Posts by Evil Scot

Happy birthday, Putin – you've been pwned

Re: "Collective West"

Empires are lead by Emperors.

Russia is just a country.

Three and Vodafone: We need to merge because our networks are rubbish

Re: 3's 3G Shutoff Is A Disaster

You mean GTEC. that little buggr wont let go of the floor. Dyson, don't talk to me about...

After we fix that, how about we also accidentally break something important?

Never do that to a Dev that knows GDPR. Deliberately entering false data into an account record.

Recall the Recall recall? Microsoft thinks it can make that Windows feature palatable

Re: Like hell!

To quote Adam savage "I reject your reality..."

Re: Opt-in

It can be un installed.

JFC

FFS

If I installed key logging and screen capture software without the owners permission.

I would be locked up under the computer misuse act.

Red team hacker on how she 'breaks into buildings and pretends to be the bad guy'

Re: "We had found the credentials for their corporate Wi-Fi network in the trash [...]" Seriously?

Although sometimes the Phisher shows little or no competence.

I apparently fell for a Phishing scheme where my manager was offering free sandwiches.

Or so the web page said when I clicked on the link.

Said manager was undergoing Chemotherapy with the NHS.

Offer Email was sent early morning EST.

So the lack of local knowledge about simple things such as Time Zones (I had eaten) and staff health in a global company informed me that this was a security test from the US and I knew this link was safe.

Kamala Harris campaign motorcade halted by confused robotaxis

Re: I think it just shows

Aye. I agree. but it disnae mean we will se that happen.

BOFH: AI consultant rapidly transitioned to new role as automotive surface consultant

This "Biomass Production Engineer" is suffering from frequent evacuation warnings.

UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'

Yeah, we can trust the DWP

This is the DWP who declare someone fit for work.

And the envelope drops on the day the death certificate landed.

Musk dreams of launching five Starships to Mars in two years

Re: If some bloke on Mars...

Depends if you are listening to Apollo 440, Dario G or Todd Terry mixes.

The KCW remix of the spirit of Man has some wonderful Reggae Vibes.

No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom

Re: A Small Price to Pay for the good of Olicharcs

When will business wake up to the "snake oil" that is big data.

Their customers have already woken up to the truth and block ads ^W tracking.

If you outsource your advertising to snake oil salesmen is it really piracy to block tracking?

Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK

Re: "TV remains more trusted news source"

So wrote the BBC journalist Eric Arthur Blair.

FTC urged to stop tech makers downgrading devices after you've bought them

Forgot one

HP

A nice cup of tea rewired the datacenter and got things working again

Re: Of course tea makes things work better

Thank goodness you didn't leave them in the car.

That would be a sheer heart attack.

Raise my pinky finger to you sir

How was I supposed to know it was Princess Ann.

Please don't ask what's in my pipe

EV sales hit speed bump as drivers unplug from the electric dream

I hear a lot of this at work.

One colleague has a caravan. One has to drive far to visit his mum.

Both have multiple cars at their household.

As a runabout / second car it is perfect.

I have driven my AC charging Zoe from Cambridge to Portmeirion. I have found chargers. One was still free (£0).

At home the charger uses less current than an electric shower, and I am saving £25 off of a tank of diesel each week. Well l 3/4 tank of diesel or approx. 300 miles

This assumes you can get a wall box and have off-street parking.

This uni thought it would be a good idea to do a phishing test with a fake Ebola scare

Re: Priorities?

What is it with US orgs and poor Phishing awareness schemes.

I received an email from my boss at 3PM offering sarnies for lunch if I clicked on the link.

Said boss was currently dosed up on chemo and probably strong pain killers so wasn't running on Greenwich mean time let alone Eastern Seaboard time.

EVs continue to grow but private buyers are steering clear, say motor trade figures

Re: Just gone electric

Give it a year...

and the guessometer will register 240.

Regen can extend range. Also due to having a near 100% torque range there is no gearbox to drop the MPG.

And as I avoid heavy breaking my front tires last a similar number of years as my previous ICE.

Re: I'll wait for this technology

Not a fan of that channel. Followed their advice and am limited to class three AC charging.

However, this in not the only usage pattern. The trailer may be left for 12-23 hours at the loading bay.

Why not electrify the trailers?

Re: New

Modern EVs have three or four hours driving range and can get get to 80% in half an hour.

During which you can

Queue to get served a coffee

Drink the coffee

Micturate said coffee

Or you can expose your orchids to frost damage for an extra 5 minutes beforehand.

Re: "cost and lack of charging infrastructure"

Here in the UK the grid can cope with higher current draws of 8.5kW between 6 and 9 AM. (electric showers)

Home EV chargers operate at 7.2kW between 12:30 and 5:30 and most cars will charge on average twice a week.

Re: Naysayer

A BS1363 13A plug to Type 2 cable.

Also known as a Mode 2 charger.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 called out for 'worker surveillance'

Big Data's big mistake

Question.

A UK based engineer makes regular comfort stops at one location. Could it be

1) the server at the restaurant he visited previously is passing off full sugar cola as diet. Thus triggering the bowel voiding response of his diabetic medication.

2) he is regularly meeting with individuals outside of the company and customer base for NSFW connections?

These highly exaggerated statements could get employer in trouble. Especially if they claim #2 when #1 was the issue. and all down to the big failure of Big Data a lack of context to the data collected.

Inquiry hears UK government misled MPs over Post Office IT scandal

Re: They would say that, wouldn't they

And charge them with manslaughter.

