Posts by bombastic bob

It's 2017 and Hyper-V can be pwned by a guest app, Windows by a search query, Office by...

Re: Microsoft has a bumper crop

"Do Adobe hire their programmers out of Trump University or something?"

<facepalm /> <downvote />

"How do they have such consistently shit code??"

it's probably a combination of:

a) management/policy deficiencies

b) 'original design' flaws

c) arrogant coders

d) closed source [so nobody can see how crappy it really is]

I wonder what the typical "function call depth" is... and how many files you have to look through to find out what XXX does. [and whether classes/objects muck with each others' storage, or if garbage collection is being relied upon instead of proper reference count based object freeup, etc..]

Engineer gets 18 months in the clink for looting ex-bosses' FTP server

Re: Hacking?

"The company say they rotated passwords"

except for the 'back door', apparently

Big question of the day: Is it time to lock down .localhost?

Re: Is localhost even needed?

"MS moved localhost resolution into the local DNS client (probably to stop users messing things up by removing those names)."

OR, so Micro-shaft could hijack them later, and ALSO prevent you from using 'hosts' to stop their ADWARE and SPYWARE...

on a related note... do we need to protect ".local" as well? (I use this for my private network since decades ago, "something.local" with bind serving up resolution for it)

A sarcasm detector bot? That sounds absolutely brilliant. Definitely

Re: "see also “smileys”"

I've heard SHARKS referred to as 'smileys' (you know with that big toothy grin)

wasn't MY term. just heard it.

and emoticons/smileys/emojis/etc. are just pure CRAP anyway. I never use them.

[el reg icon the only exception]

Re: Paradoxical

Is it time to worry that I don't understand "emoji"

Only if you're a millenial or a 4-incher (i.e. someone who views the world through a 4-inch phone screen, otherwise it would be 1-incher).

Re: ᗧ++

(unicode seems to be not entirely working when I post a reply)

A programming language that consists ENTIRELY of unicode emoji ? yeah, looking forward to it! After all, it can't be any WORSE than C-pound with ".Not", right?

Re: Not so Handy . .

"And tonal cannot be captured very well in writing, so for example in written English, one invests more in context to set the tone"

AND, you can use punctuated! text!, *emphasis*, italics, _underscore_, CAPITALIZATION, and other means of "tonal exposition" in your writing style.

Yeah. I do that. You're welcome.

Re: Not so Handy . .

"What chance does an AI bot have if it doesn't know how much of an idiot the writer is?"

that's right, it could be some IDIOT that believes the lame-stream (left-wing biased) media's negative portrayal of Trump . However, being REALISTIC, I'd say Trump isn't THE greatest, but is pretty great nonetheless.

The Next Big Thing in Wi-Fi? Multiple access points in every home

"I have given up using wi-fi in the house due to the number of WAPs that are visible"

here's what you do:

a) pick a channel that nobody else is currently using.

b) stream continuous iperf traffic between two connected wireless devices for at least 2 solid days, witihout letting up. Get the bandwidth up as high as possible. Locate the devices strategically, so popular client locations are "covered"

c) when the neighboring access points all (autmatically?) change channels to avoid YOU, you'll have the entire channel block to yourself, at least for a while. 2.4Ghz needs 1 or 2 clear channels next to you (due to the modulation), so don't use 6. 10 or 2 is often a good choice [at least in the USA]. At 5Ghz, you can have adjacent channels since the 'A' bandwidth is higher than 'G'.

And then, rinse/repeat as often as needed to keep your bandwidth working well.

(it also helps to ask people what channels their on, to avoid obvious conflicts, or just scan the ones with more bars using a utility that tells you the channel and other info)

also turn off "greenfield" and enable B-style preambles (CTS etc.). This helps multiple wifi networks play well with each other. As well as can be expected, anyway...

messing with meshes

I messed with mesh networks a while back. I forget the details, but it was overrated (in my viewpoint) for wifi.

