Posts by Hans 1

Re: the Windows giant's QA checks

Adobe and Microsoft sole code purveyors allowed in AppSource.

Transfer multi-GB over ether? How about external drives ? USB 3 is actually quite efficient, much faster than ethernet and you do not clog up the network for the others ...

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a satchel full of USB sticks

Apologies to M. Tanenbaum

Maybe somebody with an RC sub can locate the leak and film it from outside ?

Re: 1980s and bad actors

Schwarzenegger Van Damme, Lungren ?

I hear the young praising Cleese, Moore, Connery, Redford and other actors active in the 70's and 80's, surpassing anything on the silver screen these days, forgetting oh so conveniently that we had our share of rubbish acting amateurs as well ...

Icon ? Pint o'clock where I am now ;-)

Re: I have a great idea!

Not everyone has had enough Russian to get the joke...

True, but everyone on here knows of a search engine that has ;-)

Re: Jobs wanted: former NSA developers seeking foreign travel??

Who in their right mind would hire a numpty dev who does not know what a keypass is ?

To think for ONE second l33ts doing illegal activities would hire this numpty is beyond me ... these outfits have the most stringent scurity policies in place, the idea is to make as much cash as possible without getting caught ...

Re: I call BS!

So, we have two options, here, either:

1. "other half" knows how to delete and expunge email in a mailbox AND Google keeps everything, even deleted stuff - shit, this would mean they have extended their IMAP protocol implementation to "not actually delete" stuff, simply move it elsewhere.

2. "other half" DOES NOT know how to delete and expunge email in a mailbox.

I am very sorry for your other half, but option 2. is so much more likely ...

Re: Only monarchy fans allowed, then ?

I agree that Charles Windsor has some very funny ideas, though no madder than those of the average (goop) Hollywood celebrity.

Fine, Mia Cyrus or whatever she's called for next monarch then, right ? Just any celeb will do.

But can we get this one clear? It was Harry who wore an Afrika Korps uniform. He has also done some other rather silly things not unknown to other young Army officers, most of whom do not have degrees in intersectional feminist studies, but are quite good at getting the lads to take on the Taliban.

Ok, then, I grant you "the prince's son" (without plural), the rest of your rebuttal is off topic.

In WW2 in Italy, the King was able to depose Mussolini. But in Germany, there was nobody to depose Hitler, and in Spain the same in re Franco. It was only with Franco's death that the monarchy was restored and Spain started to return to democracy.

All jolly good, but ... may I ask, what does any of this have to do with my remarks on the UK's political institutions, where nobody checks on the PM (position soon to be known as PL for "Prime Liar", if the polls are to be believed) or parliament ... well, except another pain, the house of lard, where a bunch of inbred hereditary bloodsuckers, who have never heard of hardship, let-alone lived it, assisted by a bunch of brain-washed high priests (no I am NOT making this up!) are supposed to be some kind or moral compass ? Seriously, guys, seriously ... I doubt that even a Reality Distortion Field as strong and powerful as Apple's could fend off this ...

Re: If an IPV6 network falls over in the forest......does anybody care??

There are /127 sorts of people on this planet, those who understand IPv6 and those who do not.

Re: It's an opinion.

Systemd seems to be interfering with your capslock key as well!

PS: I hate systemd as well.

PPS: How much ? https://youtu.be/WboggjN_G-4?t=43

Re: Customer service?

turn off that annoying "second fob press required to unlock all the doors... and other stuff.

annoying ? Brain-dead! I want^H^H^H^Hneed that thingy! Have an upvote!

Re: Not just Microsoft

Just because Microsoft cannot do it does not mean it is a bad idea, various Linux distributions have been doing this for decades, Ubuntu was never late, never had any major issues I can recall. Compare that to

"when's the last time Windows 10 update was on time ?"

or

"When's the last time Windows 10 update did not cause serious issues and had to be pulled/got silently updated ?"

Now to security updates:

Linux distributions make a clear distinction between updates and security updates, the system works reasonably well, I think. You can even inspect the code changes, as in, diff the sources!

MS, on the other hand, crams anything it "wants to distribute" into security updates, most of which have the EXACT SAME canned buzzword-bingo-winning update description. Nobody knows which update does what.

I hope that companies go back to something more resembling the old way. At the very least, there needs to be a clear differentiation between security/bug fixes and feature changes, with the feature updates being optional.

Debian Security FAQ

Re: My wife needs one of these immedeately.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from ... you start with gold, then giver her a platinum card and she claims she needs a black card, been there, seen that ...

Re: Wish I understood how it worked

So, to make money from bitcoin, you have to sell electricity!

Thought of the century, we should patent that!

I wonder if Microsoft will release the results of their kernel testing tools

If MS code quality these days is anything to go by, I would guess the results are 90% false positives and 10% bugs in the testing tool or vice-versa (yeah, I grant them that).

Re: Cupertino Idiot Tax Operation is an insult to the CUSTOMERS

Soldered components are much more reliable than replaceable.

Bullshit. Ever heard of faulty RAM ? Do not get me started on SSD durability, please, thanks.

Apart from the rudeness of this comment, it shows you really don't understand what you are talking about.

The only way to break through a "reality distortion field" as strong as Apple's is to make use of strong words.

In summary, thanks, but sorry, your opinion does not count.

Re: Password ZIP was built-in to Windows XP

Windows 10 is the lowest common denominator.

We just have to rid ourselves from that shit, heck, even MS have given up on improving it. Windows 10 is effectively abandonware.