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  1. Re:why was SMB1 still enabled 20 years later? on Microsoft Won't Patch 20-Yr-Old SMBv1 Vulnerability (You Should Just Turn the Service Off) (onmsft.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not just SMBv1, it's any version. Only way to stop this one is to firewall off all the SMB ports.

    Oh, and given its scope, I think MS will have to patch this one, just not on XP or older. Unless some government pays them a lot of money to do so.

  2. Re:Not really why you'd use a DSLR on Is the iPhone 'Years' Ahead of Android In Photography? (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The end of the DSLR for most people has already arrived. I left my professional camera at home and took these shots at dinner with my iPhone 7

    Translation: Hipsters who used to use a $1,000 DSLR as a $70 point-and-shoot are now using a $1,000 iPhone as a $70 point-and-shoot. The DSLR isn't going away any time soon for anyone who cares about proper photography.

  3. Re:Already been closed on Systemd Named 'Lamest Vendor' At Pwnie Security Awards (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad there isn't some other init system that has been tested for decades and is rock solid we could use instead... Wait! there is!

    smss.exe? Will that run under Linux?

  4. Re:Why does it even send the info back to iRobot? on Roomba Is No Spy: CEO Says iRobot Will Never Sell Your Data (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "First things first, iRobot will never sell your data"

    They edited out the next bit, which says "we do however reserve the right to trade it, exchange it with business partners in exchange for consessions, or provide it to law enforcement. Note that none of this counts as selling it".

  5. One reason for these degree mills is the Indian marriage market. Dowries are common, where the bride's family will give money and assets to the groom's family. A son can bring in a bigger dowry if he has a degree, but it is less important that he actually learn anything useful

    Given the shortage of Indian women, wouldn't it make more sense if her parents charged a dowry? You've got a surfeit of men, and yet the parents of the women have to pay to get them married? I see a market failure here...

  6. Yeah, sorry, guess I was being a bit harsh. There was an IBM mainframe that was commissioned some time in the 1970s to run the ubiquitous FORTRAN physics software, it replaced the CDC hardware they used before then, but it would have been relegated to dusty-deck status 15-20 years ago, if not longer. All the day-to-day stuff has been Wintel for years, with a bit of Linux on Intel in server rooms.

  7. And where in the VIC is this magical IBM 360 located?

    (This should be good).

  8. What I'd be more concerned about is that when I was working with the International Atomic Energy Authority (UN) about 4 years ago the entire outfit was still being run off an old IBM Series 360 Mainframe.

    I don't know about the International Atomic Energy Authority, but the International Atomic Energy Agency isn't run off an IBM Series 360 Mainframe, or any kind of mainframe at all. Where was this "Authority" of yours located? A disused factory in Moldova?

  9. Evey time Tepco communicates, they lie. It's the most reliable force in the universe.

    So Kellyanne Conway is working for Tepco now?

  10. Re:Not at all suprising on Researchers Discover Critical Security Flaws Found In Nuke Plant Radiation Monitors (securityweek.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Vaguely similar position, I've looked at the code running in some of these things. It's written by nuclear physicists who by the looks of the code are often self-taught programmers. It's not just a lack of security in there, it's a lack of any kind of sound programming practice. The physics part (meaning the algorithms and analysis portion) is just fine, but the code itself is ghastly, it's a wonder it works at all in some cases. If you move any part of it outside the parameters under which it was written, anything can happen, endless loops, processing invalid data, reading/writing arbitrary memory locations, you name it.

    It's known that these things have approximately zero security. They were accessed via VPN boxes that went back to a central, secure, location, and physical security around them was very, very heavy. If you know what you're dealing with, you can institute appropriate security measures to address it.

  11. Re:Had everything? on The Inside Story of the Lily Drone's Collapse (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    I've got a great idea as well. It's still under wraps, but I can reveal for now that it's going to be marketed as the Dildrone.

  12. Re:Lots of people use Safari. More than use Firefo on 'Apple's Refusal To Support Progressive Web Apps is a Detriment To Future of the Web' (medium.com) · · Score: 2

    You've also got to read between the lines to see what's really going on here. PWA isn't some global internet standard, it's something Google made up. The complaint is that Apple isn't supporting Google's pet cool idea of the week. Nor, by the looks of it, is anyone other than Google. Because it's Google's pet idea of the week, and it's nearly the end of the week. There'll be a new pet idea appearing on Monday.

