@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Updated two GPOs

• Webroot
• ScreenConnect

More to do - just need to map things out a bit.

What's your webroot GPO? Install it?

yes,.. It was already there, I just updated the MSI to the latest version.

That's the way to do it.

Youtube Video

I went to lunch and there was a cooler in the road that had spilled contents. I stopped and got out to clean it up (lots of motorcycles on the road and this is a serious hazard to all). The whole time there was an asshole honking at me like I was doing this to offend him/her. People are jerks.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@rojoloco said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

Here's an easy guide to assist you in deciding whether or not you can punch a Nazi...

https://canipunchnazis.com/

pretty sure that that is codified in law in Germany.

Unfortunately, people tend to forget that nazi is short for nationalism, and there's a ton of US nationalists, including El Presidente.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Looks like Slack is partially down today? Their websockets interface has failed so they can't push the interface. Anyone else seeing this?

Slack is lame. Discord FTW!

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just got a shoutout on Sub.fm radio!

Is that what the cool mariners listen to now?

@coliver said in Real Time Coronavirus Website:

@dafyre said in Real Time Coronavirus Website:

I've done a little bit of reading about COVID-19 (the new Coronavirus)... It seems to me that everybody is panicking simply because it's new?

It's new and so far it's deadlier and more infectious then the flu that we are used to.

I've seen published mortality rates for ages 60+ as high as 10%. These were probably inflated by news outlets rounding up, based on https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/, but the comparison to having the flu is real, and if anyone has an immuno-suppressed or weakened condition, such as a cancer patient in chemo therapy, or idiot parents that refuse to vaccinate, then it can lead to a pretty serious situation. The highly infectious nature is also disturbing since it shows just how fast it spreads. Without any vaccine or cure, the best medicine is to be preventative.

Just took a walk to wake up. It's frickin' cold outside!

Hey, @NTG or @automox, can we get some webcam covers for swag? Everyone is working from home and not all of those people are business attire for those 8am meetings. Any chance we can get those out?

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Pete-S said in Non-IT News Thread:

@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

If you are wondering what lengths the US is still going to deny testing and make sure that real numbers don't leak out...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52019509

We know firsthand people who are sick and are being denied tests. Dallas has strict limits to the number of reportable a day, 500 max. Anything over that is the next day's problem, period. The numbers coming from the US are 100% what we test, in no way reflective of the infection rate.

I think it's like that everywhere in every country now. If you think about it, nobody is equipped to test millions of people in a short period of time. And there's really no reason to unless you are in the risk group and/or showing symptoms.

Correct. The article example is a failure, yes. She should have been able to get tested once symptomatic.

But Scott's tin foil hat rant is just that. A rant.

No country states more infected than tested positive. Most news quotes the medical professionals as assuming there are more, but they have no way to test, in almost all countries.

It's also counterproductive to test.

In the beginning when you have few cases it could be beneficial to test to be able to trace people who have been in contact with the patient. But that becomes a waste of resources once you already have lots of people that are infected and the virus is spreading. Then it's a matter of taking care of those in need. So you test those that have serious symptoms and need to go to the ER.

There is simply no need to test those that have mild symptoms. And it's illogical. It's the really sick that needs health care. If you don't need health care, stay at home until you are feeling well again.

I suppose I understand testing those with severe symptoms, but anything else, I agree why bother? It's like the normal flu - almost no one gets tested for that.

Except it isn't. Covid-19 exacerbates issues you already have, and you're going to see lungs get destroyed far more than the flu as though the subject were a smoker. That means that you're more likely to get pneumonia, more likely to relapse in to older sicknesses and if you are a compromised individual, you will have problems. Unfortunately, your lackadaisical attitude is also part of the problem since you can be a silent carrier, never getting sick, but allowing one of those compromised or elderly people to become ill.

