Posts by Mark 85

Re: There shouldn't have been a KaBoom!

So the "crushable structure" was the entire lander then?

Re: this may be a step in the right direction

But it's a very basic baby step.... agreeing to set up a working committee... really? Yes, educating a public that gives FA about security of their toys is needed. Governmental mandates on updates, patching, end of support is needed and would be a better way to start things than a working committee that will hold endless meetings and if they ever come to an agreement, it will be pointless.

The IoS industry needs a swift kick to the balls to wake them up and get them doing the things that should be done. Not some "at some point in the future..." dream list.

Well, lately one can't tell which is a bot and which is the candidate... on either side. I'm sure there's whole threads around with Trumpbots and Clintonbots arguing endlessly.

Sidenote.... I wonder how many commentards here are bots?

Re: Wrong form-factor, wrong application

Just get one of those huge paper clamps and use the Surface as a clipboard.

Re: Could be worse - you could be jailed

We are moving from someone being an expert in their domain to management by stats.

We already have gone there at least for management. Think about how many companies and management work out who's getting the great raise and who's getting the crappy one. Stats are everything to someone who has the beancounter ethic. HR is getting there.

Re: Windows For Warships

Won't the AI take a look, upgrade to Win10, cough, sputter, and download Linux?

Citations needed.

Re: Biased?

In the article I see the negative reference to open source software,

Very understandable as the company's business is for PAID development. Open source people don't hire them and thus are outside of their business model or rather... profit line.

No so foolish until the dead come in to vote.... We've seen more ballots turned in then are voters in some places in the past... Chicago comes to mind first and there are others.

Re: Frankly...

Good luck with that. Most idiots....err.. drivers.. can't find the turn signal lever and if they found it, they have no idea what it's for.

Re: Hanlon's Razor

Take it a step further.. has it actually been severed or is this a publicity stunt? Or maybe something simples like did the cleaners kick the cable plug out of the wall?

Re: Engerish?

Maybe it's NSA using these as bait? It's possible that the release is "old" code and they have newer tools now.

Re: Inconvenience them into surrendering

Well.. someone will have to clean it up. Ever try to get glitter out of a keyboard? Imagine a city covered in glitter. Oh wait.. there will be a large fine for littering.

Re: re. The Party Monument

If that middle arm was a representation of a knowledge worker, it would be holding up a can of Red Bull.

Shouldn't there be one more representing Glorious Leader III (or maybe it's II?). I'm thinking an arm with the middle finger of the hand raised. Crap... now I can never visit N. Korea.

Re: Reforms?

Perhaps the best reform is to bulldoze the EPO and WIPO management and start over? I recommend a Cat D10.

Re: What are they going to do about people who want to keep them?

That could work, if the telcos allow it. I've heard too many reports from folks who have never had a OS patch, upgrade, etc. They all are one certain Telco where I am.

Oh.. did he try to grab her privates? Whether he did or not is irrelevant I supposed as many of us can't stand him.

Disclaimer: I wouldn't tolerate being the same room with either candidate. Equal opportunity cranky old-man, I am.

Re: Thinking small - unemployment

<I?The problem arises because employment is the solution that allows people to provide for their needs: people go to work and get paid, which allows them to buy services and goods. But what will happen as unemployment increases? As the number of people employed decreases, to reduce costs, then the amount of money available to be spent on the services and goods must also decline, otherwise you're back to increasing costs again.</I>

This....^^^^ Outsourcing/off shoring have been creating this very problem for a long time in both the UK and the States. The "brains" have said "Well, we'll just move our jobs to a service economy". Hasn't worked out very well, has it? Still need the manufacturing and exports to balance the books.

Not just the US government, but also the rest of 5-Eyes. It's like a cancer and spreads it's tentacles. If we look at the political side of things about encryption and surveillance we find that there is a mad dash to be the "best" and the "toughest".

Well said. When I retired, they replaced me with a contractor. They've been going through contractors and outsourcing companies about every 3 months. I can tell when they're switching by the phone call in late afternoon about "meeting for lunch and discussing my doing some part-time work". Lunch is usually good. It's nice to see my old boss and talk about everything other than work. But she knows that I'll say "No thanks". I'm retired, off the corporate hamster wheel and don't need or want to deal with all the corporate bullshit. Lord knows what kind of clustertruck I'd walk into if I ever took them up on the offers.

Re: Fines are not a deterrent

Corporate malfeasance will not end until you go after the personal wallets of the decision makers.

Sadly, it probably won't be anyone in the C-Suite who takes the hit. It'll be some corporate scapegoat who does.

err... right. Now which one will get you the attention of an LEO and a longer jail term? The banks themselves or the bank's customers?

Re: Sigh ... once again, using law to dictate morality ..

I think we're seeing the fruit of that here in the States. Both candidates and the media tossing indiscretions about "the other person" while ignoring their own.

Some sites play a similar game with "body shaming".. articles how bad it is and then another article with pictures of "my goodness. xxxx is putting on soooo much weight these days".

No responsibility, no remorse, just toss the carp a the fan. You lot over across the pond seem to be having a similar situation with regard to laws such as the one under discussion. The dictator decides...

Re: No

Given that is a very real issue, there's also the matter of the reading the T&C as indicated by a below post. I wouldn't touch the cloud with a 10 foot pole, muchless put any company data there. Just too damn risky as previous articles have shown.

The IoT is for an ideal automated world where everything talks to everything else so that it makes your life easier.

From what we're seeing and hearing, it's more about making the manufacturers richer. 99% of these devices are a solution looking for a problem. They really only appeal to hipsters and those who like to play around with tech without understanding the security holes, etc.

Re: Not sure if serious...

I thought it was obvious sarcasm. Be it's true us yanks don't do sarcasm.

Actually, we do sarcasm and can do it well. It's irony we don't do.

Re: Flame wars illegal?

I'll see your antelopes and raise you a moose. Real men want mooses...

Re: So, uhm, what about that NSA?

Or, <gasp>, could it be that they simply have no clue themselves either?

If you've followed this election.. I think both sides are clueless.