  13. Re:After consultation with "my Generals"... on Donald Trump Says US Military Will Not Allow Transgender People To Serve (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nahh, it's OK, just think of it as "mit meinen Generalen".

    Oh.

  14. Re:I should probably fact check this... on Fact-checking and Rumor-dispelling Site Snopes.com Held Hostage By vendor (savesnopes.com) · · Score: 1

    For those who don't get the reference, it's this. Mikkelson is pretty sleazy in all of this even if he tries to portray himself as the victim.

  15. Re:Blanks Netflix for a userbase edge case on DNS Lib Underscore Bug Bites Everyone's Favorite Init Tool, Blanks Netflix (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Also, the problem is in libidn2, not systemd. I like to bash systemd as much as the next person, but it's libidn2 that has the problem.

  16. No, they're just putting a bit of common sense into which connection they'll use. As opposed to Android, which will strain for minutes at a time to connect to some dodgy WiFi signal with the throughput of a 2400bps modem rather than using the high-speed 4G cellular that's all around it. Or connect to the 1-bar WiFi with almost no connectivity when there's a five-bar signal present alongside it. Or several other equally dumb options.

  17. Didn't Flash reach its end-of-life in about 2003? It's been in Return of the Revenge of the Bridge of the Undead Zombies mode since the.

  18. "Apple has already created two million jobs in the United States, according to Cook", and that just proves Cook is full of shit.

    No, it proves that Trump is full of shit. This came from Trump, not Cook. We have to see what Cook actually said, not what Trump said he said, before we can comment on it.

  19. Not being able to belch and fart in public, no more wolf-whistling or swearing like a sailor, the cancellation of the Man Show, eating fscking gluten-free vegan yoghurt steak-substitute, and having to get in touch with our "feelings", not only are sperm counts heading for zero, at this rate we're going to start having periods.

  20. Re:Roll your own on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Avoid Routers With Locked Firmware? · · Score: 2

    The RaspberryPis are terrible choices for a router.

    The Raspberry Pi is a terrible choice for anything that's put into a production environment, not just routers. They're educational toys, not something that's meant to be run 24/7/365 in a serious situation. By all means prototype it on a Pi, but for fscks sake don't ship a commercial product based on it.

  21. Re:Get a cheap PC that 10 years old, add PFSense on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Avoid Routers With Locked Firmware? · · Score: 1

    And yeah, the Turris is on the expensive end of the scale.

    It's more than three times the price of an Alix (see my other post below). You do get a little bit more on the Turris but most of it is kinda superfluous, I think for most people an Alix more than meets the requirements.

  22. Re:Get a cheap PC that 10 years old, add PFSense on Ask Slashdot: How Can You Avoid Routers With Locked Firmware? · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you're going to go that way, get an Alix APU, which is x86 without all the bloat and heat of a standard PC. It's designed for use as routers/firewalls/whatever, and runs pfSense out of the box. Also, unlike a Pi, it's actually properly designed, with real ethernet NICs, proper power conditioning, proper flash storage that doesn't shit itself every time there's a power glitch, and so on. I've got older Alix hardware that's been running for close to ten years without being touched, and that I have no expectation of needing maintenance for many more years to come.

  23. Badger, badger. badger, badger badger, badger. badger, badger badger, Donald!

  24. But Nolan's views on doing things the way "they're meant to be done," isn't limited to just making a film. He also wants you watch the movie in the theatre, and not on streaming service Netflix, which he says he rarely uses

    Does he want us to take a horse-drawn carriage to the theatre as well? Will there be intertitles with the dialog displayed between scenes, and a live orchestra playing the sound effects?

  25. Re:Strawman criticism on Let's Encrypt Criticized Over Speedy HTTPS Certifications (threatpost.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not a strawman, it's real! Every Let's Encrypt certificate is a potential lost sale to guardians of security like Symantec, TurkTrust, and Diginotar! Let's Encrypt is nothing less than a communist plot to destroy the American computer industry!