Silicon, stars, and sulfur make Apollo's unlikely legacy

Re: You mean like this:

Ahh yes, the shooting pain in your back that feels like a flintlock being fired.

the flint flashing in the spine followed by the muzzle flash in the testes.

All due to the Genitofemoral nerve passing through the psoas muscle.

I feel your pain.

BOFH: Well, we did tell you to keep the BitLocker keys safe

Re: recovery workshops in, uh... Belgium?"

Now a challenge for Simon is to get a laundry files reference in here.

+++ RECUSION ACHIEVED +++

Kia Niro electric vehicle defies physics with record-breaking 114 million miles on the clock

Re: Nothing spectacular.

... And pray that there is intelligent life in space. 'Cause there Buggr all down here on earth.

Not the first software engineering balls up this week is proof of that statement.

Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union

Re: DO NOT WANT

I get the side streets quite a lot. Definitely on a certain roundabout.

* Beep * *Beep *

Looks at dash...

Looks at Centre console...

Eyes back on the road.

Now if the system read the CAN Bus it would see that I am signalling that I am still turning right and then, as the reduced speed limit sign leaves the left of frame, I am signalling left.

Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit

Re: I've heard this song someplace before.

It is entirely possible that that AC has.

Posting anon could be as sign of a bilateral orchidectomy.

California upgrade company aims militarized 'Tactical' Cybertruck at police forces

Some WhatsApp Groups in the UK may prove you wrong.

Interesting, as BTP have a Model 3.

Defiant Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial Recall – tho as an opt-in

Re: The year of Linux on the desktop (TM)

Same here.

Replaced a failing athalon with a two slice pizza box M2.

Screwdrivers: is there anything they can't do badly? Maybe not

Re: Excessive force

That is a Newfoundland

Arm CEO aims to conquer half the Windows world in 5 years

Do they expect the windows market to decline that much?

So many are claiming to jump to BSD/Linux in response to the way the OS is being filled with Bloatware.

The Canon Cat – remembering the computer that tried to banish mice

Re: A Pebble is Not a Raindrop

I prefer Win + D to Toggle Desktop view.

Also Planet + D on my Android Phone returns to the App Launcher.

Thanks for coming to help. No, we can't say why we called – it's classified

I bet the Uniforms felt like a right bunch of Charlies as he was Foxtrotted off site. It didn't happen in November did it?

My apologies if I did not understand the language. Was not taught Latin.

Mine is the Argyle jacket. Because strictly I need the space.

Infineon promises 12kW PSUs for next generation of power-hungry AI servers

Don't Dis the Cats...

Not me that downvoted.

BT delays deadline for digital landline switch off date

If I might add some data here.

Selling to the grid earns (16p/kW) half the purchase cost of daytime electricity (32+p/kW)

Vehicle charging tariffs are half that (8p/kW) for those tariffs that do not connect to the data services of your charger or car.

You can see where this is going.

Many early uptake users of Solar/Battery systems approach close to breakeven annually.

Oh Sonos! App update borks users' favorite features and worse

Re: The first sentence of the article needs an update

Richer Sound here, but yeah.

Old Series one kit had lost the magic feature of Sonos, all devices in sync.

New Surround Amp/smart speaker and that feature is back.

"Well done, what was once the ‘go-to’ platform for distributed home audio, manages to alienate the very people they need to remain viable!"

For a second time !!!!!

The whole S1 debacle sickened me. My initial response on social media to this was... "This enforced upgrade effectively breaks any lock in with my S1 kit."

And after an HDMI software bug in Apple TV triggered a replacement of my Receiver, I discovered a new platform that sounds similar, HEOS. The same ms timing of old Sonos but in a brand that understands that they are answerable to the market.

Computer sprinkled with exotic chemicals produced super-problems, not super-powers

Poor Beaker

MEEP. MEEP. MEEP. MEEP. MEEP. MEEP.

Destroying offshore wind farms is top priority for Trump if he returns to presidency

Re: What's your point?

I do believe that the digestive system has its own rudimentary brain.

But that does explain what his ideas are full of.

Re: Will Trump bring back the coal-powered car?

But if this happens all telecommunications will be jammed with the sound of a TS2000 (Spectrum).

That is if the film directed by Leonard Nemoy is to be believed.

Re: These are weird times.

He is Quite the Bam pot.

Demonstrating that quite clearly.

Totally full.

Brit publishers beg Apple not to hurt online ad revenue

Re: Bring back directly purchased ads

I agree, it should be on a par with the content. Although I will never forget this...

"So it appears that you are interested in male grooming products. Here is an advert for Harry's razors in the middle of an article on beard care."

But if I ever chose to wet shave I DO know which brand to go with.

You want us to think of the children? Couldn't agree more

Re: A fire door not a back door.

Why not?

The fire door I am proposing is at the client level.

E2EE is still present and un damaged.

Meta et al are just validating my claims that the communication between me and the other party have not be modified. I, the user, am the one sending the decrypted message.

A fire door not a back door.

According to the BBC the exploitation is performed on other lesser known, more private, networks. The social engineering is performed on the branded platforms. Blocking E2EE will do nothing to prevent this. What we do need is for the branded platforms to keep 2,3,6 months of checksums and add a panic button to their platforms that can report / dump the abusive behaviour to the operator's servers. The checksums will be used to confirm the communications after the victim has "kicked open the fire door".

Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push

Re: Colour wheel?

But is it pantone(tm) licenced?