Posts by maimonides

Your pointy-haired boss 'bought a cloud' with his credit card. Now what?

Re: Why the PHB should only be given *minimal* access to any system.

So what actually happened is that IT has failed this company in a most terrible way, manager tried to make things actually work and result was this. I hope the company is long dead now.

We bet your firm doesn't stick to half of these 10 top IT admin tips

"IT is perceived in mixed ways by users. Some look on the amazing stuff it does and think there must be witchcraft going on in there somewhere. Others think that because they configured their Wi-Fi printer and Sky box at home, they're a genius of computing."

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And then, there is the majority. Those ungrateful people think, that just because internet is down and waiting time for new computer is two month and antivirus makes their PC useless and demented password policy is senseless, that IT is not up to the task and should be outsourced by less overpaid monkeys and things will be roughly the same, except monkey cages will not be as smelly and awful.

Mostly they are right.

Even barely competent IT dept is like a black swan. They generally exist only in reg stories.

Five technologies you shouldn't bother looking out for in 2016

Don't know about others, but wearable (s2 classic) works perfectly for people who spend time in meetings and spends ages on the phone. Quickly and more discreetly reading whatsapp, sms, short emails and being able to hangup quickly makes all the difference.

Q: Just why are AT&T, banks snubbing kit from Cisco & co? A: Control

Training? Just read a manual twice. We are talking basic networking infrastructure.

UK spooks STILL won't release Bletchley Park secrets 70 years on

Polish

One important fact is missing from this discussion. Brits did almost nothing of the real enigma work. Polish did and brought it, when fleeing from Germans. Brits(and other nationalities) did just put it together and pretended its theirs. The genius was elsewhere.