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  1. Re:Gosh, another breach that affects others on Bleedingbit Zero-Day Chip Flaws May Expose Majority of Enterprises To Remote Code Execution Attacks (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    The difference between physical access and nearby is huge. The former offers a much greater risk of being caught red-handed. The latter is nearly impossible to prove.

    Meanwhile, a good antenna can increase the range a fair amount.

  2. Re:Why does a wireless access point have bluetooth on Bleedingbit Zero-Day Chip Flaws May Expose Majority of Enterprises To Remote Code Execution Attacks (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Enterprise vendors and the pointy hairs that sign the POs follow exactly the same pattern.

  3. I don't think that word means what you think it means.

    In fact, the TI chips, like many other BLE chips is an ARM cortex SOC (cannot run Linux) running a light weight RTOS with a Bluetooth protocol stack and a suitable radio.

    In other words, they run ARM machine language.

  4. Re:The ability to load unsigned firmware images is on Bleedingbit Zero-Day Chip Flaws May Expose Majority of Enterprises To Remote Code Execution Attacks (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Reflashing should require setting a physical jumper.

  5. Once it's clear you're not going to return from the mission, you might as well do maximum damage.

  6. Re:Seriously? on How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, since those incidents were much smaller scale and helium poisoning is such an unlikely seeming issue for a cellphone, it was just written off as a random failure.

    Given how unlikely seeming a problem with helium is, the warnings should be much more prominent at the least.

  7. Re:When I receive one of those notices... on Supreme Court Scrutinizing Class Action Settlements That Leave Consumers Empty-Handed (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    And meanwhile, you give up your right to sue separately over the matter.

  8. However, the class action settlement in TFA was simply a cash payout to pretty much everyone but the class with not even a promise to consider changing any behavior.

  9. Re:Helium goes right through things on How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    TYhe O2 molecules are significantly bigger, which is why they don't diffuse through the seals in the device like He does.

  10. Re:Helium goes right through things on How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Actually, air doesn't diffuse into the balloon. It's just that helium for filling balloons is actually heli-air so kids don't die when they inhale it ( not to mention it's cheaper).

  11. Yes, but his cousin's best friend's older sister's boyfriend knows a guy that actually rode a bus (on a dare) back in the '90s, so he's well informed.

  12. Re:Seriously? on How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    In hospitals, it isn't that uncommon. Heliox is used for patients with severe obstructive pulmonary conditions.

    It also happens in exotic environments like gift shops and grocery stores.

  13. Re:They were lucky people didn't asphixiate on How a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone In a Medical Facility (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Evidently the concentration need not be that high.

    This PDF testing the effects of helium on various MEMS suggests (doing a bit of math) that a few hundred ppm helium in the air could be enough. Normal atmosphere has 5 ppm. Meanwhile, replacing 10% of the air (100,000 ppm) wouldn't have much effect on humans as long as they don't attempt aerobic exercise (based on the safety of oxygen depleted data centers).

  14. Re:Experts, says anonymous submitter on FCC Falsely Claims Community Broadband an 'Ominous Threat To First Amendment' (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If we didn't already know about the very special access the big telecoms offer to police, that might wash. If community broadband precluded private companies from offering their own, even moreso.

    The fact is, the police already have their taps and they get less public scrutiny than a municipal broadband provider would.

  15. Re:Welcome To Your Trumpian Future on FCC Falsely Claims Community Broadband an 'Ominous Threat To First Amendment' (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you don't think capitalist ISPs are already doing that and more, you didn't even read todys tech news.

  16. It's called an analogy.

  17. So if the DA thinks I might have robbed the liquor store but isn't sure, the best approach is to give me 10 years pay and moving expenses if I agree to go live somewhere else?

  18. Re:Is everyone supposed to act with no formal char on Google Engineers Are Organizing A Walk Out To Protest The Company's Protection Of An Alleged Sexual Harasser (buzzfeednews.com) · · Score: 1

    Many professionals get that treatment without even an allegation of wrong doing.

  19. According to the NYT, the Google wasn't obligated to pay him that money. It chose to do that and treat the whole thing as a normal amicable parting. They had the option to do the whole you come in to work and find your desk and a security guard out on the lawn.

    But, of course, that treatment is for peons.

  20. Re: Some parents limit screen time too tightly on Should Parents End 'Screen Time' For Children? (indianexpress.com) · · Score: 1

    Part of the issue is the systems themselves. The modern GUI is the antithesis of the C64 where you could type 2 lines of code and be rewarded with a minimal but existent reward. Meanwhile, the "IDE" was instant on and very simple.

    These days, you need what seems like a thousand lines of boiler plate just to get a blank window to display. A typical IDE is more complex than some cockpits. Even when you produce something, it feels like the tool did it, not the user.

  21. Re:Wonder what happens when you look at numbers on Authors of Controversial 'Seattle Minimum Wage' Study Revise Their Conclusions (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    Clearly, you are pointedly ineducable. Bye Bye!

  22. Re:Yes but on Should Parents End 'Screen Time' For Children? (indianexpress.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, let's see. They're not allowed to go outside after school, so no uncontrolled socializing there. In school they're constantly watched and mostly not allowed to socialize.

    That leaves online or nothing for relating with their peers on their own terms. Are we sure it's the KIDS that don't show any moderation? They might not let screen time dominate their days if there were other options open to them.

  23. Re:Wonder what happens when you look at numbers on Authors of Controversial 'Seattle Minimum Wage' Study Revise Their Conclusions (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess you never learned about significant digits in science. You see, you cut off the digits that are beyond the precision of your measurement rather than pretending to have more precision than you actually have.

    I;m not upset since my rebuttal is doing just fine. All it needed was for Seattle to be doing at least as well as Portland. It is your argument that hinged on Portland doing better.

    I do find you to be a braying ass since you tossed in gratuitous insults even while your argument was broken ( thus my conclusion that you've chosen to go with butthurt ). This isn't poker, bluffing isn't a useful strategy here.

    Clomp your hoof if you understand.

  24. Re:Wonder what happens when you look at numbers on Authors of Controversial 'Seattle Minimum Wage' Study Revise Their Conclusions (bloombergquint.com) · · Score: 1

    I f the difference isn't significant, why was it reported? Either way, your argument is dead meat and you still made an ass of yourself. A rational approach might be to reconsider your position, but I see you have selected the butthurt option instead.

  25. Re:How fucked up is America to let this happen? on Kansas 'Swat' Perpetrator Will Now Plead Guilty To Dozens More Swat Incidents (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    When a normal law abiding person sees a bunch of cop cars show up, they wonder which of their neighbors is in trouble.