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- Use root cause analysis to get to the bottom of an issue
- One way to understand the root cause of a problem is to perform a simple root cause analysis. Root cause analysis just requires you to ask a series of "why" questions. When an issue arises, it should be resolved as quickly as possible. This makes sense since our...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Workforce management, Project management, Root-cause Analysis, symptom, root cause, puddle, Project Management Newsletter, Problem, Cause, Analysis, Plant Manager
- Technical articles 2005-07-19
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- Desktop Puddle.saver (dmg)
- Watch your desktop through a puddle of water with this realistic looking water effect screensaver. As the water ripples around your screen, your desktop is refracted through it, making it amazingly hypnotic to watch.
- Tags: Water, Useless Creations, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2005-09-02
- Desktop Puddle Screensaver (exe)
- Watch your desktop through a puddle of water with this realistic looking water effect screensaver. As the water ripples around your screen, your desktop is refracted through it, making it amazingly hypnotic to watch.
- Tags: Water, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2005-09-08
- Noob question about NET USE
- Forgive me for being a noob. I've been doing searches here and else where but I haven't been able to find an answer. I'm trying to get XP home to reconnect a mapped drive on a 2k3 server at startup. It seems NET USE is the way to do this...
- Tags: joe_gremlin@..., networking, domain, server
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- 'Puddle phishing' comes to small banks and local credit unions
- Mark Vernon describes the new twist on phishing exploits--"puddle phishing." It's not just the behemoths like Citibank and Bank of America in phishers' crosshairs. Can smaller banks and credit unions do anything to prevent targeted phishing attacks? Many large banks are all too familiar with the problem of...
- Tags: Websense Inc., Mark Vernon, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Financial services, phishing, bank, Financial Service IT Newsletter, Difficulty, E-mail, Dan Hubbard, Spam And Phishing
- Technical articles 2005-08-09
- Dam Beavers (exe)
- Like most ducks, Quax loves swimming. But today an unruly gang of beaver baddies insists on building their dams upstream, reducing his favorite swimming pond to a mere puddle. Determined to swim again, Quax has constructed a dam-busting catapult to smash the beaver dams and restore his peaceful pond, but...
- Tags: Dam, Pond, SpinTop Games, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- How would you score on a "burnout" test?
- In an article on the site mindtools.com, I found this definition of burnout:"Burnout occurs when passionate, committed people become deeply disillusioned with a job or career from which they have previously derived much of their identity and meaning. It comes as the things that inspire passion and enthusiasm are stripped...
- Tags: toni bowers, Morale, Career
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- JOIN table and stored procedure
- Is is possible to JOIN a table and the results of a stored procedure (ANSI SQL, Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server)join...You would have to put the results of the stored proc in at least a temp table, then do the join. Is that what you are looking for? ...
- Tags: Databases
- Discussion threads 2005-02-25
- Don't leave information on old hard drives
- Don't leave information on old hard drivesarticle rootLow LevelA utility I like to use is the Maxtor Low Level Format. It writes Zero's for every bit on the drive. It takes a while, but the drive is completely clean.and ...In Linux you can just copy zeroes or random numbers directly...
- Tags: disk, hard drive, low level format, platter, security, wwood@...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
- 'Puddle phishing' comes to small banks and local credit unions
- Destroyed usefullness of emailthe phishing means consumers would be wise to not trust ANY email.I'd suggest banks MAIL out notices telling customers they WILL NOT CONTACT THEM VIA EMAIL. (or milder - will not ask them to reply or click in links in any email) Also on the login screen...
- Tags: bank, Dr Dij, e-mail, it management, phishing, phishing email bank security ecommerce
- Discussion threads 2005-08-09
- More Rain
- we are just getting over the flooding from the last storm (0ver 350 mm in 3 days) and now another storm is on the way They are forecasting up to 100-150 mm over the next 24 hours. Welcome to sunny alberta. Oh well only four weeks to Stampede time.....
- Tags: Bob in Calgary, off-topic, OK IT, rain
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
- Use root cause analysis to get to the bottom of an issue
- Not done often enoughRoot cause analysis isn't done often enough by vendors who support major systems, even though they profess to supporting a root cause analysis approach. When push comes to shove though, I rarely see a true root cause analysis. This seems to be a more severe problem now...
- Tags: analysis, it management, root cause, root cause analysis, rzimmerman@...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-20
- Optimize system services in Windows 2000 Server
- DisapointedI was very disapointed by the content of this article. I had hoped for some expert guidance, but I'm told "Read the description of each service and decide". I had expected a lot more.HankDisappointedThis is a typical Jim Boyce article, which is why I don't read his articles. He...
- Tags: rasilon, windows 2000 server, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, server
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- How often do you take a good look inside yourself?
- How often do you take a good look inside yourself?Do you stop to look at yourself, or do you just act/react your days away?Do you have anything you believe in, and do you know WHY you believe in it?If you believe something, but feel it is "not your place" to...
- Tags: ARe, IS IT, life, jdclyde, improvement, happy?, content?, off-topic, jd-quick (formerly clyde), Dawg, job
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
- Edge of the realm
- blog rootMoving ahead technology speakingI was on a confrence call this morning and they started talking about podcasting.. Now the way my company works first they makea study group that takes 3 months to decide on members then another 6 months exploring the concept then presenting it to the whole group...
- Tags: Copiers, Fax, stephenmoriarty@..., photocopier, information technology
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- Why taxing e-mail senders is a bad idea
- AOL recently announced the upcoming launch of a pay-per-e-mail service from a company called Goodmail. The message to commercial senders was: If you want to get your e-mails delivered to your AOL customers, you have to pay a tax to Goodmail. More importantly, it raised serious questions about the future...
- Tags: America Online Inc., email, aol, tax, news, Sonja Thompson, networking, Goodmail, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2006-02-15
- Some people are so dumb
- About a month ago, one of our dumber members posted a question about how to hack into yahoo accounts. Funny, we see a lot of that here, and it is always by people that have been a member for about 15 minutes.It this particular question, I posted how easy...
- Tags: jdclyde, password, PT Barnum, noobies, dumb people, security, hacking, e-mail, yahoo, hacker, off-topic, dumb users, TR Mugs
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Microsoft hints at delay of Vista in Europe
- Smoke, mirrors and Glass!Same old nonsense. Microsoft is as transparent as some of the features on Vista's desktop.Delay in EUmeans we can wait till Service Pack 3 comes out,by which time all bugs might be solved.Well thats alright then.I've just got XP into shape,after five years of tearing my hair...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), grax, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-09
- Whats your fav way to kill you cell phone?
- Whats your fav way to kill you cell phone?I am having one of the crappiest days. What is it with me anyways..Whole host of problems this moning, but the worst of it is:I dropped my mobile cell down the f*cking toilet. :(I've only had it like 3 months..Motorola Pebble..it was...
- Tags: cell phone, death, mobile phone, off-topic, Shellbot, telephone, toilet
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
- Friday Yuk
- Seeing as I can't see a Yuk this week:AMNESIA: condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to have sex again.DUMBWAITER: one who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.FAMILY PLANNING: the art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the...
- Tags: Oz_Media
- Discussion threads 2005-09-02
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