Posts by JCitizen

NASA to celebrate 55th anniversary of first Moon landing by, er, deciding how to land humans on the Moon again

Re: How to land humans on the Moon again ...

I bet there are not many original moon astronauts alive today. We are lucky Buzz Aldrin is still with us!

Google actually listens to users, hands back cookies and rethinks Chrome auto sign-in

Re: Google still know everything about almost everyone, regardless of a switch.

Don't know if this would solve the problem, but I add the DuckDuckGo cookie blocking and search engine to Chrome. Everywhere I go, the websites complain that I'm blocking cookies - it does have a way to allow them for favorite sites that make a living off them. After all the internet isn't really free. Whether chrome can circumvent this, I don't know but it would be easy to test.

Close Chrome and run CCleaner to exit all cookies from the system. Open Chrome and visit a site that hosts chrome cookies and LSOs. Check the cookie vault in CCleaner to see if they show up. If they do, then that add on isn't capable of blocking chrome cookies. I assume it does though. Occasionally when chrome updates, it tries to delete DuckDuckGo - but that might just be because they are search engine competitors - that is reason enough for Google to try and defeat them.

Developer goes rogue, shoots four colleagues at ERP code maker

Re: A gun is involved in every single mass shooting.

People forget that the Post Office had a problem with this last century, and it got so bad it coined the term, "going Postal". However, they looked at the problem and adopted human resource techniques and work place mental health processes that stopped the problem. I think it is time ALL work places adopt the same standard operating procedure, because the problem has veritably been fixed at USPS.

National Museum of Computing to hold live Enigma code-breaking demo with a Bombe

It will be great!

I would literally fly to the UK just to watch that! They did a pretty good job simulating it in the movie about Turing. Too bad I'm too disabled to go!

Oi, you. Equifax. Cough up half a million quid for fumbling 15 million Brits' personal info to hackers

Re: Paltry fine

Oh they are making out like bandits selling customers "Credit Monitoring" so they can watch over the mistakes of the very reporting agency that caused the problem in the first place! Now does that sound like extortion - YES it does!

Re: I'm a bit surprised that Uncle Sam hasn't given Eqifax a thrashing...

Congress has been threatening more regulations for years, but they kept promising they'd do it without regulation. Well they obviously failed, and pubic uproar finally has the voters asking questions. I've contacted my legislators demanding I be allowed a free credit BLOCK anytime I want it, and that would effectively fix the problem, and also punish the reporting agencies as well. I'll believe it when I see it happen though!!

Re: We should be able to GDPR delete it

Giving you a FREE credit BLOCK anytime you want it, would be much more effective, and also cause loss of income to the reporting agencies - AWE!!? TOO BAD!

Re: Meanwhile, in America..

I've been giving my representatives hell about this every since it happened. Slowly it seems congress is finally realizing just how spitting mad the public is about this. As far as I'm concerned, I'd take free credit locking to a fine any day - THAT would really hurt them, but TOO FRICKN BAD!!

Mozilla-endorsed security plug-in accused of tracking users

A good alternative..

I could never figure out what that extension was all about anyway; so I switched to DuckDuckGo as a search engine, and installed it as well. The only problem I have is web sites complaining because I'm not taking cookies and they can't get into my shorts. I do wish there were a URL exclusion for sites I want to support; but there is none as far as I can tell. All the other ad blockers and script blockers just got too complicated to use, and did not really do the job. So there ya go!

New Zealand school on naughty step after ransomware failure

They could have used cryptoprevent,,,

It is probably a LOT cheaper that hiring Fortinet! I've tested it against ransomware on my honeypot, and so far no success to the crooks.

US voting systems (in Oregon) potentially could be hacked (11 years ago) by anybody (in tech support)

Re: What did we expect?

Pfftt!! Both parties cheat anytime they get a chance.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/apr/10/dick-morris/dick-morris-theres-proof-over-1-million-people-vot/

Blood test biz LabCorp pulls plug on systems over hacker fears

I was just about to joke..

that finally we have a company that is actually serious about security but AC's previous comment beat me to it, and even better! LOL!

