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Computer latency, then and now, is something more than just raw clock and bits & time. It's also dependent on the heavy/inefficient graphics and computation and rich user experiences that we demand today. Back in the 1970's, running a teletype at less than 1K BAUD to generate a printed-out game interface was a delight.…

What he said! ^

The gift-giving season is almost upon us. Wouldn't you love to have the respect & adoration of someone who received an awesome bacon gift from you? Or would you rather receive it than give it? How about both--give it AND eat it together! $17.99 for two pounds seems a lot, but hey, it's Boss Hog!…

I LOVE dem apples! I grew up raising & chomping Haraldson, and now I love Honey Crisp. I'm looking forward to the new varieties that are coming--they sound scrumptious!

You can't win against those who have final say for Layers 8, 9, or 10. Depending on your point of view: money/budget, politics, religion (i.e. platform/vendor/OS/etc., e.g.: Apple, Windows, Linus, iOS Unix, Cisco, etc.).

Like you, I felt Han's boast was poorly written English, that he was confusing distance and time measurements. As petergwilson​ noted, Han's boast was for finding a shortcut no one had successfully taken before. In my case, the distance from Duluth, MN to Minneapolis, MN (both are "my towns") might be said to be 150 miles.…

The AI Snake Oil slides were encouraging. Their authors might be missing some of the point when they mention certain items are of "ethical concern" due to their enhanced ability to fool the public even after some basic research. The Ethical Concern is not that someone did a better job creating a lie that was harder to…

I've used MFA for a seemingly long time, and am quite impressed, perhaps even unnerved, at how quickly a session requiring a second form of authentication alerts my smart phone. I have on-site in-LAN applications that don't react as quickly as my two MFA applications do, and MFA not only has to work internally--it must…

I'm not familiar with the Security Triangle, but I'm immediately reminded of the Business Triangle, with the three sides being: * You can get something done quickly * You can get something done well * You can get something done affordably Or as I like to say, "Fast, Good, and Cheap". The rule is you're on the paper with…

I'm certain I disagree with the author's view in the article about Apple Watches automatically calling 911 under certain circumstances. Cyrus seems most concerned about someone who's already being naughty inadvertently giving police unexpected right of access into the home of that naughty person. Frankly, I'm totally fine…

I put about 600 water miles per year on my 2013 Crestliner 1850 Super Hawk, and since moving to 100% catch and release I estimate I put about 800 fish per year in the boat, and so far all have been safely released, unharmed. It was quite a revelation to discover I could have just as much fun fishing without keeping fish as…

Sign me up for anything anywhere near Minneapolis. I'm in Duluth, and my organization could host a meeting. Rick S.

Gaauuggghhhh! You're right! And that's SO disgusting when one thinks of the possibilities for slow recovery in lost cloud services when compared to staffing and training appropriately and hosting those services internally. Sigh

You're exactly right--you DO pay for the extra services. It would be nice to have a contract that said "If you don't use the pipe, you don't pay for it." OR, "You only pay for the bits/bandwidth you use." Of course, we don't get something for nothing. And in this case, we previously were stuck thinking in a very limited…

If virtualized applications have more performance dimensions, obviously they need more performance monitoring. Do they have an equivalently increased number of risks or vulnerabilities? Or perhaps even more of them than the measurable performance dimensions?

I still say Orson Scott Card should get $$ every time anyone references "ansible" in print.

You've offered an interesting point of view. Where I work, being a System Administrator (Server admin) pays better than being a Network Analyst. About $10K to $25K, depending on the position. It probably depends on industry and location. Certainly working in bigger cities for bigger companies can result in much bigger…

Please, O God, make our Apps people read this . . .

Your article helps highlight the complexity of our industry. Thanks for thinking it out & sharing.

Bring it!

I'm 100% for 100% renewable energy. Don't get me wrong; I don't want folks with coal or oil jobs to lose them--I want those folks to find even better employment and better safety and health and financial reward by swapping those jobs for alternative energy employment. I want it to be better for EVERYONE to move away from…

We missed you while you were gone, Jfrazier​!

If you think developing, setting up, and using an AI to get our tasks done more easily will be a headache, imagine that same AI having to deal with us once it's running.

Using MS Edge to play their "Surf" game? Sorry; let's get outside and get moving. Less screen time, more healthy activity, more talking (remotely/safely) with the neighbors across the fence or road.

Since applying hot fixes to my UDT (NAM) environment and reconfiguring to ensure appropriate routers & switches are polled / discovered for UDT info, I am getting the right data in a reasonable amount of polling time. Problems/challenges that remain: * Some sites use Nexus 5K's as Distribution Switches, and 5K's don't play…

It's probably the safest policy. Do they give you a sandbox for testing non-release?

ISE and NAC rule where Layer 1 can't be secured. Is NAC an option where you are? Or do time and dollar budgets prevent NAC from being a player in your environment?

Bingo.

Poor VMware: When someone like AWS and Microsoft want your product to work in both environments, well, that's a problem a lot of people would like to have. The fact that Microsoft is driving VMware to do something they don't want to do is . . . unfortunate. How will we, the end users, pay for this irresistible force…