* Posts by bombastic bob

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Tangled in .NET: Will 5.0 really unify Microsoft's development stack?

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Re: Glad that Blazor is getting the official nod

Javascript as an application language, and I'm talking SPECIFICALLY about NodeJS, is an ELDRITCH ABOMINATION of the WORST variety, and needs to be *EXTERMINATED* just like a cockroach, for the exact same reasons.

If they'll survive a nukular fire, perhaps they'll DIE in a REGULAR one...

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Re: what a mess

"Microsoft's platforms used to be quite simple - BEFORE they had .NET"

Fixed it for ya

(everything post .Not has been a continuous stream of "and then it went horribly, horribly, WRONG"

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Re: With apologies to Tolkein

If I gave you 2 additional thumbs up, right NOW, it'd be at 42

Your FREE end-of-the-world guide: What happens when a sun like ours runs out of fuel

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yeah let's dump nukular waste into the sun and make it go 'critical', that'll speed it up!

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Re: It's worse than you think

you sure about mercury leaving orbit? I would expect it to crash into the sun before that would happen... due to very slow orbital decay from solar wind, if for no other reason.

so that's something to ponder I guess, if mercury's orbit is affected more by constant mass loss from the sun [energy from fusion as well as solar wind], or by the solar wind itself creating friction and orbital decay.

As mass of the sun goes down, mercury's escape velocity would ALSO go down, but very very slowly. Similarly, the slow orbital decay. Maybe they balance each other out?

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Re: I am Jack's complete lack of surprise...

don't worry, some wackos will claim it's human activity causing the sun to die, and come up with charts and graphs and modeling and legislation to curb our personal freedoms and screw us up economically in order to "solve" it.... and accuse EVERYONE who doesn't buy into this nonsense of being "deniers"...

(troll icon, naturally)

Japan on track to start testing Alfa-X, fastest train in the world with top speed of 400kph

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Re: Wishful thinking in the UK

and the thing about trains is usually NOT the train... it's the part about getting to the station, the scheduling, the parking [or lack of it], how to get to/from your (assume work) destination once you reach it, and all of that.

Public transportation in the USA is generally DISMAL, especially in Cali-Fornicate-You, where gummint types INSIST we use it, but then constantly screw it up and charge more for even lousier service year after year... [I think they just don't want people to have freedom of movement but that's another topic]

And how about environmental stupidity getting in the way of laying track? Look at the *HORRIBLE* *CLUSTER-FEEL* that the Cali-Fornicate-You "Crazy Train" has gone through? It's outright CRIMINAL what they've done with voter-approved funds for THAT one.

I like trains. They're big pieces of engine-driven steel on steel tracks that any overgrown boy would LOVE to have as his personal train set. I've done daily rides on them, too, which is why I know how FEEL'd UP the transportation to/from train stations is. When it got to the point where the trip to/from the station [on both ends] totalled MORE than the commute time, minus the hour train ride [with stops and slow windy sections], guess what _I_ did? That's right, I _DROVE_. And I hated it. And a year later I quit because the commute "drove me nuts". But taking 3 times as long every day JUST to take the train? That's just *RIDICULOUS* !

Hopefully Japan has solved these problems on both ends of their new bullet train...

FCC promises, yet again, to tackle robocalls. Translation: Expect six more months of waiting

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Re: Limited block lists?

right, the callir ID spoofing problem must be fixed FIRST. This should actually fix 99% of it. Once you know for sure who these ASSHATS are, and can complain about them ACCURATELY, it'll be possible to go after them. But as long as they're hiding by caller ID spoofing, and they do NOT identify themselves, you can't do a damn thing... except maybe VOODOO!

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Re: SHAKEN/STIR Caller ID Authentication

"SHAKEN/STIR sends the caller ID using TLS. This isn't rocket surgery."

