Posts by Paul Hovnanian

Re: Additional bits

"And he was soon told that the module could only receive direct commands from a ground station in Russia,"

Seems like a very poor design. I would expect that local control of an approaching craft would be far more responsive than waiting for ground controllers to interpret data. Lacking a qualified pilot (if this was the case), I'd at least like a Big Red Button on the ISS to shut things down.

Failing all of that, just don't do any maneuvering when not in sight of a ground control up/down link.

Re: Wandavision Agnes Wink.jpg

Google reserves the sole right to stuff privacy violating scripts down your throat for its own services.

Try turning JavaScript off and see how well Google stuff still runs.

Re: I remember when…

I remember the '60s. When the TV set went on the fritz, my dad and I would pull all the tubes (valves), take them down to Radio Shack or the local hardware store and check them on the tester.

Re: @45RPM

"is if you half the power available, then to do the same job you have to use the other thing that can't be restricted - time."

Yes. But in ecomomics, time has a value as well. And it's not the same for every one. So what you have built is a kettle for poor people.

Re: Whinging humans

"So much for putting all of our waste into orbit"

We tried. But Bezos came back.

Re: The Lawnmower Man

"To some it's weeds."

I tell my neighbors, "They're not weeds. It's an exercise in biodiversity."

Re: Is there some special reason...

"If you need something from a high shelf and there's a taller person next to you,"

I watch her to see if she has fetched the cookie jar I wanted. And not the rat poison. (Tall wife.)

The machine pictured can be pretty heavy as well. It depends on how much water one puts into the roller. In this case, it probably wasn't worth the trouble to use maximum weight.

Re: Definitely pick which battles you want to fight...

The down side of expensing everything to skip the inventory effort is that stuff starts walking out the back door. And then the investors get angry.

Once you've scanned every bar code* on the server racks and desktop, let the accountants do their depreciation magic.

*In a previous life working for a power utility, I pointrd out that bar code scanning technology was starting to get good enough to drive down a road and record every pole. Accounting had a fit anout that. It serms that too good of an inventory would require an explanation as to why our asset base had changed so drastically from the days of hand written records. So much for that idea.

Re: Security

"Making sure they don't use a custom driver"

Pretty much this. My keyboard talks to a UHCI driver. Should it try to connect to the outside world through a network interface, it gets the software equivalent of, "You wot, mate?"

I'm sure that a highly motivated bad actor could build a keyboard that would get directly on to a cellular network. But the service plan cost times the number of units sold would discourage that.

Re: this is nothing that a $50 investment

I suspect that the key people in REvil have their own Spetsnaz security detail. Good luck.

Re: Sadly

"polygraphy --- is acceptable for law enforcement purposes in various places, prominently in the USA"

Not as far as I know. I'd need to see a citation where the laws surrounding it have changed.

What it is good for is psyching suspects out. I've heard that more interesting information can be gleaned from people chatting with them while setting up the equipment or taking it off. Not that this will be admissible in court either. But if you are looking for buried bodies (for example) small talk about where good camping sites are might lead somewhere.

>> what's wrong with "using" or "trying"?

No spaces on the Bingo card for those.

Re: So... The M1 iMac is pretty good then?

"Furthermore, I'd like to see a comparison between these iMacs and other monitors out there."

It's been a few years since I went monitor shopping. But I can't recall finding any that were not easily adjustable in three axis (roll, pitch and yaw).

Re: A new movie perhaps?

Quickly! Everyone behind the sofa.

Re: There is an easier way.........

"overhead power and telephone cables"

Not so much of a problem. Power systems built using bare medium voltage overhead conductors (4-34kV) are usually designed to tolerate temporary contact with tree limbs and other crud. There will be an arc. But the pink snot will be burned clear rather easily. As far as insulated communications cables, go take a look at how many pairs of sneakers are hanging from them in some neighborhoods. No harm done.

Re: Zero trust was new in name only

"Any changes to the network affecting the dependencies of an app are communicated to the app via PUTs to /config/dependencies with the relevant changes."

This assumes that you want the people moving network cables/DHCP services around in the network closet to have that sort of access to your app configuration server. Sometimes we were lucky to get them to make the DNS entries correctly.

"or an employee of a Limited Company who pimp your services to the client"

How often does HMRC find a bunch of people working as 'employees' in a firm, but effectively partners? Where they distribute the firm's revenue based on who brought it in. And 'the boss' is actually a filing cabinet in the Cayman Islands law office?