Re: Opposite button labelling
Or turn the car engine off with the ignition key?
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XKCD 627 really needs updating:
Find a menu item or button which looks related to what you want to do.
- I can't find one
Are you using Windows 10 without Classic Shell?
- Yes
Oh. There aren't any buttons. Give up.
- OK, I installed Classic Shell.
Oh. None of the buttons do anything anyway. Give up.
and:
Google the name of the program plus a few words related to what you want to do. Sift through abandoned questions, irrelevant answers, zealots who insist your approach is wrong and annoying YouTubers who skip over the critical step. Give up.
There are quite a few nuances and the meaning of "contractor" varies between countries: From a consultant with skills the client doesn't have in-house to a temporary worker doing BAU work backfilling a permanent post; Or from a contract specifying a deliverable to a contract specifying working hours.
True independents are usually outside the taxmans "disguised employment" net.
"Temps" are usually in the net - They're doing the same job as a permanent employee. So their daily rate needs to be about 50% higher than a permanent employee to allow for employers tax, pension contributions, sick pay, unemployment etc - plus personal taxes - just to reach parity with a permies annual take-home pay.
Obviously he should lose every cent he profited from the crime. And obviously there should be an appropriate deterrent penalty on top, maybe cash or jail time.
Though he, personally, may not have made $9m. But I guess he'll just have to sue the ring leaders to get "his" money back.
> restricted to remote working
Doesn't that run the risk of missing internal and side-channel vulnerabilities? I expect you have that covered, but it's not entirely clear to me from your brief comment.
I recently saw the results of a pen test where the testers had gained Domain Admin rights and then went on to exploit that in a chain of events that ultimately meant they were detected by a secondary mechanism - but it created a lot of clean-up work.
As well as greater awareness by the public, Twitter also gives MPs feedback from the voters on their proposals. How could that be a bad thing in a Representative Democracy? It's not like they'll get immediately sacked if they support something unpopular with their constituents "for the good of the nation as a whole".
P.S. I don't use Twitter, I despise my politicians the old fashioned way - from the news and at the polling booth.
NetCack would have been more descriptive, less confusing and met most of the researchers "objectives" for a name.
Of course, netcat and Linux are known for being hackers tools - Is your son a computer hacker?
On the other hand, even a newly discovered vuln demonstrates the product is "faulty by design" or has a "manufacturing fault".
You don't have to wait until your tumble dryer burns your house down or your car kills you to get faults in those repaired. Taking on a Google/Apple/Microsoft alone would be futile, but you wouldn't be alone
I'm curious as to where you get your figures from. One in particular doesn't make sense - the "20 minute break every 5 hours". Assuming this is at a supercharger at a motorway service station, it's more likely to be 7 minutes every 1.5 hours. Which works out about the same, and that's still fine as long as every parking space has a charging point - otherwise you would need about about 20 times as many fuelling points (< 2 minutes to fill a car with enough conventional fuel to do 500 miles)
You want an argument?! PC game prices drop 75% after the first 6 months, Console games prices always stay high long after the developers have made their money back!
(Works great for me, other people can subsidise the Developers and do the beta testing, if a PC game is still popular after 6 months then I'll buy it at the reduced price.)
Maths can be taught using just a blackboard and a few cheap b&w books . Why should Maths students subsidise engineering and physics departments expensive toys?
Don't go down that line of thought, unless you're prepared to do itemised billing for the accommodation/management/teaching/lab components of every course and region.
A degree course doesn't work for everyone. In the past, formal apprenticeships and polytechnics were good alternatives, but they've been subsumed into the degree culture.
Life skills lessons during further education would be a fine idea, but would have to be on top of the degree course. Which, of course, adds cost. Though one could argue that the further education system teaches a lot of life skills anyway.
As to funding, I'll just note that any "taxpayer funding" should include a fair amount from corporates. However, they should not be allowed to overly influence the academic curriculum.
Finally, on "toy" PhDs - every PhD is expected to contribute some original research, and they're so specialised at that level that almost every one will sound stupid to a layman
> The winning bidder is expected to deal with regulators like the Civil Aviation Authority and National Air Traffic Systems to make this possible.
A government agency admits it can't deal with other government agencies and tries to outsource that part? I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole long enough to move the world.
> but we Users are also the ones who make sure that the company keeps making money and therefore has enough to pay you SysAds wages
Joking aside, is that really the case? Apart from the efficiencies of using a computer rather than a small army of quill pen wielders and couriers, if "data is the new oil" then IT has moved a long way past automation.
I'd say that every company is an IT company, no matter what they sell.
Cyber insurance policies can reject claims for all Cyber attacks because Government Agencies tell us all Cyber attacks are state sponsored by baddies (usually supposedly "technologically advanced" countries like Iran or North Korea [total coincidence that we're against them for other reasons], but not China [because we're really scared of them]).
"all risks of physical loss or damage to electronic data, programs, or software, including loss or damage caused by the malicious introduction of a machine code or instruction."
Sorry, but that sounds like Cyber insurance to me. And Zurich haven't tried the "due diligence" getout, but went for the "act of war" excuse. So that's what we're discussing.
Thank you so much for staying to read the non-IT stories, and then the comments on them and especially for taking the time to educate us.
True, I don't want to be a manager or an MP. I don't claim to be infallible, but I can spot a fake when I see one.
(P.S. I work in IT. I'm used to taking shit from Lusers)
Not really - Hutchins pleaded "guilty" to past misdemeanours, so the verdict was "guilty" and he now has a criminal record. The judge took everything into account (as they should) and passed a minimum sentence.
An instant trial or a plea of "not guilty" might have led to the same verdict but a harsher sentence. Swings and roundabouts.
