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

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

I dont use a print server, I just directly install the printers on everyone's workstations. The printers have static IP's. Its more cumbersome than I like, but it was more reliable than my attempts at a print server using GPO's.

My first attempt at pushing out GPOs for printers was a huge pain. But once it was done, man it made things nice!

Also, look into JB's suggestion of setting all printers to DHCP reservations instead of static. Solves all kinds of issues.

I've thought about that, and that would actually be the main reason I would consider reservations.

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

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

I dont use a print server, I just directly install the printers on everyone's workstations. The printers have static IP's. Its more cumbersome than I like, but it was more reliable than my attempts at a print server using GPO's.

You have a much larger environment than I typically see do that. But honestly, I agree. This "just works". I'm constantly seeing tickets for small shops that put in a print server and need loads of unnecessary support because they did something more complex than necessary.

Yeah, but I only have to mess with them if we get a new workstation, or a new printer. Otherwise I am hands off. The big thing for me was getting only network printers so that we didnt have dependencies of other workstations.

of all the things I could be doing, printers are not something I want to mess with on a regular basis, so the simpler and more reliable, the better.

I dont use a print server, I just directly install the printers on everyone's workstations. The printers have static IP's. Its more cumbersome than I like, but it was more reliable than my attempts at a print server using GPO's.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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@mlnews said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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thats a good problem to have

Better than having pizzas delivered by Nobody.

That's my dream future. Robot pizza delivery.

I feel like there should be a relevant futurama meme for that

They dont have the same feature set, so I dont think its a complete apples to apples comparison.

@obsolesce said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

I've lost about 60 lbs since may from doing keto. I just simply stopped eating chips and drinking soda, or any other carbs, and the weight just flew off.

I did all that, no effect

Up until I started, carbs were basically all I ate. I went from probably like 200 carbs a day down to 20. I've never been a person to "diet" but the way that I do keto, its so simple that I don't even have to really put a lot of effort into it. I will probably have to start adding in more exercise though if I want to keep loosing. Ideally, I've got another 50 lbs to go.

I'm vegetarian, so that makes carbs harder to avoid.

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

I've lost about 60 lbs since may from doing keto. I just simply stopped eating chips and drinking soda, or any other carbs, and the weight just flew off.

I did all that, no effect

Up until I started, carbs were basically all I ate. I went from probably like 200 carbs a day down to 20. I've never been a person to "diet" but the way that I do keto, its so simple that I don't even have to really put a lot of effort into it. I will probably have to start adding in more exercise though if I want to keep loosing. Ideally, I've got another 50 lbs to go.

I'm vegetarian, so that makes carbs harder to avoid.

Carbs are needed to maintain a healthy diet, and avoiding them altogether is not recommended. All carbs aren't equal, so I could make a strong argument that some types of carbs are okay and essential, even effective, while on the Keto diet.

I can also point out that generally, sticking to any good diet with decent exercise will result in weight loss.

A common problem with Keto is that it's one of the hardest diets to follow for keeping the weight off afterwards. Many gain the weight right back, plus more, after they feel they are "done" with the diet.... it's not one you can or should maintain long-term.

Keto is not a long-term diet. You need carbs in your life or bad shit will happen.

I agree. Initially I made a commitment to do 6 months, which ends in like two weeks. At that time I was going to reevaluate what my next steps were. I dont plan on staying on keto long term, but I also dont want to go back to eating bags of chips for lunch. I still dont have a complete plan, but I dont want to just go back to business as usual.

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@donahue said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller Fortigate

So you downgraded?

perhaps.

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

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

I dont think I've ever set it all up correctly. I thought I setup the sites correctly, but that was a few years ago and I really had no idea what I was doing. I've been too busy to really worry about it since then and the DC has been pretty reliable. Squeaky wheel and all that.

You need someone to come in and take a look at some of that stuff!

See you in a few hours

That's like number 87 on my priority list though.

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

I've lost about 60 lbs since may from doing keto. I just simply stopped eating chips and drinking soda, or any other carbs, and the weight just flew off.

