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I'm wondering whether today's answer should have included reviewing the Environment for Intranet from WEST Datacenter at a specific date and time. The answers are all even numbers, but so far, refreshing the lab Hint at different times, I see different "steps" in error mode. I only see possible odd numbers as answers for…

I never stopped to think how machine learning might easily reveal bias. A very interesting article! When will they put this into I.Q. tests and applications for everything?

Robots becoming self healing? Hmmm. One of the things horses have over automobiles is their ability to heal from injuries and create new horses from scratch. When robots can do the same, horses will still be biodegradable, and come with internal governors that limit risk and speed. It's hard to imagine that people in major…

May I humbly suggest some "advanced" ground work that is prerequisite? * Sufficient staff resources to learn the products well. This includes training and certifications. * Sufficient financial resources dedicated to the appropriate monitoring tools, which will point to the servers, network, QoS, data bases, and…

Can you share a screen shot of the problem? I was able to input the correct answer, but that was about 8:15 a.m. USA Central time. Maybe it was already fixed by then? Also, I went through the Mission Shortcut (as I noted with my report of the experience above); the answer for today's question was probably made more obvious…

Apparently he's still living in his own little world. With a lump on his head . . , Baghdad Bob - YouTube

Hump day Bump!

Your comment is a good one, but it sent me off on a tangent to see how much a good DBA is worth, if they're worth their weight in gold. (Oh boy . . .--rolls eyes . . .) At present, one Troy Ounce of gold is worth $1,254,54. There are 14.583 Troy Ounces in one avoirdupois pound. $1,254.54 dollars per Troy Ounce x 14.4583…

Nicely done! Let's get all those LOL and other Internet Cats queued up to the ballot box. I say give their votes for you at LEAST DSCP 101 110 (46).

Note the fish in the foreground . . .

IoT and "smart" home devices certainly ARE monitoring you. Is it a coincidence that, when I have no Alexa or other outside-installed program on my smartphone and I speak out loud "I wish I knew how to treat medical condition X (insert your favorite idea--acne, skin cancer, halitosis, etc.)" and then my web surfing suddenly…

I agree, this is something I'd like, too. Has Cisco indicated there are a small number (preferably just ONE) files in which all ISE configurations are stored, that can be read or offloaded by NCM, and compared for a daily configuration change report? The more things Cisco puts into appliances that look like servers, the…

I can sympathize with your experience dealing with a self-important user. It used to happen to me all the time at a previous location. Folks would call to complain how their local cable company connection had failed--and then expect me to fix the issue for them. Fortunately there was an SLA in place, but at 2 a.m. it was…

Widely varying reviews on this week's prize:

This topic is timely--just a couple of hours ago I was talking with a DBA who admitted his company couldn't confirm that his databases were successfully and completely backed up each night. They go through the motions, run it to their tape robot, rotate tapes off site. But he was embarrassed that he couldn't say for…

I'm impressed anyone came up with ANY close calls by the Soviets. I strongly suspect they had as many of them as the Americans did, and maybe many more, given rumors of morale and funding and training problems. But for word of those close calls to slip out into the free world . . . How many incidents have we NOT heard of,…

Hubble POPO. It's funny what every-day troubleshooting skills may bring to very-complex equipment. The dismaying thing: why would a POPO correct the issue? What's wrong with any device that cannot run and run until it wears out and cannot be restarted without replacing hardware? The path to wisdom and a better tomorrow…

It does seem needlessly complex. Getting jumbos to work everywhere is not the panacea some folks expect. I enable/allow them inside our data centers, and out to the core and distribution nodes if there's a defined reason. But to the access layer? Uffda!

Remember Harrison Ford writing an access-list in "Firewall"? Apparently, to Hollywood, that's all it takes to secure your network.

I found some limitations on the Geek Guides' view ability--not everyone can see them. I'm not sure what the criteria is. So, sure, you got a Staff Promotion to General (if you could see the blog I posted in the Geek Guides--which I've since removed).

I'd love to see a full automation and integration solution for SolarWinds. Many things that could be / should be automated are not. Yet. Wouldn't it make sense to see the following? * UDT* Automatic router gateway discovery for every subnet on every switch, and automatically polling it for ARP information--without having…

I ran the Mission Shortcut this morning and was treated to a lovely 60-minute session with a couple of Solarwinds professionals who gave me the Red Carpet treatment. Ten minutes after I registered for the cloud service trial, my phone rang: it was Solarwinds politely and happily calling to offer a friendly assist with the…

I've run into some in that list of exploits. Thank you for posting this information.

A good SWQL guru could write that for you to execute in the SDK, or automatically in a SolarWinds Compliance Rule's Remediation section. I apologize for not being a good SWQL guru. I can barely open the SDK and execute a canned query!

Some say his security implementations are developed in secured and isolated Lunar facilities, and that his helmet's facemask is darkened to obscure his facial tics. Some say his shoes contain superconducting nano-bots, and that he puts Ketchup on every variety of hot meat. Some say the NSA has a standing request for his…

We've wasted so much time & effort on ISE. Cisco promised it was compatible with our hardware, then we spent six months proving it overloaded the CPU & memory on 400 Cisco 2960S switches. Cisco's going to replace them for us at 25% of list--not bad. But we really went through a lot of stress getting to this stage. It'll…

Data center emissions, carbon footprints, waste, expense . . . It would be nice to find a way to do without the negative aspects that come with big data (or any data). This is one area in which we can hide from the truths and still be burned by them. I'm encouraged that more electric is being generated from green /…

App Sizes: Just say "no". We actually don't need Facebook's app, nor FB Messenger, nor Linked-In, etc. Sure, they can be entertaining, but at what cost? Did you know Facebook sites you "Like" get access to your personal information behind the scenes? That's one way FB makes money while seeming to offer you "free" Facebook…

No, actually there's no paranoia involved. Hacking into someone's laptop or cell phone camera is a process that the script kiddies have been downloading for years. The right patches & security settings can prevent it--until a new hack is discovered that allows it again. Part of the problem is that personal devices were…

I missed the battle, but I'm not surprised Doom was the winner. Fun!