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The writers at my company are being directed to utilize AI technology. So I started experimenting with it. While it is potentially useful, I immediately found it was unreliable with current events. In fact, I got into an argument with it because it's information was out of date. When I finally convinced it what the date was and updated it on said current events, it thanked me. I must say, that the entire time I was arguing with AI, it was extremely respectful. So I'm thinking, that perhaps humans can learn something from artificial intelligence. That being, how to be polite.

One of my customers was wondering why some data wasn't showing up the other day... we checked everything and we weren't getting complete records from their information system. So we asked them to check on that and today they told me the record was dated 2924. So the good news is, if no one would have found that, it would have corrected itself in 900 years.

My son was doing the "no screen" week challenge at school. He had a sheet full of things to accomplish instead of being on a computer or phone. One was to bake something with an adult. So, we made Banana/Strawberry Bread. He was also supposed to help cook dinner. I got him to wash and wrap the potatoes in foil, but he lost interest in parting, preparing and grilling the chicken. He did eat it. My favorite was that he procrastinated the two mile hike all week--and so he did it today on the exercise bike. I wanted a picture of him lying on the floor afterward (for his teacher), but he found the strength to run away before I could take one.

In the environment I'm familiar with, Sophos tracks all browsers relentlessly except for Chrome. It is very lenient with Chrome, but tracks where the user goes from all other browsers and then assigns a label, often rather recklessly to the sites that it deems unauthorized or problematic. I'm not sure if it was set up this way, or if it comes this way out of the box.

After seeing Sophos for three months I can tell you that in my opinion it fails. There are false positives, and it sits in the background and prevents things from working even by an administrator. I cannot recommend this antivirus software. Perhaps worst of all, is that it is not upfront about messing with your programs. It sits in the background and behaves like malware.

My wife's idea of a "perfect closet." My (IT Nerd) idea of a "perfect closet."

I like how "they" say, "It got changed." As an IT Professional, I know that in the majority of cases, "It" got changed because "you" changed "it." It is true that an update could have changed "it." But admit "it." "You" changed "it" didn't you?

After working in a school, I learned a trick that I have since used many times. If you have a sticky (wired) computer keyboard, you can usually fix it by running it under warm water and then drying it (by letting it sit) for a day or two. Nothing else I can think of in the world of technology can handle a "bath," but so far my luck with "unsticking" keyboards is nearly 100%.

"I'm afraid your dongle is missing." "Is that bad?" "Yes. Yes it is. Your device will no longer work. You should always keep track of your dongle!" "So my dongle is important then?" " Yes. It certainly is. A man should always know where his dongle is at all times. I check my dongle each day to be sure it is functioning properly." "Gollee!" "It is only responsible to know about your dongle and about how to keep it safe." "OK. Thank you." " You're welcome. And remember, make sure to keep track of your dongle at all times."

Command Prompt Dism /image:c:\ /remove-package /packagename:Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~14393.1198.1.6 Dism /image:c:\ /remove-package /packagename:Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~14393.1358.1.9

I'm building a NUC. It is a PC that is roughly 4" x 4" x 2" (or maybe smaller). The hard drive and memory are purchased separately and this little unit has a 250 GB hard drive and 16 GB of RAM. It comes with built-in WiFi and that hard drive looks like a memory stick and (of course) there is no cooling fan.

"Airborne & Space Vehicle Digital Computer", manufactured by Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1962. http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10335143

If you are worried that an approaching ice storm will knockout power and affect your communications equipment, here are some steps you should take to prevent this from happening. 1. Open weather.gov and find your local forecast. 2. Find section about ice storm warning. 3. Use mouse to highlight this section. 4. Press delete key.

Be careful of emails. I just received one that said it was from Amazon and to click to download my invoice. If you hover over the active link, it shows you what it is and it was not Amazon.

CuTRis starts Maxihard to compete with Microsoft UnAssociated Press March 31, 2016 CuTRis has announced his plans to start a new company that will directly compete with Microsoft ; which he plans to name Maxihard . According to CuTRis , Maxihard will produce software that is 23% better than what Microsoft has.

Even though “they” insist that the problem is in our system and not theirs , and even though they want the data to be in our system, it isn’t there if they don’t have it in their system first. The data warehouse cannot “create” the data out of nothingness and only “regurgitates” what has been fed to it. In spite of that, it is always good (for “them”) to “throw it over the fence” instead of checking on their own system first. And if I ask for an example of what isn’t showing, it is always good to avoid supplying the sample for 4 or 5 emails and then act like “they” didn’t know I needed an example before wading through miles and miles of raw data to find their stuff isn’t anywhere in it at all.

Please try sticking your head up your @ss because I'm sick of remembering new passwords.

Photo courtesy of Dave Regarding the new SFTP–replacing the FTP “Do I still need to email you when I drop files?” My answer (should be), “No. The SFTP employs a virtual woodpecker who flies over to my desk and pecks on my head when you drop files. He knows Morse code, so he can tap out the correct location of the files.”