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  1. What if I don't ... on Netgear Adds Support For "Collecting Analytics Data" To Popular R7000 Router · · Score: 1

    ... apply the firmware upgrade?

    I checked my Netgear 7000 and it does have an update.

    As far as I can determine, there's nothing there for ME.

    Also, I don't see any security updates.

    So, maybe I just opt to leave it as-is?

  2. So ... on Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (alternet.org) · · Score: 1

    ... do it.

  3. Re:I thought this ransomware came from NSA on WannaCry Ransomware Shares Code With North Korean Malware, Says Researchers (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    This.

    You and I can grab code -- any code -- and insert a benign, "Kilroy Was Here," at will.

  4. Re:Two responsible parties ... on Microsoft Blasts Spy Agencies For Leaked Exploits Used By WanaDecrypt0r (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Not other country swears to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

  5. Re:Two responsible parties ... on Microsoft Blasts Spy Agencies For Leaked Exploits Used By WanaDecrypt0r (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    One word for you:

    Market share.

    So, fuck off and stuff.

  6. Two responsible parties ... on Microsoft Blasts Spy Agencies For Leaked Exploits Used By WanaDecrypt0r (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...

    1.) Microsoft for having a shitty OS and

    2.) The USA three-letters knowing it and not protecting its citizens.

  7. Re: Windows on 'Accidental Hero' Finds Kill Switch To Stop Wana Decrypt0r Ransomware (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or, you could hack the registry to make them self-identify as embedded and get security updates from Microsoft until 2019.

    Registry hack enables free Windows XP security updates until 2019

  8. ... the NSA.

    Lots of demonstrable dollar loss.

    Microsoft plugged this hole back in March.

  9. Re:Europe needs to ... on US To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Some people need tough love.

  10. Re:Europe needs to ... on US To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Good point.

  11. The fucking slide rule extracted square roots out to precisely how many decimal places?

    How many do I need to chart and visualize SR?

  12. Europe needs to ... on US To Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    ... reciprocate.

  13. Re:Indian Coders and Executives are Trash on Only 36 Percent of Indian Engineers Can Write Compilable Code, Says Study (itwire.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    I missed the obvious reason.

  14. Re: Dang... on Only 36 Percent of Indian Engineers Can Write Compilable Code, Says Study (itwire.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck you.

    I studied special relativity in 1965 and had to extract square roots by hand.

    What's your goddam point?

  15. ... based on measurements by an automated tool that is used across the world ...

    coded by Indian engineers!

  16. "Fake news" is not a problem ... on Facebook Takes Out Full-page Newspaper Ads To Help UK Citizens Detect Fake New (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    ... because no one really reads that shit on Facebook, anyway.

    Members just share out confirmation of their political faith.

    The goddam shit is better than the right wing batshit crazy Evangelical Christian white trash memes popping up all over the feed.

    The way to stop fake news is to block the asshats who share without thinking.

  17. I tried that and a goddam banner-plane came by with "Make America Great Again."

  18. Re:I think you meant "news" on Facebook Takes Out Full-page Newspaper Ads To Help UK Citizens Detect Fake New (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Close.

    But it's not "opinion." it's "faith."

    Politics is religion.

  19. Wrong.

    "Sounds like," should be, "It's."

    I vet news that shows up in my feed and when I detect fake news, I post how I determined it was fake.

    A lot of times it's right there at the bottom of the home page.

    Underground News Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within Undergroundnewsreport.com are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction. Undergroundnewsreport.com is not meant for individuals under the age of 18.

    A lot of times, the responses to my posts produce *facepalm* as in, "Well, if it isn't true, it should be."

  20. ... bubble sort.

  21. Re:Trump Seems A Bit Streesed on Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This.

    The poster-boy for greed is Bill Gates, who has more money than God.

    Gates has so much that he can't GIVE it away before he dies.

    The reason he's wealthy is that he's smart.

    The reason he's obscenely rich is because he charged too goddam much.

    Big Pharma is an umbrella name for "shareholders," which is another way of saying, "We the People."

    We let them charge so much for the same reason we cheered Microsoft on: We want our stocks to produce asymptotic wealth in a nanosecond.

  22. Re:Trump Seems A Bit Streesed on Your Boss Is Not More Stressed Out Than You, Science Says (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably, and then he reveals that NO ONE knew healthcare could be so hard or that actually being a president is a time suck.

  23. Hid in the computer room ... on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Handle Interruptions At Work? · · Score: 1

    ... which was a secure area because, in addition to the servers and backup tapes, it was the phone demarcation point.

    When we lost power, all my shit worked because the network and phone pbx were on battery.

    I disabled my landline and told them to page me.

    It was too much work for them.

    Note that I took a break every two hours or so and interrupted each worker, asking if they needed me.

    Win-win.

  24. Re:crap on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Handle Interruptions At Work? · · Score: 1

    Agree.

    My boss snuck up behind me one time while I had my feet propped up, and I was in a brown study.

    He said, "Aha! Caught you goofing off!"

    I said, "And you're doing ...?"

  25. One billion dallars to ... on Apple Pledges $1 Billion Toward Creating Manufacturing Jobs In US (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ... promote.

    Part of the campaign strategy is to have people change their Facebook Profile picture to a silver ribbon with the Apple logo on it for promoting "Advanced Manufacturing Jobs in the U.S. Awareness Month."