back around 1985 I got a Tandy 100. It was not the first computer I worked with, but it was the first one that I really used on day to...

There is a LOT to be said about this.

One of my first concerns is the movement of public posting forums from indvidual login to using single sign on (Facebook, Google,...

Laptops need to be thought of as commodity carriers for data, not the end object in themselves. Encryption, offsite backup, etc are what we need to be mostly concerned with,...

I had to force feed a good sized snake once. The trick is pushing a rubber tube down into his gullet. A new use for KY jelly.

I can't see why he is rangint about MS and Google pay scales. They can only hire so many people, and since the market in general cannot support such astronomical...

ndal88a (12/13/2012)

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Two examples of disaster recovery plans going bad:

- my former employer had a small office in Wall Street and then came 9/11. Nothing happened to office, but lower Manhattan...

Ross McMicken (12/12/2012)

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A few comments on disasters.

If you are critical, then you need a real landline and a phone that doens't require power to operate. This is one huge reason...

It reminds us that there are all sorts of problems that must be considered. Our particular site (in a former manufacturing site) has 3 Caterpillar diesel generators and a storage...

"don't explain too much" is an excellent bit of advice for any technical discussion.

Of course it goes without saying that you don't misrepresent the situation, talk down or over simplify,...

At the same time we are being warned against common passwords across multiple accounts, sites (including, ironically Gawker (Gizmodo) who published some of that information) are forcing users to access...

There was a case in the news a while back where a doctor was charged with misuse of prescriptions. However since he had fled the country and was not expected...

I used to have a boss who wanted us to wear ties while travelling for business, even on the plane!

Fortunately where I am now is not so rigid, 'golf shirts'...

There are plenty of places where absolute consistency is less important than size and speed. Many times I think a relational system is overkill for those applications.

But to expect...

Trading programs in the Asia Pacific rim have to be careful about leap seconds which are added to the...

Something to worry about when algorithms are being used to control our cars:

http://jalopnik.com/5648126/volvo-pedestrian-avoidance-crash-test-fails-spectacularly