Posts by Mark 85

Re: Its the way to go

Yes, embrace the Darkside, Luke.

Re: Kind of what I said a couple weeks ago.

I'd go a bit further and say they want to own everything on the Internet. A lot of us have saying (and getting DV'd for it) that this case is solely about the precedent.

I need to go shoot the toaster as it seems to be telling the FBI everything that goes on lately.

I was in the local computer shop to get some parts. They're not one of the big boys but a very small local chain of 3 shops. What they're seeing is Win7 boxes and laptops flying off the shelves and it's been hard keeping up with the demand. They've also been selling PC's, etc. with Linux on them in what they consider "high" numbers. The Win10 stuff is barely moving.

One can still find Win7 at the big guys like Best Buy, but it's something you order and takes a few days for delivery. Nothing Win7 in the stores. I wonder if anyone is actually paying attention to sales numbers and what people want?

Refixed it for you. No need to be polite as this is now farkin' war.

Re: Date?

Not yet, but then I'm not sure they've ordered the coffin yet. Something about "how big a coffin do we need?".

Re: The more he talks, the more credibility he loses...

I think it's the other way around. When Ballmer speaks, everyone goes "WTF?" and looks for opposite. Maybe this is just a market strategy? Ballmer speaks that "Linux is great" and everyone rolls their eyes and signs the contract for the MS stuff.

Then again.... stranger things have happened and he might actually believe what he's saying or looking to sell of his stock before the price tanks.

Re: Clear desk policy

Card access doesn't stop the insiders. We had bunch of the old 19" CRT that weighed in at about 75 pounds (35 kg) taken. Brand new and in the box so you know this some years ago. A manager came in late one night to pick up something for an early off-site meeting and found the security guards loading monitors into a van.... Who watches the watchers?

Re: FBI doesn't need the code

Isn't that what the Supreme Court for, handing down decisions that everyone accepts?

Errr... no. The Supreme Court isn't a popularity contest, it is there to ensure that laws do not violate the Constitution. Everyone is supposed to follow said judgments to keep the Constitution intact.

Reality is a different matter... Those that agree will follow the judgments while those that disagree will hold demonstrations, protests, etc. and try to force a change... either Constitutional amendment or political change.

Speed, coverage, or cost.

Pick any two one.

This is the States so FTFY.

Re: Electricity

Define "sophisticated"? The Nigerian scams are still working.... the MS Support Center "virus" scams are still working. There's more but you get the idea. Doesn't take much to pull off a scam lately.

Re: So, which comes first?

Vulnerability-free Flash, or the next ice age?

Feel free to vote on the matter.

I would have went with Vulnerability-free Flash, or the Heat Death of the Universe?

But have an upvote as we know Flash will never, ever be Vulnerability-Free.

Re: I assume

Or maybe they did LOHAN upgrade and 3D printed it?

Re: Nobody

Exactly. TLA's and FLA's love the Internet but they don't like being restricted to what they can slurp. Governments hate it because of the transparency it provides. People post videos of crimes, remind government officials of what they've promised. The Internet is easy access for human rights violations, misdirected bombs, dissidents, very nasty groups recruiting.. all the things government doesn't want.

It would probably make most governments very happy of the Internet went away or became so fragmented it was useless. They would have an easier time controlling the population if things had to go back to snail mail, dead tree press, and electronic (TV or Radio) news.

If doing that gets the same result as writing one's elected officials here in States... it's not worth the time or the electrons.

Re: Meh...

It sounds like IoT for hotels....

Re: The problems start when...

I was thinking that they'd start when the computer starts asking about Sarah Connor. But I think you're closer.

Re: Bah!

Yahoo must be doing something to stay alive... I doubt that a second-rate email service and mediocre news publication would be enough.

One word.... Alibaba. If you've been following, they want to dump everything but the Alibaba investment.

What you say makes sense...however, in the States the IRS got involved. For example.. doctor to doctor courtesy is taxed such that if Doc A does a procedure on one Doc B's family, Doc B has declare that as income. They were starting, at one point, to clamp down on barter clubs and the like but I'm not sure where that is on their priority list. Turns out that cash is easier to deal with.

Re: Goodwill?

Until those of us who remember their crimes are gone they can beg, whine, scream, threaten or corrupt as much as they like but they will be fighting the population.

Let's not give the powers that be any ideas, shall we? I can see here in the US that the "purge/gulag" mentality is rising. It appears to be that getting way in Blighty, also. Not too many countries that aren't pushing things that direction in the name of "security".

Re: Welcome to the 1950's...again.

Add a heavy dose of Hoover pulling strings in the background.