Slashdot Mirror


User: Barlo_Mung_42

Barlo_Mung_42's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
1,421
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 1,421

  1. Think of this like driverless cars on Windows 10 Home Updates To Be Automatic and Mandatory · · Score: 1

    The largest safety issue with most cars is the human behind the wheel.
    The largest security risk is the user who never applies security updates.

    This is a good idea.

  2. Re:Secure Boot on Windows 10 Home Updates To Be Automatic and Mandatory · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The people who have a valid reason to not get them will know how to do this or it will be a quick google search away. The people who can't be bothered to figure it out are precisely the people who should have auto updates on.

  3. Wow. That's almost as crazy on 'Pluto Truthers' Are Pretty Sure That the NASA New Horizons Mission Was Faked · · Score: 1

    as the 911 truthers.

  4. Re:Insecurity as a feature on Apple Drops Recovery Key From Two-Factor Authentication In New OS Versions · · Score: 1

    They should make it an opt in for those who don't want to manage it themselves. Keep a key to allow a representative to help unlock the account for those who want that feature and not keep the key for the rest of us.

  5. Re:No on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 1

    I never really have guests so I just leave it off. Some may think that sounds sad but I'm happy and it's working okay for me.

  6. This article gave them free load testing on Where Facebook Stores 900 Million New Photos Per Day · · Score: 1

    First thing I did was open facebook and look to see what my oldest picture was. I don't have that many and it came up pretty quickly but I'm sure lots of other people had the same impulse.

  7. Re:Look outside, not inside on Study Suggests That HUD Tech May Actually Reduce Driving Safety · · Score: 1

    So you turn off the HUD and use the Force?

  8. Re:How is this news for nerds? on Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Would be 7-2. Thomas just goes along with whatever Scalia wants.

  9. I like the idea but for one thing on Lenovo Could Remake the ThinkPad X300 With Current Technologies · · Score: 1

    I can't go back to a laptop without touch. I still have and use my thinkpad T500 as a test machine. Every time I use it for more than a few minutes I tap the screen and feel frustration that it doesn't do what I want. Touch should just be standard these days.

  10. Re:Terrible twos on Samsung Cripples Windows Update To Prevent Incompatible Drivers · · Score: 1

    This is not about MS at all. This is all about Samsung being lazy.
    All they need to do is go through the same process as everyone else (WHQL the drivers and submit them to WU) and this would not be an issue. I suspect their drivers are not passing WHQL and instead of fixing them they pull this BS.

  11. Re:The solution seems so simple on Face Recognition Tech Pushes Legal Boundaries · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'll just start wearing a mask.

  12. Didn't he do the round iMac mouse? on Apple Design Guru Jony Ive Named Chief Design Officer · · Score: 1

    I always knew those keen design chops would take him far. Good on him.

  13. Re:They were better before on Microsoft Tries Another Icon Theme For Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    Windows will still let you use whatever icons you like. MS tends to give people more choice than they know what to do with.

  14. Re:and it would only work with other apple product on Why Apple Ditched Its Plan To Build a Television · · Score: 1

    Is it still terrible on Windows though? Also, Skype is available on way more platforms.

  15. Re:Linux would be better on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    2026 called. Still thinks it's funny that it can't watch movies out of the box.

  16. Re:Linux would be better on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    I don't know. I think I'd like to be able to watch a DVD while I'm in the car.

  17. He didn't see War Games? on Unable To Hack Into Grading System, Georgia Student Torches Computer Lab · · Score: 2

    The password is pencil.

  18. Re:Contracts on How Mission Creep Killed a Gaming Studio · · Score: 2

    You can't follow the water fall method with games and gather all the requirements up front. This is because the number one requirement for a game is that it's fun to play and there's really no way to know how fun it will be early on. You need to get a large part of it working just to know what works well and what doesn't.
    If it's no fun to play 1/2 way in something (requirements) needs to change. Maybe LOTS of things. True, they should have asked MS to support changes up front but if it starts costing so much that it's never going to break even it's probably best for everyone involved to just pull the plug.

    Other option is to just ship a shitty game and hope to make some of the money back but that sucks too.

  19. Re:These days... on Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Bans Salary Negotiations To Equalize Pay For Men, Women · · Score: 1

    So progress would be to move in the direction of less negotiation. Where two people with the same BSCS and 3 years of experience are offered the exact same offer. That's not a random example btw. I was hired at the same time as a woman at my last job. We both had the same education and basic experience. For some reason my initial offer (I suck at negotiation so just took the first offer) was still 5k higher than hers.

  20. Re:Way to piss off customers, Apple. on If You Want To Buy an Apple Watch In-Store, You'll Need a Reservation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $350 is expensive for a watch that will only last a few years.

  21. Re:Risk Management on Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident · · Score: 1

    Well said.

  22. Pippin said it best on Short Circuit In LHC Could Delay Restart By Weeks · · Score: 2

    Short cuts make long delays.

  23. Re:My condolences on For Boot Camp Users, New Macs Require Windows 8 Or Newer · · Score: 1

    What about wanting to use USB3 or other newer things that Win2k didn't know about?

  24. Re:Why not just deliver it yourself? on To Avoid NSA Interception, Cisco Will Ship To Decoy Addresses · · Score: 1

    This is why I only buy network hardware in person from a randomly selected retail establishment which I pay for with cash.

  25. Re:Wireless charging hit mainstream ~ 1-2 years ag on Why Apple Won't Adopt a Wireless Charging Standard · · Score: 2

    I believe it. He specifically claimed that Apple invented multitouch during the iPhone launch even though it had been around for a very long time. The media just refused to call him on his lies.