Posts by Antonymous Coward 344 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Jul 2013
I presumed that at least one of those "two different [undisclosed] directories" the PoS looks for "emoticons.xml" within would be of the downloaded archive?
...just a guess though... Haven't used it for well over a decade, don't know anyone who uses it any more, wont be looking into it any further.
(Mental note: Remember Yahoo! belongs on the Adobe list.)
Superbly smug & sneery snap. Why can't our Reg manage something like that?
Not so sure about the rigorousness of the Aussie's copy though. Spotted a couple of glaring factual errors in that caption alone:
Founded in 2002, Ashley Madison, the world's biggest online dating fraud website for married men and women, has had over 20 million users victims in 30 regions all over the world. (Reuters: Bobby Yip)
OK Ledswinger, I'l bite...
"And with the Reg, half the value is from the joy of being an unpaid member of the Commentariat. If they think I'm paying for the privilege of writing and reading stuff like this, they've got another think coming."
So, if you refuse to pay for things that bring you joy, what DO you pay for?...
(moot curiosity: upvoted regardless)
Correct choice of words. Not meaning to get in the way of a good frog bashing... but... Other phobias, anxiety disorders, etc are all recognised and treated appropriately so I don't see any reason why "EMSS" should be excluded from that. Something being intangible or irrational really isn't grounds to deny study or treatment.
You seem to be assuming that the rash of crude opportunist extortion is being perpetrated by the original leaker(s). I very much doubt that. I imagine that if they have anything left to do it'll be very carefully planned and precisely targeted, and quietly executed under the generous cover of this recently incited flailing frenzy...
Some idea of your daughter's idea of "cheap" would be helpful. Along with any specific requirements like radio speed and band coverage.
I'd always favour (new) old stock over s/h old stock for this sort of stuff and probably be looking at things like these:
US$160 Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 http://www.ebay.com/itm/261974415727
US$210 Note 2 GT-N7100 http://www.ebay.com/itm/252032497383
US$310 Note 3 GT-N9005 http://www.ebay.com/itm/331609748395
Not that the US government feels it has done much wrong: former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice recently said, within The Reg's earshot, that ”the rules” mean the USA is allowed to spy in the name of freedom and democracy but China isn't allowed to.
Um, quite the contrary. The fact that top US politicians are scuttling about spewing ridiculous excuses and rhetoric proves that in fact they do fully understand that they've put themselves on a rather sticky wicket.
"Climate science" has never been science. Think more along the lines of sociology, cosmetology or astrology.
(Not meaning to "diss" the geologists, chemists, physicists, astronomers, etc who definitely aren't "climate scientists" and would doubtless hate to be mistaken for such)
"That would be safety nets around he edge of the roof, no?"
I was thinking something like a weekly questionnaire might be involved too:
Are you happy working at Foxconn and positive about the future?[ _ ] Yes
[ _ ] No
With "no" resulting in immediate dismissal. Natch.
"It'snotoften these days that you are disappointed by a product."
TFTFY 0:-)
WTF has the author been snorting? Methinks an exhaustive group review of "IoT" shit is in order for edification&contrition purposes. Don't forget to include "smart" (the new word for fugly?) watches and every other "wearable" ...and $300 thermometers... and CO2 sensors... and lamps which allow your neighbours to spy on your children... and so on.
...and then dump the lot into the nearest landfill...
a cross-platform nasty capable of infecting both Windows and Linux machines.
Odd that the Windows angle didn't garner more than a glancing mention. How effective is it on that other targeted platform? Are Windows trojans (earth to Reg: That aint what a "backdoor" is) really so passé that we can't even be bothered to type about them any more?
And when I hit the button on my iPhone 7 that says "remove virtual SIM card" then what association will my unlocked phone have with that operator?
...and there you have it AC: If your manufacturer walled up its garden as thoroughly as it and the networks would like to do, it would risk driving its revenue to the other manufacturer.
Time to form a standard shunning cartel then.
Right... "Go to the feature that changes your virtual SIM card, enter your password, scan a one-time QR code to change carriers, and then confirm on-screen that you want to change your carrier to the one you just scanned."
I'd rather swap a SIM.
This is getting more and more like the sales pitch that accompanied replacing (not augmenting - REPLACING) our simple BIOS protection jumpers with an _NSAKEY which allows unimpeded REMOTE pwnage by whomever it is who holds the private counterpart to said key.* Certainly more convenient forsomeone but a total clusterfuck for the rest of us.
GIVE ME BACK MY BIOS JUMPER
GET THE HELL AWAY FROM MY SIM CARDS
Also, why is there an AC scampering about this thread spewing crap about what a joyously salubrious innovation this is and giving the rest of us a single downvote? Is he supposed to be one of those "super influencers" I've read about?
*and everyone else who's bothered to unpick the crapto
Yes it does. Infected ad networks are, in fact, a thing.
Indeed.
As are MiTM injection attacks. They're very much a thing too.
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