You could PROBABLY provide the same _kind_ of thing by enabling 'roaming' on the clients, and setting up wireless "extender bridges" at various (strategic) points. They'd have 2 radios in each one, one that's connected to the base station on one channel, and acting like a router/AP on the other, and maybe have better radios and/or better antennae to keep the bandwidth as high as possible. Client roaming would handle best signal, etc. on the individual computers and devices, and everybody would "get along".

Then you won't have to run something like "BATMAN" on every device on your network...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.

[as I recall, you needed it on the clients, too]

Anyway I haven't messed with it in quite a while, so maybe those problems were solved? Most of what I did was on the wifi access point itself, and not so much the networking. Got a proof of concept working, then the project was presented for a defense contract by "the boss", and that was the end of it. bummer, yeah.

(I suppose in some ways IPv6 is a lot like BATMAN's mesh network routing stuff, so why not go full-blowin IPv6 and be done with it!!!)

Microsoft dumps mobility from its Vision

Re: Come on MS, say it... Windows Mobile is a dead duck.

"Didn't I read that there are 350,000 Qualified Engineers unemployed in India?"

probably, and there may be a reason why: If they are out of work, it may be because they're work (quality, quantity, outcome) isn't worth paying them the apparent low wage that a contractor in India might pay their employees as compared to someone working in Redmond.

A lot of this isn't due to a lack of education, or intelligence, or even real qualifications on the part of the 'out of work' engineers in India (or those who are working, for that matter). A lot of this is PROBABLY the 'rules of engagement' and the instructions given to the "body pack" that's ultimately hired to do the work.

Throwing bodies at a problem, i.e. 1000 previously out of work (and poorly paid) engineers are now working on "the problem". But they can't step outside of the box for fear of someone else quickly assuming their role at the company. And so REAL innovation goes out the window, problems are shrugged off and even HIDDEN to avoid conflict, and we get a lot of "yes sir" when there should be objections...

You can't blame them, of course, and I am just pointing out what I think is happening "over there" and why the phone support, engineering efforts, etc. seem to be 'below our standards' over here - and it's because 'boiler plate' is the rule of the day and nobody DARES go around it, against it, etc. - the nail that sticks up GETS THE HAMMER, right? Anyway... that would be the "rules of engagement" for doing the actual work.

So ultimately it has proven that off-shoring everything to India can be a bad idea, regardless of their intelligence or the apparent cost. It's the 'rules of engagement' that cause the fail and bureaucratic "solutions".

In any case, if Micro-shaft wants QUALITY people, they'll have to PAY for them. And you often get what you are willing to pay for, as long as you actually PAY for it. And don't "get cheap". etc..

Google diversity memo: Web giant repudiates staffer's screed for 'incorrect assumptions about gender'

The token conservative spoke out!

I think Google needs to hire more political conservatives, more christians, more right-wingers, more Trump supporters, and more Republicans. That way, their "diversity" will more equally represent the entire population of the USA.

same logic as hiring more women, simply based on generic demographics. A downvote storm will be a badge of honor, since it would just be the usual howler monkeys doing it...

I am SO sick of this "diversity" crap. Yeah, let's mix an equal representation of materials found on the makeup of the entire planet next time we build something out of concrete. It's not *FAIR* that diatomacious earth isn't equally represented in the concrete mix... "iron mixed with clay" indeed, and not in a GOOD way [like rebar in re-enforced concrete], more like in an UNSTABLE and BRITTLE way.

And THAT is what "diversity" does. It brings people into the mix that aren't necessarily there because they STRENGTHEN, but because it AVOIDS LAWSUITS [even when discrimination doesn't really exist].

icon: me face-palming at the lameness of it all

Forget Iran and North Korea. Now there's another uranium source

Re: Intriguing

"the Black Hole is rapidly decelerating in the Neutron Star then settles in its middle while having an amazing full-fat meal with a side dish of transfat fries."

kinda like these...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMG-LWyNcAs

Re: Centrifugal force?

spins like a top, stuff flies off. spins faster as it shrinks (momentum conservation). something like that, anyway. A particle would have to be lucky enough to be near the equator

maybe regular stars as well

just thinking, maybe regular stars also have heavy elements inside the core, due to the compression and continuous neutron flux from the fusion reaction... yeah fusing iron + other things into gold, lead, and uranium would be the nuclear equivalent of 'endothermic' but you got all that pressure, all that temperature, and all those neutrons...

but yeah Iron, cobalt, and nickel have the lowest binding energy per nucleon, so all 'exothermic' fission/fusion reactions head towards them.

