* Posts by Howard Hanek

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Lettuce-nibbling veggies menace Mother Earth

Howard Hanek
Childcatcher

Turnips

Turnips. Vegans should eat lots of turnips. Soon they'll start to look and act like their diet staple and their moral superiority will disappear. Turnips are NOT morally superior.

Windows' authentication 'flaw' exposed in detail

Howard Hanek
Megaphone

A Simple Observation

In the 60s we were presented with the hilarious scenario in 'Get Smart' when Agent Smart would insist the Chief bring down the Cone of Silence. The subsequent disfunctional conversation reminds me of the effects of Security Measures upon many OSs.

Constant diligence of network and user activity, quotas, and applying known patches go a long way to thwarting exploits.....but they require resources that are often considered to be not cost effective.......until they are.

It's nearly 2016, and Windows DNS servers can be pwned remotely

Howard Hanek
Happy

MS15-166637588490329a

This update will correct the flaws found in MS15-166637588490329.........

Final countdown – NSA says it really will end blanket phone spying on US citizens this Sunday

Howard Hanek
Headmaster

So Their Project Succeeded?

.......they created a pig that really CAN fly?

Sneaky Microsoft renamed its data slurper before sticking it back in Windows 10

Howard Hanek
Coat

Yes We Have Telemetry

We don't have confidential data. We have telemetry and we're 'tethered' for our own safety lest we drift off to ........that vast Linux/Android void.

Remember Windows 1.0? It's been 30 years (and you're officially old)

Howard Hanek
Windows

Any Day Now

I went to sleep under a tree 25 years ago....thinking about my migration from OS/2.

Hillary Clinton: Stop helping terrorists, Silicon Valley – weaken your encryption

Howard Hanek

Attila the Hun probably told the Romans the same thing.......

Microsoft makes Raspberry Pi its preferred IoT dev board

Howard Hanek
Childcatcher

History Repeats Itself

Galileo or Raspberry Pi? I know there's millions of Raspberry Pis in use and that they are capable of all the tasks we associate with a computer, data processing and storage, video, networking and ports for peripherals so why would MS choose Intel instead? Control, channel stability? No, just corporate conservatism. Timidity. CYA. All the signs of an organization showing signs of 'maturity'. They're experiencing the business equivalent of 'old age'.

Yes, GCHQ is hiring 1,900 staffers. It's not a snap decision

Howard Hanek
Pirate

Right Under Their Noses

I see a possible threat right there in the captioned picture. Possibly terrorist exploding cattle grazing right outside their perimeter. Never mind their climate changing CO2 emissions which we're warned is an even greater threat to our security.

Apple's OS X App Store downloads knackered by expired security cert

Howard Hanek
Happy

Yes They Did Assign Someone.....

" But you'd have thought a company with the vast resources of Apple could assign someone to keep an eye on such things."

They did. Steve Jobs

Microsoft rolls out first 'major update' to Windows 10

Howard Hanek
Childcatcher

Warning Label

Medical Researchers working on a cure for cancer please don't use a Windows 10 machine........because automatic updates always take precedence...

MacBooks are so hot right now. And so is Mac OS X malware

Howard Hanek
Unhappy

Pervasive Computing

Take heart. I believe that the simplest devices such as two tin cans connected by a string would be hacked by our culprits despite being labeled a niche system. Good security requires good practices to minimize the vulnerabilites.

How Microsoft will cram Windows 10 even harder down your PC's throat early next year

Howard Hanek
Holmes

Implants Coming

This is beginning to resemble the plot of "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and, by the way, Satya Nadella does resemble Samuel L. Jackson a bit.....

Should we be concerned that the 'free' system won't end in World domination or something?

Big mistake, Google. Big mistake: Chrome OS to be 'folded into Android'

Howard Hanek
Flame

Androids Love To Roast Marshmallows

....and WE look like marshmallows to Google.....

Flickering screens turn Microsoft Surface Books into Microsoft Surface paperweights

Howard Hanek
Coat

It's a Feature

....designed to encourage speed reading,,,,,,

Oracle's Larry Ellison claims his Sparc M7 chip is hacker-proof – Errr...

Howard Hanek
Holmes

Perhaps Mr. Ellison Needs a Checkup?

Looking at the captioned picture and closely examining the expression on his face and his body language I believe he may be suffering the toxic effects of too much makeup and hair dye.

