Posts by AJNorth

One-year countdown to 'biggest Ctrl-Alt-Delete in history' as Windows 10 approaches end of support

0patch for Patching Win 10 after EOL

For those who will continue using Windows 10 after it goes EOL and want security updates without subscribing to those provided by Redmond (should they choose to offer them, at whatever their price), there is 0patch - https://0patch.com/. Several computers under my wing still running Windows 7 have been utilizing their "micropatch" security updates flawlessly since Win 7 went EOL.

From 0patch:

Long Live Windows 10... With 0patch

End of Windows 10 Support Looming? Don't Worry, 0patch Will Keep You Secure For Years To Come!

https://blog.0patch.com/2024/06/long-live-windows-10-with-0patch.html

Two articles:

0patch Explained: How It Works and What It Means for the End of Windows 10

0patch promises to keep delivering security updates to Windows 10 even after Microsoft stops next year. Should you use it? We help you decide.

https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/0patch-explained-how-it-works-and-what-it-means-for-the-end-of-windows

Want to safely use Windows 10 after Microsoft ends support? Meet 0Patch

With 0Patch, you can provide Windows 10 with updates beyond October 2025.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2456251/windows-10-will-no-longer-receive-updates-from-october-2025-change-that-with-this-tool.html

Want to keep Windows 10 secure? This is how much Microsoft will charge you

0Patch for Windows 10

Fortunately, 0Patch, the company that came into being offering their proprietary "micropatches" for Windows 7, is also offering patching for Windows 10 (as well as Server 2008 R2) — at a substantial savings compared to Redmond: https://0patch.com/.

Several Win 7 boxes under my care have been utilizing 0Patch since EOL with zero issues. The company is a pleasure to interact with (whenever necessary).

Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42

Dan Kaminsky, In Memoriam

In the words of the poet:

Loss, and Possession, Death and Life are one.

There falls no shadow where there shines no sun.

— Hilaire Belloc

From "On a Sundial" ("Sonnets and Verse," 1938).

Arecibo Observatory brings forward 'controlled demolition' plans by collapsing all by itself

In the words of the poets...

"I have no doubt that in reality, the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine.

Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we CAN suppose."

— John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, FRS (1892—1964)

("Possible Worlds and Other Papers," 1927, p. 286)

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“Once in a cycle, the comet doubles its lonesome track.

Enriched with the tears of a thousand years, Aeschylus wanders back.”

— John G. Neihardt (1881–1973)

("A Cycle of the West," 1949)

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(As quoted by Loren Eiseley for the epigraph to his "The Invisible Pyramid," 1969)

'Software delivered to Boeing' now blamed for 737 Max warning fiasco

“You can have it good; you can have it fast; you can have it cheap. Pick any two.”

— Red Adair

Microsoft silently fixes security holes in Windows 10 – dumps Win 7, 8 out in the cold

It's getting to be about that time...

For Microsoft, how do you spell relief? L I N U X

Which means that it's time for the devs to shift into high gear so as to be ready and able to start offering at least the most popular Windows apps for Linux by 2020.01.01 (there could also be a big shift in property valuations and sales in and around King County, WA in a couple of years...).

Wow. What a shock. The FBI will get its bonus hacking powers after all

U.S.A., R.I.P.

Yes, "elections do have consequences." However, in what other democratic republic can the one who garnered the most votes (even by a substantial margin) still lose the election?

We may well be about to reach that point beyond which the answer to the question, "What do you think about the United States of America?" will be,"It was a good idea."

Google rushes in where Akamai fears to tread, shields Krebs after world's-worst DDoS

Since moving on from the Washington Post to form his own company, Mr. Krebs has been the victim of several — and wide-ranging — attacks (including threats to himself and his family). He is one of today's [relatively little-known and often unsung] heroes.

Science fiction titan Frederik Pohl dies, aged 93

Pohl On Radio

Frederik Pohl also penned a number of the original stories that were adapted for the longest running, and arguably finest, Sci-Fi radio series ever produced, X Minus One, which aired on NBC for almost three years (1955-58) and spanned 130 episodes, all of which survive (and are available for free at the Internet Archive -- https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_X_Minus_One).

The program opened with announcer Fred Collins delivering the countdown, leading into this classic introduction (although later shows were partnered with Galaxy Science Fiction rather than Astounding Science Fiction):

Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire!

[Rocket launch SFX]

From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future; adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds.

The National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of Astounding Science Fiction, presents... X --- Minus --- One.

I especially recommend Pohl’s "Tunnel Under the World," from March 14, 1956. Though he will be missed, his gifts will continue to enrich us 'til the end of time.