Posts by John Doe 6

Adobe reverses decision to kill NPAPI Flash plugin for Linux

AFAIK we were getting security updates for 11.2 so there must be some other explanation for this... My FlashPlayer 11.2 on OpenSuSE was at least updated from the repo.

Yes, I am using Linux 100% for work and at home...

The case for ethical ad-blocking

Always...

Ads use MY CPU cycles, MY electricity, MY bandwidth to show me useless information on things I do not need or want and the ad networks are spying on me too, harvesting information and tracing my whereabouts.

There is NOTHING unethical in blocking ads, it is actually a right we have - it is the right to use OUR computers as WE like.

If the ads were simple text with small pictures (like an ad in a newspaper) people wouldn't block them but animated ads is like putting a running film into a newspaper. You can save 50% CPU just by blocking some ad servers... and with only ONE web page open, that is actually what I would call UNETHICAL - oh and think what all those useless ads do for the environment, we waste a lot of power on them.

Your mother has a smooth forehead, Klingon language lovers roar at Paramount

Re: Suvlu'taHvIS yapbe' HoS neH

I am quite sure that Google Translate once did include Klingon, either someone @Google thought it was too silly or they got an DMCA from Paramount.

"There, this article has an IT angle after all."

What ??

About 75% of all Trekkies ARE from the IT departments or from IT industry. Our standard goodbye is "Live long and prosper" (yes, including the hand sign). That's the first thing newcomers has to learn.

Stop using USB sticks to move kids' data, auditor tells Education Dept

Actually...

Computer manufacturers need to fix the USB problem they created.

USB has become totally useless now, yes it is smart but it is also unsafe and it is not only storage devices... any USB device may now be a potential security risk.

Six charged for 'hacking' lottery terminals to spew only winning tickets

But what about the machines ? Why is the company responsible for the bug not prosecuted ?

Who'd be mad enough to start a 'large-scale fire' in a spaceship?

I'll just give your a name of a ship... no not a space ship: Scandinavian Star.

Re: what's the big deal?

Right... especially when your Oxygen tank is burning.

Hey Windows 10, weren't you supposed to help PC sales?

Re: Stopping PC sales Dead!

Which part of it did you not understand ?

Re: Stopping PC sales Dead!

Oh Yes, they do... everything else would be pure stupidity.

They actually quite DESPERATELY need to become "more like Apple" because they are quite fast becoming not relevant.

Apple is making more money with less effort than Microsoft ever did... and are far more popular than Microsoft.

Microsoft SQL Server for Linux is a brilliant and logical idea

Uhmm... at that point all development tools on Linux were free and delivered as a part of the distros.

We actually don't have any free enterprise class RDB which is supported by SAP, Sungard, SimCorp or SAS.

Re: Why

If you want to run Oracle Enterprise in an affordable way you need to run it either on Oracle/SUN or IBM Power hardware.

No No No... Now, that wouldn't be Microsoft, would it ?

Re: [is] Microsoft’s heart is really in the Windows Server business?

"Microsoft's revenue is rather dependent on masses of corporate desktops running Windows..."

That has not been correct since Windows 2000... Microsoft is earning most money on enterprise solutions than from Windows.

Here is what Microsoft earned their money on (source ZDNet.com)

* Server products and Cloud services: 19.5%

* Gaming: 17%

* Office Commercial: 14%

* Windows OEM: 11%

* Dynamics: 9%

Oh btw, You pay CALs whether you access Your Microsoft server from Windows, Mac, Linux or whatever... so a MS SQL server on Linux will result in CALs paid to Microsoft instead of to Oracle.

Re: Why

Because IF the other end is something that requires MS SQL server or Oracle you just can't run it on MariaDB, MySQL or Postgresql... support from SAP, SunGard or some other.

Cisco says CLI becoming interface of last resort

I'm still looking for...

...any other UI than the CLI for a Cisco Catalyst 65xx switch.

Microsoft has made SQL Server for Linux. Repeat, Microsoft has made SQL Server 2016 for Linux

Re: Bring Office to Linux

I was told Office365 could run on Linux.

