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  1. Virtualize and then capture the packets on Ask Slashdot: Are My Drone Apps Phoning Home? · · Score: 1

    You can find out exactly what's being sent. Just run Android x86 or macOS (with iPhone emulator from Xcode) in a VM and capture the packets from the virtual NIC. Open the .pcap file in Wireshark and see exactly what's being sent.

  2. Re:Uh huh... on Ask Slashdot: Innovative Operating Systems/Distros In 2015? · · Score: 1

    What is this "Windows 95" of which you speak?

    Did I wake up in a parallel universe where Windows 94 never happened?

    I can only imagine how much better an extra year of bug fixes might have been... oh well.

    You going to watch the Super Blurnball match later?

  3. Re:Why is "the community" upset? on IBM Reported To Be Developing Blockchain-Based Currency Transaction System · · Score: 1

    It's not the 'for-profit' motive that is upsetting, it's the centralization of what should be a distributed system.

  4. Re:More than curious, on Software Freedom Conservancy Funds GPL Suit Against VMWare · · Score: 1

    Seems like a brash decision, assuming it's based on this report.
    Not even going to wait until the courts reach a verdict?
    Is the disruption to your organization worth it?

  5. Re:More than curious, on Software Freedom Conservancy Funds GPL Suit Against VMWare · · Score: 1

    vSphere 6 web client has full feature parity with the Windows-only client, and sucks 100% less in terms of snappy performance.
    Sorry it took so long, but it was a resourcing decision at the time. Spend Engineer's time building new features, or porting the client to Linux.... seems like an easy decision for me in 2005. I am certain lots of homework went into this decision.
    As for OP's comment #2... really? You're still upset over a decision made ~10 years ago?
    I find it interesting how people are quick to attribute malice to things without understanding the context or rationale behind a given decision.. "They did it because they're evil!" sure sounds simple enough to say.
    Life's never that simple, friends.

    Disclaimer: I am sitting at my desk in VMware HQ, been with the company since 2009.

  6. Obviously didn't work so well... on Snowden Documents: CSE Tracks Millions of Downloads Daily · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... given the attack at Parliament in Ottawa.

  7. Hanlon's razor on Code Spaces Hosting Shutting Down After Attacker Deletes All Data · · Score: 1

    "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

  8. Re:HIPAA Privacy Rules on Building an IT Infrastructure Today vs. 10 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    VMware's new cloud is signing BAAs (Business Associate Agreements) to ensure HIPPA regulation compliance with it's customers.
    press release

    How HIPPA works

  9. Re:IOS 7 Is Crazy Fast! on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 7 Slow? · · Score: 1

    Poor taste.

  10. Re:Depends on your hardware of course! on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 7 Slow? · · Score: 1

    It is as slick as can be on the 5S. Everything is smooth. Battery lasted all day with constant LTE use. I've been using Google Maps navigating around all day.
    There's some software glitchy-ness going on here and there (going back to the 'home' screen 'jitters' at the end of the animation as it resets the image for the parallax effect), but I expect that to be resolved in updates. Some inconsistencies with the keyboards too, but devs will have to update their apps to use the new 'flat' style.

    What I would like, however, is to be able to swipe up and instead of pulling up Control Center, I want the multi-tasker. Ideally, let me pick what each directional swipe can do... Maybe I want to double-tap home for Notifications, pull down for Control Center, and swipe up for multi-tasking... 4-finger swipe up on an iPad is okay but I find my fingers 'skipping' on the way up a bunch if my hands are too dry or something, causing the gesture to not be recognized.

  11. Re:Control Center on Ask Slashdot: Is iOS 7 Slow? · · Score: 1

    I've been noticing that too... in Google Hangouts, for example, the 'send' button has to be accurately pushed and held for longer than other buttons to register properly.

