Posts by Jamie Jones

Re: It could be worse, we could be running Slackware.

I switched to FreeBSD longgggg before systemd (about 25 years ago)

The whole point of unix systems is the configurability and flexibility. If you're happy running a "blob" with monthly patch cycles, you may as well use windows!

Re: Ticked Off?

I've always used "ticked off" to be similar to pissed off, nothing to do will being told off.

Same for everyone around here... And I'm Welsh, and have been all my life! Maybe it's an english thing?/

Go USA!

Re: ZFS and rotating snapshots

I live by snapshots.(though mainly on ufs not zfs)

Amongst other things, I always do a diff of a file I've been editing to make sure I've not accidentally made typos, or injected some weird characters.

No longer do rogue problems crop up that can be traced to a spurious ^Z in the source code!

Re: Is this the stupidest idea ever?

"Not even close. Here in The Great Southern Land we do stupidity even better, by enacting encryption busting legislation. You Poms are amateurs."

Uk government: "Hold my beer!"

When I was in Israel, I was tasked with removing a small spider from the room. I calmly pushed a piece of paper under him, and as I was about to pick it up to throw out of the window, the bastard jumped, almost hitting my face (I was bending down at the time)

That really gave me the willies. Apparently we have them over here too, but I've only ever come across them in Israel.

Spiders that can jump a few feet... Ought to be a law.

Re: Whatever Happened to WAP?

Nokia Communicators predated WAP, and had "full" graphic browsing support, as I used to smugly mention to anyone that laughed at one of my bricks.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_9000_Communicator#9110

Re: took the day off

ArrZarr? I know who you are!

YOU'RE FIRED!

Re: Logically...with tech ....

If I was doing that to access some external web service, etc. then, yes, I'd expect things to change without warning.

When it's a device I paid for, sitting in my house, I expect the opposite.

If the API itself was causing a security issue, then if critical, maybe they could have closed it down... However, in that case they should have groveled hugely, and said that the disabled functionality would be restored as soon as possible.

But no, they said "tough". They only backtracked because of all the fallout.

So saying "working on making it available in a more supported manner is also the correct behaviour" would be fine, if it wasn't for their initial refusal to do so.

Re: Facebook's shadow profile.

There is a database of the location of wifi routers by MAC. And as those databases are updated, it becomes obvious which ones are static.

And on android (at least as far as 5.1 - i've not tested higher) any app could read the MAC of the router the android was connected to. This was without granting special privileges, such as location details etc, in fact it works without granting any privileges at all.

I posted some proof-of-concept code here a while back, after someone accused me of lyng ("'cos someone on stackoverflow said it wasn't possible")

Re: 'Murica never ceases...

"Hi, how's your lack of free speech coming along?

Oh, you're in jail for speaking out against your country's liberal migrant policy?

Isn't that a shame. If only you had some sort of lethal tool to defend yourselves from the government which is trying to replace you with, ahem, shall we say, less-skilled and more easily-controlled people..."

Really?

If our lack of free speech was so bad, how come cunts like you get to post here?

Jail for speaking out.....? Too much fox news, there, laddie.

"Easily controlled people" - that's rich coming from a trumpet

Re: Curious precedent on what is allowed

"So the fact that the USA is the only industrialised country to REDUCE CO2 emissions must please you?"

Please note, this isn't Fox forums. You can't get away with posting bullshit.

Readers here will either know it's bullshit, or will fact-check your claim.

https://grist.org/briefly/which-country-is-doing-the-most-to-reduce-its-carbon-emissions/ - Hint, not the USA.

https://www.wri.org/blog/2016/04/roads-decoupling-21-countries-are-reducing-carbon-emissions-while-growing-gdp - 21countries! Yes, USA is one of them (just), but you 'forgot' the other 20.

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/countries-doing-the-most-to-fight-climate-change - USA not mentioned at all.

But don't worry, the USA isn't the only country to not meet its own climate goals

However, Trump must be number 1: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/:

"The Trump Administration has spent 2018 systematically gutting US federal climate policy. If the proposed actions are fully implemented, greenhouse gas emissions projections for the year 2030 could increase by up to 400 MtCO2e[1] over what was projected when Pres. Trump entered office. That’s almost as much as the entire state of California emitted in 2016.

0/10 - Must try harder

Re: Testing

LD Ix, 45 !

blimey!

Re: Double down?

"Coming from a non-English speaking country"

Which country would that be, if you don't mind me asking?

One tends to work out - or guess - where some of the posting regulars are from..

Whilst I initially had you down as Australian (yes, too obvious) I long since had you pegged for British.

I'd love El Reg to show the country code of posters.

Re: Please select your response to this article:

Sorry, I agree.

It was badly phrased. When I wrote that post, I was thinking of some of the brexit comments that have generally appeared on this site, and at that point I was thinking of the reaction to GDPR not this particular article.

My bad