Did you hear the term 'Rocket Surgery' from a radio host named 'LaDonna' ? I'm pretty sure she originated it...

yeah the article already pointed out that phone companies make money by connecting calls, and lose money when they don't. The general idea here is to STOP THE SPOOFING, rather than blocking things. once THAT happens, the blockage and complaints can be managed by ordinary citizens, more or less, who will accurately identify these BOTTOM FEEDING HYPER-TURDS that robo-call people [scams or otherwise, both are equally irritating] regardless of whatever excuse they rectally extrapolate.

At some point a STICK will be required, rather than a series of "Carrots" in the form of summits where everyone sits around "harumphing" about it. I think that time, for a BIG STICK, is NOW.

Apple won't be appy: US Supremes give green light to massive lawsuit over App Store prices

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Re: Are you sure about that?

there's this "gold brick" web UX designer contracting for a company I'm also doing a contract with. You can have him. I haven't gone so far as to show him the view out of the 2nd floor window yet, but I may be close. So if you wanna get a "gold brick"...

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"The monopoly revolves around there being no competition allowed."

Correct. In a bit more detail:

a) you can't run an application on your phone [without jailbreaking] that is NOT from "the store";

b) you cannot publish an application not THROUGH "the store"

c) Apple regularly REJECTS applications they don't like from "the store."

Therefore, it's a monopoly if you have an iDevice.

In Google's case (for Android), none of this is true. With an extra hoop to jump through on the client side, you CAN just load any old APK from anywhere. And jailbreaking is really only needed if you want super-user access to the Linux OS.

So, technically, Android "the Store" isn't quite in the same boat. Not quite...

NPM today stands for Now Paging Microsoft: GitHub just launched its own software registry

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there's something wrong with the entire premise

the idea that all of these script libraries should be teetering on the brink of crushing the house of cards they're all built on, of which NodeJS and that 'NPM' thing were MAJOR players a short while back (including the TRIVIALITY of the "withdrawn" code whut dun it) tells me that it's time to move AWAY from such things before yet another "centralized" thing crushes half of what depends upon it ,for whater random reason.

eggs.. one basket... sounded ok until they ALL BROKE. It's kinda like NOT doing backups, or relying on a single supplier, or one of many OTHER _BAD_ ideas that people end up going with anyway, because they *FELT* and did not THINK it through.

And saying that programming is *SOCIAL* - *urp* I need more pink liquid

does anyone NOT remember DLL Hell? Does anyone NOT remember that MS's "solution" for it was ".NET" ??? And now, FORCED UPDATES so that EVERYTHING updates at the same time? Is *EVERYONE* ready for "that" kind of "solution" to one trivial package breaking EVERY DAMNED EGG in the FORNICATING BASKET again, no matter WHAT that "package system" is called?

It's all WAY too overrated, and _WILL_ bite people in the ass, MULTIPLE times, before it's properly REPLACED with something different, something _LESS_ centralized, like having your OWN copy of a lib you need and maintaining it LOCALLY! And having enough QUALITY CONTROL to get the job done RIGHT the FIRST time, and not '42 updates later'.

Freaky photo flingers face fat fines for flagrant phallus flashing fun

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Re: Genitalia...

left paren, dot, Y, dot, right paren

heh

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Re: Potentially a good idea.

NO. not a good idea. SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN: criminalizing speech/freedom.

It's one of the things that's gone HORRIBLY WRONG with even a "benevolent" dictatorship (like Singapore).

In Singapore, these things are illegal:

a) chewing gum

b) carrying a pocket knife of any size

c) feeding pigeons

d) public singing of 'naughty songs'

e) not flushing the toilet

f) walking around naked in your own home

g) same-sex relationships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Singapore

And a bunch of other things, most likely. Its "nanny state" policies are well documented.

"unwanted pron" can be deemed as 'harassment' and that's always illegal [this would require that you prove you were being harassed, regardless of how]. One thing that is NOT needed is "yet another nanny law" that criminalizes any form of porn. I would guess that people sometimes exchange this sort of thing thinking the other person MIGHT want to see it, and if the other person says "do not send me this ever again" and you do NOT, there's no JAIL involved, just irritation and need to apologize.