Four techies flummoxed for hours by flickering 'E' on monitor

Re: @ Chris 125

I looked for that newsgroup, couldn't see it on any archive or elsewhere. I found a "rule 34" site that had "thomas and friends" stuff. It was all laughably lame.

yeah nothing shocks anybody who's spent more than 5 minutes on "teh intarwebs"

Teen who texted boyfriend to kill himself gets 15 months jail

Re: Jump! Jump! Jump!

limits on free speech have been tested in the Supreme Court many times. Disclosing classified information, for one, is a punishable offense (all those 'leaks' for example). The classic example yelling "fire" in a crowded public space is another offense [typically 'disturbing the peace' or similar charges would be filed]. You can't be openly abusive, harass people, or create a public nuisance. But pretty much everything else, done peaceful-like and in the context of local ordinances, is fair game. I can go to the city park, stand on a soap box, and do political speech (or hate speech, for that matter) all day long. The cops will protect me and people can choose to walk away (or not). If I don't chase them and get in their faces, I'm not "harassing" or "disturbing". So yeah.

"Involuntary manslaughter" is the charge for when you negligently do something that significantly contributes to someone's death. Accidentally running someone over because you were texting on your phone, or disobeyed traffic laws [that sort of thing]. So there has to be some kind of "avoidable" negligent thing that you did, such as manipulating someone's emotions via text messages.

But yeah, the high courts will probably decide THIS one, too.

/me imagines chearleading squads at "jumper" events - "Screw it all, Screw it all, JUMP JUMP JUMP!"

megaphone icon for me standing on my soap box in this forum, heh

CMD.EXE gets first makeover in 20 years in new Windows 10 build

Re: Blue seems brighter

blue is like 15% luminosity or something like that, so "brighter blue" would be easier to read, especially if you're old...

I'm glad MS is brightening up the default colors. Now, will this be done with gnome/mate shells, too? default colors on THEM are like the old CMD defaults. I'm always forced to "unalias ls" and "unalias grep" and things like that to get rid of the colorized trext, because I CANNOT READ THAT DAMNED COLORIZED TEXT half the time (dark blue or dark purple on black - what dim-bulb thought THAT was a good idea?).

It's *IRRITATING*.

So a big well-deserved KUDOS to Microsoft <--- spelling their name properly when they do something right

Microsoft breaks Office 365 sign-in pages ahead of surprise update

"I can hardly contain my excitement :)"

sounds best when voiced by the actor that did Eeyore, or maybe (the late) Alan Rickman

Re: Paginated

"I don't get how that would yield such a supposed improvement in sign-in success?"

until they put different click-through ads on EACH PAGE that you're forced to re-load...

WAIT until "they" put "that" as the NEW LOGIN for WIN-10-NIC

/me heads for the door, dodging the rotting veggies and other flying objects. yeah, "don't give them any ideas"

Re: Yeah...

"Yeah, this is why you don't let the programmers anywhere near the live servers..."

many thumbs up for that bit of advice!

[I currently find myself in the (somewhat necessary, regrettably) position of web development, server admin, AND system integrator, with a bozillian low-level fixes and necessary changes just WAITING to be implemented on the production side, and I have to CONSTANTLY resist the temptation to just put it into production anyway (since I have a 'development' site running in parallel, migrated from the production system's everything, and without any major problems) while I wait for the slow-moving wheels of but-if's and uncertainty on the "customer" end, until they finally say "go for it"]

So yeah, don't @#$% with the production system until the P.R. and non-IT people get their schtuff in one sock...

Trump as US president (in Sharknado 3)? Oh Hell No!

Re: Oddly enough, Sharknado 5 is coming out in a few days.

I hear it airs this Sunday at 8PM on the sci fi channel. I know someone who's a fan of the sharknado movies, which is why I know about it. The series is campier than Shawn of the Dead, for those who love B movies that are a parody of themselves.