I did all that, no effect

Up until I started, carbs were basically all I ate. I went from probably like 200 carbs a day down to 20. I've never been a person to "diet" but the way that I do keto, its so simple that I don't even have to really put a lot of effort into it. I will probably have to start adding in more exercise though if I want to keep loosing. Ideally, I've got another 50 lbs to go.

I'm vegetarian, so that makes carbs harder to avoid.

yeah, I dont think I could have done it without being able to eat meat. I basically have not had any fruit and limited veggies in 5 months. Lots of meat, cheese and eggs.

My lunch is often... bowl of steamed veggies.

It doesnt help me that I've never really liked veggies. I can tolerate some salads, but I tend to stick to the basics like carrots and broccoli.

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

I've lost about 60 lbs since may from doing keto. I just simply stopped eating chips and drinking soda, or any other carbs, and the weight just flew off.

I did all that, no effect

Up until I started, carbs were basically all I ate. I went from probably like 200 carbs a day down to 20. I've never been a person to "diet" but the way that I do keto, its so simple that I don't even have to really put a lot of effort into it. I will probably have to start adding in more exercise though if I want to keep loosing. Ideally, I've got another 50 lbs to go.

I'm vegetarian, so that makes carbs harder to avoid.

yeah, I dont think I could have done it without being able to eat meat. I basically have not had any fruit and limited veggies in 5 months. Lots of meat, cheese and eggs.

@scottalanmiller said in Fitness and Weightloss:

@donahue said in Fitness and Weightloss:

I've lost about 60 lbs since may from doing keto. I just simply stopped eating chips and drinking soda, or any other carbs, and the weight just flew off.

I did all that, no effect

Up until I started, carbs were basically all I ate. I went from probably like 200 carbs a day down to 20. I've never been a person to "diet" but the way that I do keto, its so simple that I don't even have to really put a lot of effort into it. I will probably have to start adding in more exercise though if I want to keep loosing. Ideally, I've got another 50 lbs to go.

I dont think I've ever set it all up correctly. I thought I setup the sites correctly, but that was a few years ago and I really had no idea what I was doing. I've been too busy to really worry about it since then and the DC has been pretty reliable. Squeaky wheel and all that.

I've lost about 60 lbs since may from doing keto. I just simply stopped eating chips and drinking soda, or any other carbs, and the weight just flew off.

In our DHCP settings (hosted by the same DC) I currently have 5 DNS servers defined. My two DC's, then the two public DNS from our ISP, then finally 8.8.8.8. But in my experience, if my DC is down, I've got larger issues than just DNS. But when this has happened, I just start up the DHCP server on the router and define 8.8.8.8 as the DNS for everyone while I fix this issue with the DC. I am not sure we have it configured correctly though, because it never seems to actually fail over to the other DC. It could be because its in another subnet at a different location, not sure.

@mlnews said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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thats a good problem to have

@scottalanmiller Fortigate

We just replaced our mikrotik routers.

@travisdh1 said in My first computer:

@scottalanmiller said in My first computer:

@travisdh1 said in My first computer:

@scottalanmiller said in My first computer:

@pete-s said in My first computer:

Which reminds me of IBM's PS/2.

What a train wreck that thing was.

Guess what made up the entire computer lab in my high school... Yep IBM PS/2. They actually network booted.

That's crazy. that must be all that IBM ever managed to sell.

My theory is that some company bought a whole bunch of them, realized they were terrible, and donated them to the school for a tax write off.

They had all apple IIe's at my computer labs growing up. I was always told it was because apple basically gave them to schools for near free, maybe at cost or something, and that it was part of the strategy to get people on one particular platform at an early age. It was always inconvenient because the files were never compatible between our home PC and the ones at the schools.

@scottalanmiller that's my thought. But you just cant come out an tell your mother that, especially since I am still relatively inexperienced. The same thing happens with my father in law. He just recently retired from working as some sort of systems admin for the EPA. I don't know what exactly he did, but I always get the feeling that he is going to tell me something that was relevant in server 2003.