NO.
Just F--- off with this nonsense, and don't slam the door on the way out.
The UK authorities already have far too many draconian powers, they don't need this.
Posts by Tom 64
472 posts • joined 16 Jun 2009
GCHQ pushes for 'virtual crocodile clips' on chat apps – the ability to silently slip into private encrypted comms
Chinese Super Micro 'spy chip' story gets even more strange as everyone doubles down
Re: How can I put this?
There is a lot of supermirco kit out there. Unless these attacks were very well targeted (which doesn't seem likely), someone will be able to get hold of some of these spy chips or doctored ethernet controllers and put them under a microscope soon enough.
Decoding the Chinese Super Micro super spy-chip super-scandal: What do we know – and who is telling the truth?
From Amazon's denial
> "It’s also untrue that AWS knew about servers containing malicious chips or modifications in data centers based in China".
Umm, what about outside China then? Like in the USA?
Breaking out the popcorn. The fallout from this one will be entertaining.
Intel boss admits chips in short supply, lobs cash into the quagmire
Dirty Cash
At this rate it won't be long until intel start throwing more of their cash pile around in the form of the marketing kickbacks and 'exclusivity' deals that were a thing when they were feeling threatened by Athlon 64. Feels good to see them suffering some karma.
Sunny Cali goes ballistic, this ransomware is atrocious. Even our IT bill will be something quite ferocious
Tax the tech giants and ISPs until the bits squeak – Corbyn
Re: Hmm
> "what actually IS social class?"
It's a socially acceptable way for you get get shat on.
For all the excitement, Pie may be Android's most minimal makeover yet – thankfully
Intel: Yeah, yeah, 10nm. It's on the todo list. Now, let's talk about AI...
Marketing bluster and inappropriate analogies
Seems like Intel are paying their marketing department more than their engineers recently and they absolutely reek of corporate desperation.
Swan dive: Intel shares dip under interim CEO Bob as 10nm processor woes worry Wall Street
SELL SELL SELL
That intel stock is going to be worth a lot less this time next year.
Put your money in AMD instead.
Intel confirms it’ll release GPUs in 2020
Beat them on packaging?
Not sure about this. nVidia perhaps yes, but AMD has been doing very well in this regard recently. For example Radeon Fury, Vega GPUs with HBM, and EPYC/Threadripper on the CPU side. Correct me if I'm wrong, but intel are only just getting into this game and they had to use an AMD GPU die to do it.
What's up with that ZX Spectrum reboot? Still no console
Re: This is a trivial design...
Totally want a next!
Hope they do another production run.
Intel’s first 10nm CPU is a twin-core i3 destined for a mid-range Lenovo
Very small die, low clock speeds. Looks like intel really are having a lot of trouble with 10nm.
Wanted that Windows 10 update but have an Intel SSD? Computer says no
Intel SSD owners rejoice!
I'm rejoicing. My Samsung just got a lot faster with the latest update.
NASA will send tiny helicopter to Mars
Re: Why?
> "Where can I look at the engineering details of the design please?"
Here is NASAs info. Including a lovely video based on what I assume to be an initial design:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/mars-helicopter-to-fly-on-nasa-s-next-red-planet-rover-mission
Do you always have someone google for you?
Why?
It may be a nice way to look around the red planet, but unless they change that design, the first larger than average gust of wind is going to topple it.
Nvidia quickly kills its AMD-screwing GeForce 'partner program' amid monopoly probe threat
Re: Nope.
I can't either. I haven't bought a single nVidia 'product' since Charlie D over at the Inq uncovered their cost cutting shitbaggery way back when which meant that your GPU would fail shortly after your warranty.
If you put profit before customer satisfaction, you can go whistle fuckers.
Did you guess 2019 for Intel's 10nm chip ramp up? Congratulations
Wow
Intel have really screwed the pooch on 10nm. TSMC, GloFo, Samsung and more are already cranking out '7nm'. Breaking out some popcorn and looking forward to watching intel stock take a bath.
Brexit has shafted the UK's space sector, lord warns science minister
Re: Cue Boris Johnson....
Can we have Boris test the first British Built (tm) rocket please?
Hello DARKNESS, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again... about a 10,000-pixel alien-hunting camera
Re: 10,000 ?
You're welcome to it, since it has a resolution lower than a ZX spectrum ;)
Oracle demands dev tear down iOS app that has 'JavaScript' in its name
Re: Easily solved
I suggest 'AllLawyersAreVulturesScript', or perhaps 'OracleSucksBallsScript'.
British government to ink deal for yet another immigration database
Re: Usual suspects again
> "after this attempt has turned into a massive failure."
Depends on your definition of failure. If your goal is to spread out taxpayers cash to your chums, the last attempt could be considered a great success.
Mark Duckerberg: Second Congressional grilling sees boss dodge questions like a pro
Patch or ditch Adobe Flash: Exploit on sale, booby-trapped Office docs spotted in the wild
Re: Why does anyone still use this garbage?
> "I doubt that. Flash is disabled by default on Windows 10 except for a small list of trusted websites and doesn't run outside of the Edge browser."
Have you tried removing flash from Windows 10? You can', not without a lot of hacking anyway. There is no uninstaller.
Why does anyone still use this garbage?
Flash should have been taken out back and shot years ago. Why is it still a thing?!?
Oh yeah, because Microsoft took some Adobe money to default install it on Windows 10.
Not one, but 20,000 black holes hiding in Milky Way's heart
Re: I've asked before but...
