* Posts by kain preacher

3832 publicly visible posts • joined 4 Apr 2007

New prison law will let UK mobile networks deploy IMSI catchers

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Re: how about..

The solution is to use femcell

How to nuke websites you don't like: Slam Google with millions of bogus DMCA takedowns

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Re: Simple Solution

IF you can prove that the claims were false an intentionally false claims were made the fine is high a $1000 per infraction.

BlackBerry sued by hundreds of staffers 'fooled' into quitting

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Re: @ledswinger ... Intelligence Test

In California non compete clause are not valid.

Google bellows bug news after Microsoft sails past fix deadline

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Re: ...the company all-but-accused Google of...

Except Google does not follow that rule either.

'I'm innocent!' says IT contractor on trial after Office 365 bill row spiraled out of control

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Re: That is a silly comment. ...?

How do you know that's all they need ? My point still stands. If you do not know what they need how can you say FLOSS should be mandatory. You are making a statement with out knowing all of the facts.

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Re: Devils and details.

That is a silly comment. With out knowing the needs of the end user. There may or may not be FLOSS alternatives.

Did Oracle just sign tape's death warrant? Depends what 'no comment' means

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For the past decade I've been hearing about how tape is a dead medium, how tape is dying. Yet it's still here. Funny how nothing has real surpassed tape. It's cheap reliable storage that can store large quantities of data.

Next Superdome CPU chips amble into HPE

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Re: Put that right for you

"they'd foolishly signed contracts which meant that other people (such as AMD) could make x86 chips"

They did not have a choice. When they signed the deal to make the CPU IBM's new computer IBM demanded second source in case Intel could not meet demand.

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Re: Put that right for you

Um the Itanium start off as an HP thing and they asked intel for help.

Three drops £250m on UK Broadband

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You know what ofcom should just allow all the broadband companies to merg, just as long as the knew company is called shit broadband.

This many standards is dumb: Decoding 25Gb Ethernet and beyond

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Re: cat-8?

you don't hear about cat 4 because it was short lived and never approved by the standards committee. Cat 7 also has not been approved but it's around

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BOFH: Password HELL. For you, mate, not for me

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Re: "I rarely get cold calls"

I manged to get one to cuss at me in under 5 minutes. He said you think you are smarter than me.

Broadband internet in New York is so garbage, the state's suing Charter

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Re: Reason for lawsuit??

Actually the NY AG loves to sue companies.

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Re: Telecoms company failing to deliver?

No some actually in the gov doing some thing about is the news.

GitLab.com melts down after wrong directory deleted, backups fail

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How would like to be the one to tell your boss I think I accidentally deleted the company ?

Father of Pac-Man dies at 91

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it skip a gen. Pac man rave :)

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damn it the ghost bit him

NHS IT bod sends test email to 850k users – and then responses are sent 'reply all'

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Re: A special place in Hell...

"The common example of this is the email that asks all an "if " question, as in "If any of you can help with x please email me.." and there well be then a flood of "reply all" emails from people who don't need to answer at all, because they can't help, saying that they can't help"

I had manger ask the group if any one had skill X. Since I did not have skill X I did not respond. She got bent out of shape that I did not respond I did not have skill X. That's why you have people responding when they should not.

General Electric plays down industrial control plant vulnerabilities

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Re: "would just had work harder to make stuxnet work?"

That assumes that it was bug in the OS and not in the SCADA software.

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Re: Hmm

So mean to tell me that if it ran on linux stuxnet never would of happen? The state sponsored people would through their hands hap said oops it's linux and it's immune to virus and worms ? Or that would just had work harder to make stuxnet work?

Ransomware killed 70% of Washington DC CCTV ahead of inauguration

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Department_of_the_District_of_Columbia

nope DC PD. Congress has control of DC and laws passed in DC.

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Wonders what would of happened if they tried this in London ?

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DC PD is operated by the federal gov and has some federal duties. So yes it does have to do wit the federal gov.

Forget aircraft – now cretins are laser-blinding ferry boat crewmen

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Re: 15 days jail time ?

The US still has lead based water pipes. Lots of them. Will still have houses with lead paint.

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Re: 15 days jail time ?

Are not talking just about lead. Copper, cesium. Cadmium and water that looks like oil.

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Re: Bah!

I wounder if they can try him federal court since this involves ships.

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Re: Bah!

You don't need any new laws. This should be battery on person ,assault, assault with deadly weapon. All can get yo years in the clink.

