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Yeah I know how you feel there. Our local governments pretty much had to sue our power utility in the area to replace and upgrade some of the power lines in the area. They were so worn out and old that they would literally shoot out sparks from the lines for no reason what so ever. This is a rural area so of course they…
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Imagine how that would look on netpath. Hmmm well I think I see where the traffic is getting lost at, wait, umm, is that a wormhole? Uhhh, how did that get there?
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I am so glad someone else noticed that!!!!! I got giddy when I looked at that.
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The gartner article was an interesting read. Basically what I got out of it is that they are wrong just as often as they are right when it comes to emerging tech. Some they completely miss. Some they hit right on the head.
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I just about ruined my monitor reading the answers to that one today!!!! The water almost hit it this time. I should know better then to be drinking when doing these as this always seems to happen at least once during a mission! The wikileaks one just got me real good.
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Angry, but it needs to be said. It is very true as well.
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DOH!
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It is not much different then our bodies and our brains really. Our senses are constantly collecting data that is not needed, so the brain just discards it. Most of it is useless and not needed in the first place. We as a species though seem to be hungry for data. We want more and more and more of it.
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You showed it! You should have kept it like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction!!! Never actually know whats in it.
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We fought hard to get these things, especially the badge readers and cages. We did have to make concessions though on some things. Like the badge readers are not integrated into the door frame, but a wireless battery powered unit built into the door handle system itself. We also had to give in and let them put a key in…
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I think that is a common problem for a lot of IT people. I know I am pretty introverted when in social situations myself.
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I think a lot of this has to do with lack of upward mobility and pay scale when you stay in your same place for to long. It seems that in IT the best way to move up the ladder or pay scale is to move on to another employer. Now this is not always the case, but in a lot of situations this does apply. I also agree with you…
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As Amazon (with the typo) and Dyn (with the massive ddos) proved to us recently, everyone knows when the cloud is broken. Never thought I would live to see the day that when the sky is clear and not a cloud in the sky is a sign of bad things and many tears of sadness start falling!
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The BA Airlines one is pretty scary, and hopefully a wake-up call for all companies. They cut and outsourced their IT staff just last year and then this happens. The projected costs of this are going to be over 100 million euros. I imagine the salaries of the people they cut and the money they "saved" by outsourcing to…
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Agreed. Read carefully and do NOT let your brain tick you into seeing things differently then what is actually on the screen.
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“Failure is not an option” Nope, in some situations (often ones where this lie is uttered), it's practically a sure thing! There is no guaranteed success. There is no outcome that is 100% predictable. Some failures, once they are in motion, are unavoidable no matter how much planning was done beforehand, or how much staff…
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Yeah, our only option on not crossing the lines is to send our primary connection into the secondary data center, and the secondary connection into the primary data center and do all the criss-cross-applesauce at that point. Thankfully we do not have to worry to much about remote users. We do have a single user that is in…
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I still have the step by step instructions I used on setting up the phpbb forum and related database and other supporting functions for a game I played 15 years ago. All the data paths and usernames and passwords used along with all other pertinent information required to do any troubleshooting or changes to it. I haven't…
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Do the big guys even worry about "replacing" failed hardware in their datacenters? Or do they have thresholds for failed components and once that is hit the machine is spun down and the next one is spun up to replace it? I wonder if it is worth their time to replace a failed hard drive in something if there are available…
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I think the telling line in there was that procedure was followed. Meaning everyone did what they were supposed to, or in this case the one person. I feel they are likely trying to make him a scapegoat, but it would be hard to blame this on a single person like that. Then again it happens all the time sadly.
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Today's question has 2 names that did not show up in the video. I picked the wrong one
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Two very real, and one almost true, scenarios I fear. The first is walking in and finding the data center or the DR center under water. We have had several near misses related to water, one from torrential rainfall, with our data center that houses the main SAN. The second is coming in and finding that the roof caved in…
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I want to work where you do that you get an hour lunch!!! Most of my lunch times are at the keyboard anymore lol. But in all seriousness I will have to check out that one. Thanks for the info
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That is the problem though. Apple can't stop, they wont stop. They want and need you to stay entirely in their ecosystem. They know maps are important, but they didn't take how encompassing a product something like a map application is. Google is constantly adding new features and updating their maps, apple probably…
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I think he means if you have been there for 10+ years, you don't have to do anymore reimbursement if you take classes then leave after that. They probably figure if you been there that long you are going to stay and not walk off right after getting training.
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Building a whole new hospital that opens August 16th 2018. I learned a lot over the last year about the design process and building process and interaction between "vendors" and "contractors" and "sub contractors" and "sub contracted sub contractors". I learned that no matter how much you plan things out to the smallest…
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I did some digging and found the article here. Bitcoin consumes more power than all these countries | World Economic Forum Some interesting statistics from it: A single Bitcoin transaction uses 200 kilowatt hours. - I just checked my electric bill and I used 420 kWh for the entire month of December to run my house. For…
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To lead things off, I will say that our users in our business office are horrific at reporting problems right away. They usually perform multiple tasks with different applications/programs/sites during the day, so if one isnt working they just move onto the next one and come back to that one later. When they go back to it…
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I get a kick out of employers requiring CISSP for entry level security positions. I can't imaging anyone in security actually wanting to work for a company that would require that certification for an entry level job. I just dismiss that employer as stupid and only caring about buzzwords and not knowing the meaning behind…
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I would like to leave behind the uncertainty of if I have a job or not at this company in the future. I would like to leave behind all the extra hours I have been putting in for no compensation or recognition. I would like to leave behind the complete lack of work/life balance I have right now.
