Posts by NoneSuch

Re: DARPA and Nanotechnology

Yes, but keep in mind, those back doors and flawed encryption will not install themselves.

"When do we read in On Call and Who, Me?"

Soon I suspect. He / she is likely to have a lot of time on their hands with an eight figure error over their head.

Or there was the user who put paper notes on the side of their computer case using large fridge magnets as a reminder.

Guess who was called to figure out why that PC would not boot any more...

Re: does it make a sound?

Deleting false narratives with blurred truths (lies) is not censorship. It's the foundation of free speech. "An informed electorate" being the key to a solid democracy.

Both sides lied during the BREXIT debate and look where we are today.

Now all they need to do is take on FOX News.

The Navy Version...

Has sharks with frikkin laser beams attached to their heads.

Re: Somebody else's computer

Something happened, we think.

We're looking into it, sorta.

We have a plan, maybe.

Talk again in two months for another update.

Re: If you owe the bank...

"650 California Street, where The Reg also has a holdout."

I finally know where to send the rubber chickens and inflatable fart cushions. Thank you.

Re: These guys' newsletter?

"Don't ask how I know this."

How do you know this?

Do You Think...

... they'll be offended when they see my LibreOffice and no MS Office version at all?

Yes, I think they will be.

"Just because a smartphone does not have utility to you does not mean it lacks utility for others."

My point was, the "others" in your quote are using that data to make BILLIONS while your privacy disappears before your eyes. Map GPS tracks where you go and what you do. Your apps / photos / video are parsed by bots with facial recognition to determine who you hang out with and your social activities. Your credit rating, insurance rates and even potential job prospects are impacted.

Smart phones do everything for you, making you dumber. Phone runs out of battery and kids can't operate today. I grew up without a phone and am much better for it. To me a phone is a tool, nothing more. To anyone under 30, it's a leash. They just haven't pulled hard enough for you to notice.

For Steam gaming, what distro do you use?

Am currently on Mint and Zorin PRO, but not tried Steam on either yet.

Re: Pure BS and security is really only a PR problem

"We permanently monitor our systems," the spokesperson said. "We take any indications of vulnerabilities very seriously. Our top priority is to prevent unauthorized access to the systems in our vehicles by third parties."

Un-huh. those third parties being white hat hackers. They need to change their logo to a farmer closing a barn door with a horse running away.

Re: Microsoft and cars - no thanks

Cute as this post is, Microsoft wants the IP (Patents) to make money, not put out an actual product of their own. Why innovate when you can tax an innovator using your patent forever.

Mos Eisley is fictional. Rockall is real and needs a base population.

Joke icon. Not joking.

Re: While today Bing has issues and no answers

I don't want Microsoft as an OS. Asking me to go to a search engine that presents MS products and solutions before the ones that would actually work for me is beyond the pale.

No search engine should be run by a corporation that monetizes results. That's like having politicians who accept money from corporations. Eventually, their interests will supersede yours.

Re: "job for life" died at the end of the 1980s, Amazon is no different!

Amazon Board - Let's not sack the incompetent senior VP who created this mess with inflated / over-optimistic sales projections (and who will go on to cost us hundreds of millions in the future) . Let's lay off the economically challenged people who actually did the work to made Amazon the great company it is today.

Yeah, that makes sense. Not!

Re: LOL 'bringing the people together'

It's Canada. The native population show up for almost everything. Great reason for a drum circle.

Now, I don't agree with the crap the truckers put out, but I do support their right to free speech. The ability to intimidate people to silence is what Snowden warned us about. Silencing critics is a slippery slope and not just for governments.

Re: 12GB

If you open Task Manager and your GPU use drops then you DO have a malware miner installed. Had the same issue on a friends PC last week. Use a Task Manager open source alternate to find the errant process.

Re: About time indeed

Until crypto value starts going up, then the mad crush to buy hardware will begin all over again.

Delusion of the masses is driven by 'get rich quick' schemes. Add your fave influencers backing it up and you have a ticking time bomb. People will get rich, but it won't be you or I. The lawyers on both sides will make a killing.

Re: Over selling

"A server sitting there, powered on and doing nothing, is not really "doing nothing" there are stull CPU cycles running. It's only doing nothing when it is turned off."

Turned off, or running Linux. Windows is the only OS I run where 11% CPU is the average use when sitting idle. Multiple trackers, telemetry and file index exe running continuously that you cannot turn off or kill. I have three Edge processes running and I never use that frikking POS browser.

Re: What exactly is the edge?

There's only three areas in a network.

Internal

External

DMZ

Anyone using "Edge" in an IT conversation has a piece of paper from a university and zero practical experience.

- Speaking as someone who has done this job since before the phrase "IT" existed.

Re: American trade protection

"Dressed up as national security."

I expected more from the VoiceOfTruth.