El Reg revisits Battle of Agincourt on 600th anniversary

Howard Hanek
Happy

Secret Weapon

From the captioned picture it may be that the English won because the French were laughing too hard.....

California enormo-quake prediction: Cracks form between US boffins

Howard Hanek
Happy

It's Not Their 'Fault'

The dichotomy in opinion reflects the conflict between science and mysticism; something California experiences daily on a variety of topics. It could be the rampant substance abuse is my best guess. Building an advanced civilization upon a geologically unstable location has been going on since the Minoans. I wonder if they were on drugs too?

Bacon as deadly as cigarettes and asbestos

Howard Hanek

WHO?

Just to put these pronouncements in perspective the WHO is an oxymoron.......Just like the UN......

Experts ponder improbable size of Cleopatra's asp

Howard Hanek
WTF?

Didn't She Die of the Romans?

She died because......she lost?

Windows 10 out, users happy, PCs upgraded, my work here is done – says Microsoft OS chief

Howard Hanek
Happy

Will the Surveys Continue?

Will he continue with the surveys asking his family monthly if they enjoyed the family experience?

AT&T, Verizon probed: 'No escape from biz broadband packages'

Howard Hanek
Childcatcher

Chains

Images of Marley's Ghost flashed through my mind.

"AT&T and Verizon have ponderous chains.......for sale"

Dell buying EMC: Is this the end times, or the road to salvation?

Howard Hanek
Mushroom

No, I Don't Think They Build Skynet

.....but maybe, just maybe......they do.

Good news: Adobe bangs out Flash patch fast. Bad news: Google's defenses were useless

Howard Hanek
Coat

Adobe

....is made out of half baked mud bricks which may also describe their software architecture.

Microsoft tosses Office, Skype portball to 20 Android makers

Howard Hanek
Happy

Question

Was the cute Android thingy with the Microsoft logo the inspiration of another Kim Philby?

Dinosaur love hug: Dell's $64bn death pledge to EMC

Howard Hanek
Unhappy

Doomed

The merger is doomed......by Climate Change. The kind that happens in IT all the time. It's similar to countries basing their defense strategy on the last big war against an aggressor who has come up with a completely new strategy they're unprepared for.

Twitter reduces BBC hacks to tears with redundancy notice

Howard Hanek
Happy

Re: Maximize Your Listening Experience

....about as much as I think Napoleon painted his own portrait I guess.

Howard Hanek
Headmaster

Maximize Your Listening Experience

It's best listened to while viewing the portrait of the coronation of Napoleon. The one where he crowns himself. I wonder what Dorsey was wearing when he wrote that confabulated email.

The incredible IT hulk: Dell + EMC - did someone say 'synergy'?

Howard Hanek
Facepalm

Timber!

If two big trees fell against each other in the IT forest do you think they'd keep each other up? In any case there will be a cascade of leaves falling.....

TRANSISTOR-GATE-GATE: Apple admits some iPhone 6Ses crappier than others

Howard Hanek
Childcatcher

Testing

Please tell me that Tim Cook isn't the ONLY one permitted to test new products and that they KNEW there was a disparity in the overall system efficiency between the two.

White House 'deeply disappointed' by Europe outlawing Silicon Valley

Howard Hanek

American Grudge

The Americans never really got over the Stamp Tax of 1765 and this new insult by their EU colonies, er, allies will certainly generate more than 'disappointment'.

They insist that their policies take precedence over any picayune concerns such as personal privacy or individual liberty. American national security policies by definition mandate insecurity for the individual.

Doctor Who's Under the Lake splits Reg scribes: This Alien homage thing – good or bad?

Howard Hanek
Alert

Phasers

I'm waiting for the "Phasers set on stun' command......

Ex-CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey is new CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey

Howard Hanek
Flame

Logo Change

Perhaps that cute little 'twitty' bird logo should be replaced by a vulture.

Boffins: We know what KILLED the DINOS – and it wasn't just an asteroid

Howard Hanek

Several Factors Responsible

A breakdown of the planet's regulatory system where teeth and claw growth caused a wave of violence that loosened the fabric of reptilian society coupled with the unavailability of contraception and the soaring cost of reptilian education and healthcare lead to mass migrations causing the death of millions.

It was a period of extreme social injustice that gave rise to the Reptilian Labour Party ending in mass extinction.

Like your job at Sprint? Yeah, about that ... $2.5bn in cuts coming

Howard Hanek
FAIL

Customer Disservice

I hope they cut the customer service rep who simply refused to hear a word I said. Every experience I've had with Sprint ended badly.