That would be NORMAL human relationships [excluding harassment, already mentioned]

But THIS would CRIMINALIZE someone saying "I did not want that", and now you do jail?

There's something to be said about gummints NOT being in every aspect of people's lives, ya know?

Timely Trump tariffs tax tech totally: 25 per cent levy on modems, fiber optics, networking gear, semiconductors…

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Re: Diplomacy Speech

there are manufacturers inside the USA, by the way. And watch Trump rip up the WTO if it gets in the way. Wouldn't be the first time (NAFTA being a good example). "We need a new trade deal". etc.

Seems to be working well, in my opinion. The USA should not subject itself to any legal entity other than our own Constitution. And that's just the way things ought to be. [same for every other country, really]

Treaties and trade deals are agreements, not laws.

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Re: What is it with Trump and Taxes?

OK - want to make someone's tax records public? YOU first! Then we'll treat YOU the same, with an army of accountants and activists using a microscope to find a missing dot on an 'i', or a missing cross on a 't', or just simply criticize your life choices by putting whatever horrible spin is possible to put on them and then flaming you all over every media outlet and blog site that exists.

We just got done with ONE witch hunt. But I know that Trump-haters want it all to CONTINUE in order to put as many roadblocks in the President's way as possible.

Ask yourself this: WHAT would have happened if Republicans had treated Obama "that way" ???

Hypocrisy, much?

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Re: Man's a fool

NO, we did not "know" something that is BLATANTLY FALSE. This "we know" technique is often employed by the left, similar to the use of 'leading questions', and is part of the "fake news".

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@whitepines - some of what you say is true, but your conclusions are wrong.

you assume that lead times "that long" are on common parts. Usually it's high-dollar stuff, and inventories CAN be moved... and it's likely that high-dollar inventories will be depleted while there's a tariff if it applies to that [while finding a competing source].

Again, keep in mind that China has deliberately set up a system [which is actually quite smart] where the component makers are in the same city as the component consumers, and by using "just in time" delivery the inventory levels are extremely LOW. For high dollar items (like CPUs) that are likely NOT made in China, you'll still have lead times, and maybe you can just tell the makers to "ship 'em here instead". the other stuff really isn't that significant, and is probably ALSO made in Taiwan, P.I., Singapore, S. Korea, ...

sure I'll expect one or two exceptions to be mentioned, maybe touch screens and other "generates a lot of pollution" items, where China doesn't care about polluting and so it's cheaper to make there.

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Re: It hurts the Chinese...

" Significant amounts of what is imported from China can only come from there, especially in the electronics fields, at least in the short to medium term"

Smart U.S. companies have already set up "second source" for things, just worth pointing out. Shifting to another "2nd source" manufacturer and ramping up wouldn't take as long as people think...

There are a number of small subcontractors in the USA (and worldwide) that can build things at competitive prices, and with a short setup process and setup fee, you can be up and running at a cost roughly equal to what it could be made for in China (post-tariff specifically).

What China has that saves money and lead time is their component pipeline. Inventory levels on components can be kept small by doing 'just in time' deliveries from the factories that make those components, which by design are most likely IN THE SAME CITY as the manufacturer of the sub-assemblies and final assemblies.

[yes I pretty much know what I'm talking about here, being in/out of manufacturing industry over the last few DECADES, to one extent or another].

A U.S. based company that has a good pick&place setup might actually charge LESS than what a manufacturer in China would want to charge, particularly if they're placing parts on the boards by hand. But the lead times are likely to be longer, due to component availability and things of that nature. I am currently thinking of one particular manufacturer here in the USA when I say that. And in Mexico it has become LESS EXPENSIVE THAN China to make things, from what I've been reading/hearing. Some time ago a company I contracted for did some price comparisons, and chose a U.S.-based facility that's actually near the Mexico border...