I mean, sharks, tornados, campy dialog, ridiculously fake-looking special effects, ass-pulls, and expect the unexpected. What's not to love, I guess...

I do appreciate the tag line from sharknado 3, though. "Oh, Hell No!" that was classic.

WannaCry kill-switch hero Marcus Hutchins collared by FBI on way home from DEF CON

Re: Genuine question

Sorry, not in this forum, it's off topic

I'm glad I waited to comment on the article, though. Sounds like the Feds may have some legit reason for questioning "our hero" (re: new article mentioned at the end in an update to this one)

but if you want more on capitalism, etc. there are smarter people than me who have done an excellent job of making this point. I suggest Prof. Walter Williams from George Mason University as a good start.

WannaCry-slayer Marcus Hutchins 'built Kronos banking trojan' – FBI

no good deed goes unpunished

and the corollary: it only takes one "AW, SHIT" to un-do a zillion "Atta Boy"s (that's how I remember the phrase from when I was in the Navy)

Go fork yourself: Bitcoin has split in two – and yes, it's all forked up

Re: In related NEWS....

"The Dutch ate tulip bulbs at the end of the second world war when there was fuck all else to eat."

they should've eaten NAZIS... [ok that was bad, wasn't it?]

Re: "giant worldwide fraud created by bankers"

"Are you a Trump supporter, by any chance ?"

trolling, indeed. you apparently have no real grasp on who Trump supporters really are.

Ugh. The 'academic arrogance' of the elitist, socialist types. *groan* They see everyone who disagrees with them as uneducated tin-foil-hat conspiracy types, one foot away from being locked in the loony bin, "feel" instead of think, and assume that people in general will NOT do the right thing when given the responsibility of their choices, and so the population must be 'controlled' by 'the elite' 'for their own good'. because 'the elite' knows best. Always. *groan*

Big Internet balks at fresh effort to crack down on sex trafficking

Re: Worst Way Possible

yeah, leave it to gummints to totally "get it wrong".

holding web site operators liable for the actions of their advertisers, especially when they use some kind of ad network [and can't necessarily review nor screen the ads] makes you wonder why they even BOTHER, knowing that the lawsuits over wrongful prosecution will keep this tied up in courts for, like, EVAR.

Why not just go after the perpetrators instead? Or is that just not good enough?

old fashioned police work does NOT need blanket surveilance, "unmasking", punishing of ISPs or web site operators, nor the kinds of idiotic "gun-control-like" laws that attempt to hold legitimate businesses responsible for the actions of a few that are inconsequentially involving them.

Chrome web dev plugin with 1m+ users hijacked, crams ads into browsers

track down the perps!

did anyone chase down where the ad revenue was headed to locate the perpetrator?

just wonderin...

Browser trust test: Would you let Chrome block ads? Or Firefox share and encrypt files?

Re: Add me to the above sentiment.

remember when they *FELT* we wanted THIS?

The 'Australis' makeover. Yes, it has a name.

The millenial elitist academic-arrogant 4"-ers [ref to screen size, i.e. everything on a 4" phone, otherwise would be 1"-ers] "feel" that we ALL want their RAPED-UP user interface, with it's "hamburger" menu and 2D flatness. These are the same *TYPE* of people behind Windows "Ape" and Win-10-nic, Gnome 3, and systemd. Do we REALLY want *THEM* determining what "features" we want for the future?

I say, NO!

Let's make the browser display web pages efficiently, clean up its unused memory properly, NOT crash nor stutter your computer system if it's left running with 43 tabs open on multiple windows for more than a month, and EFFICIENTLY run (and dispose of excess memory use for) javascript.

Did eye just do that? Microsoft brings gaze tracking to Windows 10

Re: What's the pr0n angle?

"Why do you bother?"

because it's FUNNY in a prurient kinda way?

Re: As always, it's a balance between benefit and risk

"The paranoia is just the result of Microsofts track record of ramming any and almost every potentially invasive piece of technology down users throats."

that would be the SANITIZED version of things. My opinion is that it's been shoved into the OTHER END the entire time. That way they can hear you SCREAM...

