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Yep I'll glad support ML like that. People and blogs that I like I try to click on ads there to help support.

@scottalanmiller I have done that Indian style and its pretty good and I don't really like cauliflower. Heat up some mustard oil, cook a little turmeric, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, onions, garlic, and finally cauliflower and your choice of meat all in that mix with a little basmatti rice and that's a fine meal.

@nerdydad said in Common paths to VDI?:

What avenues does one go from normal laptops and desktops to full VDI with zero-client terminals?

In my limited knowledge which I also freely admit, I understand that economically it doesn't make sense unless you have at least 400-600 workstations. That's my understanding anyway and if I'm wrong I wont be offended if anyone corrects me.

Good video, i enjoyed that. Our web developer calls me "json" all the time and asks how my searches are going...

Drinking first coffee of day and looking at Atlanta skyline. Kids want to go to the zoo first today

Ok added your site. Scott's is on there too.

http://aindien.com/my-favorite-blogs/

Doing pizza with Perseus my 7 year old.

@tim_g said in Arg! The money spent the month before I stated here.:

Good security also consists of all easily identifiable holes being covered the best that can be done for a cost that makes sense for the environment. If we deploy all devices with good AV, but there are still devices without it such as personal devices and those we deploy that stop functioning correctly sometimes, it's not a bad thing to use the built-in AV the SonicWALL provides as an additional protection layer. (or only AV protection layer in some cases)

I do completely understand what you are saying, but you also need to understand that in some places, there are devices that are not controlled by IT and due to some reasons I beyond the scope of this topic, there's nothing that can be done no matter what. In this case the SonicWALL AV and SSL-DPI is very beneficial. It also helps to keep things off the network, not even giving the client devices a chance to get it.

All AVs are not equal. THere are none with a 100% detection rate. The best AVs miss things the mediocre ones catch, and vice versa.

Good points. Maybe we should have a different thread to talk about the best way to layer security? There seems to be many opinions on how to do it. I am sure it would help a few people. I know it will depend on the environment but well laid out template would at least give you places to start. Its just the same as crafting a program, you have lots to consider and you have plans in place for as many situations as possible. Good idea or not?

Going to Jinya ramen place for dinner. Thanks for suggesting it @RojoLoco

@reid-cooper said in Intel CPU question:

Even an i5 is typically overkill today. What kind of workloads will these run?

I totally agree. Bottlenecks are hardly ever the cpu, they are almost always disk and memory. I have been going round and round with my management on this. They buy I7's but a mix of 5400/7200 hard drives. The i5 would be just fine for general use.

@wls-itguy Oh I remember that scene, just priceless

@guyinpv said in Opinions on good cloud backup?:

I was on Crashplan for many years, simple unlimited plan, cheap enough, just my one home computer.

Now they are getting rid of "home" plans, only business plans, which would be $10/m per computer.

I'm looking at options, I'm sure I'm not the only one! iDrive, Crashplan business, BackBlaze, Spideroak, etc etc

A few features would be nice:
Ability to adjust what is backed up, not one of these "we'll automatically grab only your user folder and exclude tons of stuff" deals.
Client-side encryption would be nice. Trust no one.
Individual file restores, ability to browse backup files and histories, etc.
Restore to alternate computer in case of new HDD or crash, etc.
Light on resources.

I'm considering two options at the moment. Continue with Crashplan business as they are giving 75% discount for first year. That at least puts off the decision for another year, and I don't have to wait weeks to upload backup to new service.
Backblaze, for home plan is $5/m unlimited. But business plan is also unlimited for $50/yr (which is $4.17/m) .

I'm already paying Crashplan $6.54/m, so switch to BB is actually cheaper anyway. I don't really want to do $10/m on CP.

Any other good options?

I use BB business, think it was 47$ for the year. Took 3 days to back everything up but its just archive for me. Its my 3rd copy and protection against Texas tornadoes that happen every year. Been happy so far but havent had to use it. I did check on how fast it is to get files back and they came along decently quick

@wrcombs Yep, I was trying really hard not to laugh while I was there

@black3dynamite said in Password Managers:

@jmoore said in Password Managers:

I have used Dashlane for years personally and always liked it. We have a few people on LastPass at work but I don't like it as much but it still does the job. I didn't article yet though so hope they made the list.

What do you like about Dashlane compare to the rest?

Feels more polished and smooth. Been out several years so that may be reason. Autofills anything I want, like the ui for desktop and mobile, and like how easy it is to have it create strong passwords for everything.

Morning everyone. still sick. so still don't want to be here lol

@mike-davis said in Is the 3-2-1 rule antiquated?:

No, even with a fast internet connection, I would think you would still want onsite backups for fast restores. I guess the exception would be if you had a 1Gb internet connection and your cloud backup could support those speeds.

I agree with Mike here. That is the reason for the rule in the first place. You don';t have to use the cloud but even if you don't you will want something onsite so data can be accessed and restored in a reasonable amount of time. I don't know about others but I always considered my offsite data to be archived or disaster recovery data. As in no reason to pull from there until your current physical location is completely wiped out.

@murtlap Yeah today is my birthday so happy birthday to both of us lol. Have fun!

I'm not sure but thats a great idea. I need to look into it as well.

@gjacobse lol I can always find something to do and I do. I just wish I had more access to stuff for more learning and experience

This update might address some of the issues we have been having with Windows 1803. Only time will tell.

Note This release also contains updates for Microsoft HoloLens (OS Build 17134.80) released May 22, 2018.

Improvements and fixes
This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:

Addresses an issue in Internet Explorer that might cause communication between web workers to fail in certain asynchronous scenarios with multiple visits to a web page.
Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
Addresses an issue where closed-caption settings are preserved after upgrade.
Addresses a reliability issue that may cause Microsoft Edge or other applications to stop responding when you create a new audio endpoint while audio or video playback is starting.
Addresses an issue that may cause Windows Hello enrollment to fail on certain hardware that has dGPUs.
Addresses an issue with power regression on systems with NVMe devices from certain vendors.