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  • Reply To: Detecting Logins

    Well, mostly the good ol' tried-and-tested method of "asking around". My specialty is to "not stop asking until I get a satisfying answer".

    Usually, we trace it down to some application...

  • Reply To: Detecting Logins

    That's odd! For once, I feel proud of my shop!

    Yes, I detect every single strange login added to our instances. And we do get those! (Because we are using a...

  • Reply To: The Conferences of the Future

    Brent Ozar wrote:

    If you want the experience of just hanging out and getting to know folks, and you want that experience online, you go to places like the community Slack or...

  • Reply To: The Scientific Method: a call to action

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    hjp wrote:

    You can never prove something true!

    Now there's an interesting hypothesis... I wonder how one would prove that. 😀

    Along the same lines as "a car can't fly". Of course...

  • Reply To: The Scientific Method: a call to action

    x wrote:

    "You can never prove something true!"

    I remember trying that one in high school geometry class. It didn't go so well 🙂

    I like that! 🙂 However, high school teachers tend to...

  • Reply To: The Scientific Method: a call to action

    Wow, wow, wow! Hold your horses, people. What's wrong with you all?

    I seem to have missed this excellent article back in May 2015, but I was happy to go commenting...

  • Reply To: IT Staffer Fired

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    Dave62 wrote:

    "If you have a privileged account, you better be really careful about opening any attachments from email."

    It may be a better practice to not use the privileged account...

  • Reply To: IT Staffer Fired

    Dave62 wrote:

    "If you have a privileged account, you better be really careful about opening any attachments from email."

    It may be a better practice to not use the privileged account for...

  • RE: The Cost of Switching

    I like the concept of this, the "longer timespan than a lifetime"-approach to solutions and decisions.
    I have seen, though, the result of ever changing minds still with the long...

  • RE: How Do You Setup Your Instances?

    Small company = I have had to live with two different approaches.
    1. Doing everything myself.
    2. Learning to deal with a (mentally remote) "hosting" company's lack of knowledge and...

  • RE: Is Forgiveness Possible?

    Yes it is.
    But generally it is based on the moral compass of the person passing judgment. If forgiveness and understanding is in their ability, it is possible. If otherwise,...

  • RE: Lessons for all of us

    Dalkeith - Friday, May 25, 2018 3:48 AM

    Jeff Mlakar - Thursday, May 24, 2018 8:13 AM

    May 25, 2018 at 8:30 am

    #1991980

  • RE: Auto-Deleting Data

    I am late to the party, but I do have something to voice in this aspect. I simply hate the very idea of deleting information!
    I make a living off...

  • RE: Customize Software or Process

    GeorgeCopeland - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 9:33 AM

    My advice is to consider that the system was probably designed by experts...

  • RE: Help from Cortana

    Haven't used them myself. Have colleagues with iPhones who use and like the Apple variant. But I still consider this "nerd-zone": Only for the tech-interested and the gadget-addicts.

    My...

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