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  1. Re:Lost Productivity on IBM Bans Staff From Using Removable Storage Devices (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I have a usb hard drive with its own encryption so it isn't locked to a device. It is the device. And if you plug in anything else, an alert goes to the appropriate people so you can be flogged.

    Your description sounds like it is intended for temporary backups, which is not the problem needing to be solved.

  2. Re:the registry must be a nightmare on Windows Notepad Finally Supports Unix, Mac OS Line Endings (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    English is left to right, not left to right CR LF left to right CR LF.

  3. Re:Notepad a major annoyance for developers on Windows Notepad Finally Supports Unix, Mac OS Line Endings (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    When you can't download or install anything, you use what's on the server you're on at the moment.

    So many idiots here saying "just create a potential security problem" as the solution. No wonder every website ever has leaked personal info. You people are stupid.

  4. Re:This article is ignorant and fiction on The Rise of the Pointless Job (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No interviews with the folks overjoyed to have a cake job? This guy is a professor, not a researcher so that sounds right.

  5. Girls and drinking on Ask Slashdot: What Should I Study? · · Score: 1

    Girls and drinking. Or boys and weed if that's legal. Or just social customs on websites or people.

  6. They will not find Trump collusion. He didn't want to win, just wanted free publicity and to be able to say he would have won but the system was rigged. Read about his election morning after a bit.

    His underlings knew he wanted business deals in Russia, and thought he wanted to win. They undoubtedly committed multiple felonies to profit off the politics. But Trump was only aware of the high level overview. He might know stuff happened but didn't do it nor seek it out.

    This is where the Trump hater gets frustrated. There won't be major charges on Trump for the campaign. You will get him for emoluments and other stuff while in office, but likely nothing before the inauguration.

  7. The moment I have to use my mouse I lose speed. Windows 10 requires a mouse to create a folder, unless you want to try tabbing in a nearly random pattern around a hopelessly cluttered UI.

    Alt f w f has always worked. But they removed it because it depends on your security rights. But its right there in the top with a picture of a folder permanently taking up space. And yes I create many folders as a way to organize files being worked on immediately.

    If the explanations made sense maybe I'd give them a chance. But it isn't remotely sensible. And this is just one of a great many examples of being slower due to making it touch screen friendly.

    Set your computer to sync with a time server. Now change the date because the digital signature on your installer has expired. You can't. Oh but bring up the old school control panel instead of Settings and it works. Two different methods to control time. The calculator sucks, Edge sucks, the whole idea sucks.

  8. It isn't useful till it can differentiate the booty between Jessica Alba in Idle Hands and Jessica Biel. Until then body modeling is only a vague suggestion that people are different.

    Locating the joints automatically is nust a step above marking them manually and using a generic body.

  9. Re:I love... on Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only are the USA demands thrown away, they have an agreement with each other and do not need USA as a partner to make it happen.

    Trump showed that USA is not required in international deals. So I expect a lot more pushback and we get a worse deal. Or no deal. Not that we want benefits. But we want other countries to give up freedoms.

    I don't like the original TPP and it looks like we might get the version the people want instead of what business wants, because an inept monkey thinks he's a businessman.

  10. No. Their code is way past this.Unlikely to learn anything.

      Certainly you could run winfile on ReactOS but there's no demand to include it.

  11. Re:That was torture on Ask Slashdot: Should Coding Exams Be Given on Paper? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A well designed test should check if you understand syntax and punctuation rules. It should not use rare properties or methods that auto complete would help with.

    I'm okay with some courses doing a written test, some using a minimal text editor like notepad, and advanced tests in an IDE. As long as the advantage can be explained.

    I do understand writing a simple app on paper. It means you have to design before writing so methods are small and start out refactored. Of course the prof should be teaching it that way to test that way.

  12. Military training manuals don't have a reputation of being updated frequently with the newest information. I'm sure you thought that statement would sound a lot more authoritative that it did.

    I'm tempted to agree that it is outdated WWII information actually, as someone with no gun or military experience.

  13. Re:Bug or feature? on Software Bug Behind Biggest Telephony Outage In US History (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    30 days in jail is a huge deal. I wouldn't recommend it for something like this. With so many people living paycheck to paycheck that's enough time to get behind on rent/mortgage, losing your home and if your marriage/relationship wasn't that strong that's an easy separation/divorce.

    You certainly wouldn't have a job after 30 days of not showing up, and your new job hunt doesn't happen while in jail.

