Posts by tentimes 215 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Nov 2012
I agree. Namecheap are the best reg I have found over the last 15 or so years, so I am sticking with them. I am not a huge fan of the new website though.
They keep you updated without pestering you and their systems are simple and relatively easy to use. I don't see how this is their fault - they have been caught out by someone else's stupidity.
Operators not updating phones. LG are really bad for this. Samsung seem to be pretty good - I am still getting regular security updates for my S7.
IMHO we should start ranking the manufacturers on timely security updates and naming and shaming the ones that don't update their tat.
Guys, guys!
It happened once out of billions of conversations. We've all seen Alexa light up and start to question us or say something non-sensical after hearing a snippet of our conversation and thinking it was for her (she does get lonely!). I simply tell her to STFU bitch and then she won't send your speech snippet anywhere on your contacts list.
Seriously, how often is this happening? Probably more chance of winning the lottery.
Some routers of some brands are affected? How the hell is that supposed to help. What if it is 1 TP-Link router of 117 types that is affected?
Would it not make more sense to give people a tool to check if their router is affected? I don't want to reset and then have to reprogram my router from scratch thanks.
I just about got this installed without losing my machine. Twice I tried and twice the computer hung on a restart at "Updating windows 51%". I left it for six hours and nothing happened and I had to pull the power cord to turn it off. After that I had to rollback and repair.
To get the update to work I had to run the Microsoft Windows Update Repair Tool (downloaded from their website) and then run the update a third time for it to work.
Huge sigh of relief and glad I know what I am doing or I would have been shafted (like many a poor user out there I am sure).
Does that mean they won't be actually making phones anymore at HTC? Such a shame. HTC virtually invented the original smartphones which were used by carriers to entice customers in. They then went out on their own with a string of great phones. I think they were the first ones with a real smartphone, not Apple.
Your friend/colleague has the right idea about world building. It is a laborious, intimate and requires you to expand your brain in space and time - i.e. think REALLY hard - possibly for years. And, to me, you have to do that before you really invest in any of your characters or ideas as EVERYTHING is a function of the world dynamics. And by World I really mean Universe. But worldbuilding can also turn into a neverending masturbation. I think you also need to have a conscious process running outside the worldbuilding to guide it and not have it be an end in itself. At least this is what I think and I haven't even written my first book yet. But I think I am at least partly correct.
They should nail them to the wall for this. My only reluctance in kicking them out of the country is that it gives more power to other CRA's, who will exploit customers on the back of it. My guess is they have all been hacked anyway, we just haven't heard about it (i.e. they haven't got caught).
But they are looking up your ass. I mean what harm has been done here really? They can put right to the bullet hole and who cares if he has some Xanax and MJ. People should be allowed to take drugs if they want to, and those two drugs rea relatively safe used in moderation.
Worlds policeman gone mad.
I don't get it. What's wrong with Windows 10? I use it fine, more productive than 7, looks better, runs faster, gets more out of the hardware. DX12. Apps that can run on the desktop so I can pin my twitter where I want it etc.
Right click on the start menu icon to get all the bits and bobs like control panel, command line, disk manager etc. Really easy. Works well with three monitors. Detects all hardware instantly and has a better hardware base than 7. I didn't have to go searching for drivers when I installed it.
So, what's not to like?
I think your premise is wrong.
I have been using Windows 10 for about a year now and find it to be an excellent OS, better than Windows 7 (which I also like). I really don't see the downsides to upgrading to 10, apart from the caveat that you always want a fresh install. An upgrade install is always asking for problems.
Then there is nothing he can hand over and he is effectively going to lose his rights regardless.
Let's speculate that he either (a) Never had the docs, or (b) Has deleted them all (a likely option if he knew the Feds were coming to get him)?
What then? No docs - anything they do to him he can surely sue them for?
What usually happens though is that Primary and Secondary DNS are provided by the ISP automatically to the modem/router. I would say this is the case in well over 90% of DNS's set.
If there was a simple system that backed up DNS records this would help.
Yes, maybe I am being silly and should go off now and set my DNS's manually?
I am not really understanding what you are saying. Do you mean that if someone gets FTTP installed in an exchange no other Telco can then do either FTTP or FTTC in that local exchange and BT are rolling FTTP out to take control of exchanges? I think I have it wrong but maybe you could explain a bit more?
It wouldn't surprise me if BT have outfoxed Ofcom again - they have been running rings round them for over 30 years.
After reading a LOT about Openreach's response to faults I believe they have been deliberately sabotaging competitor lines through policy and actions to undermine competitor offerings.
If you go onto any ISP forums in the UK you will see endless complaints of mistakes and actions taken by Openreach and their engineers. The ISP's are hamstrung by Openreach and totally beholden to them.
Having worked for BT, I am personally convinced that this was deliberate. I also changed to BT because of how Openreach dealt with problems on competitor ISPs network. Lo and behold I had only one problem in 5 years and Openreach had it resolved in an hour versus the weeks it would take for them to repair another ISP's problems (that are due to the BT network or equipment).
For the first time in five years I have now taken a leap of faith and am going to another ISP as a direct consequence of Openreach separating from BT. This whole changeover will be down to Openreach so I will see first hand if the changes mean anything. I have very little faith that I won't get screwed over and be without internet for weeks, but I live in hope.
I wonder if Openreach is now truly separate from BT.
Anyone who has ever had a broadband fault and is not with BT know the response they get when it isn't fixed "It's with BT Openreach Engineers" and they favour BT and leave the other competitors to rot. A good tactic to get people back on BT's network and that is what I did. Any fault I have since is fixed almost instantly (presumably by the same people).
So, it is WAY past time Openreach was separated.
The author cites the availability of cheap labour from the EU whilst ignoring the fact that the minimum wage here is £7.20 and a huge amount of the workforce is on just that.
Do you really think they will pay more now? There is a pool a people ready to jump at £7.20 and long will it continue.
I am totally against the extradition for computer misuse. For minor offences the should be a trial in absentia with any slap on the wrist to be served in the UK. I do not trust the US Jury system one iota after watching lots of documentaries on it. And they have a police state and jails almost exclusively for black people - slavery continues.
This is the one guy who runs everything and he is emotionally fragile given recent events. As someone else said, an employee would never answer emails like this. My guess is all the emails, including from "accounts" will be signed "Monster Cloud" as there are not really separate departments.
This seems like a misstep by LG. All those "add-ons" sound like fluff to me. And who now hasn't got a portable power pack that they take in their rucksack for recharging phones? I go away for a weekend with one of these and I don't need to fanny around changing batteries.
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