Re: Excel is never the answer
What the name of the spreadsheet app in Windows Office?
Posts by sabroni
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Apple CORED: Boffins reveal password-killer 0-days for iOS and OS X
Wednesday 17th June 2015 08:04 GMT 
Re: Delaying publication does not really improve security.
But neither does exposing updates too soon. You don't have to be smart enough to find a vulnerability if you can see what's changed in the latest patch and work back from there. And while some bugs are just simple errors that can be easily fixed others require core components to be redesigned and rewritten. Applying the same time scale to all vulnerabilities shows a lack of understanding of software development.
So it's a balancing act, allowing the vendor time to fix things in a timely manner is fine. Waiting six months seems a too generous to me though....
Apple seeks fawning 'journalists' for in-house 'news' self pluggery
Sunday Times fires off copyright complaint at Snowden story critics
Microsoft picks up shotgun, walks 'Modern apps' behind the shed
Microsoft to Linux users: Explain yourself
Thursday 11th June 2015 16:06 GMT
re: Why bother trying to help Microsoft to make their product better and more like Linux
How is that relevant?
Don't you mean "Why bother to help Microsoft make it easier to manage Linux on Azure?"
My guess would be that you would help them because it would make Linux a more attractive option on Azure, meaning less people using Windows?
Time to face the Apple Music: Spotify looks worried, and rightly so
Women are fleeing from the digital sector, reckons UK.gov report
Using leather in 'leccy cars is 'unTesla', rages vegan shareholder
Wednesday 10th June 2015 14:02 GMT
Re: providing the world's population with the protein it needs to survive.
Meat isn't the most efficient way of utilising land to produce protein for humans. Even given the need to eat multiple vegetable protein sources in one meal to get a balance doesn't make meat more efficient.
There's no real reason a car needs leather as any part of it, other than the fact people like it.
Vegans aren't all mental. The production of cows milk is arguably much crueller than meat production.
Must be nightmare deciding who to deride the most, the freaky vegans or the mental e-car drivers...
NY, Connecticut investigate Apple for Music service violations
Wednesday 10th June 2015 08:00 GMT
Taylor Swift withdrew her music from Spotify in protest against the freemium model.
Not really. She withdrew it because they didn't pay enough. Whether the money comes from Ads or Subscriptions is irrelevant. She didn't say "the moneys fine but I hate advertising".
Is the rest of the article equally sloppy?
Obama issues HTTPS-only order to US Federal sysadmins
Remake, remodel: Toshiba Chromebook 2
Gasping for an Apple Watch? You'll have to tremble and shake for two more weeks
Friday 5th June 2015 13:50 GMT
re: Only Apple knows how many Watches it has shipped so far and how many orders it has received.
How does this compare to other Apple product launches? Are we at the point where, if this was an iPhone launch, they'd be shouting about breaking sales records or do they never release sales figures this quickly?
Windows 8.1 market share grows, Windows 7 slips, Windows 10 lurks
Fanbois designing Windows 10 – where's it going to end?
Couple sues estate agent who sold them her mum's snake-infested house
Spoiling staff with toys could turn against your business
Tuesday 2nd June 2015 14:45 GMT
Re: Having a stable and common infrastructure is exactly what leads to Windows XP and IE6 ...
...still being widely used for a long time after they should have been buried.
I disagree. There's plenty of Windows XP and IE6 installs that are nothing to do with a stable and common infrastructure. Laziness, penny pinching and a disregard for the value of IT (and the opinions of IT professionals) are much more common reasons.
I'd say that "a stable and common infrastructure" and "open standards for data formats and exchange" go very well together.
My life under Estonia's digital government
Tuesday 2nd June 2015 13:46 GMT
Re: because it has made services that were once secure and distributed insecure and centralised.
That's the opposite of what the article claims, principle 1: decentralisation combined with interconnectivity: there is no central database; every stakeholder (government department, business or even individual) has the freedom to choose its own system in its own time with the guiding principle being that all participating systems be able to work together
You can't both be right. Got any references to back up your "insecure and centralised" claim? The article doesn't have any....
Creationist: The Flintstones was an accurate portrayal of Dino-human coexistence
Wednesday 27th May 2015 12:03 GMT
Re: Best to ignore them
No, best to look at the evidence they present and make your conclusions based on that.
