Posts by Mark 85

Probably only for OPS*, not their own from the way the article and the links read.

*Other People's Stuff/Shiitte.

Re: Proof will be in the execution

Since they have "most favored state", I would also expect that everyone in rest of the country will get a increase charges to pay for this. And those folks out in the boondocks will still be stuck with the equivalent of dial-up.

Re: Murph

Exactly. We built a new remote office.. increasing staff from 150 to 400+. Come the day for the moves, server, network, PC-types, all running around and doing last minute things while the movers moved everything from the old office to the new except the old hardware. We even tested the back up gens by killing main power at the building input (power company had to that part).

Things looked good at lights out Sunday night. Monday morning all hell is breaking loose starting at zero-dark early. Seems someone misconfigured a local switch to point any machine wanting to open a file on an MS server (local) to the IP of the mainframe at the main office. Took them 2 days to figure this out and 5 minutes to fix. Murphy is a mean son-of-a-b*****.

It doesn't matter.... the company is now in "target lock-on" mode and the firing switch set for "max effect" to "return shareholder value". I read that as it's about to be broken up, fed to the pigs, and the activist investors get to count their money on the way to the bank. The game is all but over.

Re: Secret law is anathema to democracy...

It is funny to read comments here. When you Brits are being shafted (and in many ways, the rest of the world) you're very calm. When it's the US being shafted (and again, the rest of the world), it's gnashing of teeth and rending of flesh by you guys. What gives? We're all getting survielled by everyone and we should be angry about it. I would have expected 50 or 60 comments from angry commentards by now.

Re: some EPA hate -what gives

Uh... yeah. They've some totally stupid rulings over the years and then there's that matter of the mine tailings in Colorado, I believe. The sense is that the EPA is staffed, managed, and controlled by extremist greens. I should add that they have contributed massively to shutting down quite a few industries that might still be viable if weren't for their setting standards beyond the achievable.

I'll get downvoted but that's the perception of a lot of folks.

Re: Nice thoughts from them.. NOT.

While it may be getting bug fixes there's one that's been pretty pesky and MS claims the browser is not the problem. Copy/Paste fails in many forums. I've pushed IE11 to the curb and sorting out whether FIrefox or Chrome will be my browser of choice.

Re: How did he obtained the former employee password?

As I recall it was on a post-it note on the former scout's PC. For the Astros to force a PW change means nothing if he re-uses the one from the previous employer. There's no way a new employer can guarantee that all passwords have never been used before by an employee. Except with a password manager than randomly generates the password and such that the employee never sees any passwords except the one to use the manager. Convoluted, isn't it?

Re: Nightmare

Which requires this... if the androids do everything, will there be any people left other than corporate bosses? Who will buy the things they make? Why would they even make them then? There's a disconnect that we see in early forms now. Outsourcing overseas and then the corporates wonder why those displaced aren't buying their tat.

Re: @Mark 85

My comment was more directed at the "response" of outrage, etc. They haven't been outraged at anything else along lines of security breaches until now. OPM is dragging it's feet on this and yes, they need to be looked at very carefully. But, being an election year, there's a sense of drama here.

The breach should never have happened. All those documents should never have been facing the web. It is an outrage and it should be fixed. I wouldn't be surprised if the documents are still available to a breach.

Re: Inventive?

Look to Thailand for a reference on where the line could end up. I can also see certain "democracies" (US included) in using this for revering the President.

Re: First

Well... the second one explains the first one which results in profit. This is a bit scary when you think about it. Your camera or maybe CCTV in a shop will direct the sales types to your side and know exactly how to get you to make that purchase. I can see that certain political types would like this too... tailor the speech to the audience on the fly with better results than they get now.

I'm surprised that "improving the user experience" wasn't tossed in somewhere to justify this bit of snooping privacy invasion.

Re: Using people can lead to 'harmful exclusion, discrimination'

This isn't a problem with data, 'big' or otherwise, it's a problem with dumb people doing things in a dumb way, drawing dumb conclusions, and taking dumb actions. And then forgetting to monitor the outcomes.

Ah.. politicians and most of the inhabitants of the C-Suites then.

Re: So whose idea was it?

I suspect that goes back to a "feature" in WinZip to make self-extracting files. It's a relatively simple step to turn "extract" into "extract and execute". Or maybe their just playing with a header to hide an exe as a zip? Either way, this is something who's time is long past and should be shutdown at the OS level.

So should we worry that they'll figure out a way to totally bork our Win7 boxes such that we'll need to buy a new machine? Not paranoid... much... but wondering since I wouldn't put that one past them after some of the stunts they've pulled.

Re: Roommates in college?

Buttered or plain? Salted or unsalted? I'm calling dibs on the Barca Lounger.

Re: The UN SC should task China with removing the North Korea's monarchy

Right... Now who actually pays attention to the UN and what they mandate?

Re: Well that's just great!

Maybe the followers are all just bots and lower level worker bees? Not hard to set up a herd of bots to inflate numbers.

Re: Life is a bitch...

to net himself tens of millions in annual compensation

Tens of millions each year? Really. Did you RFTA before jumping up on that soapbox?

Foxconn and other slaves shops should be forced to pay proper compensation and benefits to their employees equal to what Timmy boy gets

So, every Foxconn employee should make $10 Million a year? Not a bad idea but very impractical. Fair compensation would be fine but what you suggest is beyond the pale.

Damn me... I fed the troll....

Re: Heavy Metal?

I wasn't looking at Wikiwhatever. I was looking at when I lived in Southern California back then. The term "heavy metal" back then referred more to the names and their on stage presence than to the type of music. I don't recall that term being used much outside of Southern Cal until much later. In musical style, yeah.. Motorhead wasn't heavy metal.

Re: I don't get it

Simples.. the profit motive. I'd hazard a guess that whatever they did was cheaper for them than hiring someone who actually understands encryption and how to implement it.

Re: IoT

Same as everywhere else in the world as we know it... if it goes out on the Internet, it's fair game for the agencies.

or encryption. And little else either except: money - yes, power - yes, glory - not so much.

Re: Gosh, a voice of reason speaking to our government!

I think a better analogy than a needle in a haystack is a chunk of chocolate in a septic tank (or treatment plant). Too many folks would think the solution is a bigger magnet. The reality is the good info is indistinguishable from the noise unless you sample every bit.