* Posts by stucco

5 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Aug 2014

NetAdmin learns that wooden chocks, unlike swipe cards, open doors when networks can't

stucco

We had a location like that, where the person that was supposed to let us in, accidently came out to get us from a smoke break, not bringing his card with him.

They showed us a neat trick, the automatic door sensor on the inside could be tricked, by moving a shadow along the floor making it think something was there and we could get in.

It was a very poorly made comparison camera sensor. It would take pictures, and when they differed enough it opened the door. They noticed this when the sun would move to a certain position and a truck would drive past.

Aerial cable tangles are still being strung up, but carriers are slowly burying the problem

stucco

Up North we had underline wires and it was great. Down in the south though underground lines are a nightmare. When a hurricane blew through our aerial lines went down, but were repaired in a couple of hours. However in the city where they moved a lot of lines and transformers underground they were out for weeks as they had to get everything drained and dried before they could power things back up.

So water tables and drainage are huge issues for underground systems.

Thinnet cables are no match for director's morning workout

stucco

Once while visiting my mom at her place of work her AS/400 terminal with Twinax wiring went flying off her desk and proceded to smash against the ceiling tiles. I walked to the next office where I saw someone struggling to keep her terminal on her desk when she moved it about 8 feet from it's previous location. Whenever she let go gravity took over and it returned to it's position where she would then grab it and drag it back to her desk.

Microsoft's cloudy Windows Virtual Desktop: It fills a gap, but there are plenty of annoyances

stucco

Add-ons are key

To get the BEST functionality from WVD look at adding Citrix on top. Fixes provisioning, performance, operating systems, etc. BUT, microsoft is requiring the management plane for WVD to be hosted from Azure only. It's why you can't use on-premise or existing delivery controllers to host it. (It is a software block, not a functionality block) It's also why VMWare is making a horizon management plane in Azure as well.

So it's like the old RDS on-premise. It is ok performance, but work with a partner to get all the good features.

Honey, I shrunk the workstation … into a Chromebook

stucco

To quote southpark "Citrix did it"