Slashdot Mirror


User: fullmetal55

fullmetal55's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
251
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 251

  1. Yes he was CleverNickName on NASA Names an Asteroid After 'Star Trek' Actor Wil Wheaton (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    He used to post here, not sure if he still does or not. was big into the EFF... heck he even did some of those celebrity game shows where he donated his winnings to the EFF..

  2. Re: Neither true nor meaningful on Google Reveals Its Servers All Contain Custom Security Silicon (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    As RayMorris replied previously, bleeping computer uses https://www.cvedetails.com/top... as their source.

    yes Android had the most CVEs for 2016, but in previous years it was nowhere near as bad, to an alltime placement of 17th.

    So you are both right. depending on how you look at the numbers. now, if you look at "total number of vulnerabilites" that the GP said, yeah not even close Raymorris is right for "total number" for ones discovered in 2016, yeah. but look at 2015... or 2014... it was a bad year.

  3. Re: False premise on Will The Death of the PC Bring 'An End To Openness'? (infoworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Why don't they hire a proper server admin who can turn off auto updates and update on a schedule like many businesses do through GPO. and use Windows 10 PRO not home for serious work.

    My windows 10 Pro machine only reboots when I tell it to... doesn't phone home, doesn't need to.

  4. Re:So... on If You Get Rich, You Won't Quit Working For Long (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why I'm glad I live in Canada, if I win $5million, it's $5 million at the end of the day. yes I'd pay tax on interest and investment income but the winnings are tax free.

    That said, I enjoy what I do, and would plan on keeping my job for at least a few years, living off my income quite well, since the first thing I'd do is pay off my mortgage, pay off any and all debts, invest a bunch, and invest a bunch on training and education. I would probably go back to school, get a second degree etc.

      I think it's been said that it depends on how you've lived, if you only know money as something transitory in your bank account, it's hard to comprehend the numbers you have and will end up spending above your means because for the first time you have a means, and you can buy the things you want, like a fancy car, the latest xbox the biggest tv, a house to put it all in, furnish the house, go out to eat, eat expensive foods 3 meals of the day, take friends out to expensive meals, buy friends stuff, never say no to a loan request, all the things you've been denied being able to do for yourself with regard to money. and that's how money disappears very quickly. I think the first thing you should do is get a financial advisor, and someone to help manage your money. or if you have a plan, go for it. But you have to remember there are now 40+ hours a week that are unoccupied, what will you do during those 40 hours a week? Play games? Watch TV? Funny thing is retirees have a similar problem, just what to do with themselves. some end up doing nothing and some like it some hate it, some end up working a minimum wage job just for something to do. some take up hobbies, some end up going into consulting.

  5. Re:Wearables is a fad that's petering out. on Motorola Has No Plans For a New Smartwatch (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Agreed, I have a mid range wearable (samsung Gear Fit 2) and I quite enjoy it. I had a fitbit charge hr which I'd consider an entry level wearable. things I like... I really enjoy the fact that I can control my music without pulling out my phone. Notifications on my wrist for incoming emails/texts/anything I want to be notified of really. GPS on the watch lets me go for a run or a walk and automatically track my distance/speed more accurately than counting steps (and without my phone and still get music). The price wasn't that "premium" it was $200 which is pricey but not overly so. They are getting better, I have it set to turn off the screen but when I move my wrist to look at my watch it comes up right away, no "shaking" my wrist, it's actually a bit over sensitive as the watch will come on quite often when driving when it's not supposed to but that's minor.

    I still want to get a "real" smartwatch one day, one that does more than just what this guy does. But for now my needs are met, and exceeded.

  6. or G) someone else was doing one of the above...

  7. my thoughts exactly on Autonomous Vehicles Won't Give Us Any More Free Time, Says Study (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Most people will just be on their phones, mindlessly surfing/texting, it won't fix anything, and won't increase productivity, I think this is just some talking head trying to push for executive level support of this. What I see this actually being good for is people who are on the road a lot, (plumbers, repairmen, telecom installers, etc.) This is where productivity will be increased, instead of sitting in your truck idling after a job filling out paperwork, you plug in your next appointment and do the paperwork enroute. I also see this being abused by the company, "Why did you plug in Timmy's after your 9:30 appointment?"

  8. Re:Do you really think? on Alien Contact Unlikely For Another 1,500 Years, Says Study (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    chances are intelligent life does exist, and that there are civilizations that are the same, astonishingly ahead, or behind. and everything in between. The real trick is to catch the right people at the right stage of developement at the right time, in the right place. the odds are against us making random contact. plus who knows maybe we are being contacted, but it's the equivalent of us sending a radio broadcast to a civilization in the middle ages. Yeah there's intelligent life there, but they have no idea what we're sending or how to receive it. It's entirely possible we just aren't listening right.

  9. Re:Overpriced fad gadgets turn out to be crap on Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Fitbit For 'Highly Inaccurate' Heart Rate Trackers (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    As a fitbit Charge HR user, I did my research before hand. I wanted something to help me monitor my workouts, and keep an eye on my pulse rate, to keep in a a range. As well as to motivate me a bit more. Which it has.

    That being said. I did a lot of research on which one to get, the biggest complaint of the (at the time brand new) device was the accuracy of the heart rate monitor. There were even medically trained people saying that the method and how it is held in place is inherently inaccurate. They recommended a nearly $1000 device for proper monitoring of a heartrate, (a chest wrap one) if you needed that level of accuracy, but for casual exercise, the fitbit did the job, and unless you wanted to have medically accurate numbers, they were "good enough". Even Fitbit itself said that it is not for medical purposes, and that a number of things could cause inaccurate readings, nor did they make any promises about the accuracy, even going so far as to say to seek medical assistance if you suspect you have heart issues. a lot of legalese for sure, but they never promised 100% accurate results. They don't even market to hard core atheletes, but more to the enthusiast level. Which has different levels of accuracy required.

