Posts by John Brown (no body)

Re: Updates are important!

"Obviously 4 hours is far too long to wait for the new shiny-shiny, must... patch... now!!!"

That jumped out at me too. WTF? Checking for updates, licencing etc every 4 hours? And a bastardised version of Chrome to do it?

Re: You Don't Fly Once

Best bet is probably "List of volcanoes in Ascension Island"

Maybe it was 3rd party equipment releasing the magic smoke? That's what LLU etc is all about.

Infinite loop? Surely that's an Apple thing?

Re: Bad Joke in Bad Taste

No, a deepflake is a 99 with the flake pushed right down inside. That tastes nice, has some value and possible is more intelligent.

Re: Hubble revisited

"I wonder if the mirror would survive re-entry. It would make an interesting flying red hot saucer!"

The worlds biggest solar wok?

Re: Your passwords are safe - phew!

I think your moniker is appropriate in this case. The paragraph you quote explains how an account can be hijacked. That's not quite the same as Twitter staff being able to send a Tweet as anyone whenever they feel like it, nor does it state anywhere that the customers email accounts were hijacked. It quite clearly states that anyone with access to the control panel can CHANGE the users notification email address AND turn off 2FA, thus allowing said person to then change the Twitter account password. The ONLY account compromised is the Twitter account and it can't be put back "as it was", hiding the tracks of the hijacker so no, Twitter staff can't just pretend to be any account holder at a whim.

Re: Matter is only +ve and -ve

Technically true, but without further context the standard assumption when referring to "the speed of light" is in a constant, unchanging medium.

Re: Defnitely now

I mostly agree with you. Yes, they are fixing it for "free". But the user will be without their kit for likely at least 2 weeks on top of the time since it happened. Whether it's in or out of warranty is moot since Samsung caused the borkage in the first place by their own deliberate, if accidental, actions. Not only should they fix it, they should be offering something tangible by way of apology. In most jurisdictions I suspect the courts would find in favour of the customer if it came to that, and Samsung know that so they are doing the minimum they can get away with.

Re: LOL, and what if it's all a hoax?

"Capricorn One"

Thank you! I ALWAYS get the film titles of Hanger 17 and Capricorn One mixed up in my head. I know which one I mean by storyline but still mange to confuse the titles for some reason.

(And yes, 18, not 17, d'oh)

Re: Look over at China

"Last month I read this, there hasn't been a suitable article from elReg, this will have to do for my rant:"

You know you can "Create a New Topic" and if anyone finds it interesting, they can read it and comment without having to hijack some barely related story.

Re: Why "technology"

It's bound to involve drones. All the cool kids are doing them these days.

How much does high grade satellite imagery cost these days and is it good enough for the job?

No, I don't mean they should launch their own. There are plenty of commercial options already up there.

"showing what loyalty towards wage slaves means."

Well, a 0.1% increase really doesn't look like a a decent growth. Someone has to cut corners if the next round of bonuses are to be paid for.

Re: Still plenty of good used laptops on eBay

...and if it's not ChromeBooks, it's iPads (also essentially *nix, based Darwin). We've delivered 1000's upon 1000's of both in the last year alone to education..

Re: Not quite the world

Isn't it the case that there are "special considerations" in terms of laws and the constitution within 100 miles of borders or entry points? And that the vast majority of US citizens live in those zones, ie within 100 miles of physical borders or airports considered as a "point of entry".

Re: Don't like the terms, don't bid.

"Can you imagine telling someone on eBay that they need to change the terms of their auction to suit you? Nah, me neither."

If there's only 3 bidders and the two biggest are threatening to withdraw from the bidding leaving one to bid really low, then yeah, you might consider it.

Re: Fascinating

"This is rapidly becoming the little probe that could."

Not really. It's nowhere near it's design limits yet. "the little probe that could" is implying that it's working beyond it's limits.

Re: Article title misleading...

Depends. If you're driving flat out in your souped up Ford Cosworth with all the trimmings, and what you just saw in the rear view mirror is an F1 Ferrari, it might mean something.

Re: Personally...

what is "modern"? I hope you don't mean the current MS idea of "Modern" :-p

Re: SoftBank bought a goose that lays golden eggs...

"I don't understand why the money men are so stupid."

From their own perspective, they are not stupid. They got the cash from the cow and then moved onto the next cash cow. They don't lose out when the previous cash cow dies.

Re: Working from Home

"Assume most Twitter Admins working from home, so remote access a given."

And IIRC, wasn't Twitter one of the first big social media companies to announce the work from home will be a permanent feature of their work practices now? I'd like to think this means they take security very seriously and that maybe Twitter is a mature and grown-up company these days rather than the immature start-up run by recent university graduates with a "good idea" and the gift of the gab where VCs are concerned, running the operation on a wing and a prayer.

Re: It's a good thing

"This is a problem that may well solve itself once the "targets" start shooting back."

You're a bit late to the party!

Re: A sad day

"Another thought: If U.K. is offering citizenship (or at least the path thereto) to Hong Kongers (which I loudly applaud), is this going to further taint what remains of U.K./China relations?"

It already has. China are not happy about it. China have been pushing the boundaries for quite some while now and finally countries other than their immediate or nearby neighbours are starting to sit up and take notice.

Re: We already have all the consultants we need

Have consulted with oner find out? Or were the fees to much for you?

"If Winnie The Pooh wanted HK to keep getting special treatment, he shouldn't have broken international law and effectively seized it."

You can't seize or annexe what you already own. "All" he's done is renege on a treaty. It's not good, especially for the people of HK, but it's nothing that another orange tinged Pooh Bear shaped world leader hasn't also done recently (admittedly with less dire consequences). Anyone watching knew this would happen eventually. The only surprise to me is that it's taken this long.