Re: Masking tape, meet webcam

OK Stephen Hawkings release, fine with me. I still have access to my limbs, at least for now, and so I'll stick with keyboard+mouse k-thanks [mostly keyboard]

Re: What?

"Biometric sensing a privacy concern? My Arse!"

Arse-cameras coming, too. Watching your anus pucker up based on what you're seeing/reading

And here I was thinking I'd be safe if I merely SAT on the camera...

Sun of a b... Rising solar temp wrecks chances of finding ET in our system

Re: yep, we're interested in the water UNDER the ice

"we handed over the job to stay-at-home, pro-robot time-wasters after Apollo."

Unfortunately, politics entered the mix, back in the 70's. I could enumerate the details, but it's all there if someone wants to look for it.

Apollo had at least 2 moon launches canceled, an Apollo/Soyuz mission and Skylab re-purposed the remaining hardware [except that which became museum pieces], and for some stupid reason, the USA seemed to lose their passion for manned space exploration. [I never did]

I blame the politicians and the driving forces behind them [which isn't "the people"].

It was kinda like being neutered, in a way...

Re: Well, the sun is only going to be in red giant phase for 500M years or so

"in less than 5000 years."

actually, that would be 6000 years, placing creation week at 4004 BC. Dates according to Usher, as I recall.

that's why "the end times" will take place in the year 2000, because 1000 years of 'whatever' following 'the end times" at the 6000 year point Rosh Hashana when "the rapture" happens. you know, because 7 days = 7000 years. etc.

(troll icon for obvious reasons)

How can you kill that which will not die? Windows XP is back (sorta... OK, not really)

Re: april 2019 and the pink elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about.

"Assets depreciate on a schedule"

this is useful when you want to spread the cost over several years. I see no value in it, though [as I don't spend that much on such things] and just expense things like computer hardware, software, OSs ,whatever (then, they have NO book value and I just use them). Actually it turns out that annual MSDN renewal at $900/year has been the most expensive of all of it... then again the business consists of "just me" and so depreciation is probably not necessary anyway.

I've never sold a computer. They always run until they break, or are so obsolete (like a 486) that I couldn't pay someone to take them.

[I'm also considering ABANDONING the MSDN subscription, even though I've had it since the 90's. Keeping up with what MS is doing is nothing less than frustration and disappointment. Might as well save the $ and flush them completely...]

Re: april 2019 and the pink elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about.

"Microsoft needs to put their boot down HARD on the OS detection"

I was interested in what you had to say until you said THAT.

Micro-shaft has ALREADY done the "boot down HARD" thing. Remember GWX? Also remember how much it PISSED! EVERYONE! OFF! when they kept JAMMING! IT! UP! OUR! DOWN! OUR! THROATS!!

So putting on their JACK BOOTS and GRINDING THE XP _CUSTOMERS_ INTO THE GROUND is only going to create even MORE anger, hopefully to the point of REBELLION (i.e. "Let's do Linux!" or BSD).

Anyway, icon obvious.

Re: Linux 1.79 per cent (was 1.55 in Jan)

"did you include android in that stat"

probably not, because it would be considered a "mobile" OS and this was about desktop computing [pretty sure]. It's also consistent with what I've seen in the past.

And... the article said "FreeBSD nabbed 0 per cent of that tracked desktop traffic".

I didn't now they were tracking FBSD. But a lot of people like to 'anonymize' their browser self-identification with plugins etc. to limit tracking. So while I don't bother doing that [probably means "they" can track me] I also don't web surf to a lot of things that many people do, and when I do it, I've got NoScript and cookie blockers and things of that nature running.

(and when I need script for something, like maybe a digikey order - their shopping cart hates NoScript for some reason and I doubt they'll fix it - I do it from a VM running Linux, hosted by a FreeBSD box)

So yeah FBSD is getting low numbers, but there might be a very good reason as to why. I also have to wonder if SIMILAR reasons exist for *INFLATING* Win-10-nic's numbers...

And Linux's numbers may be artificially low, too...

[glad to see they're rising, though]

Google tracks what you spend offline to prove its online ads work. And privacy folks are furious

I don't use a cell phone to pay so...