IT team sent dirt file to Police as they all bailed from abusive workplace

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Re: What is the correct protocol for dealing with this material?

I had some thing like that happen. I was in company chat room and lady name sheila said had to go. Then Some idiot made the comment she is late for a cross burning. He truly did not understand why it was inappropriate or why I got mad.

College fires IT admin, loses access to Google email, successfully sues IT admin for $250,000

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Re: Sounds like

In all states you have to sue for lawyer cost. Just for giggles you can look up on you tube were bank of America lost and refused to pay the legal cost. The lawyer showed up with a U haul and the police. Ther bank had a check in 30 minutes.

Mr Angry pays taxman with five wheelbarrows worth of loose change

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Re: Weigh the coins

Not when there a debt. You must take a legal tend.

Microsoft sued by staff traumatized by child sex abuse vids stashed on OneDrive accounts

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Re: @Pascal

They are gov agency therefore protected. Plus in the US mail has been protected. Stuff on line nope.

Here is an example. If an email is more than 90 days old in the S the plod does not need a warrant to look at it. Physical letters needs warrants no matter how old they are.

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Because MS is a big target and if they did not do this some jack ass federal agent or poltician would go affter them for not doing enough.

Black horse blacks out: Lloyds Bank website goes down

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wouldn’t be able to provide [the reason for the outage], even if we had one”.

I couple of chaps showed up and handed us a disc to run and things went bad.

Man jailed for 3 days after Texas cops confuse cat litter for meth

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Re: Thanks, AC (I'm assuming)

I'm pretty sure we were on that list way before this post.

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Re: I'm assuming

Semtex is not C4 and for a long time was not detectable as an explosive. C4 does not have PTEN in it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semtex

Microsoft goes retro with Vista, Zune-style Windows Neon makeover

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Re: retro?

hey I was here when like came on a 5.25 floppy and it took voodoo to make the boot loader work.

Switzerland says Uber's an employer, sends social security bill

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Re: eh?

Uber drivers can not turn down rides. I have had them ask me to cancel the ride because the are not going to make any money off it.

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Re: Been there

Yep. Motels and hotels must be inspect and signed off by the fire Marshall for the amount of people that can be in there.

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Re: Been there

Most Air BNB run fowl of zoning laws and city rules that state you have have cert of occupancy before you can rent out.

Florida Man sues Verizon for $72m – for letting him commit identity theft

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Jack Thompson

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Even in the US we get tired of these ass holes. This guy kept on suing video game makers/publishers and losing that the judge finally yanked hi law license and said all future law suits must be signed off by another lawyer will ti risk his license

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)

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Re: Florida Man, the world's oddest superhero

how the Do you get tazed for not having a fishing license

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/pahokee-man-caught-illegally-fishing-tased-times-fwc-officer/Tuwem22PM5ZvKd1nPDiRkM/

My god I should of stopped reading.

Florida man attacks ‘spiritual’ girlfriend’s car over dead granny sex toy dream prophecy

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When you sue for that amount you can as for a prelem hear to determine if the case can go forward.

British military laser death ray cannon contract still awarded, MoD confirms

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JackThompson

Even in the US we get tired of these ass holes. This guy kept on suing video game makers/publishers and losing that the judge finally yanked hi law license and said all future law suits must be signed off by another lawyer will ti risk his license

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)

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Wait thought even us Yanks gave up on this.

Ransomware scum: 'I believe I'm a good fit. See attachments'

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I shed not a tear. Now can we get this to the PHB?

Busted Oracle finance cloud leaves Rutgers Uni unable to foot bills

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Re: So...

In my state of California they give residents a72 hour notice. After that you have to pay fines. Some power companies only take cash or debit after being cut off. If it's a commercial on industrial they just flip the switch/

Those online ads driving you bonkers are virtually 'worthless for brands'

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What I hate is a browse amazon for a vacuum cleaner. I buy said vacuum cleaner . Now I visit a site and they are trying sell me a vacuum cleaner. Um to late and now you are pissing me off.

Xmas software update knackered US Customs computer systems

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Re: I thought MS had stopped pushing updates for the ICE Windows XP systems

A little birdie told me it was the software not the os.

Folders return to Windows 10's Start Thing

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Re: Does anyone even use the Win 10 start mess?

On my version of windows it does. It lists the top 6 most used programs.

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Re: Can you imagine Windows 95 going at the speed of today's hardware?

The reason why the gave for NT 4.0 is that it would require a rewrite of the kernel. W2k said it would break the TCP/IP stack