Posts by bombastic bob

WinUI and WinRT: Official modern Windows API now universal thanks to WebAssembly

Re: Yawn.

a) underwhelming

b) as exciting as a MUZAK concert

c) as attention-grabbing as watching paint dry (reminds me of a movie I read about on El Reg...)

d) Ben Stein looks like a Dallas Cheerleader by comparison when he does his deadpan 'Wow.'

And if this means that MS is ONCE AGAIN trying to SHOVE the development world towards MONO and/or ".Not Core" for cross-platform, I'll just have LAUGH AT THEM and remind them that Java has been cross-platform from the beginning, so where have THEY been???

That, and Python GTK. And guess what's looking REALLY good in the TIOBE index right now?

Re: There really isn't a future for "native" UX on anything...

"Most UX specialists are abject morons who have abolute no concept of whizz-bang-shiny. I should know, my thesis was on User Interfaces..."

since you brought it up... the whole "User Experience" thing (vs a 'User Interface') is one of those "new agey" "feelie" phrases that cause me nausea every time I think about it, so I tend to ignore it to keep my lunch from explosively leaving out one end or the other...

Instead, I'll just say that it reminds me of a joke:

Q: How many people from Silly Valley does it take to change a light bulb?

A: It takes at least 3. One to change the bulb, and at least 2 to "share in the experience"

And I think my point has been made, now.

Re: Four out of five Microsofts recommend....

it does not detract, I think, from the idea that MS is basically issuing PROPAGANDA again... with respect to "the future" and their 'offerings' etc..

What, Silverlight was excluded? heh.

Perhaps less on the detail, and more on the concept. And it's ok to laugh at subtle jokes.

(it's my opinion that creative-minded people generally don't like 'inspector/detail' types and usually don't get along with them...)

Re: There really isn't a future for "native" UX on anything...

a 'qualified' agreement with your explanation, but not the topic in general.

I would say that there's ALWAYS a future for writing applications to target the native UI, especially if they're performance-related.

However, in the case of ".Not" UWP and all of that *CRAP*, it's not "the native UI" and should *NEVER* *BE*! Win32 *is* the Windows API, and it should REMAIN that way!

Otherwise, Micro-shaft will be SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN BOTH FEET if it ever is NOT.

Re: Deja vu all over again

ack.

And (everyone) *PLEASE* *STOP* *CALLING* *THAT* *UI* *MODERN*!!!. ('that' is to 'modern' as '70s disco' is to 'music', or 'etch-a-sketch' is to 'art', etc. and don't even get me started on the 'FLUGLY'...).

I'm sticking with Win32 API for windows applications, and the (older) MFC framework, compatible with Windows 7, and NEVER tie my application into ".Not". NEVER CLR nor anything that requires it.

If Micro-shaft DEPRECATES Win32, it'll be at their OWN PERIL (with devs - if you do not believe me, check out the TIOBE index with respect to UWP and ".Not" and C# and VB.NET and other such things, as compared to C, Java, C++, and even Python!!!)

NASA told to get act together on commercial crew vendors as chance of US-free ISS rises

Re: Other solution

"I'd bet he'd get it done."

In the private sector, these are known as "expedite fees". It results in hirng a bunch of contractors, creating new shifts, paying people overtime, and paying out expedite fees to THEIR suppliers, etc..

It'd work!

Re: Modest proposal time

I liked the Heinlein idea of pedal-planes inside atmosphere-filled moon caves, for tourist recreation...

(one of his short stories, I forget which one)

Re: Modest proposal time

it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

(wait that's a combination that an idiot would use on his luggage!)

[it's also the combo on my briefcase]

Re: The Folly of the Free Market When you Really Want to Just Get Something Done

Perhaps NASA should have been willing to shell out more money initially, in order to attract more contract providers...

SOCIALISM isn't fixing this, by the way... (doing it THAT way would wheel spin us in "development" of "the next system" which would be a moving target and a cash pit at many times the current cost, as history would indicate)

However I think this will work out just fine. There are a few snags remaining, they didn't launch a ball of flame with dead astronauts coming back to earth, they've put caution and safety FIRST, and it delayed things. Well, so what. We're *SO* close to having this now, I'm sure it'll work.

And yeah, I'm in favor of UPPING the budget for NASA, not for the ISS so much, but because NASA dollars spent on rockets and R&D result in jobs, jobs, jobs. It's the *kind* of Keynsian economics that works, because you PAY PEOPLE TO WORK and GET SOMETHING IN RETURN. And technology always improves with these kind of government contracts, and it all pretty much 'trickles down' into the REST of industry, as history demonstrates.

It's all good. Apollo 1 was a disaster. And a couple of shuttles. But there was a 'stand down' each time, and some re-evaluation, and we fixed it, focused on safety, and moved forward. NASA is doing it right, I think, but more money approved for contracts would help.

IBM, Microsoft and Linux Foundation link arms to fight patent trolls with 'multimillion' scheme

Re: Didn't Microsoft fund SCO in its Linux patent fight?

copyrights are also subject to the concept of "fair use".