Anyway, I'm happy he's free now.
RTFA: There were a minuscule number of transactions in kind rather than cash. “So in $2.2bn of revenue, what we’re actually seeing is something along the lines of $9m where we didn’t get the cash." And come back if you find a few billion rather than a few million in "dodgy" (even if legal) transactions.
Does the Defence really have to say anything at this point? Apart from "Free the CFO one"?
The article missed one elephant in the room - which investigators? Police, FBI, NSA, natch. Homeowners associations? Why not, good ol' American boys. GCHQ? OK, they're our buddies. Other countries cops? Um, well, they're law enforcement too, and we can't really deny them the right to monitor their own back yard. Maybe we need a separate instance for each country. Or political party, in the case of disputed territories. Fuck it, let's just ban encryption. Oh wait, that would be against the second amendment.
Complicated, isn't it? And unless you're Captain Picard, saying "Make it so" doesn't work.
Well said, sir.
When the Labour Party split itself between Corbynites & Blairites (Full disclosure: Personally I'm left-wing so I guess that makes me a Corbynite, though I don't support him personally) - The outcome should have been that the Tories trounced them.
When the Conservative party fragmented over Brexit, it was an opportunity for Labour to reunite and bounce back. But they wasted it.
A pox on both their houses. While they're all pissing about, implementing "the peoples will" needed a steady hand on the tiller to avoid a risky decision becoming a disaster.
A Home Office spokesperson got in touch to say: ..."The Government believes ..."
Hang on, the Home Office is not the Government.
Of course, a Parliamentary Select Committee is not the Government either. But they're rather more likely to be be impartial (multi-partisan).
Oi, SadJav - Until you have the governance in place, stop the snooping. Allowing it to continue until the courts rule is "pre-empting the outcome of this case".
I wonder. If the lawyers pursuing a class-action lawsuit are taking all the risk, aren't they entitled to a fair reward? Maybe it was a quick/cheap win in this case, but more complex cases would balance that out.
So now we're just quibbling over what is a "fair" reward. For the class being represented, 70% of something is better than 100% of nothing. And at least, the bad actor has been stopped and made to pay.
Agreed. Sales gets the rewards, and a fair bit of clout in any company. If they're not keeping on top of "delivery" issues (be it a proposal, demo, contract, shipment or anything else that goes to the prospect/client), they're not doing their job. Tech Team managers may also be fair game if there are legitimate complaints.
But if Dr Lynch had spoken like that to the individual salesmen or tech staff, that would be unreasonable.
To be fair - at least you can report these scans to HMRC:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phishing-and-bogus-emails-hm-revenue-and-customs-examples/phishing-emails-and-bogus-contact-hm-revenue-and-customs-examples
"Forward suspicious emails and details of calls claiming to be from HMRC to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk and texts to 60599"
Way to miss the point, Google. They could easily verify an ad is linked to a bricks-and-mortar address (or even a reputable website/trader).
That said, I won't be disabling ublock/NoScript until the advertising industry starts taking responsibility for what it's trying to shove down my pipe. And it looks like that day is coming - if Google is vetting ads, surely it bears some liability for those it "approves"?
> How can I tell where I've been "accidentally" recorded?
Interesting question. If a home/property has CCTV, it's supposed to display a sign if it's likely to capture images of people outside your "private" space - UK ICO rules
It seems like a case of "My house - my rules". So you should always check.
Not sure if you're joking, but from: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-update/how-to-obtain-and-install-windows-7-sp2/c2c7009f-3a10-4199-9c89-48e1e883051e
In 2016, Microsoft decided to package 5 years worth of updates (2011-2016) into a single update, called the "convenience update" (although you and I can just call it Service Pack 2 because that's exactly what it is).
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Note: Installing the update won't affect the version of Windows listed in system properties. It will remain listed as Service Pack 1.
- if you want to know which sites I've been looking up, get a fucking warrant and serve it on my DNS provider.
(Note, post may display evidence of ignorance over how DNS/HTTPS works. I would have thought that the IP address that subsequent HTTPS traffic went to would be sufficient to build a case for a warrant, even if an IP address hosts multiple legit and dodgy websites.)
I'd really like to hear from someone like Shadow Systems for their views on how effectively blind people can use NHS Direct (phone or Web) at present, and if Alexa "AI" would add anything to that.
"There is no cost to this agreement to the taxpayer". Yeah, because we're the product being sold (out), not the customer. FOAD, Alexa
> So there are people who must be really busy but still have time to create such stupid regulations. Stupidity is the most shared quality among human beings.
I know what you mean, but unless you have some set standards (pun intended), someone will take the piss, e.g. a dozen huge flags with offensive designs. Stupidity is not restricted to officials.
Reading the PDF, it seems a reasonable benchmark. Though I might be inclined to test some of the definitions in court if someone were small minded enough to complain about what is clearly a bit of fun.
The basis is EU GDPR law. If you're doing business in the EU, you have to comply. The (British) ICO is taking this up on behalf of the EU, though I'm curious about where the fine goes to. $4 per head doesn't go far in covering individuals against ID theft, but presumably the ruling makes it easier for customers to make their claims for actual losses.
I don't know California law, but they're welcome to prosecute as well if they don't feel the company has been punished sufficiently.
I can see a fun future where countries race to get their prosecutions in "on behalf of the world" ;-)
From the linked news report, it sounds more like the insurance company made the decision to pay the ransom to save themselves some money, and it cost the City just $10k.
The City IT Director may have been on the hook for allowing the incident to arise in the first place. Someone senior should be fired. But whether the responsibility lies with the IT Director or someone else, e.g. a Finance Director who refused to budget for DR & backups, is debatable.