There was an excellent article about the moon landings in Fortean Times a couple of years ago. Someone who thought they were faked was given 5 or 6 pages to show photos and explain their reasoning. The next issue featured a load of letters explaining all the issues raised in the article and why they were invalid, destroying all of the fake landing arguments comprehensively. IMHO this is how it should be done. Everyone gives their evidence and arguments then you can decide for yourself.
Wednesday 27th May 2015 11:50 GMT
Re: even in western mainstream education the "religious education" is there.
And rightly so. Religion is a massive part of human life and has been for thousands of years. To not educate children in religion because you're not religious is like not teaching them history because you're not from the past or not teaching them geography because they don't live on a mountain.
The problem here is that R.E. is supposed to teach you ABOUT religion, not preach religion at you. I'd be interested to see exactly what was taught in that lesson, did your daughter just love the story and the songs or was the teacher trying to convince her that Christianity is the one true faith?
Sounds like you'd add a bit of balance as a governor, but don't get carried away. Arguing from a position of knowledge is always better.
Microsoft: Cortana not exclusive to Windows – it loves Android, iOS too
Wednesday 27th May 2015 08:29 GMT
Re: GPS related
Oh, my bad. Further digging reveals:
Long and the short of it: Cortana does have to have the location services on. Some argue that as this is Windows phone that won't make any difference to battery consumption: "Disabling location services on the OS level doesn't really conserve power in a noticable way." Hmmm, surely it takes more power to check location than it does to not check location...
So sorry for doubting you!
Wednesday 27th May 2015 08:24 GMT
Re: I want the ringer and email notification to turn off at night.
Well looks pretty straightforward, and certainly not GPS related: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/how-to/wp8/cortana/quiet-hours-and-cortana
Does this not work? What makes you think you need the GPS on to do this?
Wednesday 27th May 2015 08:19 GMT
Re: Insane....
No, it's not. From a consumer perspective it makes sense. As an events scheduler and search front end there'll be enough hooks for Cortana to work on iOS. Besides, MS would want to keep a few things Windows only to give them an angle when it's time to upgrade your phone.
Their strategy with this and Office365 is to go cross platform. Given their market share that's eminently sensible.
Celebrating 20 years of juicy Java. Just don’t mention Android
A good effort, if a bit odd: Windows 10 IoT Core on Raspberry Pi 2
Thursday 21st May 2015 11:46 GMT
The Pi needs windows
like it needs any OS. Choice is good. Learning that there are different ways to do things is good. If you learn that some ways are better than others then so be it, but having the choice is important.
Besides, if all this proves is that Windows is bobbins what's your problem?
Google DOG WHISTLING fails to send URLs across the room
Microsoft celebrates 25 years' SOLITARY SELF-PLEASURE with GROUP SESSION
Blocking mobile adverts just became that little bit easier
Elon Musk: I'm neither a samurai nor a bastard
Microsoft's Surface 3 is sweet – but I wouldn't tickle my nads with it
Monday 18th May 2015 12:36 GMT
re: this comes with a year's free Office 365
>> not so nice for those unwilling to commit to one tablet maker for the rest of their days. <<
Open source power-up on the way for arcade game emulator MAME
Look out, law abiding folk: UK’s Counter-Extremism Bill slithers into view
Friday 15th May 2015 13:15 GMT
@King Jack I'm light heartedly pointing out how stupid this new law will be.
No you weren't. You were hilariously dissing those religious idiots that you know so much better than. Can't say I though it was funny (And I have a very good sense of humour!!), it just sounded like the usual intellectual intolerance directed toward the religious that you get on here all the time...
Are the 47 upvotes ironic? Difficult to tell isn't it....
Azure gives AWS the blues again in Nasuni cloud storage poll
Time to get your babble on: Microsoft opens Skype Translator Preview to all comers
4K refresh sees Blu-ray climb to 100GB, again
Thursday 14th May 2015 10:05 GMT
Re: DRM again........
Too much faff. I bought one BluRay disc, eventually managed to rip it and watch it with VLC and tbh even paused and up close it didn't look any better than a dvd to my old eyes. Won't be buying another one, I used to watch VHS videos so DVD is more than crisp enough for me....
Biting the hand that feeds IT
