User: djsmiley

Re:Wow ...

On: 'My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT' (pinboard.in)

Squatters suing property owners seems crazy, until you remember it's america we're dealing with.

Re:Fiduciary sense?

On: Rockefeller Fund Dumping Fossil Fuels, Hits Exxon On Climate Issues (cnbc.com)

So what we really have here is you posting patently false things as if they were true.

Hi, and welcome!, you appear not to have used the internet before.

'Secure' in the same way a 4 digit pin is....

On: Amazon Wants To Replace Passwords With Selfies and Videos (thestack.com)

Ah the joys of 'security'.

I'm waiting until we finally get the 'If a 4 digit pin is secure enough for your bank, why not for us too?'. We don't need this kind of thing and we are going about it all wrong. Security shouldn't be easy, it should be hidden. Hell, if Amazon are good enough to predict what I'm going to buy, surely they know something is wrong them moment I start buying loads of something unexpected, and then try and ship it to somewhere I don't even live?

Nothing is wrong with a good password, and this is just going to stop people using one instead.

Because you can't access it if you're not a subscr

On: Virgin Media To Base a Public Wi-Fi Net On Paying Customers' Routers

.... really.

Eggs in one basket.

On: Apple Drops Recovery Key From Two-Factor Authentication In New OS Versions

So my apple security key is in my gdrive, my gdrive offline codes are in my hotmail account, and my hotmail accounts offline auth thing is in my lastpass cault..

This is why I don't trust any one person/organisation with *all* my details.

Pay for professional support

On: Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro?

If you think you need porfoessional support, pay for it.

.....is it a symlink....

On: 100kb of Unusual Code Protecting Nuclear, ATC and United Nations Systems

to shutdown -hP now?

Re:send me a prepaid box

On: Jason Scott of Textfiles.com Wants Your AOL & Shovelware CDs

You could rip em for us and upload the iso's ? (archive.org)

Oh and then scan the cover, and the disk...

Re:Virus scan!

On: Jason Scott of Textfiles.com Wants Your AOL & Shovelware CDs

The discs generally go up as pure rips via archive.org, you might be able to find something ya self? :)

Re:Jason Scott, been a long time...

On: Jason Scott of Textfiles.com Wants Your AOL & Shovelware CDs

come by hash archiveteam-bs on efnet

I'm sure you can figure it out.

Re:It's time to fight back

On: Disney Replaces Longtime IT Staff With H-1B Workers

Because the current IT guru's are making sure that doesn't happen, right?

Replaced in 1 day, are you so important?

On: Disney Replaces Longtime IT Staff With H-1B Workers

If you can be replaced overnight, I wonder how much work you were doing...

I'd argue they shouldn't be allowed to

On: EFF Fighting Automakers Over Whether You Own Your Car

.....sell cars which maybe used to kill people.

Re:In a Plugin!

On: MP3 Backend of Firefox and Thunderbird Found Vulnerable

'It's not a windows issue if a program/driver/etc causes it to crash'

Hmmmm nope.

excellent question

On: Ask Slashdot: Can I Trust Android Rooting Tools?

The same way we noticed teh SSL vulns....?

...and the flavor?

On: No More Foamy Beer, Thanks To Magnets

I don't drink beer as it doesn't agree with me.....

But won't this adversely affect the flavour?

Not doing another backup.....

On: Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay?

You deserve everything that MS decides to inflict upon you...

Or number 4...

On: $75K Prosthetic Arm Is Bricked When Paired iPod Is Stolen

4. It's a security feature ( a bad one maybe but still) and it doesn't cost $75k to get it re-authenticated.

Re:Yes, Please

On: The IPv4 Internet Hiccups

Of course Wifi router is the only thing at home that needs support for ipv6 right?

Hell, DS's don't even support WPA ffs.

Explains all the introverts....

On: Ask Slashdot: IT Personnel As Ostriches?

Well most of us are introverts, maybe thats why we end up with these roles. So yes.

Move your keys off your hardware

On: Ask Slashdot: Open Hardware/Software-Based Security Token?

SSH keys on read only SD Card?

Re:Offer it to archiveteam to use in the mean time

On: Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space?

We graved all of yahoo videos in 3 days, we can move fast when needed to.

Re: power, so no, not really?

On: Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space?

You sir are correct :)

Offer it to archiveteam to use in the mean time.

On: Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space?

We need help in every form we can get.

http://archiveteam.org/index.p...

\Forced Demos? Not anymore....

On: Ouya's Unsung Strength: Multiplayer For Parties

Last I heard they don't have ot provide free demo's anymore either....