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  1. Re:Seems I am the odd man out with "Joe". on Vim Beats Emacs in 'Linux Journal' Reader Survey (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    It has a very simple and resilient installation (like good software should have), so that should work almost always.

  2. Re:Seems I am the odd man out with "Joe". on Vim Beats Emacs in 'Linux Journal' Reader Survey (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    I had that "no Joe" problem recently in Solaris 10 (don't ask). Was not problem at all to compile it from sources.

  3. Re:Ignoring the 4th (and the rest, too) on North Carolina Police Obtained Warrants Demanding All Google Users Near Four Crime Scenes (wral.com) · · Score: 1

    The constitution is basically a "mission statement" like "don't be evil" and can be conveniently ignored if you have your people in the right places. Sounds to me like this is the law with the least teeth and hence calling it "highest" is probably better replaced with "most irrelevant".

  4. Re:Hard to prove as end user on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Prove My ISP Slows Certain Traffic? · · Score: 2

    Depends entirely on what is used for flow-control and how much buffering is done. Jitter can have minimal effect on that or it can shoot things to hell.

  5. Not necessarily your ISP at fault on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Prove My ISP Slows Certain Traffic? · · Score: 1

    Streaming is a complex game and it can get disrupted in many ways. Packet loss, jitter, reordering, buffer-bloat, brief interruptions on traffic spikes, etc. all things that are no so bad with TCP can really, really mess up streaming. My guess would be that the streaming services all use a very similar set of parameters for their protocols that in general work reasonably, but with your connection does not work well at all. The solution to that would ordinarily be to just download the files and then play locally.

  6. Re:"Ecomodernist" = Ecocide on Can Problems From Climate Change Be Addressed With Science? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 0

    Indeed. "When this becomes severe, I will already be dead and in the meantime I can get rich of lying to people."

  7. The problem is actually applying Science and Engineering to the situation. So far, the human race has managed to do basically nothing since the problem is known, which it has been for a few decades. Instead, most effort was channeled into denial and quite a few people still do that as their problem solving strategy. With that track record, I am not hopeful. When the effects become impossible to ignore, the problem may be too large so that the human race is completely incapable of dealing with it.

  8. Re:Ignoring the 4th (and the rest, too) on North Carolina Police Obtained Warrants Demanding All Google Users Near Four Crime Scenes (wral.com) · · Score: 1

    Not regarding "the law", because they can change that as needed. But in spirit, most certainly.

  9. Sure, GPS is likely blocked, but an accelerometer can be used to do a pretty good extrapolation from a starting point, more so when you have accurate plans of the target. Of course, something need to report that data, but I expect applications that do this are already available and will become more common if people start blocking GPS and phone signals.

  10. Seems I am the odd man out with "Joe". on Vim Beats Emacs in 'Linux Journal' Reader Survey (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 2

    Because I usually use "Joe", because of the WordStar compatibility, as I learned coding with Turbo Pascal and Turbo C. I used Emacs for a while until the devel team there made some really stupid decisions, then I went back to Joe. So far it has compiled anywhere I tried and usually just works.

  11. Re:Since I will not be using mail on win10 anyways on Microsoft Wants To Force Windows 10 Mail Users To Use Edge For Email Links (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I will stay away from the MS app store if at all possible. So far MS never had anything I wanted badly enough. And yes. MS screwing up things is not the exception, it is the expectation.

  12. Re:Since I will not be using mail on win10 anyways on Microsoft Wants To Force Windows 10 Mail Users To Use Edge For Email Links (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I will avoid the MS app store if at all possible. So far there is nothing available only there that would tempt me.

  13. Re:Since I will not be using mail on win10 anyways on Microsoft Wants To Force Windows 10 Mail Users To Use Edge For Email Links (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I am into both. Hence I basically need that Windows box at least for a part of what I am playing. Otherwise I would go with no Windows at all.

  14. Re:Since I will not be using mail on win10 anyways on Microsoft Wants To Force Windows 10 Mail Users To Use Edge For Email Links (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I want a CPU upgrade for gaming eventually, so that is unfortunately not an option. Otherwise I would probably be doing that.

  15. Since I will not be using mail on win10 anyways... on Microsoft Wants To Force Windows 10 Mail Users To Use Edge For Email Links (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, the only thing I am going to trust Win10 with (somewhat) when win7 goes out of service will be gaming. No email, no web-browsing, nada. They can f*** their creepy selves. Instead I will have a clean, trustworthy Linux box for anything non-gaming and a win10 box for gaming only.

  16. That idea is too complicated for this AC, obvious as it is.

  17. Re:So do they have some kind of proposal.... on EU Wants To Require Platforms To Filter Uploaded Content (Including Code) (github.com) · · Score: 2

    These people are politicians. They
    a) think they define reality
    b) have no clue what is actually possible and what is not due to a)

  18. Re:Don't need exploit if you have admin on Linus Torvalds Slams CTS Labs Over AMD Vulnerability Report (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    You seem to be unaware that there may be problems that need to be fixed _now_ in a running business. That is what you have the sysadmin for. Sure, you do "break glass" procedures for critical system, i.e. said sysadmin has to ask for access and justify it, but preventing the sysadmin from accessing everything is suicidal.

  19. Re:Don't need exploit if you have admin on Linus Torvalds Slams CTS Labs Over AMD Vulnerability Report (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    You pretty much can do anything that matters to an attacker. It may just get a bit more complicated for some of those things.

  20. Its criminally minded people trying this out on Can AMD Vulnerabilities Be Used To Game the Stock Market? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    So far, it does not seem to work against AMD, good. And the attempt was on low amateur level in addition, like a lot of crime. Of course, a lot of the press response was also on low amateur level (whatever happened to verifying stories before publishing?), so some small-time investors may have gotten spooked. I hope the SEC and others looks into this ruthlessly.

  21. Just read up on the subject and then try again. My statement is (of course) dramatically shorter than a full explanation. But just to give another example, an attacker with root and/or physical access can install a blue-pill rootkit and simply emulate the hardware or control what it is used for. Except for very expensive real HSMs (typically > 50k per box or so), secure hardware is a myth. The primary security factor for HSMs is that competent hackers usually cannot afford the 10 or so boxes they would need to burn in order to figure out how to break in and that they would have trouble buying them in the first place.

  22. That one does not need any translation. It is basic human non-verbal communication.

  23. Re:And why would anybody in the future care? on A Startup is Pitching a Mind-Uploading Service That is '100 Percent Fatal' (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. We know far too little of how a brain works and we know even less on how a brain holds or connects to a person. In fact, the second aspect seems to be getting more and more mysterious the closer researchers look.

    From historical references, my guess would be no uploading or preservation of the information required for > 100 years and possibly much longer. People these days forget that what we see in computers is the result of > 70 years of targeted and intensive research. And still today a supercomputer cannot do more than ENIAC or the Zuse Z3 could do. It can do much more of it and much faster, but the nature of the computations is unchanged.

  24. As long as there are no repercussions on Jewelry Site Leaks Personal Details, Plaintext Passwords of 1.3 Million Users (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ... incompetence and gross negligence on this (admittedly extreme) level will remain common. My suggestion: Immediate payout of $500 to anybody affected, and full cost to anybody that can prove they suffered more damage. If they cannot pay, CEO goes to prison for a few years and has personal fortune impounded. This will lead to companies having insurance for this and insurers taking a critical look at their practices.

  25. Re:How can you return a stolen item? on How Your Returns Are Used Against You At Best Buy, Other Retailers (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Thanks for the info. Would not work in any European place I know.