Excellent analysis Gus. The only hole I see is that many systems remove a lockout after 15 or 30 minutes. However I suspect bots would be designed to...

Guess what Milz - That 15 character assigned password is nothing new. I worked on the USAF WWMCCS in the late 70s/early 80's and we were assigned 15 character...

I like the 2 or three mentor idea. It's a good idea to occasionally double check what your told if you can only get one mentor.

Also, consider different mentors...

Here's one for GSquared and anyone else who finds the smells of "room deodorizers", heavily scented soaps, carpet cleaners, etc. irritating.

An Ionizer machine. Most major hotel chains have them...

I agree, gut instincts almost never fail; especially as you get older.

And, I also agree you should always assume any "other" driver will take an action that puts you at...

My second worst frustration in working with an ERP system written in .NET and running on SQL Server is encountering intermittent data loss or corruption.

When you trace through the code,...

OK, during my god awful number of years in IT, I have never held the title of DBA. I have done a lot of tasks typical of a DBA,...

I jumped back into being an analyst/developer after about a 10 year break where I did very little IT related work. All told, I have 31+ years in IT,...

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In this case, that would make the Kindle the "performer" since it is doing the reading. If a book publisher expects to be compensated for both the written and...

A couple of comments. First, I believe performing artists do pay royalties on the songs they perform in public. Granted it may not be 100%, but I suspect...

One final thing. I use Aspercreme Nighttime lotion on my lowerback at night. It seems to help reduce morning stiffness. It works as a great hand creme to...

Standing, ball between feet. Bend over at the waist with arms straight like you were going to touch your toes. Stick right hand fingers in ball finger and thumb...

It gets worse as you get older. One of the keys I have found is figuring out what works for you. I have a lower back problem called...

I think there has to be some consideration of the value of what is being audited. For instance, they have set our ERP system up to log audit data...

Ah, now I understand better. I've spent most of my career in small shops as a "jack of all trades, master of none."

Consequently I tend to think all the...