Posts by Dadmin

Why medical grade when you can easily count it with a finger and another timer? Want MORE accuracy? Then count out the full minute rather than average from 15 seconds. It's not that hard to do, and you certainly don't need "medical grade ECG" to do this simple HR check. If you do think you need the medical grade ECG, perhaps there's something wrong with your brain? Then you need to go and get a "medical grade EEG" and do let us know how that goes?

Re: Will they carry out a similar study ...

No, comrade, I mean, mighty fellow citizen of super fun western culture webpage, The Great People's Republic of China did not invent this, nor are they being directed to do so by GLORIOUS LEADER! They had nothing to do with this. Honest. The Great People's Republic of China is awesome and flawless. Also, The Great People's Republic of China smells really nice. Also, The Great People's Republic of China is almost completely pollution free! The Great People's Republic of China is for free-thinking robot peoples for future of lifting up in sky of MAGNANIMOUS GLORIOUS LEADER! What a guy!

Re: The #1 threat??!!

That's such a spot-on comment, I tried to give you more up votes, but was thwarted by "the man."

Dearest El Reg,

I found a bug in the comment system where I am unable to award 100 up votes to a single commentator. Low priority fix. More FYI. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

-Noisy IT Guy

Re: How new is this idea?

Then you cheated. Now rewrite the code to work without a human at a keyboard and you know the problem; every typical modern computer lacks a true random number generation system. Various devices exists that spew out randomness, using the variance in the properties of certain electronic components, but those are special use cases. The pseudo-random number generators are what we're left with. And if you've ever tried to spew some randomness out of your code you run into that very problem; the pseudo-random numbers ARE NOT random. Depending on timey things like ticks, or time, or the Epoch seconds just doesn't cut the mustard. Neither does using "weird things" like the number of files, kernel or network stats, or the hash of all the files in the system at a given time; none are unique within the same system.

That's why this is a big deal because it might be possible to craft two chunks of psudo-random and get something much closer to an actual random number. Doing that will extend the abilities of non-quantum systems to remain fairly viable with respect to security and other things that depend on randomness, like AI or games, etc.

Re: Re @AC

Small point, but; "no touch screen"

Then don't touch it! You do know that you can pair a normal bluetooth mouse to any Android device and it just puts up a standard pointy cursor for you, don't you? I've not tried this on my new iPhone, but I suspect its the same; someone plopped in support for a standard mouse driver, but it's not an attractive feature for most users, so they say nothing about it, but it's right in there for you to use.

Personally the PC market is an overpriced joke. Unless I'm going to get a high-end gaming rig, which I can just build myself, the "reward" for updating the hardware (better graphics, faster apps, quieter fans, bigger mem and disks) is almost non-existant. There just aren't that many daily apps (applications for you old, crusty types) that require more horsepower than what you can get in a budget system.

I do plan on updating my aging MacMini(circa 2008) soon, but for PC I really don't have a need since I am mostly a console gamer. The prices for hardware need to come down for people to upgrade and use a desktop system. Perhaps there are too many manufacturers and some need to step aside or get purchased by a bigger player?

Personally, I got gifted a Lenovo x220 core i7 with 16GB of RAM and a 200GB+ SSD last winter when my last gig's regular IT crew were upgrading the laptop fleet. My bro said "hey, you want one of these old laptops?" Now I have a dedicated Linux Mint system and if need be a Windows 8 OS without a license. Works in a pinch when some payment site has their services locked into an IE browser only mode. Anyway, do I even need to mention Raspberry Pi? Holy crap, even Intel does not get the picture; no one is going to buy a $250+ NUC system when, if you don't live under a rock, you can get a killer box for less than $40 for the naked board. NO ONE!

REPENT SINNERS, BEFORE YOU WASTE MORE MONEY ON HARDWARE THEY SHOULD JUST GIVE OUT FOR FREE!!11

Re: So really...

Where did you hear it is forked from Gentoo? Neither ChromeOS/ChromimumOS(the ChromeBook OS) nor GCP(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Platform, the platform from this article) mention being a fork from an obscure Linux distro. Gentoo is a neat idea, and if you have 24 hours to build a system, it's pretty cool for what it accomplishes, but your information about it being the source is suspect. The only thing they share is a linux kernel at their core.

Let me put this another way; your assertion sounds odd, at best. I've never, EVER heard of this alleged fork, and the two Chrome OS pages on wikipedia, AND the GCP page do not mention Gentoo. And the Gentoo page does not mention Google. If you're from a different multiverse, then you are off by one. I suggest you reset your matter-paddle and try again, Rimmer!

