Posts by Roland6 10720 publicly visible posts • joined 23 Apr 2010
> They thought the pad would survive one launch - they were wrong
Be interested to know which “they” decided to go ahead…
Clearly, someone expected the pad to fail and hence commissioned the “ water-cooled steel plate”.
Musk suggests it was a management decision to go ahead rather than wait until the plate was installed. Which would indicate SpaceX have a mindset similar to that NASA had when the O rings failed….
That is what got me, what NTT are proposing isn’t new, AP sharing was a growing thing (in the UK) until the law was changed making the owner of the AP liable for all communications over their WiFi/Internet connection…
The only new thing is the spurious use of blockchain, to implement what BT and The Cloud do with much simpler technology.
You might be able to get femtocells, however they need the networks to support them. EE withdrew support for its (3G) Signal Box in June 2022, expecting customers to switch to WiFi Calling, which naturally requires a compatible device.
NB. Need to double check specifications of device particularly if supplied by network operator…
At the beginning of lockdown EE provided a client with a batch of Alcatel 3T8 tablets, according to Alcatel’s website they supported VoWiFi, however, this functionality wasn’t included in the EE variant…
EE provided mobile services at Glastonbury since 2003, from this year (2023) the service will provided by Vodafone.
[ https://mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/article/vodafone-becomes-glastonbury-official-partner#:~:text=EE%20ends%20a%2020%2Dyear,from%20EE%20after%2020%20years. ]
I think one of the big benefits of WiFi is the unlicensed frequencies, of which we clearly need more of ! :)
Remember there are two scenarios: Windows download and shop brought system.
Every new system I’ve purchased for some years now has had some form of “trial” Office and 365 pre installed.
As for Teams, I’m uncertain whether the latest W10 image from Windows download includes Teams (personal) or not.
Hence I suggest the bundling is a little more subtle, hence MS can tick the “not bundled” with the OS box.
I wasn’t suggesting a move away from the traditional MS Office suite (Word, excel, PowerPoint), merely noting that thanks to government shortsightedness it has locked itself into MS Office. Specifically, the finger can be pointed at Thatcher, who removed the teeth from the CCTA in 1989, which (combined with similar market lassie-faire in the US) had the effect of killing GOSIP and knock on effects on the IT user industry lead MAP/TOP initiative. Whilst many will remember OSI (ie. Networking protocols), the bigger part of these initiatives was the Standardisation of file formats used in manufacturing and technical offices. Obviously, we can look back over 30plus years and see the impact of the thinking “ let the market decide” and absence of any leadership by government has had…
Obviously, there are many reason why MS have done well, one of them is that they have been good at selling: bundling the separate products Word, Excel and PowerPoint into a single office suite(1990) Then adding to this over the years (eg. Outlook added in 1995), with Teams being one of the latest additions to this bundle. So those that had MS365 subscriptions, Teams was sitting there waiting to be discovered… Plus if you look at the effort MS put in to getting MS cloud adopted as the UK governments cloud platform..
CoViD: Much of government went with Teams, yet third-sector organisations (mostly without IT departments) went with Zoom and cursed having to use Teams with NHS/local government… however, you are right Zoom and Teams were life savers for many organisations that within weeks went to highly distributed working. If it wasn’t for Zoom and Teams, I expect many would have gone with Jitsi.
Having Teams unbundled would actually be good for the public sector, as then they would have to define requirements and go through a public procurement, resulting in a contract. Currently, MS can do what it likes to Teams as it’s “free” and not part of the contract (suggest you look at Vodafone and the termination of the “free” bundled email services to Demon customers a few years back…)
As for enterprise systems integration (10,000 plus users), spent circa 30 years doing that, so not unappreciative of the challenges your organisation faces.
>essentially getting it for no additional charge
That's why MS bundled it, it might be "free" but the price is that you are discouraged from using alternative and better non-MS solutions.
It is such thinking by the Government sector is why it got itself locked into the proprietary MS Office document formats for the last 30 plus years and then locked itself into Microsoft for G-Cloud...
Call yourself a public sector CIO...
> if the software you use only runs on Windows server then you have very little choice
I was pleasantly surprised to discover WS is a supported OS on some Lenovo series of Thinkpads (drivers available in the relevant download pages); okay they only seem to supply Thinkpads with Windows 10/11 (or Linux) pre-installed. Although on a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U (8 cores/16 threads) Thinkpad, I’ve not encountered issues running it on Windows 10 Hyper-V, which is a more easily supported and transferable configuration.
A couple of years before CoViD MS did apply for a patent that recognised that in the cloud compute (ie. CPU) was separate to memory, disk and comm’s and hence each could be separately and dynamically charged for. Naturally, the patent contained no real details (nor anything that would have been a surprise to anyone who had knowledge of instrumentation tools such as BMC Patrol and Telco billing systems), so I presumed it was intended to obstruct others who wished to actually implement such a level of instrumentation and billing.
>If they aren’t going to sell it, I can’t see the point of this work.
The way I read this, the typical ARM blueprint isn't complete, this is thus a way of ARM developing a more complete set of chip blueprints that is partners can more readily fabricate. This I see as an advantage if it is to really go head-to-head with Intel and AMD, who both have compatible families and generations of complete chip designs under the x86 and x64 banners, I suspect the market will happily port software to "ARM"(*) but not to Dell ARM, IBM ARM, Apple ARM etc.
(*) I was going to use xARM to indicate an equivalence to x86, x64, but I see xARM is a robotic arm...
>Many years ago I installed UBlock Origin on my Firefox, and I've been using it ever since. Is it still any good?
Are you seeing ads? if not uBlock is doing its job.