I don't use a cell phone to pay, so HOW could they track ME?

If they're using my financial data, such as purchases online, to track me in stores, then that falls under the FTC's requirements for banking transactions and privacy. I think there's both disclosure AND "opt out" in this one. I've opted out with my banks and so I don't expect they'd be able to do this LEGALLY with me...

However, if their "partners" disclose debit card information to google [for ad reasons], AND you purchase stuff at stores that have 'partnerships' with google, then perhaps they CAN track your purchases.

These 'partnerships' should be disclosed. Then I'll know who NOT to use a debit card with.

I can still use cash. I don't have to identify myself with cash. Maybe it's time to do that.

Steve Bannon wants Facebook, Google 'regulated like utilities'

'utility style' isn't the right approach

'Utility Style' regulation isn't the right approach. Google and Facebook aren't required for intarwebs access.

HOWEVER - _SOME_ regulation is warranted. And when I say 'regulation' I'm talking PRIVACY, where the source of the problem is.

There's nothing stopping anyone from asking people directly to advertise something on a web site. So advertisement marketing regulations wouldn't be needed, either. I can ask my friend who owns a web site "hey can you put these ads on your site?" and then pay for them. Nothing stopping this.

Now, with Google and Faceb[ook,itch] dominating the market and providing marketing strategies to make your ads more effective, a lot of people will want those services. For now.

There's nothing stopping anyone from getting into the same business, except maybe a lack of target-market data [which Google and Faceb[ook,itch] have built up for a few years.

So they have a competitive advantage. YET.. the USE of that data might need some regulation, to avoid privacy violations.

Otherwise, let them do what they want. Personally, I see it as Trump doing "Art of the Deal" again. You make a bold statement about what you want to do. The other side fires back. You end up in the middle. And win something.

Re: "Clash of civilisations"

"The resurgent Right is a greater threat to Western civilization than anything coming out of the Mideast."

WRONG!!!

It's a bloodless war. For our freedom. I want mine *BACK* !!! That's what it is. No more, nor less. Why do you think Trump has made a MARINE CORPS GENERAL his new chief of staff???

IT'S A WAR!

/me plays "This is War" by 30 Seconds to Mars

if you'd lived in California at the time, 'Grey Out" Davis (and the DemoRats in general) was to blame, for gummint intervention, etc. and obstruction of construction of a sufficient number of power plants and other infrastructure. Gov. Swarzenegger campaigned on un-doing that blockade during the recall, and won. And it worked.

Example: the Moss Landing power plant had been in a state of disrepair for YEARS. Once Gov "Terminator" was in office, that thing was back up and fully operational in a few months (as I recall, it's an oil burning plant). Basically, snip the red tape and let the company get things done, and you'll get PLENTY of electricity. It was _OBVIOUS_ to those who were "there", no matter what Wikipedia might say about it.

(part of the Moss Landing story might have been PRICE CONTROLS for power generators, and allowing certain plants to charge MORE during peak hours, i.e. 'market forces', ALSO helped keep the lights on)

So THAT was the problem: gummint was GETTING IN THE WAY.

Also, please remember, Wikipedia articles are often written by activists the left, re-edited by activists on the left (often in 'edit wars'), and then used as "proof" for the left's agenda. It has an obvious bias. On non-political things it can be VERY helpful, like describing math formulae or internet protocols. On political things (and even history), not so much. It's not even REMOTELY balanced. It's not even REMOTELY fair. Because CONSERVATIVES and LIBERTARIANS don't have enough "free time" (read: paid editors working for media matters with a leftist agenda re-edit things, because they don't have to have REAL jobs) to spend re-re-editing Wikipedia and undo the re-editing (assuming they had time to post/edit in the FIRST place, working hard and living their lives).

Microsoft won't patch SMB flaw that only an idiot would expose

Re: the problem is Microshaft's design

"just the anti Microsoft diatribe attached to it."

no diatribe, just POINTING OUT FACTS that are easily verified.

Windows Subsystem for Linux to debut in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Re: application windows just show up like normal in your Windows session

"Meanwhile Windows has moved backwards and Linux forwards."