Uhmm... NO!

Oracle and DB2 scales up to System Z which is a magnitude over the max 8 socket PC/Wintel architecture.

The US taxman thinks Microsoft owes billions. Prove it, says Microsoft

I remember the days when IRS had to buy a Mac... just to be able to correctly calculate Bill Gates tax.

Maybe Apple pays its taxes ?

Fleet of 4.77MHz LCD laptops with 8088 CPUs still alive after 30 years

Re: Just wait...

They are Process Monitors and are probably not connected to the Internet...

and DOS 2.11 and 512 KB is not enough to support the TCP/IP stack (I am old enough to remember the pre-IBM pc era).

Server retired after 18 years and ten months – beat that, readers!

Re: Not surprising

PAPST

Reg readers speak out on Thin Client technology

The ONLY scenario where a Thin Client solution is not working is when you are without connection to servers, like a laptop in the middle of Alaska.

I know about several companies running AutoCad on Thin Clients (and with better performance than on PC's)... now try again and tell me what is so damn special that it can't run via a Thin Client.

LastPass in 2FA lock down after 'fessing up to phishing attack

Different font and font on [Log In] does not match font on the rest of the form... and the arrow in the emai field looks fishy.

Both can be however due to browser settings or a missing font so it is very well made.

Trustworthy x86 laptops? There is a way, says system-level security ace

But isn't the TPM...

..exactly what ms. Rutkowska is asking for ?

Research: Microsoft the fastest growing maker of tablet OSs ... by 2019

Re: Much longer than that

I have a Compaq Concerto from 1994, it came with Windows for Pen Computing 1.0.

You can see the Concerto here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Concerto

It is the same concept as Surface Pro: Desktop Windows OS with touch/pen features and a detachable keyboard (quite good), performance was also as a laptop and weight was acceptable also as a tablet.

Shocker: Net anarchist builds sneaky 220v USB stick that fries laptops

Re: Don't care how many down votes.

Actually BOFH invented this years ago in a slightly different version: the SCSI killer hidden in a laptop case. Look in BOFH archives... this is the same thing just evolved to new interface (and form factor).

Sky: We're no longer calling ourselves British. Yep. And Broadcasting can do one, too

HEY!!! Does that give all of us EuroFags the right to watch SKY ???

Hello? HELLO? Major Skype outage hits folk WORLDWIDE

Just checked from Denmark (the country in northern Europe)

...and it is down here too.

The last post: Building your own mail server, part 1

Re: But running a mailserver from home simply doesn't work...

You need AT LEAST:

1. fixed IP address

2. your OWN Internet domain with a MX record

3. DNS pointing your domain to your fixed IP address

4. PTR record mapping your IP address to your domain (that is on your ISP's DNS server)

5. an ISP allowing direct SMTP traffic

If your mailservers hostname is hermes.yourdomain.uk the PTR must point to hermes.yourdomain.uk

Microsoft hosted domains will not receive mail unless you ask Microsoft to allow your mailserver (or have SPF records), they will however return an error to you.

As I see it...

...after I have been running my own mail server @home, the biggest problems are sending SMTP out to the net, you need a PTR record and you need an ISP that allow you to send and receive on port 25.

Back to school: Six of the smartest cheap 'n' cheerful laptops

Re: Ubuntu boot results?

actually nVidia works like a charm if you use the nVidia orginal driver.

I'm running OpenSuSE 13.2 on a MacBook Pro 15" with nVidia

Twenty years since Windows 95, and we still love our Start buttons

Actually...

...when Windows 95 arrived everyone except Bill Gates hated the start menu and wanted the good old Program Manager back (and File Manager).

People DO NOT like changes because they need to learn something new and they don't want to "waste" their time on learning new things.

Microsoft co-founder recovers ship's bell of 'The Mighty Hood'

But The Hood is a war grave, how the hell did he get the permit to go down there ?

The Great Windows Server 2003 migration: How to plan your trip

Re: How to plan your trip?

you forgot "Budget to NOT make it happen": You just tell management what it cost to stay on W2K3.

Virtual reality pr0n on the Rift? 'Why not?' says Oculus founder

Picture text...