No. Even if there was one black hole for every star in the galaxy, there still wouldn't be enough mass to explain the nature of the milky way's rotation.
Brit Lords start peer-to-peer wrangling over regulating the internet
But think of the children!
... That argument is getting as tired as an ancient, bald pirelli already.
We sent a vulture to find the relaunched Atari box – and all he got was this lousy baseball cap
Re: Aaaahhhh come on....
Ahh what's that smell... Why yes, its the smell of fraud.
Cambridge Analytica 'privatised colonising operation', not a 'legitimate business', says whistleblower
Re: validity of the Brexit vote
> "she'd still be head-down charging forward at the brick wall."
Good point.
Re: validity of the Brexit vote
Are referenda covered by the same laws as elections?
I can't imagine Theresa May backing off brexit now either way, she doesn't want to be seen as weaker than Thatcher.
Breaking out some popcorn, this will get messy.
Fatal driverless crash: Radar-maker says Uber disabled safety systems
Re: "Self driving cars can only only react"
> "Not sure I would have noticed, reacted and braked to a 'safe' speed in that time."
Perhaps not, but you would have damn well swerved in order to avoid taking the life of another human being. Wouldn't you?
Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, off you go: Snout of UK space forcibly removed from EU satellite trough
Re: From the department of bleeding obvious
The spoon is fake news
2 + 2 = 4, er, 4.1, no, 4.3... Nvidia's Titan V GPUs spit out 'wrong answers' in scientific simulations
Re: Redlining memory? Buhahahaha! Not a chance.
> "Could you please explain how is this possible?"
Nvidia are known for cutting corners to maximise profits.
Google for Charlie Demerjian vs Nvidia
Fermi famously asked: 'Where is everybody?' Probably dead, says renewed Drake equation
Not Chen?
Gordon Bennett! Yes, Chen, everybody, everybody's dead, Dave!
Let's Encrypt updates certificate automation, adds splats
Wildcard certs
Not having these was a big pain in the backside before. I can see a much bigger uptake now these have been added.
OK, deep breath, relax... Let's have a sober look at these 'ere annoying AMD chip security flaws
Re: Odiferous Rodent
Certainly looks like an intel smear campaign doesn't it. Intel are known to have a big presence in Israel, I wonder if they have recently invested in any 'security' startups.
Microsoft's Teams lights solitary candle, hipsters don't notice
Re: hate it. use it
I've been forced to use it too (it costs us less than Slack does, somehow), and it's actually pretty powerful. Shame about the god awful omnishambles of a user interface.
Work continues on 5G, shame no one's sure what it's for yet
RE: " I'd assume other countries would be similar."
Quite. In England the telcos take the following attitude:
"Aww, you have a signal black hole in your area? Fuck you, pay me."
Even when complaining about sufficiently populated areas, such as a tube train, let alone the countryside.
4G found on Moon
> "we need to develop infrastructures..."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but people need things above 4G networks for even basic survival. You know things like clean, uncontaminated water, fresh food, radiation shielding, beer, etc etc
Amateur astronomer strikes it lucky with first glimpse of a Supernova
Re: Nova GSi?
My mate had one of these. Great little car. Naturally he binned it in a ditch.
The Gemini pocket PC is shipping and we've got one. This is what it's like
Re: Where Gemini's value really lies
Just give me a fullscreen linux terminal, and I'll be very tempted to open my wallet indeed.
Boffins: If AI eggheads could go ahead and try to stop their code being evil, that'd be great
“slightly concerned about AI, but not generally not aware of its rate of progress.”
If that sentence is anything to go by, we're doomed.
I for one welcome our AI overlords.
Year-old vuln turns Jenkins servers into Monero mining slaves
PowerShell?
I'm guessing this only affects windows boxen then? I see no reference to OS on the linked info though.
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Google reveals Edge bug that Microsoft has had trouble fixing
Intel issues
Not so surprising they didn't disclose the intel bugs quickly - all of their cloud runs on x86 intel and they wouldn't want the expense of cleaning up the outright ownage that would result if they disclosed before intel had decent fixes ready.
Microsoft of the other hand have a competing software product, so fuck 'em
Helicopter crashes after manoeuvres to 'avoid... DJI Phantom drone'
Re: It's time...
My suspicion is that this is a case of instructor covering for his dumbass student. There may not have been a drone at all
Crypto-gurus: Which idiots told the FBI that Feds-only backdoors in encryption are possible?
Re: Anyone want to make a lot of money?
It's leave your conscience at home day! Lets take a shitton of public funds and line our pockets!
Who wants dynamic dancing animations and code in their emails? Everyone! says Google
> "Google is preferentially boosting AMP results"
More likely targeting teenagers who have never seen a PC get owned by email
You won't ever be able to convince me...
... that running any kind of code in an email isn't a horrible security risk.
I'll stick with plain text thank you.
UK PM Theresa May orders review of online abuse laws in suffrage centenary speech
Re: 'edge' Lord,....
> "After a while you start to believe what's being said about you."
I hope so. Hopefully Mrs. May will eventually get the hint that she is in fact a useless PM and should go.
Sadly she has been doing rather well at ignoring this kind of comment.
Billionaire bros Bezos, Buffett become bonkers bio brokers: Swap W in AWS for H for healthcare
Re: America Fuck Yeah
Nope, remember these 'founders' are capitalists. I doubt they'd be in it if they didn't think they could turn a tidy profit.
Timeout everyone. Y'all know that Musk's $500 'flamethrower' is literally a Boring blowtorch?
Popcorn time!
Just kicking back here, waiting for the inevitable law suit.