Francisco Garcia was 21 and died from complications due to undiagnosed leukemia and covid-19. You may not even know you have a problem until you do.
So, if you're not going to take this seriously, then you're also admitting how blase you are with other people's grandmothers, parents, cancer kids, and any person with a parent who decided not to vaccinate. Know anyone with diabetes? After covid-19, you have a 4% of visiting their grave inside of 2 weeks.

To put that another way, if I gave you 100 skittles and only 4 were made with arsenic, would you still eat one? Your chances are good! Don't shake the bag, though. The poison might rub off to another, and then your chance is 8-12%.

The flu does NOT spread like C19, so that same bag of skittles could be jostled around like David Beckham's nuts at a soccer game and you'd only see an additional 5 or 6 poison skittles, but that pouch o' c19 is going to be 100% poison, and all your green skittles with cancer are gone, the blue ones with diabetes are faded and some are missing, plus the red, vintage ones over 60 are probably dead because there was no one to help them.

I'd be hard pressed to not get https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Double-49-Inch-Monitor-LC49RG90SSNXZA/dp/B07L9HCJ2V if I were replacing my 2 Dell U2415 monitors, or something similar to the Samsung. My situation is a little different, too, since I could take my wife's pair of screens (also Dell U24s) and give her the ultrawide so I could have 4 monitors.

@travisdh1 I got my wall mount made by a company called Cheetah. It was like $20 on amazon.

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just taught myself how to add an MMC snap in to track down Certs.

Welcome to IT.

@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Grey said in Non-IT News Thread:

I'm annoyed by this. Release it all at once! Ridiculous.

Amazing how much we have adapted to the Netflix season at once mentality.

Yes, that's exactly why. >.> It has nothing to do with the PITA that it makes it to go out and, uh, "watch" it once a week.

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Coronavirus: First US deaths weeks earlier than thought

An autopsy in California has revealed that the first US coronavirus-related death came weeks earlier than previously thought.
The first previously known death in the US was in Seattle on 26 February and the first in California on 4 March. New information from a Santa Clara county coroner changes that timeline. Autopsies on two people who died on 6 February and 17 February show they died with Covid-19. Samples from the autopsies were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which confirmed the presence of the virus, California's Santa Clara County coroner's office said in a statement on Tuesday.

You really think nobody left China the second the first person got it? It obviously did a lot of spreading around the world before anyone started reacting to it.

Exactly - there are so many more people who have it than they realize.

I won't be a bit surprised if this thing ends up being only slightly more deadly than the Flu.

What? So you mean in something like 50 years? Please clarify, because the numbers don't lie.

I just woke up about an hour ago and I don't think I was done sleeping.

Wishing that I had fewer house projects and financial plans so I could get this and try my usa 4 corners ride again. It's even in my color.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I mean, how far are you from the ocean?

More important, how far are you from the sushi place?

No. I don't care how close you are to the sushi place if you live in a place where fresh fish is not actually fresh.

/me glares at St Louis

This. Sushi in Seattle? Awesome. Sushi in Denver? Ehhhhh. Maybe not so much.

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

so i got mesh central working and it's pretty good.
when I did the install I didn't use the --install switch so I don't have Windows service.
How can I add a Windows service so it will auto start after a reboot??

If you know the service executable, use sc.

sc -?

ERROR:  Unrecognized command

DESCRIPTION:
        SC is a command line program used for communicating with the
        Service Control Manager and services.
USAGE:
        sc <server> [command] [service name] <option1> <option2>...


