@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

Disney sets record for highest-grossing with $7.67 billion so far
https://www.wfmz.com/news/disney-sets-record-for-highestgrossing-year/1100840768

This makes me so sad.

Because its Disney?

Well, sure. But because Disney has totally given up on quality across the board.... going from making quality stuff to making the worst popular garbage ever (opinion I know, but it's so bad I'll no longer watch movies Disney is involved in, they've become a brand name of crap), they've taken their parks from ground breaking and oriented on customer service to just being overpriced six flags with gobs of stupid promotional stuff. They were a great company, and now the world would be a better place if they didn't exist.

That in doing so has made them more money than by creating good content or being ground breaking or whatever is sad because it shows what a horrific state society is in.

All you can do is....

"Let it go, Let it Go
Turn away and slam the door"

:winking_face:

@obsolesce said in Handling DNS in a Single Active Directory Domain Controller Environment:

@kelly said in Handling DNS in a Single Active Directory Domain Controller Environment:

just challenging the "most commonly correct approach" statement

It seems you are mistaking the "most common approach" with the "most common correct approach". I haven't been around the SMB as much as JB, but I'm assuming the most common approach to SMB DC implementations are incorrect. Meaning, 2+ DCs are being used when 1 should be used. Perhaps two DCs are used because so many other things are done incorrectly, it's thought 1 should't be used due to so many other things not properly in place, but that's besides the point in my reply here.

IMHO, SMB's use 2 DC's (me included) because it is drilled over and over in our heads by outside forces, including the application developers and the OS companies themselves. On top of that, we are completely stupid if we don't have a second DC if the hardware is available. So to follow "Best Practices," SMB's just do it. It doesn't necessarily mean that things are done incorrectly though. It mostly means, we (aka I) have an extra DC there sitting, waiting, getting monthly updates and then gather more dust for years on end all in the name of protection and risk reduction.

That is why coming here and having extensive discussions about general topics has helped me changed my own thoughts about system/network design in SMB's.

@dashrender

Grilling is fast with medium to high temps (10 minutes at 375-700) while BBQ is slow and low temps (many hours at 200-225)

IMHO, you cannot really BBQ a steak (Strip/Ribeye), hotdog or hamburger but you can BBQ or Grill a chicken.

@coliver said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

@nerdydad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

@dashrender said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

@nerdydad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

@dashrender said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

Here's a question for ya'll.

What do you call cooking steaks or hotdogs or burgers on a grill?

Grilling

OK, and what's the difference between grilling and BBQ?

Grilling is just applying the meat to the grill to cook. BBQ requires a sauce.

BBQ is a specific cooking style that may or may not use a sauce (don't talk about sauce in some states in the south)

I'm in the north but I am a no sauce BBQ/steak person. My motto is, "If it needs sauce you didn't do it right."

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Packed lunches not a right in Italian schools, court rules

Parents have reacted angrily to a decision by Italy's top court which states that the right to eat packed lunches in schools is not "unconditional."
Italy's Supreme Court said schools should have the autonomy to decide if children are allowed to eat packed lunches on school grounds.
A lower court previously ruled in favour of a group of Turin parents who wanted to opt out of school meals.
Parents say school meals are costly.
They also argue that food provided by schools can be unhealthy.
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that bringing a packed lunch was "a possible violation of the principles of equality and non-discrimination based on economic circumstances".

I'm trying to figure out how far one has to stretch a logical argument to even equate Packed Lunch's = inequality????

That is way the f*%& out there.

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

She doesn't have her own because it would be wasted money at this point, but she will as soon as she has the capability to speak.

Mine got their own super young. Otherwise they'd be using battery, storage, access on ours .... and the last thing that we wanted was them dropping our critical devices. By giving them their own we got them more age appropriate devices, that weren't critical to adults functioning, that could be in child-protective cases.

Oh how many non-IT parents don't understand this. I cannot tell you how many parents here at work come to me for help with virus's and such on their own device (with saved banking logins and all the goodies). I ask what they clicked on or what they were doing and 90% of the time the answer begins with "Well, my child..."

@Joel said in HyperV Server - Raid Best Practices:

This got a little heated :face_screaming_in_fear:
-So can we clarify, back to the OP - Consensus out of the options I have, Option 2 is the best way to go?

6x 2TB 12GB/s Drives in OBR10 for everything and then creating two partitions (1 for the HyperVisor OS) and then (1 for data - to store all my Virtual Machines and Data).

My VMs would be in D:\Hyper-V\VM's
My Virtual Hard Disks (daily data) would be in D:\Hyper-V\Data

Don't forget to do the cost comparisons of SAS in OBR10 vs SSD in RAID5. You may be surprised to find out that SSD in RAID 5 is cheaper (Stick with SSD 6Gb/s vs 12Gb/s) depending upon your server manufacturer.

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

@pmoncho said in I can't even:

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

@tim_g said in I can't even:

Actually I give up on that thread. We don't even know what he means by cluster.
We don't know what version of Windows/Hyper-V is being implemented.

The OP has only responded 4 times and never clarified anything.

So much is being assumed. I have a lot of questions to the OP that have never been answered, and it doesn't look like he intends on answering them. So I'm done.

That's a common problem. OPs that won't respond leave everyone wanting to discuss and nothing to work with. So it just spirals into a world of guessing and loads of discussion based on the guessing.

I have given up on many posts where the OP does not respond to questions. I give OP's about 3 hours to respond after the first response with questions. If they cannot bother to check back, why waste the time answer with assumptions.

