Posts by Pookietoo

Plasterboard

It had better not be foil-backed plasterboard.

Re: Eh?

Perhaps the thumbdown didn't agree that later systems are vulnerable? But those are the affected systems reported at www.ccn-cert.cni.es

Re: These figures...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpA7aWEBpw0

Re: my consent is suddenly assumed to be in place again

Surely your consent would be a part of your record, which this non-local A&E would be able to see, but not change?

Re: maybe this is already happening

Don't you think regular steganography offers a simpler method applicable to a much wider range of data exchanges?

Re: keeping i686 codepaths working

i686 is too recent for some of my hardware anyway. :-)

Re: Don't think WIFI is as dangerous as

Driving while using a cellphone.

Walking while texting.

Re: precedent has been set

ITYF precedent doesn't get set by the lower courts. And anyway I think you'll not easily replicate the circumstances that made up that particular case.

Re: after a motor was found in her bike's frame

There's some doubt that it was actually her bike, and I've not seen proof that she ever used it.

Re: you will never become interested

I've recently been fiddling with Arduino and Raspberry Pi, and as a side effect I've been doing more electronics stuff than I have in decades.

Re: Sale of Goods Act 1979

The Sale of Goods Act 1979 was superseded by the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

Re: Bad drivers can be found in any vehicle type.

But a beige Rover 600 should be given a wide berth.

Re: hand it in at the nearest police station

And when they find something illegal on it, who are they going to invite to assist with their enquiries?

Re: Patch Tuesday? Now if only I could prevent Nvidia from updating.

Did you try just setting permissions on the installed driver files to read-only? (I have no idea how WU would treat that - I don't use Windows any more.)

Re: why my trouser pockets fail

I tend to live in (proper, not "fashion") combat trousers, their pockets are many, capacious and robust.

Re: Seems unlikely ... sat in someone's inbox

Were the slurped files on the mail server, or did they use the compromised mail server to access a separate document management system?

Re: what the difference is between this article, and this one

I didn't read this one.

Re: Option 2, stick with WindowsXP

Upgrade the PC hardware, run XP virtualised and have the host SW keep a very close eye on network behaviour?

Re: painting a give-way line

Experience tends to suggest that people drive more carefully and considerately in this sort of setting with as few traffic signs and road markings as possible. It's only the extreme idiots like the one in the story who need lines to keep inside (although they tend not to manage even that - what is it with all these drivers who can't stop before the stop line at junctions, or keep inside the lane markings on bends?)

Re: What happens next?

Architectural features, starting with Aspirational Architrave.

Re: What Security?

It sound as if it relies on people not disabling remote login. :-o

Re: anyone still around from 1741

I think it's more likely the Falklands connection that was considered offensive.

Re: The other hate I have is gotten

I think "gotten" is archaic English, like some other Americanisms. The ugliness of "get"/"got"/"gotten" is best avoided by using an appropriate alternative in many cases, although it is acceptable in a few.

Re: When she shuts it down

I wouldn't use that machine before it's been thoroughly sanitized with a stack of anti-malware apps, or freshly installed on a wiped hard drive.

Re: HSBC

I'm not talking about how a device looks to someone on the internet - most home users are behind NAT routers that make them appear to have a single public IP address. But we know that, they're on a LAN based on that router so they're technically "not supported" for internet banking purposes.

Re: Not surprising

Properly fix the link:

the Urban Dictionary needing to be deleted from IBM Watson's input set

Re: Statutory Warranty on most Apple hardware is 6 years

That's not true - you have six years from the date of purchase to make a claim against a seller, but items that might reasonably be expected to have a shorter lifetime don't have six years of cover. If the court decides that an iGadget has an expected lifetime of four years and yours fails after five years the six years is irrelevant. Even if it fails after three years you can only expect to be reimbursed a quarter of the purchase price.

Re: Microsoft has done a far better job

They have if you look at it in terms of motivation to hack their product - with so little market share it's hardly worth anyone's time to try picking holes in it.

Re: Head of marketing is unaware of who on his team booked them?

He "seemed to be unaware of who his team had booked" i.e he was unaware of which entertainment act his team had booked, not who it was from his team who made the choice of act.