Massive global cooling process discovered as Paris climate deal looms

Howard Hanek
Pint

Emotionally Overcome

....and here I was all set to name my first born child "Climate Change" so he or she would have a head start in the world. Thanks boffins for keeping me from making a terrible mistake.

Weird garbled Windows 7 update baffles world – now Microsoft reveals the truth

Howard Hanek

About that Intergalactic Bypass........

Was the patch in Vogon? Do we have to be concerned that demolition is imminent?

Find shaving a chore? Why not BLAST your BEARD off with a RAYGUN

Howard Hanek
Megaphone

Imagine the Excitment

....among transgenders always searching for the 'perfect' shaving solution.

Devious Davros, tricksy Missy and Dalek Clara delight in The Witch's Familiar

Howard Hanek
Coat

I Hate To Be The Bearer Of Bad News

"Yes Doctor, every test I performed reinforced my diagnosis".

"I'm very sorry to tell you this but you're suffering from a terminal case of nostalgia"

"You're life will become an infinite loop and, after a time, you will cease functioning out of sheer boredom"

"People will flee at the mention of your name"

US watchdog POKES STICK at Google's Android over rival-blocking allegations

Howard Hanek
Linux

Level Playing Field

Despite our best efforts that "Level Playing Field" that all the regulatory chaps seem so intent on creating simple can't exist in our present dimension. I'm not even positive those 'Elysium Fields' would meet regulatory requirements.

More BlackBerry layoffs: 200 Venice devs binned amid Android shift

Howard Hanek
Headmaster

Mobile Phone Future?

Android 85% Apple 15% Blackberry 0%

iOS 9 update set to bork 'hundreds of thousands of EU businesses'

Howard Hanek

Clarification

....problem with bluetooth....IOS9....Apple....blah blah blah

Does Apple want to be the goto payment system? Or just another run of the mill excuse system?

AWS outage knocks Amazon, Netflix, Tinder and IMDb in MEGA data collapse

Howard Hanek
Coat

Somewhere in the Ether

The constant stream of warm air thermals from the creators of the 'cloud' was suddenly interrupted by a blast of frigid reality leaving many wondering exactly how do 'clouds' get lost.

Microsoft has developed its own Linux. Repeat. Microsoft has developed its own Linux

Howard Hanek
Happy

Cloudy With More Than A Chance Of Meatballs

I wonder if they included all the old exploits as well for backward compatibility?

Blood-crazy climate mosquitoes set to ground Santa's reindeer

Howard Hanek
Headmaster

DDT Blankets

Santa's Helpers were arrested after they tried DDT blankets for the reindeer.

'To read this page, please turn off your ad blocker...'

Howard Hanek
Trollface

Jeff Bezos

I want to thank Mr. Bezos for giving me a compelling reason for not visiting the WaPo website. As for Google I vaguely recall other search engines I can use and other sites for photo and document sharing that suddenly became more appealing.

Nothing like alienating your customer base and establishing a reputation for increasingly annoying your users to firmly establish your position. I stopped using Google Chrome because of all the unwanted 'extras' it insisted must be installed and constantly updated.

Feel like you're being herded onto Windows 10? Well, you should

Howard Hanek
Big Brother

Insidious

I noticed on some older Windows netbook type machines a huge increase in system load (from <10% to >50%) with no applications running. I traced it to the update service and the W10 migration updates. Killing the service and patching the registry to keep the updates from automatically reloading was more than a little bothersome. I wonder how many home users with older machines have experienced a sudden decrease in response time and usability? Probably many millions.

Fed-up sysadmins beg Microsoft to improve pisspoor Windows 10 update notes

Howard Hanek
IT Angle

Software As a Service

Software As a Service? Won't last long if the service is lousy or impossible to control in a business that requires more than insincere expressions of concern.

Vanished global warming may not return – UK Met Office

Howard Hanek
Megaphone

What's next? Not enough carbon? Move civilization to the equator because of cooling?

I can't wait to hear the next preposterous 'theory' presented as 'valid science'. Climate Change is just another political movement seeking power.

HP and Dell flogging Surface Pro direct? No issues THERE. NONE AT ALL

Howard Hanek

What If?

I knows this sounds crazy...and it could never happen in a million years....but what if, hypothetically of course, Microsoft was extorting Dell and HP to flog their over priced, proprietary, fondleslab?

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