It is perhaps a little scary, given how we have been conditioned by "shouty" apps and businesses, that something can quietly do the job it was intended over many years without regular fanfare...
Personally, on my various systems I've tossed a coin and installed either uBlock Origin or Adblock Plus (Eyeo), not noticed much difference, other than recently Adblock Plus has opened its donation page.
>” don't forget these ad-blocking tools come with features to whitelist adverts on your favorite, trusted websites ”
However, as we know websites have little control over what the ad networks deliver so still need to vet and drop/block ads even on favourite websites…
>That's what they are trying to use the trademark to ensure.
Possibly.
However, if the Rust Foundation were to implement some form of compliance and/or conformance testing, I would expect such products to be able to an appropriate certification of testing mark as per equipment tested to WiFi Alliance profiles. Hence the draft guidelines don't need to
I note that Rust Foundation itself is being an "evil corp" by effectively preventing a third-party Rust language compiler describing itself as a Rust compiler. One of the joys of C was that you had the langauge reference and any one could write a "compiler" for their platform of preference or more importantly create a programmers workbench which uses a modified compiler to create output that more easily integrates with the toolset. Interestingly, the main areas of difference were in the libraries, specifically on those elements not covered by the reference guide (eg. what action to actually perform and result to return when you attempt to move the file pointer beyond the end of the open file.)
From this I think you will understand it is advisable to have separate trademarks for Rust the language and 'products' claim with respect to compliance to, and interoperability with Rust conventions.
>”it instead takes a look at your assets and resources, and tells you how someone could take a crack your IT environment specifically.”
So to use this tool it really needs to first verify the user has bona fida access to the assets and resources being evaluated - ability to add a special DNS TXT record say, otherwise combined with Shodan it makes a great tool for attackers…
Question: how easy is it to spoof DNS record lookup…
Typical users don’t install Process Explorer or other utilities such as 7zip, it is experts with varying degrees of SysAdmin competence that install these useful tools.
The problem I have encountered is that these tools may not either auto update or get updated by software inventory tools.
”changing lanes is one of the most dangerous things you can do"
No, it really isn't.
From the context, the original poster was talking about on a congested motorway. Although even on a flowing motorway, care needs to be exercised; the number of times I’ve been flashed by a idiot undertaking everyone at speed and thus getting upset when those wanting to exit cut them up…
That is by design.
Currently, heat is regarded as a low value waste product. Hence solutions that treat all heat the same such as immersion cooling, that simply create large volumes of low grade heat.
Begin to treat heat like cold and things can look very different:
Data centres with highly insulated walls to keep the heat in, so it can be better channeled to low heat capture devices. Systems being cooled, like gaming PCs, with one system for hot components and another for the cooler bits.
Obviously, the real challenge is converting the heat to something that can be usefully passed on. Market gardens seem a good proposition, given this would be a constant supply of heat, rather than the more intermittent heat cross rail was having to deal with.
Need to be careful about what you mean by “data centre”. The typical bit barn will have much in common with a warehouse/distribution centre, not sure how many people want a warehouse/bit barn with 11 m ceiling at the end of their patio (about all of a “garden” many modern houses possess).
However, given all the things “edge” is being touted as the solution for, I suspect a house sized “edge” data centre is in the realms of possibility.
That’s what those who actually created the Industrial Revolution.
The idea of money for nothing was a feature of the victorians, namely those who in the main were able to live off the fruits of their fore fatherslabours…
Unfortunately, in the UK the Conservatives still think like the indulged late Victorians…
I expect the non-x86 cloud market to be significantly more profitable per customer than the (larger) x86 cloud market.
I also expect the sorts of customers who want mainframe levels of reliability etc. will be happy with the degree of openness a LinuxOne cloud gives them. Plus the x86 platform might be a de jure standard, it is still proprietary.
Very few of the barns that are being built around me have roof mounted solar panels.
A planning proposal out for consultation has a "solar park" aka business park and a few acres of open fields covered in solar panels to provide the electricity for the business park. I.e. there is no intention of actually utilising the roofs etc. of the business park for the collection of electricity.
>We can't see a problem. Perhaps someone out there can explain.
You probably aren't familiar with the world of wide area communications from a few decades back when encryption was rare...
Okay traffic volumes were much lower, but because the majority of the traffic wasn't encrypted, the encrypted traffic stood out.
I'm sure there are ElReg readers who have experience of working in some countries where unencrypted communications were reliable (well during office hours) and encrypted communications always seemed to get a bad connection.
So, in the new word of unencrypted communications being the norm, if you wish to draw attention to yourself go ahead and use tools that create data blobs that are clearly encrypted... whilst I suspect you will get away with the occasional encrypted communication, repeated and regular usage will raise your profile...
>Let's assume we trust the Government of the UK to not abuse this...
Now add in the "special relationship" - if the UK Govt have your data, so do the NSA et al.
Add in what we know about US intelligence security and distribution [See:Jack Teixeira ] and we can be sure both Russia and China will also most probably have some form of access...
"Obstruction" is similar to the US "wire fraud" - if you don't do as the Police ask that's obstruction...
As for "The gentleman doth protest too much..." I He's a journalist/publisher so we expect them to be more like canaries in a coal mine.
Interestingly, given what we now know about mobile phone security, I suspect they have already accessed the memory of his phone, handing over the access codes just enables them to publicly use what they have found as evidence without having to gain a warrant etc.
>Banking websites don't need to break E2E encryption. The traffic is already decrypted at the server side...
However, if the server is in a foreign country... Best to be safe and ban encrypted communications.
sarcasm/
Perhaps this is a good application of "AI", I'm sure AI can be trained to recognise encrypted communications and thus proactively block them by dropping packets.
/sarcasm
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