  12. Re:Fingerprint novelty on Apple Unveils iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S · · Score: 1

    I'd be happy if the thing only just used my print to authenticate locally, and then 'paste' in the actual password that I'm wanting to type in.
    Ultimately, I want it to avoid having to type my email and password in all the time. If it can handle the password thing for now, that's a good enough start.
    If it's only to unlock the phone itself, that's still not bad, but there's much more potential there.
    Maybe people will choose more complicated passwords now that it's easier to remember and then input a lengthly and complex password

  13. Re:I bought a 4.... that's enough on Apple Unveils iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S · · Score: 1

    But there's a number of styli (?) available for any capacitive screen, thus giving you choice. I don't want it, so why should I be forced to pay for one in the price of the device? It's an accessory.

    WRT the size of the device, I too wouldn't mind something bigger, but if you think the Note is a 'good sized phone' I think you might need glasses ;)
    I switched to an HTC One for mainly that reason, but found that it really didn't add any actual value and can't wait to switch back!

  14. Schrödinger's Contract on Washington AG Slams T-Mobile Over Deceptive 'No-Contract' Ads · · Score: 2

    The "no-contract-contract", sold from within a sealed box.

  15. Re:Please, oh, please... on Little Miss Sunshine Screenwriter Gets Nod For Star Wars: Episode VII · · Score: 1

    citation please?

  16. Re:Logical Fallacy Bingo on US Presidential Debate #2 Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 1

    You should vote for Kotos. That way no one can blame you.

  17. Route around it on Radio Royalty Legislation Described As 'RIAA Bailout' · · Score: 1

    I do hope that artists of the future choose to distribute their music via means they can control and directly benefit from, rather than broker everything through these greedy dinosaurs.
    The Oatmeal illustrated it perfectly... theoatmeal.com/comics/music_industry

  18. Re:Simpler solution. on Christmas Always On Sunday? Researchers Propose New Calendar · · Score: 1

    How about simply 13 months with 28 days each, plus an extra day every year?

  19. Re:Sponsorships? Really? on Ask Slashdot: Is Your Data Safe In the Cloud? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm glad at least comments are enabled. Most other sites disable them for sponsored articles.

    Further, I imagine that the bandwidth and hosting costs of /. are quite high, so they need to get a return somehow.
    I mean, with so many people here probably using AdBlock etc, or disabling ads because they're registered users who can, they have to get their ads-to-eyeballs ratio back up to somewhere that it's actually worth it to advertize here (this ensuring that our geeky community can continue to have someplace to live!)

  20. Re:Yeah Right.... on Google's Schmidt Says He 'Screwed Up' On Social Networking · · Score: 3, Informative

    A server farm can host a 'cloud', certainly, they aren't necessary the same thing.
    Servers are hardware. A 'cloud' represents a logical infrastructure, independent of the hardware it's currently sitting on.
    With such an abstraction, you can more easily and reliably do things like disaster recovery, load balancing, storage migration, fail-over.. etc.. Gives the infrastructure the agility to deal with change, whether it's planned or not.

  21. Re:Yeah Right.... on Google's Schmidt Says He 'Screwed Up' On Social Networking · · Score: 2

    Clouds don't have to be public... it's perfectly reasonable to have an internal private cloud, and that can communicate with a public-facing public cloud (where the .com gets hosted, customer portal, etc)

  22. Certifications don't impress... on Ask Slashdot: Best Certifications To Get? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Experience does. Build something, or contribute to an Open Source project.

  23. You know it's bad when... on Japanese Robots Await Call To Action · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    ... Japan is enlisting US-made robots to help

  24. One step closer... on RoboEarth Teaches Robots to Learn From Peers · · Score: 1

    ... to the Singularity. This is great news =)

  25. Re:Uh on Covert Video of Apple IPad 2 Just Released · · Score: 1

    it sure looks like it.
    curved edges, front and back cameras, that weird vent in the bottom corner. Some of the icons in the OS look different (contacts is blue) and the resolution looks a bit more dense, as much as you can tell on camera anyway.