scottmathews

Have you tried using a text editor rather than a word processor to prepare the text of the questions? I know one of our web-facing systems has display issues for text coming from Word, but does just fine on the same text coming from notepad.

My father went to school for computer programming in 1970. While that was a constant influence in my youth, I think the earliest point where I decided technology was for me on my terms was helping our high school's computer/physics instructor wirewrap S-100 Bus 16K (yes, K) memory cards. There was something wholly…

Took a few extra seconds to get to the login page but I was able to get in. I'm guessing someone applied a bit of percussive maintenance after your question.

My doctor keeps trying to convince me that those two are related: weight and sleep. She's probably right. It's just so hard to sleep knowing someone, somewhere is eating ...

But with a broken link, how will I know if I am ready for SysAdmin Day?!?

How do you measure throughput on that "network?" I'm guessing it's about 2.1 BPS (Bleats Per Second).

Welcome aboard!

I don't know about anybody else, but I'd feel better if there were a Skynet monitor ...

For question 22, the conjunction in the question is 'and' but in the hint it's 'or'. Just thought I'd mention it for anyone who's still a bit nervous after yesterday.

Remember kids, NEVER answer a True-False question while also on a boring, listen-only conference call ...

She celebrates Thanksgiving to the same degree we observe Guy Fawkes day ...

As much as I like item 1: Create a clearly defined organizational structure, I foresee problems. Even at the state level where I worked, inter-agency cooperation was a Potemkin village. I certainly hope things are better at the Federal level or we may never get a handle of proper cybersecurity.

Thinking about the Container Technology article back on the 13th, has anyone had any luck using containers to combat binary and library deprecation on the cloud?

Or the Doors of Durin. Anyone remember how to say 'friend' in Elvish?

Apparently "Confirmed" isn't it either. Maybe it's like the Progressive Insurance Ad: the password is "Hi, guys."

I'm still happily running two IBM Model M keyboards. And the original user, in a long-distant previous employer, had stuck the WP template on so well that it's still there on one of them.

Your last sentence seems to imply you blame bitcoin, was that your intent?

First question of the new year. I'm still at 100%!

Figuring out a new employers stance on new technology is an important part of the interviewing process too. I didn't know until I'd been on the job for a couple of months that the "official" line was that we do not and will not use cloud-based services.

Funniest mistake of this type I've seen to date was a hand-written sign at the entrance of an IT Training Center: "We're you're training partner to make the future your wanting possible."

scuff, any recommendations for a favourite chat bot? 

It took me a second look to see the Simulated Hosts section below the Simulated VMS section ...

I was REALLY overthinking today's question. I thought the LAST release meant the one before the current one ... Fortunately, that date didn't align with any of the proffered answers.

Hear, hear! As much as I'd like to read the whole document (and intend to) I don't always have time in the morning to invest in that manner.

Well played, green_bread!

I was able to find the answer as well but as I mentioned in my earlier comment, I did have to take a second look to see the Simulated Hosts section rather than the Simulated VMs section I had fixated on at first. Thankfully, that figure wasn't one of the choices or I would have been kicking myself. Rushing, listening to…

Great collection! I liked the security checklist, although more detail would have been nice. For example, while I know what a white list is, I'm not familiar with it in that context: "Validate every last bit of user input using white lists on the server."

Thanks, Wendy!

You're right! I should have specified monitoring WITH alerts.

I was actually wondering if anyone here had any first-hand stories of success in protecting their applications from the issues raised in this article