Ukraine claims it blocked VPNFilter attack at chemical plant

Re: Russian cyber attack against a chlorine plant

When you saw the resolve on the people of Ukraine, the fighting in the streets with no weapons - going up against bullets with trash cans and home made armor - I'm sorry but that is the people I like and want to know. They were brave enough to fight for freedom even if they had to do it with bare fists! I will never believe that the system that put the Russian puppet in power was legitimate.

I see you're trying to leak a file! US military seeks Clippy-like AI to stop future Snowdens

Re: Would you trust your secrets to Clippy?

I hated Clippy SO BAD. that I was immediately turned off to the entire idea of AI intelligence in this subject area, and almost made me ill just thinking about it.

Snooping passwords from literally hot keys, China's AK-47 laser, malware, and more

Re: Is The Power Supply Portable?

This is most likely propaganda, and not a real prototype at all.

Reality Winner, liberty loser: NSA leaker faces 63 months in the cooler

Re: 'Complaints about them having Fox News on'

With people named "Reality Winner" and is an obvious nut case, I can see why - bon voyage!!

Stephen Hawking dies, aged 76

Re: god ?

That is what I was wondering!! I seem to remember him mentioning his "unbelief" in several specials I'd watched. I think he only mentioned it in passing so folks wouldn't think he attributed the laws of the universe to anything particularly important, or divine superintendence. I don't agree with him, but that is everyone's right, and the most important one of all.

I'm rather surprised .....

at the mention of God in the article at all. I'd always heard Stephen was and atheist. ??

NASA on SpaceX's 2015 big boom: Bargain bin steel liberated your pressure vessel

When you see the failures of the former NASA program...

I can't complain about the few mistakes of the new Space X launches. Over the years how many satellite or even manned launches have exploded, or otherwise failed.

Stanford brainiacs say they can predict Reddit raids

"ThatOne" is right...

The article hit it on the head with the "echo chambers" observation. People who have ideas about the world have generally jelled them in their way of thinking, and will not join a group with contrary opinion. So crossing the "echo chamber" divide rarely works, as no one wants to hear the other side or give it a reasonable chance of logical thought. This is exactly what makes the human chimp a warfaring creature. They'd rather solve problems by killing the other guy with a different opinion. Sad but true.

Brit military boffins buy airtime on HD eye-in-the-sky video satellite

Go Pro in SPAAAAACE!

Literally taken off the shelf - CHEAP!!!

German government confirms hackers blitzkrieged its servers to steal data

Re: If in Doubt ...

or blame Boris Badenov! Hmmph-meh!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4txmBNCAXg8

Equifax peeks under couch, finds 2.4 million more folk hit by breach

I'm mad as hell !!!!!!..

about Equifax and the lack of oversight by regulators - this is serious SHIT! If they don't start doing something about it, there will be angry mobs with pitchforks that will make the "Occupy Wall street" crowd look like Little Miss Muffet and the girl scouts!!.

Re: Hold Equifax accountable for their negligence

And hit them with regulations, that they've been dodging for at least a generation or two!

Re: They can no longer be trusted

Hmm? That site says no affiliates of Equifax were identifiable as contributors - or something like that. But we all know that has to be hogwash, because the reporting agencies have had an iron grip on regulation for decades now - they keep saying that they will watch over their responsibilities and no need of more regulation - well, we can all so how that worked out!!

23,000 HTTPS certs will be axed in next 24 hours after private keys leak

Symantec..

can go to hell or high water as far as I'm concerned - They have stumbled around like a fool, and yet acted in the most conceited manner. It is almost like they really believe they are too big to fail.

Does my boom look big in this? New universe measurements bewilder boffins

Since they really don't know...

I can say about anything and possibly be right! All this pushing and shoving by a big bang - what if it is actually a giant sucking bulbous cleft in the universe, that is PULLING us apart in space time. There wouldn't need to be a big band would there? - but the rift in the middle of it all would probably still explode for all the rapid vacuum cause by the horrible sucking rift at the edge of the universe!! HA! HA HA! Good thing the crazy houses have been closed, or I'd be a patient! LOL!

