Re: SAMBA?
Enigma was had because they all vigorously signed Hail bastard or whatever that scumbag's name was ... that info then was used to speed up the decoding ...
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Microsoft Windows edges closer to SMB security signing fully required by default
British Airways, Boots, BBC payroll data stolen in MOVEit supply-chain attack
This typo sparked a Microsoft Azure outage
No more feature updates for Windows 10 – current version is final
Samsung to cough up third of a billion bucks for ripping off patent
UK monopoly watchdog gives Broadcom-VMware probe a tight timetable
Microsoft mucks with PrtScr key for first time in decades
How fiends abuse an out-of-date Microsoft Windows driver to infect victims
Tesla wins key court battle over Autopilot crash blame
Belgian defence ministry admits attackers accessed its computer network by exploiting Log4j vulnerability
Wednesday 29th December 2021 19:48 GMT 
The whole problem we face, me included, management sees nice and shiny, they say we want shiny, I say, ok, but I can make nice and shiny as well since we have inhouse now, why shift? they say others have done the heavy lifting and this is nice and shiny, you end up with nodejs.
You install a plugin that depends on 800 dependencies, you have to make sure, all 800 are safe, good luck.
The other problem, you have one company that can do just as well, proprietary code, 1 is better than 800, you think, but proprietary means you are at the mercy, nobody can check, what could go wrong, someone finds something, you are at the mercy of propriety code vendor, who releases updates every other month that once installed require 3 reboots and break some shit. There, go and ask proprietary code vendor to fix y for you, just ... for you, you cannot fix it, you have no source access.
Expired cert breaks Windows 11 snipping tool, emoji panel, S Mode features, other stuff
CERN puts two new atom-smashers on its shopping list. One to make Higgs Bosons, then a next-gen model six times more energetic than the LHC
Tuesday 23rd June 2020 09:08 GMT
Re: Ridiculous
The whole point is, reasearch is advancing and we need bigger toys if we want it to keep advancing, that has always been the case. Every time we start planning bigger more expsensive toys, people climb out of their caves, claim to have all the answers, and ridicule the projects.
LHC has proven the existence of the Higgs boson, to name but one of the many great discoveries, and we need to move on. Please get out of the way of our boffins doing their job - advancing our knowledge of nature.
Apple to keep Intel at Arm's length: macOS shifts from x86 to homegrown common CPU arch, will run iOS apps
Microsoft unshackles WSL2 Linux kernel from Windows 10 image for future fettling via Windows Update
Yet another beefy BSOD spotted lurking within the walls of US patty pusher
Devuan Beowulf 3.0 release continues to resist the Debian fork's Grendel – systemd
Monday 8th June 2020 09:17 GMT
Re: "It solves a problem that people have."
I unplugged a data drive and could no longer boot with systemd, it waited for the non-essential device!
That is when I switched to devuan.
I have been laughing ever since:
systemd DNS blunder
system random number generator blunder
to name just two clusterfucks of arrogance.
IBM to power down Power-powered virtual private cloud, GPU-accelerated options
Linus Torvalds drops Intel and adopts 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper on personal PC
Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War
It is unclear why something designed to pump fuel into a car needs an ad-spewing computer strapped to it, but here we are
Where were you in drought season? Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov dumped 230 million litres of water as it whizzed through Solar System
Capita inks deal with NHS to 'bring back staff': Workers get an hour of training to recruit and vet retired doctors, nurses
Wednesday 8th April 2020 11:12 GMT
These people are retired, they get their pensions, pay their taxes, including COUNCIL TAX, gov knows EXACTLY who they are, where they live, how much pension they get, why, and what they did ... please ... we do not need to pay a bunch of leeches to contact a list of people our government provide them with.
Now I understand how Thatcher and Johnson got elected, and how the Brexit referendum was won by liars, a nation of cretins, cretins, thicker than a second layer of paint. D'oh ? Anybody in ? #FFS
Tuesday 7th April 2020 13:10 GMT 
Capita inks deal with NHS to 'bring back staff': Workers get an hour of training to recruit and vet retired doctors, nurses
Hm, ok, so just as the NHS could spare each and every penny it has for its fight against #COVID-19 the conservatives have yet again found another way to milk it dry. The government could simply draft retired nurses and doctors back into work, no need to pay a bunch of leeches!
Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' being shown to pilots
Canary-build Microsoft browser blocks Microsoft extension from inflicting Microsoft search engine
Microsoft finds itself in odd position of sparing elderly, insecure protocols: Grants stay of execution to TLS 1.0, 1.1
Infosys fires employee who Facebooked 'let's hold hands and share coronavirus'
UK big five carriers bin wired broadband download quotas for as long as we're all stuck indoors
What happens when the maintainer of a JS library downloaded 26m times a week goes to prison for killing someone with a motorbike? Core-js just found out
Thursday 26th March 2020 20:15 GMT
Re: This is a common issue with open source and consulting firms
You have this with proprietary software as well, even from reputable companies, e.g. Microsoft or Apple, puff, they decide to abandon this platform, piece of software, or whatever. They put it in money-grabbing maintenance mode and there you are ... the main differences ?
With proprietary software you paid through your nose for the pleasure.
With open source you can always fork it.
Thursday 26th March 2020 20:02 GMT
The same can be said about Powershell modules, though.
The other day I updated Powershell and one of the modules no longer worked so i looked closer and found it was related to another module I am dead sure I never installed or saw getting installed that is used by one of the dependencies of the module I installed,
Microsoft tries getting touchy-feely once again with its Windows Insiders
Microsoft Teams gets off to a wobbly start as the world and its cat starts working from home
Thought you were done after Tuesday's 115-fix day? Not yet: Microsoft emits SMBv3 worm-cure crisis patch
Sunday 15th March 2020 10:28 GMT
I installed the update and, after a restart, the trackpad no longer works on my laptop, it does "gestures" instead of moving the pointer. This is the second time I write this comment as swiping down ⭸ caused it to launch Chrome Help, then Chrome deleted the comment and no longer accepted keyboard input. Doing the same in Firefox, as in, swiping down ⭸ causes a caret browsing warning, claiming I hit F7.
Hm, I was using the computer quite happily until it asked me to "update and restart", which was mere minutes ago .... how can an SMB patch f*up input devices ?
You can't hold black horse down: Brit bank Lloyds goes full multi-cloud, signs up with Google as well as Microsoft
We checked in with the new Windows 10X build, and let's just say getting this ready for late 2020 will be a challenge
The Reg produces exhibit A1: A UK court IT system running Windows XP
Wednesday 11th March 2020 12:42 GMT
Cluebat for the 9 downvoters
conservatism /kənˈsəːvətɪz(ə)m/
noun
1. commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.
"proponents of theological conservatism"
2. the holding of political views that favour free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.
"a party that espoused conservatism"
NB: I love the second, slightly circular, definition, suits them well.
Wednesday 11th March 2020 12:31 GMT
Re: Upgrading an OS isn't a magical solution
I'm sure someone, somewhere, around 15 years ago said hey, maybe we shouldn't be locking ourselves in with this architecture, and got ignored or shouted down
Yes, that was me, back then, IE, activex, flash video crap was the new dead end, whatever you did, whatever you wrote did not matter, there was always a Vicky Pollard saying "because corporate policy" or Carol Beer saying "Computer says no" :
https://youtu.be/AJQ3TM-p2QI?t=48
Later, when in Windows Vista IE changed versions, they could not use it and had to remain on XP ... because corporate policy ... had they ONLY listened ... but guess what ? They are still not listening. Ohh, we desperately need SSL 3.0 support because, well ... corporate policy and you know, it works ... we are enterprise so we just cannot do it corporate policy ... what, other companies have enterprise systems using TLS 3.0 ? Well, we have only just received funding to TLS 1.0, yes we know it is deprecated, but "corporate policy", rollout planned for 2025.
No, MickeySoft, we are a customer of yours, so you cannot turn off TLS 1.0, how dare you, we have not even rolled it out, yet!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
