This. Transaction verification is a long-solved problem that Americans refuse to adopt because we're too fucking stupid.
I aspire to the perfect Slashdot post, which is equally modded "Funny" and "Troll".
It's actually sad that moderators will mark something "troll" or "flamebait" simply because the post called some one/group/thing stupid or implied some sort of bias, etc... - even when including yourself, as you did using "we're". It's especially telling when the derogatory parts are the fucking point. (Noting that moderators don't like it when you complain about them.)
Nobody, absolutely nobody, looks at the signature for anything. You can sign anything you want.
Many, many years ago, a friend asked me to buy something for him using his credit card, while he was at work. I signed the paper receipt "Eddie Van Halen". The cashier didn't look at or even care about the signature.
For the record, I am NOT Eddie Van Halen (had to be said).
And NPR is the news source that keeps me a centrist and not drinking the Leftist Kool-Aid because I can hear the rational versions of the conservative side - unlike Fox News.
Wow. Lots of mixed messages in there: "keeps me centrist", "not drinking the Leftist Kool-Aid" , "rational versions of conservative side" -- that last one is pretty funny given recent/current events -- "Fox 'News'" (extra quotes mine).
It appears that Kodak, like the other tea and vape companies that received media attention last month for making the abrupt leap to blockchain, could just be trying to capitalize on the current cryptocurrency mania.
Rapper 2 Chainz now regrets the spelling of his stage name - remarking, "Missed it by *that* much."
They didn't make the hardware and they can't fix this in software.
I imagine Intel actually can fix this with a chip firm/software update, but won't because they don't want the responsibility of dealing with anything that goes wrong across the many, many varied CPUs affected. (Just a very cynical guess though.)
We've already seen compatibility issues with some antivirus tools, and now some AMD users are reporting that the KB4056892 patch is rendering their computer unusable. A further issue -- error 0x800f0845 -- means that it is not possible to perform a rollback.
I got a BSOD on my old AMD Athlon 64 3500+ system running Windows 7 Ultimate after applying the 2018-01 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4056894), but was able to recover using System Restore.
Ah, the editors took some liberty with the original title. As submitted, it was, "What's the modern equivalent of the Eee netbook?"
Thanks. I was actually remarking on how dumb the title and end question were and now I know who the idiot is. If that was the original title, then it was much better and appropriate and I can't imagine why it was changed by the editor. But... this is/. so...
A mesh network does not go over established wires/networks.
It goes from hand held to hand held via wifi or bluetooth or similar technology.
In other words, there is no ISP etc. involved.
Unless the mesh covers everywhere you want to go (so to speak) around the world, your packets are going to travel over some ISP, backbone or infrastructure network (ie: the Internet) at some point. So, there's no "replacing the Internet", just coexisting and cooperating with it.
So... using other networks, but not "the internet"? You know that "the internet" is a network of networks, perhaps even different kinds of networks - right?
My first thought is that what he's talking about sounds a lot like way back in the stone age when you had to work your way through different "exchanges" to maybe possibly reach Aunt Flo on the other side of the country, by negotiating with various operators...
We still had to do that, for a while anyway, when I was still in college and our main server was a VAX 11/785 running 4.3BSD - host!host!host!user
He warns that Facebook, Google, and Amazon plan to "grow beyond browsers..."... and predicts the next wave of walled gardens will be a "social internet" bypassing the web altogether.
You know that the Web is more than just social media and online shopping sites - right?
He wants to build a mobile mesh web that works with or without internet access... He cites mega-projects "to rescue the web from the internet", which include progress on peer-to-peer and mesh networking protocols,
So... using other networks, but not "the internet"? You know that "the internet" is a network of networks, perhaps even different kinds of networks - right?
Always on and connected is the way things are headed and one reason providers don't want net neutrality and their data plans regulated under utilities rules. Sure, the ASUS NovaGo is $799, but using it, your annual data plan costs are sure to be higher than that.
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The Human Cost of the Apple Supply Chain Machine
As demonstrated in their upcoming HumancentiPad product line.
Mozilla Tests Firefox 'Tab Warming'
And it's probably a feature affecting the entire browser, so now I have to worry about Global Tab Warming ... (sigh).
Yep the US is still in the dark ages of signatures compared to the rest of the world.
Ironically, most people didn't know how to write in the dark ages.
This. Transaction verification is a long-solved problem that Americans refuse to adopt because we're too fucking stupid.
I aspire to the perfect Slashdot post, which is equally modded "Funny" and "Troll".
