Stephanie, I like that idea! It's not always possible to "manage up", but there are definitely times as an attendee that I do things to move things back on track...

Jack, I agree with all of that. I tend to get aggravated with poorly managed meetings myself!

Thanks all for trying the question. I'll work on my wording (I always try to!) more. It's crazy hard to get it done in a way that is fun, challenging,...

I love "assumptions are dangerous"

Thanks to all for giving the question a try, always nice to see one go well:-)

Thank you all for trying the question, and the compliments! I've got a few more coming up, but they won't appear in the order they were written, so we'll see...

Tom, I'll try to remember that point. It also reminds me to write some non-SA questions!

PhyData, I take your point on that, I wish I had found a better reference for the answer. Shift F1 probably relevant more for QOTD than real life? I'll have...

About the assumption, I'm not sure it was good to have in the answer, because the question had "You're the DBA with sysadmin access". But thinking beyond that, sometimes I...

Gary, I'm with you on the surprise. I think was an interesting topic and fun too. Maybe too cute with the name, or maybe yesterday everyone was busy?

Thanks for all the comments, I appreciate the feedback!

Nice walk through of the logic that got you there. I try to do that when I'm writing it too. Getting the right mix of answers is tough!

David, it's not an option, just a condition that gets defined (or not I guess) when we set up servers to be secure. The goal was to get you thinking...

Hugo, that's good stuff! Should send a note to the Sentry guys too.

Chris, thanks for posting that, nice to document that here.

We'll have to talk to Steve about a calendar. I miss the Stumpers myself - it's been a while since a version was published, you can get it free here...