Posts by Timmay 258 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Dec 2011
I'm sure this bloatware thing is a myth, perpetuated by people who don't actually own or use these phones.
To prove me wrong, can you detail, and I mean *detail* rather than vague "b-b-but all the Samsung apps" statements (which you can hide/ignore/etc), exactly what bloatware there is on the latest Samsungs?
In my 22 years of driving, I've never crashed a car or hit a pedestrian, so I don't see why car manufacturers spend billions and billions every year on R&D for safety. Can't people just stop crashing, rather than relying on airbags, seatbelts, crumple zones, etc? Imagine the cool cars we could have if they didn't need to be safe!
Natural selection; a "tax" on the careless.
@ gnasher729
I suspect he doesn't mean you could access email accounts without any credentials, but rather you could access the account (with your credentials) with a device that didn't meet the security requirements the server requires - such as remote wipe ability, enabled lock screen PIN security, encryption, etc. Basically, the iThing lied to the Exchange server saying it met those requirements, so the Exchange server let it in (with the credentials supplied).
No need for messing about with clever detection routines that use up valuable system resources and still won't catch it early enough to protect everything - just backup your shit, ffs. There's so many lightweight endpoint backup solutions out there, there's no excuse - just roll back to a date/time just before the attack and carry on with your day.
The goddamn financial system. It's just gaming at its base level, albeit with actual money (well, virtual money but backed with other people's real money), and these gambling gimps just want the best gaming equipment they can buy to give them an edge over the competition.
They're not contributing to society, this is no use in the real world, this is all about 100% personal gain.
@Anon, at first I thought you'd got lost in the double-negatives, but you're quite right, the actual wording of the order says the definition of banned aircraft within it includes "any kite weighing not more than two kilograms", ie. anything more than 2kg. I'd like to see someone contest it in court!
My issue is most of my lighting is dimmable, and despite specifically paying extra for dimmable LED bulbs, I get a quiet but noticeable buzz from them when they're on anything but 100%. I also get some flicker when they're like this too, but again nothing when they're at full.
I do wonder sometimes, with all the keyboard-warrior outrage at the Security Services' actions, what exactly people think they should do. General consensus appears to be that yes, we do need them, but it seems to me that people just want them to stay over there, don't invade our privacy or collect any information about us, but somehow magically know who The Bad Guys™ are and therefore keep Us Good People™ safe.
There's also the other angle of "okay, so they're collecting all this information about us, and for what, we still see bad things happen to Us Good People™", blindly ignoring the fact that bad shit is being planned and prevented all the time - those one or two bad things that do happen are unfortunately what slip through the net.
The good guys only have to fail once for bad stuff to happen. The bad guys only have to get something right once.
Sure, I've got the previous generation of that, and I use it for my NAS. But the difference is this thing comes setup with all the software you need - plug and play. The HP box is just hardware.
I'm not saying the Qnap isn't overpriced (as is most of their stuff), but it's not an apples to apples comparison, and they have to make money somewhere.
I must be misunderstanding something - if these bad boys are so easily customisable, why is it so hard to put in a nice clean Euro VI or VII (or whatever it will be in 2020) compliant engine?
Or if it's the average of a company's range of vehicles which have to be below an amount of something, do what Aston Martin did and have one small model to balance it out?
But isn't this draft law designed to be generalised and a catch-all? So it's basically a law against using legal and obviously immoral loopholes?
It's basically saying, "if you utilise a scheme which clearly diverts profits out of the UK, you have to tell us, and then justify those actions"
I'm not sure how you'd work around something like that, but then I'm not a devious wanker corporate accountant.
Yes, indeed - I was also disappointed Goonhilly was no longer open, though I wish I knew about the Segway tours then! And yes, big recommendation for Porthcurno too, I was the only one there when I went (out of season), and had a personal guided tour everywhere, even to the beach to go cable spotting!
The one I'm picturing (and just confirmed with a Google image search) is the word Vans with the trailing top of the V extending over the ans:
http://fontslogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Vans-Logo-Font.jpg
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