All in all, the market is likely to shift to "other than China" as this keeps up. Taiwan still makes things, and so does S. Korea, and so does the Philippines (things are apparently picking up over there, good thing, their economy is really poor), and so China would no longer be able to under-cut these other countries with their gummint-run companies, meaning they'll have a shot at the business China was exclusively doing.

And I don't think it will take THAT long for a savvy team of manufacturing engineers and directors to get things up and running in "not China".

[personally I'd rather see China behave, but obviously THAT isn't happening any time soon]

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*NOT* Emabarrassed American!

I'm totally IN FAVOR of what Trump is doing!

1. China has been ripping off our tech for YEARS. At a 'used to company', one of China's "off the books" aka "4th shift" manufacturers _CLONED_ an antenna design, complete with the company's logo etched into the copper, which was then encased in plastic so it was hidden. It was a BLATANT RIPOFF.

2. China makes promises, then IGNORES THEM, like we don't matter. Except *NOW*, we DO.

3. The only thing that a communist dictatorship seems to understand is THE STICK, rather than THE CARROT.

4. It's ABOUT TIME a president had the CHUTZPAH to do what needs to be done to STOP them from blatantly ripping us off. It's NOT "free market" over there, it's GUMMINT CONTROLLED market, where their gummint sets the pricing and policies and keeps their people working for SLAVE WAGES.

5. A handful of hand-picked Chinese 'oligarchs' and political-types profit from their state-run manufacturing companies undercutting every other manufacturing business worldwide, while keeping their employees at the "slave wage" level, and controlling their lives via the 'great firewall' and 'social credit' scoring. And they BLATANTLY rip-off our tech! And they use *OUR* *MONEY* to do it! This is like paying the mob to protect us from the mob.

So while everyone whines and complains about the higher price of an i-device, perhaps we ought to look more carefully at the TOTAL COST of having China make these things. And when it becomes more profitable to set up shop elsewhere, maybe the Philippines, maybe Vietnam, maybe even The Congo, or if Kim Jon Un stops behaving like a BIG FAT BABY, in N. Korea, and China has to actually COMPETE which means RESPECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, then they'll realize that they have to actually KEEP THEIR WORD if they want to make our stuff and sell it to us.

Otherwise, the money spigot is gonna be throttled, and eventually SHUT, and they know it, and they had better realize that Trump isn't some wimpy Obama or Bush when it comes to foreign policy.

This won't last long. But if it does, there's still Taiwan...

Take my bits awaaaay: DARPA wants to develop AI fighter program to augment human pilots

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quantum computing, or at least significant AI assistance, might be what's needed to turn every fighter plane into a remotely piloted drone...

and then the meatsacks will sit comfortably in a bunker someplace, piloting the thing from far enough away that latency actually matters.

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Re: Visual Range Dogfights... a question for any air force experts out there...

"Are they still a thing in modern aerial warfare?"

yes

The idea of superseding close-in aerial combat was thought up back in the 60's, probably by LBJ's whiz kids and others like them [who excelled at killing people unnecessarily by making stupid "smart" decisions like that]. It went so far as to take guns off of planes. This may have been talked about in the Top Gun movie from the 80's as I recall, or maybe I just saw a documentary about the REAL Top Gun [which used to be here in San Diego, I live only a few miles from Miramar, which is now a Marine Corps air base]. In any case, guns were removed from F4's but pilots insisted they be re-installed, as missiles were inadequate for close-in combat which was still happening.

And I don't expect this has changed at all.

Arthur C. Clarke's "Superiority" applies again.

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well if you're gonna take a lesson from Anime, there are the gundams, and also Eureka 7, in which (for some models) pilots were pumped full of drugs to keep them at a peak during combat, after which they had to be pumped full of even MORE drugs to "bring them back down" so the other drugs wouldn't kill them.

science fiction in general has come up with some pretty good, and sometimes pretty frightening, ideas. In one episode of Stargate (the TV series), the gang went to a planet where remotely piloted drones were being used in combat (one chair controlled several of them at once), except that the enemy planes weren't drones, and the enemies were actually more like freedom fighters. That kinda put diplomacy on hold...