    I really don't think you understand what you are recommending. Especially since I don't see you linking to any clear documentation proving someone was criminally negligent. "Cool their jets" would be more like 3-5 days. 36 hours without freedom would definitely be noticed.

  14. Re:There are worse job listings on Ask Slashdot: Are 'Full Stack' Developers a Thing? · · Score: 1

    Jack of all trades uses a common name as in regular Joe. You're not specializing or trained or necessarily experienced. It is inherently not a compliment. He can do anything, but not well.

    I can patch you up but you're gonna need a doctor soon. I can get the car running but you need a mechanic. I can give you a website but you'll want to hire a design guy when I'm done.

    A Jack of all trades and master of one would be helpful as you describe. Master of none needs to still have a day job and then pitch in where needed, and they might not last in the day job.

    Software would be master of 4 or so, assuming yo can also manage a VM and do database backups and restores but not necessarily know how to fix a 403.13 error.

  15. Re:Doesn't know the difference between PDF & h on Ask Slashdot: Are 'Full Stack' Developers a Thing? · · Score: 1

    It still isn't write once run everywhere. You have to check IE and edge and choose two of Chrom Firefox and Safari. Then do a few mobile browsers at different versions.

    Mobile Firefox would not display Slashdot correctly for a year until I reported it. And that's a team that had experience with html before. But think of all the people running outdated browser versions because OS updates are discontinued and the browser now needs this feature.

    Its not 35 but it sure isn't 1 if you want to reach everyone you can. 35 hits diminishing returns especially since at some point those outliers will get a new device before you complete testing for their old one.

  16. Fuck off and take your tablet boned with you. The keyboard allows for much faster processing except in Windows 10.

    I believe they thought it wasn't unified enough across desktops and tablets and what Nadella says is basically that.

    If I touch a mouse at work you've failed.

  17. That did not happen. Whatever source you used go back and find the exact quote and back up to where it was only the people who opted in. Same as asking everyone to list people they want the campaign to contact and people write names down.

    And it was only facebook data not the entire social media graph.Yes you can find quotes out of context to support your claim but it is a gross overstatement.

  18. Re:The entire social network of the US on Facebook Gets Hit With Four Lawsuits Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal (sfgate.com) · · Score: 1

    Selective listening. They got friend lists from people who opted in. That is vastly different from what you said. You know what you want to believe and aren't evaluating facts to see if your beliefs are true.

    You linked directly to it. Watch it again and this time listen.

  19. Actual foreigners were working at Cambridge Analytica. If they worked on projects for American elections that's illegal. If Americans paid them that's collusion.

    Obama didn't pay foreigners to influence Americans. Everything points to Trump doing exactly that.

    That's why this is different.

  20. Russia wasn't heavily involved with Obama's facebook operations. That's the huge difference and why it matters this time. Clearly you get your news from a single source. And that's bad.

  21. I guess that's why the article says the Intel already tried this, and mentions reasons why this is different. Including the decade of technology improvements since then. I wasn't sure why they would mention that.

  22. Re:In this case, I agree with Microsoft on Microsoft Brings Native HEIF Support to Windows 10 (thurrott.com) · · Score: 1

    Malformed WMF and PDF files are excellent malware vectors, among others. And people are not as careful as when they run an executable.

    Vulnerabilities due to a flaw in parsing data are common. Zlib just deals with data right? It had vulnerabilities.

    The basic pdf standard defines segments of text containing compressed data, and that decompression process could have parsing bugs.

  23. There are lots of technical corrections that need to stay regardless of whether someone read tfa. Everyone knows blah blah well actually that knowledge is outdated and has been superseded blah.

    If the poster is outdated because of tfa the post is even better. It exemplifies a pedantic rather than someone in the field. Like when someone corrects usage but doesn't differentiate between knave girls and gay girls like an English speaker must.

  24. Re: They are the home of MIT and Harvard... on Did Cambridge Analytica Harvest 50 Million Facebook Profiles? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Me too, Time's Up, Brexit, kids being political leaders... It's a brave new world out there. I'd double check things like that if I were you.

  25. Re:Pretty sure my FB account is safe on Did Cambridge Analytica Harvest 50 Million Facebook Profiles? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If anyone you know posts your name or photo you have a facebook profile. If that person is affected you are very likely to be affected.

    The data will be minimal, but it isn't zero.

    They optimize for customer acquisition so you will see lots of eerie friend suggestions every time you log on. They are guessing a bit, but they also have a vague idea about you from data you didn't submit.