It's actually sad that moderators will mark something "troll" or "flamebait" simply because the post called some one/group/thing stupid or implied some sort of bias, etc... - even when including yourself, as you did using "we're". It's especially telling when the derogatory parts are the fucking point. (Noting that moderators don't like it when you complain about them.)
Nobody, absolutely nobody, looks at the signature for anything. You can sign anything you want.
Many, many years ago, a friend asked me to buy something for him using his credit card, while he was at work. I signed the paper receipt "Eddie Van Halen". The cashier didn't look at or even care about the signature.
For the record, I am NOT Eddie Van Halen (had to be said).
And NPR is the news source that keeps me a centrist and not drinking the Leftist Kool-Aid because I can hear the rational versions of the conservative side - unlike Fox News.
Wow. Lots of mixed messages in there: "keeps me centrist", "not drinking the Leftist Kool-Aid" , "rational versions of conservative side" -- that last one is pretty funny given recent/current events -- "Fox 'News'" (extra quotes mine).
For any tow / service people that have to try and move the things when they're broken.
Still cheaper than hiring a team of greasy teenagers.
But wringing out their hair saves on cooking oil.
Automated killbots.
Killbots have a built-in limit of 999,999 kills each.
It appears that Kodak, like the other tea and vape companies that received media attention last month for making the abrupt leap to blockchain, could just be trying to capitalize on the current cryptocurrency mania.
Rapper 2 Chainz now regrets the spelling of his stage name - remarking, "Missed it by *that* much."
They didn't make the hardware and they can't fix this in software.
I imagine Intel actually can fix this with a chip firm/software update, but won't because they don't want the responsibility of dealing with anything that goes wrong across the many, many varied CPUs affected. (Just a very cynical guess though.)
Black Birds Matter?
I've always thought they do.
The name didn't exist, I don't think.
Ya, what I meant to say was, I wasn't aware that Google had more than one form of payment.
(Thanks to omnichad for straightening me out on the names.)
I wasn't aware they had anything other than Google Pay.
(I should probably get out of the basement more often.)
We've already seen compatibility issues with some antivirus tools, and now some AMD users are reporting that the KB4056892 patch is rendering their computer unusable. A further issue -- error 0x800f0845 -- means that it is not possible to perform a rollback.
I got a BSOD on my old AMD Athlon 64 3500+ system running Windows 7 Ultimate after applying the 2018-01 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4056894), but was able to recover using System Restore.
Who, contrary to what many would have us believe, are the real snowflakes.
Ah, the editors took some liberty with the original title. As submitted, it was, "What's the modern equivalent of the Eee netbook?"
Thanks. I was actually remarking on how dumb the title and end question were and now I know who the idiot is. If that was the original title, then it was much better and appropriate and I can't imagine why it was changed by the editor. But... this is /. so ...
A mesh network does not go over established wires/networks. It goes from hand held to hand held via wifi or bluetooth or similar technology. In other words, there is no ISP etc. involved.
Unless the mesh covers everywhere you want to go (so to speak) around the world, your packets are going to travel over some ISP, backbone or infrastructure network (ie: the Internet) at some point. So, there's no "replacing the Internet", just coexisting and cooperating with it.
So... using other networks, but not "the internet"? You know that "the internet" is a network of networks, perhaps even different kinds of networks - right?
My first thought is that what he's talking about sounds a lot like way back in the stone age when you had to work your way through different "exchanges" to maybe possibly reach Aunt Flo on the other side of the country, by negotiating with various operators...
We still had to do that, for a while anyway, when I was still in college and our main server was a VAX 11/785 running 4.3BSD - host!host!host!user
Just because your workstation can be a server for someone else does not make the http protocol a pear to pear protocol.
Thanks, now I have to go to the store, through the snow, because now I want a pear.
How Should I Replace My Netbook? / What's the best way to replace a netbook?
Buy something new, stop using the old system, start using the new one - duh.
... writes open source hacker Andre Staltz.
So... he downloads the source and edits it? Cool. Something to add to my resume. :-)
He warns that Facebook, Google, and Amazon plan to "grow beyond browsers ..." ... and predicts the next wave of walled gardens will be a "social internet" bypassing the web altogether.
You know that the Web is more than just social media and online shopping sites - right?
He wants to build a mobile mesh web that works with or without internet access ... He cites mega-projects "to rescue the web from the internet", which include progress on peer-to-peer and mesh networking protocols,
So... using other networks, but not "the internet"? You know that "the internet" is a network of networks, perhaps even different kinds of networks - right?
Always on and connected is the way things are headed and one reason providers don't want net neutrality and their data plans regulated under utilities rules. Sure, the ASUS NovaGo is $799, but using it, your annual data plan costs are sure to be higher than that.