for what's coming. Patrick, you've hit a nerve. And it wasn't even you--it was the folks you're talking about. But I'm pushing back against this due to the ridiculous cost it brings to networking. Let's start by me admitting I understand the rationale for "Convergence." I've seen the pretty…

Yes?

Not following best cabling practices causes and extends downtimes and slows installations. I've not found a method of preventing bad cabling that works on other people who are not part of the switch/router maintenance/replacement solution. They just don't have any skin in that game. Most are low-level techs who need…

To succeed in an organization comprised of many individuals, many departments, and spread out over many geographic areas, meetings are necessary. But it's not necessary for the meetings to be tedious or unproductive or for them to last long. Communicate well, plan well, and succeed!

Uber: How sad that we are so numerous, so jaded, so gullible, so technology-loving, and so profit-driven, that this was allowed to proceed. Do you ever get the feeling that the more people there are, the less they are valued by others, and the more value money seems to have? It's like the law of supply and demand--in…

We have done this exact thing with FireSIGHT and ASA-X models. But, as with all things networking, if you're not 100% certain of what is going to happen when you enable a policy in FireSIGHT, the ASA-X's can shut down important traffic that you may never have anticipated would be affected. I believe it's not enough to…

It didn't seem to be security blocking the images--at least, not our corporate security solution (Web Sense). I did try IE, Firefox, and Chrome--none of them provided images, but they also weren't 100% identical in their blankness. Both IE and Chrome show numbered empty boxes preceded by big spaces: Firefox shows little…

NPM & NCM are nice to have for monitoring, but where a WAN vendor's circuits are in play, more is needed to monitor their equipment and its configuration. They aren't always transparent to our Solarwinds deployment.

Agreed, FireSIGHT has some serious potential. But it comes with serious needs for employee hours spent learning, configuring, monitoring, and reconfiguring it. It's impactful enough, and its needs change so quickly, that I've recommended this product be removed from the Network Team's jurisdiction, and that Security take…