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  1. Re:That's a big gap in time on Microsoft Releases a Preview of OpenSSH Client and Server For Windows 10 (servethehome.com) · · Score: 1

    That's right. Most of us install the telnet client by habit when installing Windows.

    Now we can install a native SSH client. If we want, we can install an SSH server, too.

  2. I don't agree with the silly "retirement of PuTTY" sentiment in this article. Everyone knows that the console prompt won't meet the needs of even the most casual remote shell users.

    The big news is that, in the future, there will be an officially-supported and NATIVE implementation of OpenSSH using the native Microsoft Windows crypto library instead of OpenSSL on the Windows platform.

    That's worth the cost of admission, if you ask me.

  3. Hahah, no, I'm not doing anything VERY wrong when I'm using this feature on a device that does not have hardware encryption and also has a weak CPU, like the Windows 10 IoT Core which is targetted at these devices.

    Try again. And don't assume you know what the real-world implementation is.

  4. Where is Firefox's replacement of XULRunner? on Google Wants Progressive Web Apps To Replace Chrome Apps (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    OK, then, now that Chrome is doing the desktop web application more seriously, where is Firefox's replacement of the defunct XULRunner that did essentially the same thing?

  5. Re:Competes with Azure Stack on Amazon Launches a Cloud Service For US Intelligence Agencies (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You're right. It's on-premises AWS operated by AWS and the facility is owned by the government. It has a subset of the services in the AWS GovCloud, which, itself, is a rather small fraction of the services in the AWS commercial cloud.

  6. Re:Worst idea EVER on Amazon Launches a Cloud Service For US Intelligence Agencies (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This is the correct response.

    Government entities including CIA own and run the data center facilities. AWS runs the software and systems therein.

    It's not really "cloud" but it looks and feels that way. It's better described as an "On-Premises AWS."

  7. Re:Not like Microsoft on Cringely: Amazon Is Starting To Act Like 'Bad Microsoft' (cringely.com) · · Score: 1

    Disappointing your post was downvoted so much. I have dealt with AWS directly and they really are customer obsessed.

  8. "Billions of users?" on Facebook Open Sources Its Network Routing Platform Open/R (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    "Billions of users?"

    Yeah, you're going to need to cite that assertion.

  9. Re:But I can tell you that! on After Outrage, Logitech Gives Free Upgrade To Owners of Soon To Be Obsolete Device (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not so unbelievable that it's a firmware update problem. It could be that the changes they must make can't be fit into the space available on the device.

    The point of this discussion, though, is that they intended to brick their own devices without fair compensation.

  10. Well, they tried to do this with the Clipper Chip on DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, they tried to do this with the Clipper Chip and the Skipjack algorithm back in the old days. Essentially, there was a second public key use to encrypt the data, for which the government owned the private key.

    It's trivially simple to implement this scheme on today's smartphones and computers. All it takes is legislation.

    Whether this is good or bad depends on your feelings on whether absolute privacy is compatible with a safe and civil society.

  11. Makes sense. Intel graphics are still a failure on Arch-rivals Intel and AMD Team Up on PC Chips To Battle Nvidia (pcworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Makes sense. Intel graphics are still a failure.

    Remember when the industry panicked when Intel bought Chips & Technologies and the Real3D patents?

    That didn't go so well. Who else had a shoebox full of Intel i740 cards bought at fire-sale prices?

  12. Re:So, how does that work? on Microsoft Quietly Announces End of Last Free Windows 10 Upgrade Offer (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't need to turn anything on. You just download the installer from the web site.

  13. Don't declare victory until the airframe is found on How Data Science Powered the Search for MH370 (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    Umm, hold up, folks.

    Don't declare victory until the airframe is found.

    .

  14. Wished Ballard didn't give up on their gas-turbine on Vacuum Company Dyson To Build 'Radically Different' Electric Car (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I wished Ballard didn't give up on their gas-turbine electric car.

    They just kind of... gave up. At the time there was no real excuse, just a statement that said something to the effect of "Umm, nevermind, we're dropping everything and moving all research to fuel cells."

    Problem is, fuel cells are just glorified batteries. The gas-turbine directly converted fuel to energy without that huge conversion step in the middle.

  15. Re:With or without good passphrase protection? on Adobe Security Team Accidentally Posts Private PGP Key On Blog (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If the key is old enough, and if it were properly encrypted, that private key was encrypted using IDEA. Arguably it would still be secure with negligible risk according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Data_Encryption_Algorithm#Security

  16. The photonics mast is not new on Navy Plans To Use Xbox 360 Controllers For New Periscope Systems Aboard Its Submarines (go.com) · · Score: 1

    The photonics mast is not new. The Seawolf class had photonics in addition to the periscope. Virginia-class has had no periscope in its design (first boat commissioned in 2004).

    This news is about the XBOX-style controller.

    Oh, and the display surfaces have been using trackballs for decades.

  17. My Yahoo has done this forever on Why RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    My Yahoo has done this forever.

    AOL Reader is another one, released just when Google Reader was killed off.

  18. Wow, wait until SpaceX's man-rated rockets on Elon Musk Rolled Out Autopilot Despite Engineers' Safety Concerns, Says Report (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, wait until SpaceX's man-rated rockets.

    Customers of those do not take recklessness well.

  19. Re:All this forking is really annoying! on Node.js Forked Again Over Complaints of Unresponsive Leadership (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    I hate ruining a fork on a clam that won't shuck.

  20. Re:Forked twice in three years? on Node.js Forked Again Over Complaints of Unresponsive Leadership (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    Apples and oranges.

    That's not what "forking" means when it comes to GitHub. You fork when you want to contribute changes back to the original project.

    It doesn't mean you took your ball and went home to create a brand new project fork.

  21. Re:Eating the world, right? on Node.js Forked Again Over Complaints of Unresponsive Leadership (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 2

    JavaScript on the server. Asynchronous. Without threads. Got it.

    *gulp*

    Related question: will it be node.js, nodejs, nodejs.org, node.js.io, node.io, or what?

  22. Re:Pro plan seems to cost 10$/device/month? on Code42 Says Crashplan Backup Service Will Discontinue All Personal Backup Plans (crashplan.com) · · Score: 1

    It is much, much more expensive because that cost is per computer. I backup seven computers. That will be $70 per month. That is not good.

  23. That fee is per computer. If you have more than a few computers that you want to back up it costs far more than the Family plan.

  24. They should release the peer-to-peer feature free on Code42 Says Crashplan Backup Service Will Discontinue All Personal Backup Plans (crashplan.com) · · Score: 1

    They should release the peer-to-peer feature free and possibly open-source that part. It's the thing CrashPlan does best, which is make several easy and automatic duplicates of backups across several machines.

  25. IBM OS/2 Warp and later on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Pay To See Open Sourced? · · Score: 1

    IBM OS/2 Warp and later would be great--even the assembler source code. We can rehost it in C and enjoy an operating system stable enough for automatic teller machines.