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Re: Hmmmm

I just imagined a moving missile graphic (like a sheet of paper) going from an enemy plane icon towards another plane icon representing me, with a slowly moving progress bar underneath...

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Re: Predictable ?

"How can they even come up with an idea that evasive maneuvers should be predictable"

seed the algorithm with a crypto-quality random value?

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Re: I'll see your General Adversarial Network ...

You deserve Corporal Punshment. To your Private Parts. With Major Pain. Or am I being Captain Obvious?

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Re: Good and Bad News

like one of those 'joke' pistols that points the barrel towards the shooter's face?

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"An AI program for negotiating peace would be most welcome."

Not possible.

1. The world has WAY too many evil people. When they can, such evil people take over a government (like Venezuela, Iraq, Iran, N. Korea) and do what they do BECAUSE THEY ARE EVIL.

2. You can NOT negotiate nor compromise with evil. You can only DEFEAT it or at least OBSTRUCT it.

3. The only way to ensure safety in the face of evil is STRENGTH. Hence, you have weaponry and tactics that are SO overwhelming, nobody screws with you.

I doubt AI could negotiate peace. At best, it would negotiate a cease fire, or even surrender. But peace? Once you appear weak to an EVIL DICTATOR, he's got EVERY reason and motivation to DESTROY you. You can't negotiate peace with THAT.

I'll stick with AI being able to KILL the OTHER guy fighting for HIS country, in order to keep MINE safe. Then, with any luck, we'll NEVER have to use it in war. Just having the thing will be GOOD ENOUGH.

Just in time for the Wiki-end: Chelsea Manning released from prison

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"factors you can't comprehend"

You give Pvt Manning _WAY_ too much respect/credit. Pvt Manning was a TRAITOR as far as I'm concerned, trusted to keep secrets, and broke that trust. Whistle-blowing about certain things like mass surveilance should've gone to CONGRESS, first, or at least "up the chain of command" in the Army. But Wikileaks became "15 minutes o' fame", and that's how I see Pvt Manning's motivation.

There are military secrets I know from being the military, from decades ago, that I have not disclosed. I consider it honorable to keep them secret. I'll say no more on the matter. Others should be the same way about such things.

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Re: Some background... and a little commentary

I'll add a little bit of insight when it comes to CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, and the cost of its disclosure.

First of all, the reasoning for classification is generally made by those who are trying to protect someone or something, including the government itself, from the results of disclosing that information. In general, release of such information would either endanger a person, endanger or embarass a nation, or create significant material loss. Or some combination thereof.

'For Official Use Only' is the lowest classifiication I'm aware of. In genderal, it's info that might be embarassing or would give an enemy an advantage in war.

'Confidential' is generally information that compromises something (like a tactical advantage in war) if it gets out, such as the design of a warship, or ongoing diplomacy. If it's released, it puts significant advantage into the hands of enemies.

"Secret" is (as far as I can tell) information that could GET SOMEONE KILLED it if got into the wrong hands. Example, the location of a submarine, or the identity of a spy.

"Top Secret" would be, I assume, much like 'secret' except "more so", perhaps large numbers of people would be in danger of being killed. Military operations, details about embassies, defense plans, etc. might fall into this designation.

And I think there are higher ones, too. In short, these secrets exist for a REASON, and they should be KEPT secret. Or, pay a SEVERE penalty for their disclosure.

Pvt Manning was apparently privy to this kind of information, or had access to it, and then BROKE TRUST by DISCLOSING it. Without any knowledge of the ripple effects, it was given to Wikileaks to be publically disclosed. Although there was at least SOME information there (about spying on citizens, as I recall) that SHOULD have been "whistle blown", THIS was not the way to do it. And so Pvt Manning went to prison for it.

