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I’ve never stepped into a leadership role without it quickly becoming clear why a new leader was needed. "Who can I blame?" didn't make the list?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Who can I blame?" didn't make the list?
And neither did "what time does the pub open?"
There are some strange people in this industry!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Reading this article, I felt I was watching a Disney movie, and, I found myself laughing as I reflected on my own surreal experiences at companies like Cricket, Adobe, WildTangent, companies where management of software development was like a ride through the "Fun House" with twisted mirrors.
At the same time, I appreciated the scent of glorious optimism, and the passionate belief in the possibility of rational planning. I do wonder if, when the author is older (as in 40~50-ish), she may look back at this article, and have a wistful sense of a certain loss of naivete.
«Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?» T. S. Elliot
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Newly released versions of the libssh library fix an authentication bypass flaw that grants access to the server by just telling it that the procedure was a success. "Locks keep out only the honest"
But really - you had one job... oy
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Sounds to me like the new OB 1 Kenobi authentication. You don't need to see my identification, these aren't the credentials you're looking for.
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Why supporting your team’s information systems should be one of the primary considerations for software projects. "Information is not lost in black holes, but it is not returned in a useful way. "
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Does the author work for Gartner?
(That's an "obvious" "joke"--look down several posts.)
modified 17-Oct-18 18:53pm.
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A new survey by Avecto shows many organizations are unprepared for Windows 7 end of life and don't understand the potential risks of migration. They should upgrade to Vista
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It's been fun upgrading to Windows 10. Especially when you find an app that kills the Start button in Explorer. Click the little Window icon and ... nothing happens. Makes for great Help Desk calls.
Oh, and then, after fixing that and waiting a few MS patch cycles, the app kills the Start menu again, but this time, you can click the little Window icon and it works, but you can't launch anything at all from it. Click any app on the Start menu and ... nothing happens. 
Vendors. I hate vendors.
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Like they didn't see this coming? For goodness sakes people microsoft has a Windows 98 already, you're 91 versions behind!!! Of course they're going to start winding down old versions of Windows.
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It's articles like this that caused my father to panic, which required multiple emails to assure him that Windows 7 wasn't going to just vanish, it just wouldn't be patched.
I have a Windows 7 computer on the other side of my desk which I use for my "weakest computer" testing. I keep it patched, but it honestly doesn't matter due to how it's used. However, I suppose I could have IT implement the "Star Trek" architecture where that computer has full administrative access to all computers in our company and, for good measure, all employee computers as well.
BTW, having had to recently deal with refurbished computers upgraded to Windows 10, I've concluded that you're better off just buying a computer actually designed for Windows 10, meaning 2016 or later. This is nothing new, though Intel's crappy GPUs before 2016 are a big reason.
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I've been preparing for the last three weeks. I'm switching all of my Windows boxes to Linux, and keeping a single Win7 VM. I refuse to put Win10 on any of my machines 11 machines.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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todo:
- Search for Windows Vista end of life article.
- Find Windows XP end of life articles more recently published.
- Copy, Find and Replace "XP" with "7".
Give to editor for approval.- Publish.
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Fee-based service couples the security of a private server with the reliability of the cloud. Hopefully it's easier to configure than sendmail
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Never mind that the email is then sent in clear text and stored and forwarded during its journey. And pay no attention to the fact that nobody wants to read your damn emails anyway. (But Yahoo and Gmail do! And do a sh*tty job with anything they find. Even Amazon does a crappy job with their "suggestions", which are just alternatives to what you just bought.)
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Electrical stimulation of cells in the nasal passages produces sweet fragrances and chemical odors That idea stinks!
That punchline brought to you by the "Incredibly Predictable Punchline Bot 3000"(tm). We now return you to the equally unfunny SnarkMaster-800.
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I think I posted this on a previous similar article, but since its National Predictable Wednesday. I would totally be sending people poo emoji's endlessly.
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Makes me recall Smell-O-Vision... and watching Willy Wonka
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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"RID Hijacking" technique lets hackers assign admin rights to guest and other low-level accounts. The Registry keeps giving
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"nor has it been seen employed in malware campaigns"
What's the point since most people are admins on their own computer? Who we need to watch out for are those teenage hoodlums. And my dad.
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I thought the same thing, but if you assign Guest as admin, anyone could log into that system as Guest and be anonymous on the system. Home systems wouldn't be an issue so much as that Windows servers are also affected. Having anonymous admin access on a server is a black-hat wet dream.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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This document provides a peek into what's next for Visual Studio. It captures some of the significant features we are currently committed to, and a rough timeframe for when you can expect to see them. MAYBE WE CAN GET THOSE GREAT MENUS BACK?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: MAYBE WE CAN GET THOSE GREAT MENUS BACK?
Um... they're already back. 
/ravi
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I thought they reverted them? I’ve just been using Code so long, I can’t remember what 2017 looks like. Fortunately. 
TTFN - Kent
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It looks nice and it's pretty snappy too! Tools | Options | Environment has a new checkbox, "Apply title case styling to menu bar" which is thankfully checked by default.
/ravi
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