  10. It certainly could be and considering the secrecy of that ship, it could have the feed shut down for secrecy reasons. That is about 1 million times more plausible than aliens.

  11. Re:Won't stand up on Cellebrite Is Developing Roadside Police 'Textalyzer' Device (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume it would be like a breathalizer, you can refuse, and they can haul you to jail, and get a fast court order for a blood sample.

    that nicely gets away from the self-incrimination problem.

  12. Not only USB "Drives" on A Lot of People Carelessly Plug In Random USB Drives Into Their Computers (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Commvault gave away as swag a few years ago (2011 I believe), a device that looked like a common trade show USB key. However instead of being an actual useful USB key, (it wasn't even a storage device) it behaved like a USB keyboard, upon loading, hit winkey - R, and typed in a webpage, (you could see the letters type across the screen). When I first saw those, it wasn't hard to imagine how easily those could be abused for just this scenario. Heck, you could theoretically have it do all kinds of sneaky things in the background as a keyboard input. All you needed to do is plug it in, and it will run. Doesn't matter about auto-mounting or Auto-run since it's not a storage device, but a "keyboard". Other OSes could theoretically be susceptible to it as well since most OSes can take keyboard commands.

  13. Re:The longer you wait... on Oculus Rift Review: Virtual Reality is Almost Here · · Score: 1

    In what world is Putty a tool for slacking off?

  14. Re:This isn't a "conspiracy theory" on Flat-Earth Argument Results in Rap Battle (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    So what about the Aliens? do they exist?

  15. Re:This isn't a "conspiracy theory" on Flat-Earth Argument Results in Rap Battle (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    We should get the flat earth society folks, and the hollow earth folks together, in a room (with padded walls), and let them fight it out to determine which it is...

    because according to them, there's a hole in the north pole, and a hole in the south pole...

  16. Re:Killled by wet roads? on Deep Learning Identifies Wet Road Hazards From Sound Input (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    "Or or killed by OTHERS' piss poor driving skills" the best driver in the world can get t-boned at an intersection by someone who is driving like an idiot..

  17. Re:Sensible then not on Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There was a study done about this, (multiple ones, double blind studies, etc) that showed no corrolation between wi-fi signals and the ill feeling. only thing that changed was an LED on a wireless router in the room with them.

    It showed that for the vast majority of "sufferers" it was entirely psychosomatic. I'm not sure how people would treat that. I suppose you could give them "pills" to help deal with it. where the pills are sugar pills. I'm pretty sure the placebo effect would work wonders on these patients, since they already have the nocebo effect of wifi causing them illness.

  18. how long til it goes viral? on Czech Judge Cuts Deal With Software Pirate: Get 200K YouTube Views Or Pay Huge Fine · · Score: 1

    I have a hunch something like this will easily go viral and easily get the 200k views in a matter of days.

  19. Re:One huge problem still on How Close Are We To a Mars Mission? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    I saw total recall,I know what we need to do. All we have to do is re-ignite the alien fusion reactor in Mars' core which will within about 30 seconds, turn the core molten, restore the magnetic field and produce a breathable atmosphere. It'll even be fast enough that if you get thrown out onto the surface, you will struggle to breath for about 30 seconds, your eyes will bulge out of your head, but as the pressure equalizes you'll be ok, and you'll have saved everyone on Mars from the grip of an evil corporation.

  20. Re:check out the site on New Anti-Piracy Law In Australia Already Being Abused (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    Yes they have a very good case against CHM Constructions... not against the ISP though... and they're suing the ISP not the foreign company.

  21. Re:Do you like DVDs that crap out on that one scen on "Fallout 4" Release Raises Questions About Reviews of Buggy Games (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    I liked PC Gamer's review of Extreme Paint Brawl (lowest score ever at the time mainly due to the fact that the game wasn't fun and was buggy as hell). That was a game that was so buggy as to be unplayable. a few glitches, crashes etc that are common in modern games, I can over look them as I know they'll be fixed. Another problem with reviews is that the game they get to play, isn't the same game you buy on day one. It's pre-release, so it has MORE bugs. What is the point of saying the game sucks because of this one bug that is at the beginning of the game blah blah blah... focus on that bug, but if that bug isn't in the final release, you look petty as a writer.

  22. Re:VESA-mountable PCs on Ask Slashdot: Tiny PCs To Drive Dozens of NOC Monitors? · · Score: 1

    The problem with VESA mountable PCs for this usage, most times you want to mount the monitors on the wall. you can't if you're using the mounting holes to hold a PC... better to use video extenders from a server room/wiring closet with old repurposed laptops. or small NUC like computers driving multiple monitors. from far away.

  23. Re:you can daisy chain display port on Ask Slashdot: Tiny PCs To Drive Dozens of NOC Monitors? · · Score: 2

    or get a Displayport Hub if you need to convert the display port to connect to the monitor.

  24. Re:China is dumb on Why Avast Won't Show Source Code To the Government, But Others Do (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    And Symantec is competent in what reality? Have you used Backup Exec? or Antivirus? or their Anti-Spam or really anything of theirs?

  25. Re:I'm usually behind the EFF on everything on EFF Joins Nameless Coalition and Demands Facebook Kills Its Real Names Policy · · Score: 1

    One thing that has been a major point is in the the Transgender/Drag community. Legal name changes take time and Transgendered people have to jump through hoops to get their name and gender changed legally. And in the case of the drag community, those names tend to be stage names.