EDIT: I see where you got confused: At the bottom of the Gentoo wikipedia entry; "Distributions using Gentoo's Portage system include CoreOS, Chrome OS, Chromium OS, and Ututo." Portage itself is the package management system for Gentoo, which is a port from the BSD Ports system and not even an original Gentoo device. Pay attention, people!

Re: hmm

WTF?! I was logged into some STEAMY fucking Iraqi porn sites and then she went down!

THIS WILL NOT DO!

HAHA! Let every fucking gub'ment in the world turn the Internet off and on again! Mobile mesh networks will start to become the norm and we'll put assholes like AT&T and Verizon out on the stoop where the trash belongs!

Dark net, bright future.

Dark fiber, dark stools.

Re: Hosting Provider

If it's online, it will be collected and provided to the world for examination. Do not fear, citizen. Also, do not boast of some data center's security prowess, it will come back in the form of a zero-day. Nothing is truely secure, NOTHING. Every encryption scheme has a way in, every firewall has an unknown flaw. You want secure data? Save it to a USB drive and stick it in your pocket. That is fairly secure. Online? Not a chance.

Re: Wrong shaming

Yahoo! Searches ARE Bing, you moron. They use the same data and come from the same gateway.

Now, I remember back in 1997/98 I was working at a well known Unix house and my new cube mate went out of his way to tell me that he's a "christian." What a fucking idiot. Anyway, this stupid asshole does porn watching AT WORK. I busted him TWICE. Fucking religious people are just bags of useless shit with a shirt, and sometimes a hat. Fucking BUS WANKERS!!1!

Exactly, those bots are making our searches faster and more relevant! If the site owners don't want all that extra traffic, then "txt the robots" and say; "do not include us in the future of searches. yes, we are dufuses. Thanks!"

Seriously though, the site owners love the extra traffic, it boosts their stats somewhat, at least until a competent traffic reports on unique visitors. :P

And the spider-people are NOT going to share their crawler data, let alone methods to quickly index and online it. This is the way of things. Hope your Friday is going well! All my co-workers left for the day and I have some 2 more hours to do stuff.

Re: given this

Don't forget the assholes of AT&T! Those guys suck pretty fucking hard too; shit customer service, overpriced contracts, all data routed through AT&T goes right to NSA. Fuck these assholes! Right "up" there with Comcrap. Verizon? Never done business with them, never gonna do business with them.

Re: Nothing to hide : Nothing to fear

Completely true, but the issue I'm having with this is; where are the officer's video files? Every single police person needs to have the video recorder strapped on and running before they strap on their gun. You say "that's too much to deal with?" Then I say, fuck you, idiot, they have a camera in every single squad car now, they can get a camera (hey, gopro, are you guys getting a boner over there about this yet?) on every officer. We need new episodes of cops. And before you call me part of the problem, consider my young nephew is a new recruit at a nearby Sheriff's office, so I'm straddling the fence on this one. Hate the crime, don't hate the officers, love the video. It's the best solution thus far.

Re: If you've chosen SAP...

HA! Words from the "failed sysadmin." Nice!

Solaris paid for my house. Linux bought me a drop-top Audi. You mileage has varied. Reset yourself and try again. Try Starbucks Barista... it's probably more your level of work.

Re: Not surprising

Ups for the lot of you! Don't Panic!

I got my smart-card chop[sic] and pin just this year. About time, I'd say! You know the pad reminds me of the original SD cards, and now the SIM card-style pad. There is only one retailer that seems to be using it now... no surprise, it's Target. Costco, and even the ATM at the issuing back do not yet take the chip/pin combo. Glad Wal*Mart is stepping up to complain. Every retailer should have been ready for this, but it's a slow and uneven process. Reminds me of the promise of fiber-optics in the home we heard those lousy cable companies and phone companies promise, in the 1970s no less! And this was in Silicon Valley. Here it is 2016 and fiber-optics to the home demark is almost non-exsistant. Back to the main point; only 50 of over 5000 shops are actively hacked, and that's from a total of only 330 shops with the malware? Some fucking hack. Barely scratched the surface, and I'm pretty sure I used my debit card in a Wendy's a couple time in the past 6 months, so here's what I plan to do; NOTHING! This is a small-time baby-hack and easily thwarted by just making a single examination of my next bank statement. Crisis averted. Situation normal, we're fine here. How are you?

If you run Edge on a Slate, is that a Sledge? No? okay, sorry.

Re: Really?

"I'm off to send my rather explosive package to Trump Towers!"

There, I fixed it for you. No cost to you, the consumer.

Re: Um, that is irrelevant

Sorry, it's me again. Last post for the week. I promise.

Here's a nugget of thought for your weekend:

Q: Why do crims steal money? Maybe to pay rent, but if you're a "real criminal" why would you steal money so you can "rightfully purchase" goods and or services when you can cut out the middleman (that's you Mr. Criminal) and just steal that good or service directly?