The platform really encourages that behaviour. It doesn't show updates and encourages you to leave and await an email or something. That pattern is good for tiny, slow sites that no one is looking at. But when people are responding in real time and you aren't sticking around to watch, it doesn't go over well.

Absolutely. Just an huge UGH!

So now I mainly just hang out here.

@dbeato said in What would your recommendation be for a Type 1 Hypervisor - including backup and restoration options:

@DustinB3403 said in What would your recommendation be for a Type 1 Hypervisor - including backup and restoration options:

Most of my clients have an on-site data server
All have an AD server
All have a webserver of some type.
A few have terminal services

The fact that
Most of my clients have an on-site data server
A few have terminal services

Terminal Server is also something really annoying and cumbersome to manage without AD.

Microsoft keeps intertwining RDS and AD. Trying to manage RDS without AD is as bad as Hyper-V without AD.

@WrCombs said in Sonic Wall Rules?:

@WrCombs said in Sonic Wall Rules?:

@JaredBusch said in Sonic Wall Rules?:

@WrCombs said in Sonic Wall Rules?:

I did Find This but Im not exactly sure that's what im looking for.

This points you in more or less the right direction.

You will need to create objects for the devices and then make rules like this allowing communication from network Z to it.

Okay, So I need the Camera IP's and the Door Camera/Controller Ip to create objects, and then follow the guide?

@JaredBusch Cant I make one Object with Multiple IPs ?

Do as @travisdh1 stated. You can then create a Group from the Objects.

@pattonb said in ps2 to usb adapters:

Has anybody had success using ps2 to usb adapters ? ( specifically for keyboards)

I have one and can't get the keyboard recognized, I still have a few "favourite" ps2 keyboards. Does it make any sense, to cut off the ps2 end, and replace with usb ?

thanks in advance.

I have had luck with these for my Raritan KVM.

https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-USB-PS-2-Adapter/dp/B000ELSXFY

Everyone has a test environment, some even have a production environment - Unknown

@RojoLoco said in What hardware do you use for online meetings?:

@pmoncho I think that depends on the particular meeting software. I think Teams has a setting to reduce background noise, but I'd have to double check that, not at my desk right now.

I will take a peak at that on Monday. My test was just using the Windows 10 camera and recorded a brief video.

@RojoLoco said in What hardware do you use for online meetings?:

@pmoncho yeah, they are way better with modern computers because of all the USB-C stuff. I haven't really had a chance to make any calls with the new monitors, so I don't know how well the mics work. My boss knows I won't turn on a camera just for a Teams call, they didn't even buy one for me.

Me neither. I mentioned that I don't want one and will just use a headset with no video.

The mic is super low on a Dell 3020. Don't know if it is because the system does not have USB 3.0 port or not. On a Dell 9020 with HDMI and USBC-A adapter in USB-3 port the mic is about 75% louder.

I don't know what setting I can use to enhance the recording from the mic? Don't think there is one.

@RojoLoco said in What hardware do you use for online meetings?:

Our new setup includes 2 different models of Dell's video conferencing monitors. Built in camera (pops up from the top edge), as well as a decent array of mics and speakers below the display. I think management didn't really think it through, as our office is mostly cubicles. 2 or more people on a call turns into a weird, multi-node speakerphone, complete with odd echoes that come from both latency and physical distance. They probably would be great if everyone had them at home, but it's not really a practical solution if you have a budget.

Setup a two this week and it has not been a fun experience. We have the Dell 24" models and had to hook them up on old pc's using DP and USB-C to A adapter. They do work pretty well when setup via USB-C on newer laptop.

The microphones, IMO, are not the best but the monitor and camera are pretty decent. For only $229 on Amazon, they are ok.

@ElecEng said in Windows Volume License Vendor:

I am in need of some volume licensing help for a small business with around 25 users. Can someone recommend a good knowledgeable vendor to assist?

@Yonah-S at https://datacenterwarehouse.com/

@scottalanmiller said in Nearly All Job Postings Are Fake SAMIT Video:

@pmoncho said in Nearly All Job Postings Are Fake SAMIT Video:

My guess was it was totally fake or someone messed up the cut/paste job.

Or... both.

It was confusing to me and then I laughed because of all the talk of fake job postings.

Sometimes they hide it pretty well but sometimes it makes me wonder how dumb the person is doing the actual fake posting.

Scouring Indeed last week to take a peak. (No specific link) I was for a Windows System Administrator/ Azure Admin and the very first item in the list of Duties to Perform was to Admin Unix Linux and AWS.

I think Windows AD was the only MS related item on the posting too.

My guess was it was totally fake or someone messed up the cut/paste job.

@stacksofplates said in PS ISE: Unsaved Projects:

@pmoncho said in PS ISE: Unsaved Projects:

@stacksofplates said in PS ISE: Unsaved Projects:

This is what Git is for. Why not just use something like VSCode and have a repo for your powershell stuff?

Github or Gitlab? Does it matter for simple powershell scripts?

For what he's doing it doesn't matter.

GitLab has a lot more features for groups, I like their CI/CD better, and some other niceties. However, in this case it doesn't matter.

I am the same. Just PS scripts mainly for myself and a couple for work

@stacksofplates said in PS ISE: Unsaved Projects:

This is what Git is for. Why not just use something like VSCode and have a repo for your powershell stuff?

Github or Gitlab? Does it matter for simple powershell scripts?