I was actually interested in both the text and the woman and especially looking for three tits... as a big Total Recall fan.

Nokia on phone return mutterings: They LIIED. We won't be BAAACK

They also...

...denied that they were selling...

...then they sold.

...denied shifting to Windows Phone...

...then they shifted.

...denied an Android Nokia phone...

...then they released one.

Most corporate denials are not the paper worth they are written on.

Scary code of the week: Valve Steam CLEANS Linux PCs (if you're not careful)

Re: What is the best practice here?

best practice is to check what $STEAMROOT is and if it is sane

change to $STEAMROOT

remove files from $STEAMROOT

if $STEAMROOT is not sane (/ or ~) you throw an error telling the user that $STEAMROOT can't be located.

This IS NOT rocket science, almost everybody has been doing this for 30 years on UNIX,

YEAR of the PENGUIN: A Linux mobile in 2015?

Re: Sorted the desktop out?

But I still can run Gnome application in KDE and vice versa... so You choose your environment but it does not limit your choice of applications.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus: GORGEOUS FAT pixel density - but it's WASTED

Now we clearly see...

...what made Steve Jobs Apple something special.

I hope Apple rediscovers the Jobs in Apple because without it Apple will not be what Apple was.

YES: Scotland declares independence ... from the dot co dot uk empire

Arrr...

Wouldn't a "proper" TLD for Scotland be .sc (or funnier .sco) ?

That AMAZING Windows comeback: Wow – 0.5% growth in 2015

Even as a Certified Microsoft Hater®

I have to say that 0.5 % is quite large amount of units (and money).

MIT and CERN's secure webmail plan stumped by PayPal freeze

Re: Re no one can pay for anything without Uncle Sam says OK

Right... Cash yes but that's not an issue here, we talk international transfers.

All the others can be frozen if they are international transfers.

"Does Paypal have government approval to ask such questions?"

Yes they have... this is a requirement for bank operation in the US and if PayPal do not obey the rules in the US they will not be able to process any of the major credit cards since:

- VISA and MasterCard/EuroCard are operated by Citibank (that is their mothership CitiCorp)

- American Express is based in USA as the name suggests.

- Diners is also based in USA.

....and all transactions goes thru SWIFT which is owned by the major members... that is more or less the big US banks.

Unless we build an economy without USA we will not be able to do anything without approval from USA.

...and now...

...we see the little problem in having almost all financial operations in the west being dependent of corporations based in US of A.

No one can, in reality, pay for anything without Uncle Sam says OK.

The plot to kill Google cloud: We'll rename Windows Azure to MICROSOFT Azure

Logical move...

...somone @Microsoft has discovered the fact that their biggest problem is the very bad reputation of Windows, I've heard following on a platform in a larger European city (the train was again late): "The train company probably 'upgraded' to Windows".

It is a standing joke here and we are considered a "Microsoft country".

Never mind the jetpack, where's my 21st-century Psion?

Me think...

...you missed the Nokia Communicator which was as good as the Psion. The start up time was of course slower but being also a phone it was on all the time.

Who loves office space? Dell does: Virtualization to banish workstations from under desks

Gee...

...we did that 5 years ago...

Everybody are happy:

no noise, less heat

lower power consumption

power loss != loss of work

You've got the same desktop in Singapore as in Rio or in Copenhagen

You've also have the same desktop on your iPAd or on your mobile Thin Client

Friends don't do tech support for friends running Windows XP

No Microsoft...

Friends don't do tech support for friends with Windows, the only tech support they get is "Buy a Mac or install Linux" and they can get tech support for both.

For Windows guest - KVM or XEN and which distro for host?

Sorry, but I do not nderstand.

Bronek wants to virtualize "for serious" and the machine needs to run "Windows boot on top for others to use" ?

Frankly Bronek, that's not serious... It is not a setup you ever will see outside home, there is no market for this except in the spy business.

Why do you want pass through ? because you want to hide the fact that the system is virtualized.

Why do you want to hide it ? probably because you want to spy on someone.

Now mister wannabe Snowden prove me wrong.