A: Because they are fucking morons. (Thanks, that's what I thought).

They put a lot of time and effort into making some crime worth their time, but I'm finding that if I read the right book, and apply myself, with half as much effort I'll make the equivalent or more money, and none of the risk of the police coming after me. Hackers even more so; tons of time studying and applying all their wizardly craft, so they can pinch a couple of bitcoins from some stupid grandma or knock out a site for a few minutes or hours. So much effort for a few bitcoins and bragging rights in a online dark alley. HA! I laugh at those fools.

Anybody can break a window, but few can craft or install one...

Also, don't change your passwords. The story about the various "hacked" services was a fake. Hope you didn't panic. You should always wait, then make sure, THEN panic. It saves you all sorts of unnecessary arm waving and consternation. I have lovely super-strong passwords on my gmail and yahoo accounts, they don't need changing very often, or at all in this case. Have a weekend!

Re: Bought for offense or defense ?

It would have been clearer with a brief history of why Google is doing this, but the long and the short of it is that Google is seemingly helping the tech community at large deal with a sticky problem with companies that collect and sit on patents with the sole objective of blackmail. That's what a patent troll does; they collect a patent for which they have no other use than to discovery anyone and everything doing anything remotely similar to their "patented idea" then threaten them with East Texas "Justice" if'n they don't gimme gimme on licenses or other cash awards. Google, and most of the other big players have enough pull, and now inside friends at the Patent Office, and over time some things should occur which help real technical innovators; 1) Big companies collect as many patents as they can with the goal(hopefully, they could do otherwise, but that wouldn't be cricket) of owning and basically sitting on them and NOT threatening other real tech companies with this outright bullshit action, 2) over time the patent laws will, again hopefully, get straightened out to a point where only serious patents on real innovations become real, and NPEs get the shaft, and 3) all the useless me-too and just plain stupid patents will get revoked never to offend us again. That's the end goal, and the blue sky outcome. YMMV

You don't get to sit on the sidelines and claim your playing the game. That should become the new standard, not this older method being hacked by NPE shithouses.

Re: A nonsense

Thank you, and thank ALL of you for poo-pooing this whole thing! You are making it quite easy for me to step into a brand new role and leave all you idiots scratching your heads and making silly noises. I am making the same cash as I get in Silicon Valley, the place I grew up and helped build, and I did it with every single one of the points expressed in this article. You can feel like a "big admin" in your tiny fucking "data center" and keep doing what you're doing. If you make good money and never want to grow, sounds like you're already there. Yes, we've ALL been doing devops this whole fucking time. I've been doing it for about a dozen years, about half of my total years in IT. I can't begin to tell you how heartwarming it is to hear grown admins bitching about something that is an absolute opportunity to grow your skills set and do some fun cross-functional work. Sure, I am not the world's best coder, but I am very good at every Unix/Linux shell, Perl, Go, Python. All those boxes ticked, and ticked with honor, not with, "yeah, I touched it once." You are my favorite group of saddos! My alleged peers... just like my previous gig where this stupid, fat, douche of a creature, not even sure this thing was a human being, just a load of horseshit poured into a giant overall meant for a circus clown, but I digress. No, this guy was just like most of you; College C comp sic grad, and that was it. He never really developed any real software, but you wouldn't know that by talking, rather listening to his endless stories about his good old days. Here's the clue; he never was a lead programmer, and clearly such a fucking pain in the ass that every company he worked for stuck this shithead into the build room and made him just build the releases, not any of the real code. Super good at telling us how we only ever need to program in C/Perl and shell. Fucking useless in a fast moving environment, and it showed. He never delivered any of his projects, and I got to step in and learn a bit of golang and the lowly SaltStack, and then I just changed my title to Devops Lead Admin and here I am. Again, I say that this is contained in this article you're passing off as a fad. The cloud must also be a fad. HAHA! You pinheads are handing admins and devs like me free work! You're ancient brain can't comprehend any new thing, or rather any new thing must be crap, unless YOU thought of it. Sound familiar? It should, you're soaking in it.

So, good people who claim to be "IT Professionals" I bid you a fond Friday and a hearty fuck you, you fucking morons! HAHA! I'm sitting around after a nice second week in the war room doing devops at a company ALL of you know VERY well, and I'm just laughing my ass off at all you wrong-think luddites pretending to be tech wizards of our future. Shame on you again. Go change you're fucking password, dildos! I'm guessing it's a English set of words, with some numbers and perhaps funny characters thrown in that will be easy pickings for any cracker with a small to medium sized rainbow table. You guys fucking failed again. Get over yourself or just stay in your cave at the little site you call big. :P