"Anyone who is calling a support line probably isn't an "expert" in the technology they're using."

Are we talking CONSUMER support lines or INTERNAL BUSINESS support lines? Because many of those calls are to report something is broken or not working as expected by people who are very familiar with what they do.

'... define "expert" and qualify "users" - social-media apps on smartphones or things actually used in an office or real work/dev environment?'

I'd say by "expert" they are familiar with the basic interfaces used on many operating systems. Do they know how to create a word document without hand holding? More than likely. Can they create a basic spreadsheet? Probably. Do they understand how to use office (MS or open or whatever version you pick) to its fullest? No. My experience is that many millennials seem to think "expert" knowledge of such software suites comes easy and they actually have it but get frustrated quickly when asked to do something complicated (like db links, mutli-sheet vlookup or *gasp* vb macros ).

I find it easier to train 40 y/o + how to arrange and manipulate their data than I do anyone under 30 years old. Well... maybe not easier, but more enjoyable. It gets old trying to train or teach someone without any real attention span.

I think it's a stupid idea. The "smart watch" technology is great for ALERTS and maybe simple push button replies and can integrate fine with a phone or tablet. But trying to use it as a "phone" or a "computer" is silly.

Voice-to-text input is an option and Siri/Cortana or whatever your flavor does a decent job but the function would be a battery hog.

Just let the watch be like an "extra" display and stop trying to make it in to a Dick Tracy watch/video-phone.

If it involves the peoples money it's ALL political. Even when it shouldn't be.

Did Guistra get the contracts?

Duh.

So this feature has been around in some form or another since at least 2003. See https://technet.microsoft.com/... for how to implement it 12 years ago. It included the ability to make generate a hash for an executable, so if you needed people to run foobar.exe version 1.1.1.1, you generated the hash and then people could not run 1.1.1.0 or 1.1.1.2. You could also do certificates from trusted publishers, etc. It looks like there are a few new features, including virtualization options, but this is really just a rebranding of an existing feature to make it more prominent for the end user. Something all corporations do.

"Meanwhile, our taxpayer funded astronauts are doing cosplay in space, and inventing "space espresso" machines. Maybe it's time to completely defund NASA after all."

Because NASA has a history of hating good PR, right?

Or she's got the most valuable cosplay star trek uniform ever. One that's actually been to 'space'.

...in a really small package.

What were the laws/regulations for their offices at the time they used them?

Last I checked, the regs regarding emails for the state department went in to effect in 2005 and clarified in 2009 iirc.

"I don't care about Bill Clinton's consensual sex life. I'm not talking about Monica."

But there are valid reasons to discuss this topic in particular. If the guy who has the "football" which can blow up the world engages in actions which could result in his blackmail is this REALLY the guy we want holding the trigger? The "football" isn't the only blackmail-able power the President of the United States has.

Follow the thread up. Read down. You'll see that what I said is correct.