“The questions asked were his birthday and name of his nephew, both easy to find with Facebook. I was surprised when I entered the answers and it actually succeeded first try.”
"Management has forbidden staff to turn on their computers, fearing the attack might spread, and the Radiation and Oncology departments have been completely shut down because they can't use their equipment."
Hey timothy, what was the name of the Operating System that this 'cyber-attack' runs on? you didn't actually use the word cyber on a technical site?
"If you really, truly mean "solely" then it is entirely fine to hire a mass murdering fugitive from justice who can code extremely well."
The function of the Brown CS department is not to detect serial killers or engage in social engineering, but to teach computer science. Same as it's nobody business at Mozilla if Brendan Eich did contribute to Prop 8. Getting him force out, a shoddy and shameful act of bullying by the SJW crowd.
First off, the Ukraine powercuts were caused by old fashioned sabotage. Secondly no amount of malware can knock out the power generators as they are not controlled by SCADA units running Microsoft windows and directly connected to the Internet. ref
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PROTHERO: Do you believe this crap, Dascombe?
DASCOMBE: It's not our job to believe it, Lewis. Our job is to tell the people --
PROTHERO: "Exactly what they tell us." I Know but do you think that people will believe it?
DASCOMBE: They will if it's you that's telling it to them. Now let's try it again.
'Research assistant' is happy to exchange sexual favours for a free all expediences paid holiday in Florence, Italy. Months later after the expected favours dry up, she decides to trash the mans' reputation.
'a research assistant.. charged that her boss.. had “sexually assaulted” her in.. She requested that her name not appear in this story to protect her privacy.) '
Sexually assault is a criminal matter, why not make a formal complaint on the night instead of months later in a roof top bar. As for privacy, Brian Richmond doesn't get to stay out of the media. This reminds me of the Geoff Marcy case, where the original complainents were put up to it by the head of the Berkeley womens group. Who spend months going round trying to dig dirt up on the man. Something very wrong here.
"How many times has a Windows update broken something on your computer?"
I'm pleasantly surprised every time it boots up.
"Linux used to be better, but lately, I dread updates, especially major ones because they sometimes will stop my machine from even booting, triggering a big debugging session" ref
You update a production machine with no known method of restoring to a working system?
Corrected for accuracy. This has been known about for years. Windows will load a DLL from the current search path if it has the same name as a native system DLL. This can't be disabled or it breaks most applications.
I've been running Lubuntu exclusively at home for a number of years, and I have no complaints. I like the way it works out-of-the-box, browsing, wordprocessing and media player and installing software can't be easier with Synaptic the graphic package manager.
"stderr? This is driving us nuts when we have about six hundred Ubuntu servers, and simple problems are harder to solve because stderr is not displayed in the terminal or saved in the journal.Is there a way to get systemd to not throw away...
'East Texas is known for its Piney Woods, Caddo Lake, maybe for sweet potatoes. It’s also the patent lawsuit capitol of the country. More patent infringement cases are brought to Eastern District courts than anywhere else. There’s pressure to root out the so-called “patent trolls”.' ref
I hadn't realized modern malware could execute in peoples brains without first going through a computer. Seriously though, how does the code get onto the mobile device without the user first downloading and installing the malware.
"Slashdot community is one of the most thoughtful, intelligent, and prolific communities on the web."
That's past tense, for what ever reason the type and quality of story has gone down over time. What's left is mostly marketing waffle. There's even a name for this, it's called slashvertisment. In consequence of which, some of the best commentators have left, maybe you could reverse that.
"put more weight on firehose voting to determine which stories make the front page"
The choice of stories as well as the the stories that don't make it off the firehose leaves much to be desired. Highly topical and current technical stories are dropped while some marketing waffle get top billing.
Slashdot Mirror
You cannot be serious, is this a sample of the brand new technology focused slashdot, a gif that you can insert into your twitter feeds?
“The questions asked were his birthday and name of his nephew, both easy to find with Facebook. I was surprised when I entered the answers and it actually succeeded first try.”
"Management has forbidden staff to turn on their computers, fearing the attack might spread, and the Radiation and Oncology departments have been completely shut down because they can't use their equipment."
Hey timothy, what was the name of the Operating System that this 'cyber-attack' runs on? you didn't actually use the word cyber on a technical site?
"If you really, truly mean "solely" then it is entirely fine to hire a mass murdering fugitive from justice who can code extremely well."
