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Why Patch Tuesday Turns Into Patch Thursday or Friday or Monday

I used to hate the second Tuesday of every month. I honestly liked it better when patches were released as they were ready. What happens with the scheduled updates is that everyone knows that it is coming and that means that everyone expects their SMS Engineers to have the patches deployed that night, no matter how late, no matter how many people, no matter what! And on Wednesday morning, usually around nine, everyone wants to know the status of the deployments. For me I had some advantages, one...  ... Read the full post or  the 3 comments. Filed under: SMS 2003, et. all, Security, KB Articles, Rants, Packaging, Patching, Reports, SCCM 2007, Funny, SUP, ConfigMgr, Configuration Manager, SCCM

Goodbye Time Waster Cable!

You would think from my recent posts that I am having a horrible couple of weeks but I swear I am not! Other than the recent hate mail I have received from some of the SMS list subscribers that has caused me to unsubscribe from the list and a couple isolated incidents the last couple weeks have been great! My flight back from the UK being one of the worst, but I won't go into that...But this post is great news! Yesterday I signed up for DirecTV for my new house! We move in on the 18th and I have...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: et. all, Rants

Still Waiting on FIOS!

Source . The NFL today announced that they'll be testing the delivery of live Thursday and Saturday night games over the Internet to Verizon Fios customers. The NFL will be testing the system internally during this Thursday's Ravens Bengals game, with broader deployment on December 6 if everything works out. Traditionally the NFL has been significantly behind Major League Baseball when it came to giving fans what they want. The NFL, still locked into their exclusive relationship with DirecTV, traditionally...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: et. all, Rants

MMS 2006 - Odds and Ends

Best place for breakfast, real breakfast. Brians’ Eatery & Drinkery 828 Sixth Ave. San Diego, Ca 92101 Breakfast Lunch Dinner and Late Night The staff is very friendly and helpful. It is several blocks up from the Convention Center but it was right around the corner from my hotel. The food was great, no waiting in line for a table, and it is kind of out of the way. At night they have live entertainment. Best place for lunch. Cine Café 412 K St San Diego, Ca This is a sandwich shop that is located...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: et. all, Rants, MMS 2006, myITforum