"MS has missed the bus"

For that I upvoted, but with a caveat about EFI: EFI just plain *SUCKS*. It's another MICRO-SHAFT SCAM to try and ELIMINATE LINUX and BSD, to "require" that for a windows-capable sticker on the hardware or something. (fortunately, many operating system distros have adapted, but they should NOT have had to do so in the FIRST place)

Let's not forget that the very existence of EFI is due to Micro-shaft's EVIL PLANS to DESTROY COMPETITION. They behave according to their nature, after all...

Re: grep and awk and redirection

Yes, 'grep' and 'awk' and redirection. I get that with Cygwin on winders. Why do I need Micro-shaft's LAME ATTEMPT at copying Linux? Or rather, embracing, extending, and EXTINGUISHING Linux?

grep in SFU/SUA didn't work quite the same, nor did awk from what I remember (and there were other irritations and limitations as well). As such, I couldn't get a proper grep search to work the same way with THAT thing. So now round 2.

why not just install LINUX instead, if you need Linux?

/me been living in the FreeBSD desktop, day to day, for YEARS now. Since some time before 2005, in fact.

Re: POSIX subsystem for Windows NT...

SFU became SUA because they didn't like the acronym maybe?

the command line utilities were missing things like 'tar' (but it had 'pax' instead, go fig)

It had libs for X11R5 <-- yes, 5

it had an ANCIENT version of gcc on it

it didn't work very well with autotools

I couldn't compile certain gnu libraries, even after trying really really hard

there were numerous header incompatibilities and missing features

in short, it was already ~10 years out of date when I finally realized it existed, and installed on XP, then later on 7, to discover that it was being discontinued and would NOT install on any later version of winders.

ABANDONWARE, to say the least.

How about Cygwin, instead?

Linus Torvalds pens vintage 'f*cking' rant at kernel dev's 'utter BS'

Re: I think I'd be less than delighted

"Too many snowflakes around these days."

You, sir, deserve, MANY THUMBS UP for THAT one!

/me takes a FLAMETHROWER to the snowflakes. Look, a puddle!

Re: As I've said before ...

"I'm wondering just how long Linux has got left as a cohesive, foundational project"

a long time, I'd say.

"RedHat / Pottering are trying to steal it."

let them try. systemd kernel? HA HA HA HA HA! that's a laugh!

"Intel have had staff walk away from the project."

rage-quitters should STAY 'quit'. it's likely they were unproductive anyway. My $.10.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg: Crypto ban won't help trap terrorists

open source crypto outside of jurisdiction

If services like Facebitchook can't provide privacy for people sending messages to one another, then it may be up to open source to provide a solution. It could be stored someplace outside of the jurisdiction of nations that hate this kind of thing.

(South) Korea has a closed-source method of encrypting bank transaction data that it developed during the 90's, in the middle of the "crypto cluster-blank" where the USA wouldn't allow the export crypto technology with a full 128 bits [now considered pathetic] of encryption. It uses ActiveX, which forced a LOT of people to use insecure operating systems with insecure browsers to do their online banking, with the predictable results of malware, etc.. And it's a closed source encryption tech.

this article is from 2012, I don't know how relevant it still is:

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/how-south-korea-became-slave-to-microsoft-internet-explorer-223429

In any case, we've been there before, we've seen its ugly mug, and we know how it's going to behave. The tech will be developed by OTHER countries that are not encumbered by "this kind of stupidity", and will be made available via open source, regardless of whatever "certain countries" might legislate. This goes QUADRUPLE (or more) if BACK DOORS become legislated, since any CROOK will find "the key" for THAT and exploit it, and it would take ACTS OF GODS to fix _THAT_ level of cluster-blanking.

Anyway, preaching to the choir, probably.

I mean, how hard is it to setup an instant messenger application that acts like a TORRENT TRACKER, but enables person 'a' to find person 'b' and send something, encrypted with a standard protocol (like SSL), using standard methods of key negotiation (like DH), and sending directly from peer to peer without the need of a "sniffing server" in between???

"fighting things that actually pose a threat."

how about lying, manipulative, power-snagging politicians?