I believe High Sierra lets you use any Mac as a Time Machine target through the Settings->Sharing configuration. One of the new features included to offset elimination of Time Capsule products?
Good, then we can also agree to stop the hundreds of millions of birds that are killed by hunters in Texas every year?
I am compelled to point out that it was a conservative - Dick Cheney - who tried to solve this very problem by shooting his bird-hunting friend in the face.
I remember when a PC power switch was actually a SWITCH and not a software interrupt! It had 4 big mains power wires.
Oh, yeah? Well I remember when the ESC key was an actual physical key on the keyboard, not an array of illuminated diodes on some silly touch-sensitive narrow one-line screen.
In the US, I mean. I realize that, elsewhere, it’s just another show on Netflix - but CBS is the Old People’s Network, and I can’t imagine there’s a lot of demand for streaming NCIS: New Orleans.
If you’re at a university, and if you’ve got student workers in your IT group, you might want to keep an eye out for any unexplained VMs which might appear.
Agreed - I’be been using DDG for a few years now, and it’s fine. I used to have to add “!g” (send my query to Google) fairly frequently... but I don’t do that much now, and when I do I’m generally disappointed in the Google results as well.
DDG implements the old “I’m feeling lucky” function, which is incredibly useful for certain searches - something Google discarded years ago because of the lost ad revenue. It does site-specific searches. It does Wikipedia specific searches. It has a ridiculous number of specialized (bang - !) searches available.
I think it also helps that Google is getting worse, though - both in terms of search result quality and in terms of corporate behavior.
Yeah why did Obama do nothing about this? He knew about it and it still happened.
He attempted to do something about it... unfortunately it failed.
Obama tried to warn off Putin (as if that would work by itself). He then went to congressional leadership, trying to establish some sort of bipartisan response - but was rebuffed.
Now, after that failed, I think he should’ve still done something - even if it were just a televised address to the nation. Frankly, I do think he dropped the ball - and badly. But pretending he just sat on the knowledge is ignoring the facts - fake news, as it were.
You see that sliding bar thing at the top of the screen? Yeah, that one...
I agree with everyone who notes that Slashdot’s moderation system does work - but I can see the AC’s point.
When I first started reading Slashdot (back in the early 2000’s), I quickly noticed that a significant percentage of Anonymous Cowards would make interesting points. So I always read with my threshold set at 0, and mentally filtered the garbage posts out.
But over the past several years, the number of garbage posts has increased dramatically... and the tone of many of them is now just ugly (before, it was mainly just immature). So eventually I gave up and set my threshhold to 2. I dislike having to censor what I see, but the current state of the site seems to demand it - I just don’t have the time or patience to deal with it.
My phones have always handled any drops, without problems. Any damage has occurred at the time of impact - but the phone is no longer dropping at that point.
I have met millennial's who were proud of the fact that they have never ever read a book from cover to cover. That's fucked up.
I've noticed this with my niece and nephews. They can't watch movies - it's "too boring" to wait 2 hours to see how it comes out. Books "are way too long".
My daughter is somewhat older, so fortunately her formative years occurred before the smartphone era. But even within her circle of friends, it's like they need constant simulation - they'll be sitting together talking, but also on their laptops and cell phones. If we watch a movie together, my daughter will also be on her laptop.
What we have here is a malware program that got certified by Apple...
Based on the vague description in the article... I don’t believe that’s the case.
The article refers to a multistep process and tricking users into adding certificates as trusted. This sounds more like an end-around the App Store - if your phone trusts a certificate, you can load developer apps directly onto a phone via Xcode, Cydia Impactor, or other similar tools. You’re basically side-loading an app without having to get past the App Store’s restrictions.
I'm not saying it's just or unjust moderation, just asking a question. It had been years since I've seen roughly 60 comments at -1 in one story.
Well, I'm responding an hour after you posted - and at this time there are a grand total of 24 posts with a score of -1, all of which arguably deserve to be there.
But to the story at hand - I appreciate that Ms. Petersen took the time to respond to these questions. However I don't find her answers particularly interesting. Admittedly I experience a knee-jerk negative reaction whenever I hear someone who self-styles as a "futurist", and that combined with her being a PR person rather than a tech person... it would've taken a lot to swing my opinion into positive territory.
Well, the Chinese gave a half billion to Trump World a very short while before Trump went to bat for ZTE - so this certainly helps the only American who matters.
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I believe High Sierra lets you use any Mac as a Time Machine target through the Settings->Sharing configuration. One of the new features included to offset elimination of Time Capsule products?
I believe it may have more to do with the elimination of "Time Machine Server" from macOS Server.
James Damore approved!!
Good, then we can also agree to stop the hundreds of millions of birds that are killed by hunters in Texas every year?
I am compelled to point out that it was a conservative - Dick Cheney - who tried to solve this very problem by shooting his bird-hunting friend in the face.
I remember when a PC power switch was actually a SWITCH and not a software interrupt! It had 4 big mains power wires.
Oh, yeah? Well I remember when the ESC key was an actual physical key on the keyboard, not an array of illuminated diodes on some silly touch-sensitive narrow one-line screen.
