Re: Money talks, bullshit walks
No, that's Life.
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'Unhackable' Bitfi crypto-currency wallet maker will be shocked to find fingernails exist
Microsoft devises new way of making you feel old: Windows NT is 25
Monday 30th July 2018 13:31 GMT
Re: 16MB?
What the hell?
I had 8MB in my Windows 95 machine! Watched the Hindenburg crash may many times on the free encyclopedia CD on my 2X cdrom that came with it.
Did 98, 98SE, straight to Windows 2000 Pro (we don't talk about ME), XP, Win7, Win 8.1 and stopped before Windows 10...
Makes you wish OS/2 Warp won, doesn't it?
You want to know which is the best smartphone this season? Tbh, it's tricky to tell 'em apart
Monday 30th July 2018 14:38 GMT
Chad...
Yes, known about Chad for years, had to look at the details... and I checked two boxes...
I like my V6 Mustang! (30mpg!) AND my next-gen S10, the GMC Canyon (23 mpg, Mustang beats it in almost every category - even hauling stuff, the 2007 Mustang has a big ass)... shitfire... but I'm good everywhere else.
Enterprise Windows 10 users, Microsoft has some 'quality' patches coming your way
Thursday 26th July 2018 13:32 GMT
Re: Principle or just being pissy?
No clouds, no subscriptions... Yes, going against Microsoft's current business model and I'll use every tool available to force the issue.
I dare a politician to take up for Microsoft, I will expose them to be bought-and-paid-for fools - because I can and am very good at finding information that does not want to be found.
Wednesday 25th July 2018 20:26 GMT 
Principle or just being pissy?
My issue is the lack of security/privacy in the Windows 10 consumer versions up to/and including Pro being infected with Microsoft's version of Google's data snatching in Android. I can guarantee you that state governments are running the consumer versions, so now we have the public's state/federally required private data being uploaded to Microsoft's servers - how good do you feel about that?
Me, I'm starting a crusade in my corner of government, which includes those boring elections politicians like to cry about but not do anything proactive to secure. I've got one state behind me and I'm sure I'll get more... Seriously, I'm going to scream like a stuck pig until the Enterprise edition is made available to government & small business without a volume license etc - I'm tired of this bullshit and I've got nothing better to do except be a total pain in the ass until I get this accomplished.
Don Quixote or just dumbass? Cuz, I'm doing it anyway ;)
Cops suspect Detroit fuel station was hacked before 10 drivers made off with 2.3k 'free' litres
Sysadmin cracked military PC’s security by reading the manual
Friday 6th July 2018 21:39 GMT
Re: Only cracking I have done is
> They are DELLs locked with a boot password
Try a Panasonic Toughbook, it_is_not_the_same...
I had a (actually this one I'm on) Panasonic CF-53 I picked up on CL* for $200 and it was locked down to a fair-thee-well. Took it apart, motherboard is in three separate pieces, no matter what, it held on to it's password like it's life depended on it. After about two months of exclusive kitchen table priority(there is nada on web for Toughbooks btw), finally gave up and sent it off to Panasonic to clear the password. Cost me like $200.
*It was legit. Somebody used it to pay off a landscaper and the landscaper didn't know what he had so... It's a good machine lol.
New Android P beta is 'very close', 'near-final' but also just 'early'
Automated payment machines do NOT work the same all over the world – as I found out
Sunday 1st July 2018 14:00 GMT
Re: English?
Answering 'Tennessean' in a comforting Southern Drawl, in my experience, has shown to totally fuck up citizens of other countries... Never give them what they expect and don't be a dick about it, always gracious. Ain't my country, different rules.
Only time that has failed was in Bremerhaven, when I ran across a German Scooter Gang, similar to American Biker Gangs, leather, chains, tatts, attitude, but with 80-cc scooters. I_could_not_stop_laughing and they didn't take kindly. Polizei saved my ass that day lmfao...
Unbreakable smart lock devastated to discover screwdrivers exist
Saturday 16th June 2018 02:46 GMT
Re: Where did you get that $20 padlock?
Master locks are easy in any case - sat down one day with a case of 50 new padlocks, opened 41 of them with a rock - without damaging the locks at all. Put a little tension on the hasp and tap either side of the body, back and forth, and the lock will most likely open - gets easier with older worn Master padlocks.
Finally, San Francisco cleans up the crap from its streets – yes, all those fscking scooters
Stern Vint Cerf blasts techies for lackluster worldwide IPv6 adoption
Overhyping AI doctors, language translation goes open source, and new jobs on the cards
Saturday 26th May 2018 12:12 GMT
Ever get the idea we're doing this all wrong?