Euro Space Agency probe begins search for guff gas on Mars

Seems to me..

that when you look at the outer planets like the gas giants - methane is rather the rule than the exception, so why couldn't original hydrocarbon from the solar system be trapped in planets closer to the sun? There may have been oceans of it, far in the past, maybe before life itself?

Bright idea: Make H when the Sun shines, and H when it doesn't

Re: Hydrogen is a terrible

That is why they call them "fool" cells.

Mueller bombshell: 13 Russian 'troll factory' staffers charged with allegedly meddling in US presidential election

Boris and Natasha

Natasha - "Daalink, this misinformation campaign is ingenious"

Boris - "Thank you Babushka, it will shake the US election to its core"

Squirrel - " Hey Moose, look at this advertisement - do you really believe this?:

Moose - "Humm! Nutin' up my sleeve! "

Squirrel - "No! In the paper"

Moose - "Oh that? Who reads election ads?"

Squirrel - "Weeell, you have a point there - they spend millions and still lose the election!"

The lesson from this, is what makes anyone think ad dollars and misinformation will actually change an election, when the advertisements that are riddled with half truth anyway, don't statistically change a thing! How many times have I seen a US race where the biggest spender lost the election fair and square. This whole story of subterfuge is non sequitur.

Roses are red, Kaspersky is blue: 'That ban's unconstitutional!' Boo hoo hoo

Re: Might be

So far the only country agnostic anti-malware I know of is Emsisoft. They even flipped the bird to the German government for insisting on white-listing their own country's spyware. They are also the ONLY anti-malware that can find all the MPAA's DRM spyware in my entertainment system - the only reason I quit using them, was because they eventually made it impossible to successfully put such processes in an exclusion zone. I couldn't play my Blu-ray or watch HDTV on cable as long as Emsisoft was on my PC, so I had to get rid of it. Sad really, because they must be the best!

Three in hospital after NSA cops open fire on campus ram-raid SUV

Re: They wanted to die

So James O'Shea? --- What you are saying is Ft. Meade don't play around like the Marines guarding the barracks in Lebanon back in 1983? The guards didn't even have live ammo there!

Hua-no-wei! NSA, FBI, CIA bosses put Chinese mobe makers on blast

Then let the US govt pay big money!

If they can't trust foreigners to build their toys, then maybe they ought to contract to Texas Instruments, and go back to paying $10,000 for work stations, and really expensive cell phones. Last I heard, TI was building a HUGE 3 story high plant in Texas - wonder what they know, that we don't?

Re: Blah Blah Blah, Muh Values, Blah!

Not to mention that a few years ago, Malaysian and other Pacific Rim manufactures of chips were practically bragging about the piggy back chips they were inserting into the process, for mass manufacturing! They were so proud of their work, you could even see the Logo of the crackers on the chip under a magnifying glass.. I don't think China is the only one in the game - everyone is suspect.

Hate to ruin your day, but... Boffins cook up fresh Meltdown, Spectre CPU design flaw exploits

Re: Oportunity for anti-malware?

I can remember Microsoft grudgingly allowing Symantec into the kernel space of one of their new operating systems under a new NT filing architecture. Nobody was happy about that, especially since nobody trusts Symantec to be any more secure with their code than Microsoft was; and perhaps even worse.

Kremlin social media trolls aren't actually that influential, study finds

Champaine advertisers spend millions...

What makes anyone think a stupid Boris and Natasha is going to convince people of anything when advertisers spend millions trying to get their candidates elected, and still lose the election despite spending 3 to 1 against their rival? It is simply rubbish - that is what it is!! Moose and squirrel are smarter than they think!

New Zealand joins the Space Race

Re: Splash down target - Canberra

Did I read the word "nuclear" - New Zealand won't even let a nuclear sub dock anywhere near its shores! I think they are one of the most anti-nuclear nations going. Of course, I know you were just joking.

Re: Cool...

This was the faster, better, cheaper NASA promised but never delivered years ago. I'd say, look at it like this - orbital space trash is becoming such a problem that even projects like the ISS may not be able to survive the meteoric strikes of continued overpopulation of space. Perhaps it is better to use LEO so that all the trash including the original project is burned up in the earth's atmosphere - end of problem!