The function of the Brown CS department is not to detect serial killers or engage in social engineering, but to teach computer science. Same as it's nobody business at Mozilla if Brendan Eich did contribute to Prop 8. Getting him force out, a shoddy and shameful act of bullying by the SJW crowd.
Have Brown CS tried hiring people based solely on their ability to write code?
First off, the Ukraine powercuts were caused by old fashioned sabotage. Secondly no amount of malware can knock out the power generators as they are not controlled by SCADA units running Microsoft windows and directly connected to the Internet. ref
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PROTHERO: Do you believe this crap, Dascombe?
DASCOMBE: It's not our job to believe it, Lewis. Our job is to tell the people --
PROTHERO: "Exactly what they tell us." I Know but do you think that people will believe it?
DASCOMBE: They will if it's you that's telling it to them. Now let's try it again.
Anonymous: 'Re:Why os this on /. .. Has this got anything to do with the actual science of anthropology? and how do you pronounce SJW' link
Judith Shulevitz on the breathtaking inanity of college “safe spaces”
'Research assistant' is happy to exchange sexual favours for a free all expediences paid holiday in Florence, Italy. Months later after the expected favours dry up, she decides to trash the mans' reputation.
.. charged that her boss .. had “sexually assaulted” her in.. She requested that her name not appear in this story to protect her privacy.) '
'a research assistant
Sexually assault is a criminal matter, why not make a formal complaint on the night instead of months later in a roof top bar. As for privacy, Brian Richmond doesn't get to stay out of the media. This reminds me of the Geoff Marcy case, where the original complainents were put up to it by the head of the Berkeley womens group. Who spend months going round trying to dig dirt up on the man. Something very wrong here.
First build a time machine and a killer robot and send it back to kill these two for crimes against the cybernet: Bill Gates & Steve Ballmer Night at the Roxbury theme
"How many times has a Windows update broken something on your computer?"
I'm pleasantly surprised every time it boots up.
"Linux used to be better, but lately, I dread updates, especially major ones because they sometimes will stop my machine from even booting, triggering a big debugging session" ref
You update a production machine with no known method of restoring to a working system?
Nicopa: 'Just hours ago: link'
What is dll hijacking?
Didn't you know, the microserfs monitor this forum for an criticism of MICROS~1 Windows :)
Why are these ATMs connected to the Internet and who decided to run Windows on them: Carbank ring steals $1 billion from banks
Corrected for accuracy. This has been known about for years. Windows will load a DLL from the current search path if it has the same name as a native system DLL. This can't be disabled or it breaks most applications.
Microsoft Windows strikes again ..
Fifteen mentions of Windows on the front page. Is this how slashot is going to re-connect with the technology sector?
It's to do with the particular Desktop Environment: Five Best Linux Desktop Environments
You should try Lubuntu the lightweight version based on the LXDE desktop ...
I've been running Lubuntu exclusively at home for a number of years, and I have no complaints. I like the way it works out-of-the-box, browsing, wordprocessing and media player and installing software can't be easier with Synaptic the graphic package manager.
"stderr? This is driving us nuts when we have about six hundred Ubuntu servers, and simple problems are harder to solve because stderr is not displayed in the terminal or saved in the journal. Is there a way to get systemd to not throw away...
How to Pipe Output to a File When Running as a Systemd Service?
Tell me again, how Facebook makes its money?
"Google says it will go to war against the fake 'download' and 'play' buttons that attempt to deceive users on file-sharing and other popular sites."
'East Texas is known for its Piney Woods, Caddo Lake, maybe for sweet potatoes. It’s also the patent lawsuit capitol of the country. More patent infringement cases are brought to Eastern District courts than anywhere else. There’s pressure to root out the so-called “patent trolls”.' ref
I hadn't realized modern malware could execute in peoples brains without first going through a computer. Seriously though, how does the code get onto the mobile device without the user first downloading and installing the malware.
"Slashdot community is one of the most thoughtful, intelligent, and prolific communities on the web."
That's past tense, for what ever reason the type and quality of story has gone down over time. What's left is mostly marketing waffle. There's even a name for this, it's called slashvertisment. In consequence of which, some of the best commentators have left, maybe you could reverse that.
"put more weight on firehose voting to determine which stories make the front page"
The choice of stories as well as the the stories that don't make it off the firehose leaves much to be desired. Highly topical and current technical stories are dropped while some marketing waffle get top billing.