Posts by Jim 59

"...we regularly pass around near-gigabyte raw sound recordings of interviews with guests. With my connectivity it takes about half an hour to transfer something like that."

Sorry to snipe, but wouldn't high bitrate MP3 reduce that near-gigabyte WAV to about 60 MB? 256 VBR encoding would do that, and should be good enough for broadcast. Certainly it would put you well ahead of BBC DAB broadcasts in the UK, in quality/bitrate terms.

So cloud provider Canopy told The Register that cloud is really important, being increasingly used and that using cloud is an absolute must. This is hardly surprising is it.

Regarding cloud blocking and possible ways to circumvent the blocks, this is dealt with in the Company's acceptable use IT policy, which all employees sign up to and may form part of their employment contract. You may not be able to secure all channels, but then you can't stop your employees stealing office furniture either, if this is what they are determined to do.

Employees should be very careful about defeating the employer's security measures. In the UK it is difficult to dismiss someone from employment. If an employer wants to give you the chop, then evidence you defeated some security measures could be just the excuse they need. And it will all be in the logs, an open and shut case.

Absolutely smashing. I'm not keen on minimalistic track cars personally, bit if I were, this.

Thing is the 4C, Elise and so on are (even more) expensive when you include the other car you'll also need to own for a bearable life. And the sub 5 second 0-60 is achieved simply by removing most of the car, and then charging buyers a premium for the remainder. Still would though.

Lol. I remember an add in PCW mag or somewhere, showing a pretty secretary "lugging" what appeared to be a smallish steel suitcase. I don't think Osborne used the word "luggable", but it has never really been used on any products but theirs.

Incredible nifty at the time though. That fold out screen/keyboard was a wow.

I think the real explanation is that the banks haven't hesitated to put their critical infrastructure in the hands of the cheapest guys on the planet, whoever and wherever they may be.

"...defends itself as saying it is empowering consumers to start conversations about brands. It's therefore created an "advocates program" that gives away free .sucks domains to "cause-related, customer service-driven and politically..."

Zzzz whatever. You're chasing a dismal trade selling insult words to carpetbaggers.

And another thing. Thanks to The Register for the clear headline and nicely written article.

FYI, I won't be reading the other story you have presented under the headline "git commit -m 'Add $200m to GitHub, tweak valuation to $2bn'". Whatever.

Zeitgeist failure

Injection moulded? Not 3D printed? You guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

Good News Everyone!

The systemd team will take over.

SHEESH

Slashdot: Internet Explorer 11 Gains HTTP Strict Transport Security In Windows 7 and 8.1

The Register: Microsoft: FINE, we'll help your web sessions be secure, SHEESH

The Register has turned into one of its own commentards.

That's so 1997

http://dilbert.com/strip/1997-06-10

Samsung made a mistake taking away the SD card and removable battery. Apple must have been delighted with the S6.

My Galaxy S3 shows no sign of flagging. It is hard to foresee any reason to trade up in the next few years. Unless Samsung kill it with lack of support/updates.

Hero

Guy's a hero, though a little daft for not wondering if the jamming went beyond his classroom.

Obviously cell phones should be banned in the school, all schools.Would also fix 50,000 other problems at the same time.

Snakes remedy

Just make sure you have enough ladders around the house.

Unintelligible Headline of the Week

Compare with the headlines of 5 years ago. Here's how the Reg got its reputation for clarity and good humour:

http://web.archive.org/web/20100705120959/http://www.theregister.co.uk/

They need to think in Finish and not in Microsoft.

Storing your passwords on the Internet

Don't.

@tox_team GET A JOB

Secret questions are a hangover from the "security" procedures used by banks before the Internet. They never offered much security, for the obvious reasons outlined in the article.

"CEO Daniel Ek promised you’ll be grateful for its algorithms. “Recommendations will adapt over time to fit your taste and mood,” he said. As an example, if you’re jogging then Spotify will match a tune with your running pace.

I thought choosing what music to listen to was part of the pleasure of music. Like choosing which wine to drink, or what golf club to use for a particular shot.

Surprised anyone used satnav for that. You practically fall out of the Stockley Park door onto the M25.

Because London would never allow its local industry to go into decline.

Systematic and/or continued actions to torment or demean someone in a way that would make a reasonable person (1) conclude that Reddit is not a safe platform to express their ideas or participate in the conversation, or (2) fear for their safety or the safety of those around them

Sounds like a reasonable policy. But beware the repeated use of "safe" and "safety" - here used as in the loony lexicon of US campus madness - where "safe" means "safe from being exposed to new ideas, facts or anything outside my comfort zone". Urgh.

And PC users will need a big rig to power virty specs

They already need a big rig to power Windows.

It should only show the top 20. Listing those rated least attractive is not nice.

Solution

Put e-waste into a big box in your loft. At least it won't do any harm there. You never know, one day the world might develop a proper way of dealing with it.

The cost of making something should include the cost of unmaking it.

Having seen that documentary a couple of years ago, I certainly would not like to work there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkNO8J4XSIc

It seems that you are electronically tagged and timed, having only a set number of seconds to do each pick, and will be sacked otherwise. There are much other unpleasantness too. Somebody above mentioned toilet cleaners and so on, but these jobs ore often better paid (railway worker), have some measure of independence (van driver) and you are not treated like an insect.

Are we talking robot, or just glorified/armoured/armed remote control car.

For small sites where the only person actually logging in is the owner, a simple safeguard is to move the login script and replace it with an empty file. Just put the file back for a few minutes when you wish to login or logout. As many owners will be logging in once a week or less, it is no big issue.

Also removes the load on the server caused by bots constantly downloading the login page and submitting password guesses. For small servers it can provide a noticeable performance improvement as well as better security.

Not sure why everyone is so down on the Passat. Never been in one but they are nice looking cars. True, the black jumpers would prefer an Audi, but others prefer non BMW/Audi for the same reason.

It's too expensive though but.

[systemd] ...speeds up shutdown times by force killing processes if it has to, which can have unexpected consequences if you're in the middle of something.

Indeed. I am very happy with Linux Mint 17.1, but come shutdown time it simply kills any running apps, even those with open files. Result = regular file corruption for me. Even Windows isn't that stupid, and pauses to let you close files. Thanks, systemd!

For Pete's sake, editors. The linked article does not mention Joomla or Wordpress at all, and the white paper mentions them only once in 23 pages, in a sentence speculating that the infection vector *may* be associated with either platform.

So the Register prints a klaxon headline beginning with "Wordpress..."

Seriously thinking of cancelling my subscription here.