The other advantages were already mentioned above, and the lifting tools and mini-satellites themselves will be cheap enough to be expendable, but still make more than enough data to make money. I think it is a genius move; especially since, I assume New Zealand is even closer to equatorial launch than any other major space launch center. It is way easier and uses less fuel to get the same result.

Chinese whispers: China shows off magnetic propulsion engine for ultra-silent subs, ships

Re: Swedes

@Farnet - except when they are not showing off and crash into each other at about 400 meters depth or deeper! I suspect more than one sub is on the bottom of the ocean as a result of such aggressive maneuvers in the cold war.

India to launch moon mission in March 2018

Kudos for India

For having the guts to take inexpensive short cuts that the US, UK, and Russia are not wiling to risk. Elon /Space X doesn't even come close - but he at least is willing to risk everything but an astronaut's life.

Just a joke

And here I thought he was just joking about $600 toilet seats, like the ones NASA built.

Merck's $310m NotPetya bill, stolen RDP logins selling for $10 a pop, bug patches, and more

Re: The best action for Kaspersky?

Personally I trust Emisoft before I'd trust Kaspersky - their anti-malware can find even the hidden DRM spies in your PC. Also I like the fact that Emisoft flipped the bird at the German government for asking(demanding) for a back door to their code. Plus they probably have the best darn software firewall ever with Online Armor. I'm an not a shill for Emisoft and I do not sell anybody's stuff any where.

Even more warship cuts floated for the Royal Navy

Re: Money makes no sense

Not even mentioning that amphibious landings have practically been declared obsolete. It seems Marine doctrine now requires injection of forces using air assets. However, I doubt this ship will have any V-22 Ospreys on board, so some heavy lift helicopters would be nice.

My coat is on the third hook, thank you very much!

Re: I'm jealous

I see nothing wrong with the current tactic of denying ISIS wannabes an easy takeover of just another poor nation. There are operations like this all over the world, and it is way smarter than just letting it happen, like Obama did with Syria.

Re: You do realise that this "colony" overwhelmingly voted in favour of remaining British?

@JimmyPage ----- There are no real natives to that island, only contract workers. How do we even know if those homes were privately owned? Maybe they were company housing. Yes they were there for generations, but about now they'd be starving because the economy dried up for their only product long ago.

IRS tax bods tell Americans to chill out about Equifax

Re: 'IRS has tooled up to deal with fraudulent tax claims.'

The IRS is minor compared to the Equifax breach - I don't actually believe Equifax is being honest about what data was taken - Everyone realizes that every address you have EVER lived at, is in their databases; I'm afraid I don't believe them, and that this is truly serious for everyone affected! Sure there have been many breaches in retail businesses and that is bad enough - but NONE of them holds a candle to having your WHOLE LIFE transferred to a crook that can now use this information to break in anywhere on the web or any brick and mortar establishment that you have an account with - and start a whole other life as you.. With that information, that can actually completely take over your ID and credit, and pwn your Equifax ID completely. This is how serious I believe it is - I don't care what Equifax says!! It could take 20 years to clean up the mess that was once your life!!

Angst in her pants: Alleged US govt leaker Reality Winner stashed docs in her pantyhose

What were they thinking??

When they hired a person with the name "Reality Winner"??? So you are going to trust all you secrets to a person who's parents were nuts? Come on now! I think she was a plant with the expectation to leak all the secrets, so they didn't have to.

Boeing slams $2m on the desk, bellows: Now where's my jetpack?

The flyboard is promising..

if you believe it will reach that range. An expert (Zapata) can make it look like any kid that can use a skate board can fly it, but I'd sooner believe it could use computer control for most pilots. If it is a fake - it is a very good one - not sure it could fly 20 miles though - but then, no one knows what the fuel limit in weight is on the thing, if it isn't a fantastic hoax!!

Google reveals Android Robocop AI to spot and destroy malware

Re: Hey Google...

Isn't it funny how they could probably have greater success at a human intelligence system to catch these "anomalies'"? Just LISTEN to the whistle blowers, and - DUH! - you will learn!!

Boffins discover tightest black hole binary system – and it's supermassive

I welcome..

our little green Raspberry Pi wielding overlord!