Datasets datasets datasets... essentially choices weighted with different probabilities which is good and fine, but it's the question that matters. How do you get AI to ask the right question to arrive at the correct answer?
Like a good 85% of IT is the strength of your Googlefu - some folks are very very good at it, most are not. Why? Some folks are better at the question and get better/correct results.
Max Schrems is back: Facebook, Google hit with GDPR complaint
Uber robo-ride's deadly crash: Self-driving car had emergency braking switched off by design
Friday 25th May 2018 18:25 GMT
"A normal human driven car would still have run over the cyclist/pedestrian/lemming so I don't see how they could have caused the death."
No. That road is brightly lighted up, video notwithstanding, I've driven down there myself at night.
If you've ever been to Scottsdale or Mesa, they have money there, lots of it, and they light up the roads.
Friday 25th May 2018 00:44 GMT
Sooo.... wait...
Uber turned off the emergency braking portion of the 'AI', and of all the options it probably should have been programmed with (avoidance, *some* braking, big fucking light/sound screaming at the driver, etc)..
This van digitally went 'KIIIIIIYAAAA!' and ran the human over... Uber Fuck It Option. Damn.
0_o
Is your smart device a bit thick? It's about to get a lot worse
You know that silly fear about Alexa recording everything and leaking it online? It just happened
As Tesla hits speed bump after speed bump, Elon Musk loses his mind in anti-media rant
IPv6 growth is slowing and no one knows why. Let's see if El Reg can address what's going on
GDPR for everyone, cries Microsoft: We'll extend Europe's privacy rights worldwide
Airbus windscreen fell out at 32,000 feet
Fixing a printer ended with a dozen fire engines in the car park
Friday 11th May 2018 23:08 GMT
Re: Smoke/steam microwaves, fire alarms and power isolation equipment.
When I was 13, my dad let me drive his new 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo down the driveway. Didn't move 20 feet when a fan belt broke and for whatever reason, he blamed me. Never got to drive another car/truck owned by my dad... I'm 54 and he's 80 now...
404 - Breaker of Fan Belts.
Let's kick the tyres on Google's Android P... It's not an overheating wreck, but UX is tappy
Congratulations, we all survived Star Wars day! Now for some security headaches
I've got way too much cash, thinks Jeff Bezos. Hmmm, pay more tax? Pay staff more? Nah, let's just go into space
Press F to pay respects to the Windows 10 April Update casualties
NASA dusts off FORTRAN manual, revives 20-year-old data on Ganymede
US citizen sues France over France-dot-com brouhaha
Failbreak: Bloke gets seven years in the clink for trying to hack his friend out of jail
Boss sent overpaid IT know-nothings home – until an ON switch proved elusive
Amazon, LG Electronics turned my vape into an exploding bomb, says burned bloke in lawsuit
Saturday 21st April 2018 23:20 GMT
Re: Yeah good luck buddy
I read the complaint pdf and looked the guy up - he's a 20 year old mechanic with tatts, an iPhone, can't fake sleeping for shit, and a thin porn 'stash - according to his GoFundMe, he saved his little brother and sister from the flames. What they were doing in his shorts is left to the imagination of the reader.
Currently, he has $20 of $20,000 donated with almost a year since the campaign was started.
Saturday 21st April 2018 16:40 GMT
Re: Chipset in the mod is decent
Since 4 June 2017:
Innokin 80w Kroma - not enough battery. Returned to B&M.
Smok AL85 - screen burned out RMA took seven months. Vaped Forward.
Smok AL85 - Vaped Forward.
Smok Alien 220w - battery tray busted up, gorilla-glued back up now on back shelf.
dripp3d DNA250w dual 18650 kit - home vape
Smoant Battlestar - 200watt dual 18650 beast of a mod
Smoant Battlestar - backup
Hotcig RSQ 80w squonker - found that fabled 'Flavortown' - even gave away one of my beloved Battlestars with a Reload RTA clone...
Now I'm casually looking for a dual 18650 squonker, might gut my DNA250 if I can find the right case.
Saturday 21st April 2018 15:38 GMT
Re: Read the suit....
heh - I joined for a specific purpose, now lost... Good folks in r/ electronic_cigarette - it's not your usual Reddit sub like /politics /news /OMGTRUMPGONNAKILLUSALL subs.
It's a stable tech focused vaping forum. Shitposting kept at a minimum.
Oh yeah, you got a new follower - I'm everywhere and nowhere DC&H Consultants @justahobbit
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