The only benefit you get of the safely remove feature is that windows won't let you remove the drive if it is actively being written to.
No, it tells you after the fact “you shouldn’t have done that”, which is something quite different than not letting you do it in the first place.
Very, very cool.
We’re going to FIVE backdoors.
Dude, I just checked, and that is a real show. Holy shit, I had no idea.
Yeah, it seems to be some sort of weird reboot of Star Trek: Enterprise.
In the US, I mean. I realize that, elsewhere, it’s just another show on Netflix - but CBS is the Old People’s Network, and I can’t imagine there’s a lot of demand for streaming NCIS: New Orleans.
If you’re at a university, and if you’ve got student workers in your IT group, you might want to keep an eye out for any unexplained VMs which might appear.
Agreed - I’be been using DDG for a few years now, and it’s fine. I used to have to add “!g” (send my query to Google) fairly frequently... but I don’t do that much now, and when I do I’m generally disappointed in the Google results as well.
DDG implements the old “I’m feeling lucky” function, which is incredibly useful for certain searches - something Google discarded years ago because of the lost ad revenue. It does site-specific searches. It does Wikipedia specific searches. It has a ridiculous number of specialized (bang - !) searches available.
I think it also helps that Google is getting worse, though - both in terms of search result quality and in terms of corporate behavior.
I'm not sure anything he said in public would have made a difference.
At a minimum, it would've altered the US national dialog on the subject to some degree.
Yeah why did Obama do nothing about this? He knew about it and it still happened.
He attempted to do something about it... unfortunately it failed.
Obama tried to warn off Putin (as if that would work by itself). He then went to congressional leadership, trying to establish some sort of bipartisan response - but was rebuffed.
Now, after that failed, I think he should’ve still done something - even if it were just a televised address to the nation. Frankly, I do think he dropped the ball - and badly. But pretending he just sat on the knowledge is ignoring the facts - fake news, as it were.
You see that sliding bar thing at the top of the screen? Yeah, that one...
I agree with everyone who notes that Slashdot’s moderation system does work - but I can see the AC’s point.
When I first started reading Slashdot (back in the early 2000’s), I quickly noticed that a significant percentage of Anonymous Cowards would make interesting points. So I always read with my threshold set at 0, and mentally filtered the garbage posts out.
But over the past several years, the number of garbage posts has increased dramatically... and the tone of many of them is now just ugly (before, it was mainly just immature). So eventually I gave up and set my threshhold to 2. I dislike having to censor what I see, but the current state of the site seems to demand it - I just don’t have the time or patience to deal with it.
No, but he’s adamant that his Happy Cake Oven is down on that ship.
Quinn explained that it’s impossible - the ship went down a hundred years before he lost the oven. But Murph is having none of that.
My phones have always handled any drops, without problems. Any damage has occurred at the time of impact - but the phone is no longer dropping at that point.
I have met millennial's who were proud of the fact that they have never ever read a book from cover to cover. That's fucked up.
I've noticed this with my niece and nephews. They can't watch movies - it's "too boring" to wait 2 hours to see how it comes out. Books "are way too long".
My daughter is somewhat older, so fortunately her formative years occurred before the smartphone era. But even within her circle of friends, it's like they need constant simulation - they'll be sitting together talking, but also on their laptops and cell phones. If we watch a movie together, my daughter will also be on her laptop.
Wow I really sound like the old fart that I am.
Sounds like one of those weird creatures L Ron Hubbard came up with.
What we have here is a malware program that got certified by Apple...
Based on the vague description in the article... I don’t believe that’s the case.
The article refers to a multistep process and tricking users into adding certificates as trusted. This sounds more like an end-around the App Store - if your phone trusts a certificate, you can load developer apps directly onto a phone via Xcode, Cydia Impactor, or other similar tools. You’re basically side-loading an app without having to get past the App Store’s restrictions.
Hey, I'm way more of a nobody than Kylie Jenner! How about making me a billionaire?
Exactly how many Amazon stories are going to get posted to Slashdot today?
You will have to provide the mob yourself but pitchforks are available here https://www.amazon.com/Pitchfo...
You're behind the times - AmazonMob is currently being rolled out in select cities nationwide.
I'm not saying it's just or unjust moderation, just asking a question. It had been years since I've seen roughly 60 comments at -1 in one story.
Well, I'm responding an hour after you posted - and at this time there are a grand total of 24 posts with a score of -1, all of which arguably deserve to be there.
But to the story at hand - I appreciate that Ms. Petersen took the time to respond to these questions. However I don't find her answers particularly interesting. Admittedly I experience a knee-jerk negative reaction whenever I hear someone who self-styles as a "futurist", and that combined with her being a PR person rather than a tech person... it would've taken a lot to swing my opinion into positive territory.
But who should I believe, citation-free climate denier rants or my own lyin' eyes?
The answer is obvious - your eyes have been hacked.
Well, the Chinese gave a half billion to Trump World a very short while before Trump went to bat for ZTE - so this certainly helps the only American who matters.