        The option <server> has the form "\\ServerName"
        Further help on commands can be obtained by typing: "sc [command]"
        Commands:
          query-----------Queries the status for a service, or
                          enumerates the status for types of services.
          queryex---------Queries the extended status for a service, or
                          enumerates the status for types of services.
          start-----------Starts a service.
          pause-----------Sends a PAUSE control request to a service.
          interrogate-----Sends an INTERROGATE control request to a service.
          continue--------Sends a CONTINUE control request to a service.
          stop------------Sends a STOP request to a service.
          config----------Changes the configuration of a service (persistent).
          description-----Changes the description of a service.
          failure---------Changes the actions taken by a service upon failure.
          failureflag-----Changes the failure actions flag of a service.
          sidtype---------Changes the service SID type of a service.
          privs-----------Changes the required privileges of a service.
          managedaccount--Changes the service to mark the service account
                          password as managed by LSA.
          qc--------------Queries the configuration information for a service.
          qdescription----Queries the description for a service.
          qfailure--------Queries the actions taken by a service upon failure.
          qfailureflag----Queries the failure actions flag of a service.
          qsidtype--------Queries the service SID type of a service.
          qprivs----------Queries the required privileges of a service.
          qtriggerinfo----Queries the trigger parameters of a service.
          qpreferrednode--Queries the preferred NUMA node of a service.
          qmanagedaccount-Queries whether a services uses an account with a
                          password managed by LSA.
          qprotection-----Queries the process protection level of a service.
          quserservice----Queries for a local instance of a user service template.
          delete----------Deletes a service (from the registry).
          create----------Creates a service. (adds it to the registry).
          control---------Sends a control to a service.
          sdshow----------Displays a service's security descriptor.
          sdset-----------Sets a service's security descriptor.
          showsid---------Displays the service SID string corresponding to an arbitrary name.
          triggerinfo-----Configures the trigger parameters of a service.
          preferrednode---Sets the preferred NUMA node of a service.
          GetDisplayName--Gets the DisplayName for a service.
          GetKeyName------Gets the ServiceKeyName for a service.
          EnumDepend------Enumerates Service Dependencies.

        The following commands don't require a service name:
        sc <server> <command> <option>
          boot------------(ok | bad) Indicates whether the last boot should
                          be saved as the last-known-good boot configuration
          Lock------------Locks the Service Database
          QueryLock-------Queries the LockStatus for the SCManager Database
EXAMPLE:
        sc start MyService


QUERY and QUERYEX OPTIONS:
        If the query command is followed by a service name, the status
        for that service is returned.  Further options do not apply in
        this case.  If the query command is followed by nothing or one of
        the options listed below, the services are enumerated.
    type=    Type of services to enumerate (driver, service, userservice, all)
             (default = service)
    state=   State of services to enumerate (inactive, all)
             (default = active)
    bufsize= The size (in bytes) of the enumeration buffer
             (default = 4096)
    ri=      The resume index number at which to begin the enumeration
             (default = 0)
    group=   Service group to enumerate
             (default = all groups)

SYNTAX EXAMPLES
sc query                - Enumerates status for active services & drivers
sc query eventlog       - Displays status for the eventlog service
sc queryex eventlog     - Displays extended status for the eventlog service
sc query type= driver   - Enumerates only active drivers
sc query type= service  - Enumerates only Win32 services
sc query state= all     - Enumerates all services & drivers
sc query bufsize= 50    - Enumerates with a 50 byte buffer
sc query ri= 14         - Enumerates with resume index = 14
sc queryex group= ""    - Enumerates active services not in a group
sc query type= interact - Enumerates all interactive services
sc query type= driver group= NDIS     - Enumerates all NDIS drivers

Ex:

sc create
DESCRIPTION:
        Creates a service entry in the registry and Service Database.
USAGE:
        sc <server> create [service name] [binPath= ] <option1> <option2>...

OPTIONS:
NOTE: The option name includes the equal sign.
      A space is required between the equal sign and the value.
 type= <own|share|interact|kernel|filesys|rec|userown|usershare>
       (default = own)
 start= <boot|system|auto|demand|disabled|delayed-auto>
       (default = demand)
 error= <normal|severe|critical|ignore>
       (default = normal)
 binPath= <BinaryPathName to the .exe file>
 group= <LoadOrderGroup>
 tag= <yes|no>
 depend= <Dependencies(separated by / (forward slash))>
 obj= <AccountName|ObjectName>
       (default = LocalSystem)
 DisplayName= <display name>
 password= <password>