However, Wikileaks itself SHOULD NOT be held criminally liable for publishing the disclosed information, particularly because Julian Assange isn't a U.S. Citizen. I expect the investigation is to prove whether or not Wikileaks was involved in any illegal activity that led to its publishing, like cracking into a computer or similar. There are similar legal precedents in the USA regarding "the press" so long as they're not doing any illegal things to GET the information. if someone simply tells them, hands over a document, etc., that is NOT illegal. Cracking a computer to get it, on the other hand, IS. But the investigation into Wikileaks is probably just another "witch hunt" just like the Muller probe on Trump, which concluded with "no collusion", rightfully so. I expect a similar conclusion of "nothing illegal done" for WIkileaks.

Amazon agrees to stop selling toxic jewelry, school supplies to kids, coughs up some couch change ($700,000)

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Re: 'Top priority'

Question: If companies were NOT making money, would they be able to AFFORD to hire YOU?

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Re: 'Top priority'

FYI - a company exists in order to make money.

It's just that to make money and STAY in business, you need to make sure your customers are happy enough to be REPEAT customers, and not because they're bound to you by some kind of enslavement (or monopoly). So yeah, NOT poisoning or otherwise endangering customers is ALSO good for business.

Still I suspect that in THIS case, no actual harm was done. It's not like the kids are eating leaded paint chips. As I mentioned before, lead paint chips taste 'sweet' because lead compounds act like an artificial sweetener. And didn't we used to put LEAD IN GASOLINE such that it was IN THE AIR EVERYWHERE?

The current enviro-knee-jerk maximum levels are probably WAY TOO LOW, though I'm not complaining too hard because staying below that level shouldn't be THAT hard... unless your ENTIRE COUNTRY is horribly polluted. Like in China... ?

(again, I use leaded solder all of the time, for electronic work. I've done so for *YEARS*. It's not like I'm eating it or inhaling lead vapor. But I'm "exposed" to it. And people who own guns are exposed to the lead in the ammo. You kinda have to INJEST it to make it really bad for you... so wash your hands before eating?)

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Re: The free market will fix this

I didn't vote up or down. I just facepalmed.

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Re: If I were a betting man...

you're probably right, as they have less strict environmental (read: none at all) concerns over there.

I think we should export some of our wackier environmentalists to Beijing and let them protest the air quality, for starters.

In the mean time, a _LOT_ of the concern over these materials is more like PARANOIA instead of science. It is true that buildup of heavy metals is detrimental to your health. But there ARE safe levels of these elements, which occur in nature. I have been using leaded solder for electronics, and continue to do so. So I'm "exposed" directly to lead. And lead solder or just lead was often used in the making of jewelry, particularly the less expensive kind [normally I'd expect a silver solder to be used nowadays, which is also what I do, if I do anything with jewelry, which I have].

In any case, the source of the problem might be gross environmental contamination at those facilities (let's say in China) where EVERYONE is exposed to high levels of otherwise toxic materials, all of the time, and it ends up on what they make. That's my theory, and I bet it's true.

In the mean time, a bit of cleanup is in order. And I doubt any of those kids was in any REAL danger. It's not like they're eating lead paint chips because lead compounds taste "sweet" like a type of artificial sweetener. They're just "being exposed", which is far less likely to pose a problem.

And if "they" are THAT concerned about Hg, why is it still used on FILLINGS IN YOUR TEETH???

Hypocrisy, much??

P-p-p-pick up a Pengwin: Windows Subsystem for Linux boffins talk version 2

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Re: Vaccine for Linux

at least it's not LIPSTICK on the non-oinky end of a BOAR [aka Win-10-nic itself] but hey, as long as we're going with the livestock comparison...

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Re: Anyone want to guess ...

see my post above, Microsoft could make it 2020 as a viable alternative to Win-10-nic

it's what Windows _USED_ to be, right? Boot MS-DOS and run the 'win.com' to start it?

I'd _love_ to have a windows subsystem running on my FreeBSD box with a Mate desktop and X11 [not Wayland]. That would ROCK!

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Re: intentional wording?

I have a better idea....

