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  • RE: They Call Me Andy Null

    The Mrs didn't like receiving an aged based communication that said she was NaN.

    The dog and I went for a LONG walk that day.

  • RE: The Poor State of Secure Coding

    It helps if you have tools like OWASP AppSensor.
    You don't know what you don't know so anything that automates code inspection is extremely useful.  By the time you have...

  • RE: The Poor State of Secure Coding

    I'd say we need to hire white hat hackers.  I knew one.  To say he was greatly unappreciated by the powers that be would have been an understatement.

    You'd...

  • RE: Wanna Cry? Me too

    Mostly agree with you Grant.  Poor decision making and then the work effort to correct it getting ever larger over time.  A stitch in time saves 9, 81, 729 etc....

  • RE: Big Power Issues

    The British Airways outage was as frustrating for IT professionals as it was to customers (some of whom were IT professionals).
    When these big disasters occur there is an opportunity...

  • RE: Presentations that are Easy on the Eyes

    I'm glad you called out that stuff on monitors doesn't necessarily work well on projectors.

    The use of pail text on pastel colours simply doesn't work on projectors.
    You...

  • RE: DNA for Data Storage

    If you can use DNA to store data and you can incorporate that into a life form then you have an auto-backup facility.

    Computer code is really just data...

  • RE: Audio Attacks

    I bought a 2nd hand car without knowing it had voice recognition. I nearly got run off the road by a lady in an arrogantly driven Porsche.  I  hit what...

  • RE: Audio Attacks

    roger.plowman - Thursday, May 25, 2017 6:36 AM

    Sigh.

    First rule of security. Reduce attack surface. So what do these bozos do? Increase it!...

  • RE: Audio Attacks

    When the iPhone 4S came out it was usual to see senior execs placing their iPhones in front of them on meeting room tables.
    One particular character walked into the...

  • RE: Security and Patching Struggles

    The most frightening thing about WannaCry is that the means by which people were infected is uncertain.  There was an IBM guy saying they had analysed billions of log entries...

  • RE: The Human Impact of a Capable AI

    Jeff, if you want a pay rise then yes it's AI and probably as credible as a lot of stuff that salesmen are going to be peddling.  In much the...

  • RE: Some of my greatest mistakes

    Nelson Petersen - Thursday, May 18, 2017 9:39 AM

    How we take ownership of and respond to our mistakes is a test of...

  • RE: The Human Impact of a Capable AI

    Many companies are shifting their DBs to the cloud.  Backup, high availability, monitoring and alerting are all options that are not much more than check box items.
    The hardcore DBA...

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