Posts by fidodogbreath

The only thing unsupported is their Q2 revenue

"Installing a non-Microsoft or a Microsoft SSD of different volume than the one provided originally may lead to reduced performance and unsupported configurations upgrade revenue for Microsoft."

FTFY

Re: Out of stock or sold out?

It's the invisible middle finger of the market.

Re: So instead of 125Meg to run a basic wordprocessor it will now be 500Meg plus..

Altair Basic...wasnt that about 3.5K? Ouch. So you could not afford the 4K EPROM then. I think they were about $60 S-100 cards.

It was an academic lab project: build the computer, make it do something. The EPROM was for wimps, we were told; toggling in BASIC would toughen us up.

Why do you think that Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26 billion if it wasn't to mine your information and used it to sell products and services to you?

Now LinkedIn prompts you to map out about who reports to whom in your company. Presumably, they want to ensure that they're whoring sharing the private info of actual Decision Makers to their premium subscribers and other "partners."

Leo Apotheker was HP CEO at the time; the Autonomy acquisition was his brainwave.

Re: Are pigs hard to train or not?

the main reason pigs were replaced by dogs when it comes to hunting truffles is that dogs won't eat them.

Wait...there's something dogs won't eat?

Re: For the love of the wee man

the hacker increased sodium hydroxide from 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million and then left

Equally as concerning as the internet exposure is that the plant-control software accepted a dangerously high input level. Is there no range checking for safe levels?

Re: Globally, Apple didn't do bad on this

Apple has a long, proud tradition of doing the right thing only after all other options have been exhausted.

Re: This is awful!

Just checked. My $25 hardwired doorbell from a big-box home store continues to work perfectly.

Re: "Ask app not to track"?

Apps caught tracking after users decline can be removed from the app store.

Re: If you think Teams is bad...

...try stepping in a steaming pile of Webex.

O Jabber, where art thou?

Re: Never thought I'd see the day

One of the Reg columnists (Dabbsy, IIRC) once mentioned a co-worker who looked at his watch to read a text message but took out his phone to check the time.

Re: How is this possible?

I wonder how long the TLAs have known about this.

"allowing one to perform calculations on encrypted data without decrypting it first."

I understand the concept. I also understand that encryption and security in general are often incorrectly implemented, and that Microsoft doesn't exactly have a spotless record in that regard.

Re: More security - less security

PiHole FTW.

Re: Unfair?

So paying taxes on the money you make is unfair now?

Only for rich people and corporations. Regular schlubs are sent to prison if we don't pay.

Re: "top business and technology professionals"

Sad thing is, they still might be the 'best tech employer of the year.' It's a comparison; the "winner" just needs to be slightly less-terrible than the rest.

Several years ago I stopped using freemail accounts for anything important.

Privacy aside, I find Google in general (and Gmail in particular) to be unstrustworthy because Google can algorithmically terminate any account at any time. You're left with essentially no recourse if that happens.

Screw that.

Re: Astonishing

It seems that software development in particular is mostly conducted without any discipline at all.

Indeed. Hanlon's Razor also comes to mind: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Admittedly, "never" is a bit strong, because malice should never be completely off the table; but in a world where "I messed with it for a few minutes on jsfiddle" is considered to be both development and testing, stupidity should never be off the table either.

[edit: typo]

Sticky Password lets you choose between using a local share that you control or their cloud for syncing between devices.

Re: photonic cat qubit

Yes boss, half of my code may have worked before lunch but I'm not sure now.

That seems to be the approach at Microsoft.

Re: Resets the home page? Installs browser toolbar?

Whoa, did I fall through a time-warp back to 2003 or something?

Alta Vista is still a thing, too. Well, sorta; it redirects to Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle.

Now if you'll pardon me, I have to add some more dancing baloneys, rotating text and sparkly cursor trails to my Geocities home page. It looks incredible at 800x600 in IE6!

Re: Good news and bad news

Bad news : JavaScript allows almost anybody to program for the web.

The JavaScript ain't done 'til the fan starts to run.

Re: Makes sense

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Re: Sums up the current state of things...

fact check in a matter seconds all from the comfort of your own house, yet utter bollocks & mental gymnastics of the highest order proliferate

Indeed. Sadly, most anti-mask (and anti-vax, -5G, -climate, etc) people that I've met sincerely believe that they have researched and fact-checked their positions.

If I ask about how they vetted the credibility of sources or accuracy of the research that they cite, I get a lot of conspiracy mumbo jumbo about how any source that contradicts their preconceived view cannot be trusted because reasons (financial interest, global conspiracy, etc).

If I ask about whether they are aware of confirmation bias, I get the head shake that indicates that they consider me completely in the thrall of the conspiracy or whatever, and thus irredeemable.

And every single one of them is allowed to vote....

Re: My home made scotch eggs are a substantial meal.

I'll have the Scotch egg...but just bring me the Scotch, and hold the egg.

Re: So... want to pay Amazon to spy on you?

Anyone naive enough to purchase Amazon spy devices and install them in/on their home will probably think this is just grand. I mean, "they wouldn't be allowed to do it if it wasn't safe, right?"

[sent from my Alexa- and Ring-free home]