How about if Microsoft makes a "subsystem for Linux" that runs WINDOWS APPLICATIONS better than Wine, RELIABLY, and I'd actually PAY for THAT!!!

So long as they don't screw with the themes and appearance of window decorations, it'd be their BEST MOVE YET! You'd get Windows on Linux, or maybe even Windows on FreeBSD, and WIndows on Mac, and NO NEED to "Embrace Extend Extinguish" any more.

Yeah but when you have that "take over the world" mentality, SANITY is thrown under the bus...

Put a stop to these damn robocalls! Dozens of US state attorneys general fire rocket up FCC's ass

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Re: No change

fine the company making the profit by ALLOWING the robocallers to spoof addresses, for example. A _MAJOR_ fine for NOT upgrading to prevent that, for example Yes,

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Re: No change

a one-time fine for making calls, maybe THAT is 'toothless'. how about $1 million fine for EACH CALL MADE? _PER_ _CALL_! Now, *THAT* is what *I* am talking about!

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Re: Spoofed ID

fixing THIS might do 90% of the job, right? So "get hot" FCC, and make it NOT possible to spoof caller IDs !!!

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Re: Of course the FCC is doing nothing

while I agree these bureaucrats need a fire lit up their asses, Pai isn't like the "other party" of corruption, deep state, swamp, and deceit.

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Re: Sad.

make the minimum penalty DEATH for anyone who:

a) spoofs a caller ID

b) violates the 'do not call list'

c) cold-calls *MY* phone.

I get to be executioner.

(my phone ringer has been OFF for 2 years. I either pick up when I hear who it is on the other end, and they know to say stuff so I can hear that or leave a message. phone message is 30 seconds long and starts with 'friends and family thanks for calling, and then lectures about how I get too many violations of the do not call list, so my ringer is off)

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Re: No change

perhaps if they were FINED for each of them... ?

Blame Canada! Zuckerberg subpoenaed to face Cambridge Anal. probe from Canucks

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Anal y sis

it's how you spell 'Analysis'

Can I get a RHEL yeah? Version 8 arrives at last as IBM given go-ahead to wolf down Red Hat

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Re: Centos 8

I've never been disappointed by CentOS, just sayin'.

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Re: Gnome, wayland and systemd ...

you actually *FEEL* that? no WONDER you posted as A.C. !!!

('feel' instead of think, worst mistake EVAR, as evidenced by "that")

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Re: Gnome, wayland and systemd ...

I'm hoping some _SANITY_ from IBM will put those 3 things back into their place... er, the bit bucket.

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Re: Too much damned javascript ...

ack on that one. OR... if you are _NOT_ using wayland... you can do the following:

a) enable -listen_tcp or similar option

b) xhost +localhost from an X11 command shell

c) su - otheruser then export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0

d) run firefox or other browser, config it to DUMP ALL HISTORY AND COOKIES ON EXIT

then if they DO track you, it's not tracking anything that isn't THEIR stuff in the FIRST place. And all of those cookies and scripting and blah blah blah goes INTO THE BIT BUCKET.

And, related, THIS from the article:

"Red Hat prefers the security model of Wayland, but the desktop will drop back to X.org if you try and use the Nvidia binary driver."

A reason to use NVidia and their binary driver... to NOT HAVE TO USE WAYLAND, so you _CAN_ use the trick I just described, which I do a LOT, actually.. that and [for example] developing RPi stuff and having pluma running on the RPi directly, as an editor for c source [example], but displaying and interacting WITH MY FreeBSD DESKTOP!!!

X.org ROCKS. Wayland SUCKS. and all that tracking can GO INTO THE BIT BUCKET using X.org and a separate login context, g'head and enable the B.S. and then DUMP IT ALL on exit!

I see you're writing an app... Microsoft nudges AI Clippy-for-Code out the door, turns machine learning onto Word

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Re: Please, stop spoiling us

strangely enough, I'm more productive using Pluma as my code editor...

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Re: Clippy For Coders drives another nail in humanity's coffin...

more CRAP to shut off by default...