Re: World’s largest computer outage!

What company were working for then? Morons R us? > On 20 Jul 2024, at 08:45, Dave Beagle > <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > In Tech Support we never had an issue with having admin rights to our PCs. > Newbies in security/audit had the bright idea to change that. It m

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

Plus, there's a side benefit to using cash. It retains its value. "Real dollars — cash — have a set of qualities that are hard to replicate in a digital currency. Cash is universally accessible, universally accepted, relatively stable in value, and can be exchanged for goods and services without t

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 06:12:29 -0500, Joe Monk wrote: > > Cash is ..., universally accepted, > It says so, right on the dollar bill. *But* have you never seen a sign, "Cash not accepted"? I nave. In reaction, Colorado passed a law, which should have been superfluous, requiring acceptanc

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it is now IBM Sterling Connect:Direct Get Outlook for iOS From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Dean Kent <06a91de5360b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2024 6:47:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subje

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

I actually spoke to Bill Gates way back around 1988 when he was in Melbourne Australia, and said that I didn't think that C was a safe language, like PL/I, COBOL, even ASM because it is SO easy to overwrite storage that shouldn't be. And that C Strings were extraordinarily slow compared with any ma

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

An Ohio health insurance company. Poorly managed. Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Saturday, July 20, 2024, 11:27 AM, Clement Clarke <05cb6e944c87-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: I actually spoke to Bill Gates way back around 1988 when he was in Melbourne Australia, and

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

On Sat, 20 Jul 2024, at 12:12, Joe Monk wrote: > Plus, there's a side benefit to using cash. It retains its value. > > "Real dollars — cash — have a set of qualities that are hard to replicate > in a digital currency. Cash is universally accessible, universally > accepted ... Scottish banknotes ha

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

Crowdstrike not only had a, barely reported, major upset with various Linux distros not long ago but it also runs on mainframes: https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/crowdstrike-brings-xdr-to-z16-linuxone4-single-frame-and-rack-mount-models/ > >the issue is windows, but caused by crowdstrike. >Unlik