China tends to make up its own rules. Ignoring international trademark / copyright laws and conventions when inconvenient. The CCP directs the Peoples Liberation Army to actively steal trade secrets and information globally. They bribe, coerce and threaten anyone who opposes them, beat and try to kill dissidents living abroad and it is illegal to criticize their government.

Yes, it's for national security, but more to ensure the Chinese people are treated as human beings.

Re: If only

"At some point, we need to realize that the medical community doesn't really want computers and they suck at using them."

My doctor still insists on using fax for business comms. This new fangled "email" is a fad apparently.

Re: Insert clever game pun here

I have avoided Epic successfully and am REALLY glad I did. Never seen such sleazy tactics to undermine not only their competitors, but their own player base as well.

Re: Charges?

Watch out for a Ring camera to be installed in the prison shower so the victims can get their own back watching the two little darlings surrounded by real crims.

Hover over Pirate icon for the perfect catch phrase.

Re: Growing Rift With China?

How the CCP can start to "improve relations:"

Return Tibet and supply money to rebuild every shattered temple they destroyed.

Allow the Dali Llama to return to Tibet.

Establish free and democratic elections.

Respect international trademark laws.

Drop COVID restrictions.

Free political and religious prisoners.

Recognize Taiwan's independence.

Get out of the South China Sea and destroy all military outposts there.

Stop buying shipping ports that establish a transport monopoly in Europe.

Rescind the law making it illegal to criticize the government.

Stop concentration camps full of Urghurs.

Put up posters of Winnie the Pooh everywhere.

Do that, then we'll talk about sanctions being lifted.

They need to land a set of traffic lights. Every time the rover stopped there, some homeless guy with a squeegee will appear.

"I do wonder how other gov agencies really rate?"

The US Gov IT guidelines are a very low bar and they can't even reach that.

Screw 'em.

Apple is not the only US corp to make concessions to do business in China. The latest Top Gun movie changed the Taiwan flag on Cruises flight jacket to something less politically sensitive. Hollywood has made multiple changes and edits to other major films to keep the CCP happy. John Cena's cringeworthy apology to China was forced by his production company so sales would not be affected.

Screw them. Screw the CCP and it's oppression of their own peoples freedoms and well being. Screw them for occupying Tibet and destroying temples and killing Buddhist monks. Screw their illegal occupation of the South China Sea. Screw their taking over of trade ports throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Screw them for bribing South Pacific islands into submission.

China banned Winnie the Pooh because President Xi looks like him FFS. Screw them all. Don't buy Chinese products. Don't support Chinese encroachment into your local economy. And buy as many Winnie the Pooh posters as you can to give the CCP the two stiff finger salute.

Re: They're never legitimate

Brave Browser stops most of that crap. According to my browser, 54 trackers are being blocked from Outlook.microsoft.com and they are considered "legitimate."

Re: Confused.com

I'm waiting for:

Elon Musk, self-proclaimed God Emperor of Mars, is presumed to have died today while landing near the SpaceX outpost at Valles Marineris. Initial information is incomplete, but a fragmented radio message of His Muskiness was received as he took control of the landing craft on descent. He was reported to have said, "The first person to tell me I need to use landing thrusters is fired." The impact speed was calculated to have been over four thousand feet per second.

Re: Eye-watering

"Except none of that actually happened. And if you bother to do some research like Google, you’d realize that $600 hammers and Gold plated toilet is just a myth."

The hammer I used to use in the service had an NSN assigned cost of over 800 Pounds. I can't tell you (or Google) what I used it for, or on what platform, or even where, but it was used regularly and designed expressly for what I did with it. 'Mil-Spec" has been abused by shady contractors and vendors, but the system works to identify abuses and stop them. People in the military pay taxes too.

The first time I saw 'gold plated toilet' was in your post so no idea where that came from. I do vaguely recall one in Narcos on Netflix belonging to Escobar.

Re: Timing

Been there, done that.

Exchange server fail at 5:05PM on a Friday. Was on the phone with MS support until Monday morning at 4:30am. Reported to the boss at 8:15am that all was fixed and he never sent me home. Worked full day Monday and then went to sleep. Sick Day Tuesday.

Re: These corporations are a danger to the public order

"a dedicated working group that can be used as a formal means for employees and leaders to provide feedback on both local and retail organization-wide initiatives, policies and practices."

All of this feedback with be channeled through HR where they will be reviewed to see if they conform to approved Apple ways of thinking.

Or, speak truth to power here and your ass is grass.

Re: Oh boy

"The US military's ultimate goal with a hypersonic weapon is to be able to deliver a payload anywhere in the world in less than an hour."

The US military's ultimate goal with a hypersonic weapon is to be able to bomb an entire wedding party anywhere in the world in less than an hour.

Fixed it for you.

Re: Cookies

"Web sites can work perfectly well without requiring cookies on the client."

Some web sites can be (and are) designed to work only when cookies are accepted. No cookies, no soup for you!