If a copyrighted work contains a loop, and you happen to make a similar loop, even if you SAW the copyrighted work, 'fair use' should allow you to make a "similar loop" anyway, without it being a derived work.

API function names and documentation should be the same way, In My Bombastic Opinion. In other words, you should be able to write YOUR library to implement THEIR API without any copyright violations, even if it is a competing product, assuming you didn't plagiarize a _SIGNIFICANT_ (i.e. NOT fair use) portion of THEIR code.

But, IANAL and this is also In My Bombastic Opinion

Re: Or, simply...

I wouldn't go for an entire ban on software patents.

HOWEVER, raising the bar to require the following would greatly reform the trolling problem

a) SPECIFICITY - a specific patent for a specific use.

b) NON-TRIVIALITY - must be WAY more than an obvious/trivial implementation

c) no "algorithms" - NO patenting of a (pure) algorithm. Reserve THAT for copyrights. However, if the algorithm works together with OTHER patentable tech, it could be considered as part of "that tech".

d) no "cosmetic" or UI claims - the use of multi-button presses, square windows, colors, touch, or other such common UI elements/appearance in a software patent claim.

As I see it, a software patent that applies to a particular technology (let's say control software for a particular industrial process that requires the industrial hardware to work), when this has been targeted to the particular implementation, should be fine. [I am actually party to a provisional software patent that is like that].

however, a PURE software patent on an algorithm, a trivial patent that's too obvious, or an 'umbrella' patent that is not specific, should be DENIED categorically.

This way if you invent something, and software is part of the invention (but not ALL of it), you should be able to patent your software WORKING WITH your invention.

but if you come up with an algorithm to calculate something [i.e. pure software], or generically perform some kind of control [let's say GPIO bit flipping or networking, and the hardware isn't patentable] then it should be DENIED.

the latter is probably the most frequent source of patent trolling, non-specific generic algorithm type patents that should NEVER have been granted.

and ESPECIALLY no "cosmetic" or UI claims, unless it's specific to your hardware.

Re: Wait and see

I think your position is the best, aka "Wait and See"

Welcome to cultured meat – not pigs reading Proust but a viable alternative to slaughter

Re: Upvote... but.

Those of us who have been alive long enough to remember the formation of the EPA and the resulting MASSIVE cleanup of air and water, PLUS those currently living in places like China and India where HORRIBLE POLLUTION chokes the life out of citizens, understand what REAL environmental 'crisis' IS.

In the USA we plant forests after cutting them down (conservation makes economic sense), repair strip mining environmental damage (after we're done mining), put "things" on exhaust systems to limit ACTUAL pollutants (not this CO2 farce, it's NOT a greenhouse gas, infrared absorption spectrum and black body radiation, look it up), and our air and water systems are cleaner than EVER, and it's working, and I'm happy about it. I *HATE* pollution!

That being said, what's being done in the name of [insert environmentalist crisis of the week] is LUDICROUS and MANIPULATIVE and only designed to take away freedom and control people in perpetuity, in a pseudo feudal system of SOCIALISM and GOVERNMENT CONTROL.

SOME government control is needed to stop widespread abuse. THAT much is certain. Anything beyond that is just a POWER GRAB by ELITISTS.

And that ALSO includes the anti-MEAT agenda. However, I'd buy science-meat if it tastes the same and costs the same (or less) than REAL meat. (that means adding FAT to it, where the flavor is!)

Re: Upvote... but.

"Animal Welfare" - humans are one of the FEW animals that treat their prey in a 'humane' way, for the most part. Most predators just kill and eat them, sometimes BRUTALLY.

I think we should give ourselves some credit for doing as much as we do...

Now - if 'protein sequenced' meat tastes as good as grass-fed or corn-fed beef, and COSTS LESS, I'll buy it at the grocery store. Until then, maybe it has a use in long space flights...

Re: Mmm!

you made me think of: genetically modified worms that taste like beef

yum!

Five new players – including Blue Origin and SpaceX – are now in NASA's race to send landers to the Moon

Re: Chump change

ack, and every penny spent "gets something". NASA spending promotes technological growth, expands our understanding of science, and pays people to work.

It's a GOOD thing. More of same.

Microsoft joins Google and Mozilla in adopting DNS over HTTPS data security protocol

Re: "Just stop using their stuff."

DoH is a classic example of a few powerful companies trying to obtain control and force you to use their stuff.

it's what monopolies do, yeah.

(Time to, once again, speak softly and CARRY A BIG STICK.)

Interpol: Strong encryption helps online predators. Build backdoors

Re: Here we go again...

FREEDOM makes it possible for people to commit crimes!

Imagine THAT !!!

I suppose TAKING FREEDOM AWAY will FIX it, right?

</snark>

icon, because, facepalm, "they" are at it AGAIN...

Like a BAT outta hell, Brave browser hits 1.0 with crypto-coin rewards for your fave websites

Re: What's so wrong with just using a donate buttton?

electricity in Cali-Fornicate-You is the *HIGHEST* rate in the nation.

best to avoid crypto-background payment methods

Re: * Cough Cough *

I should check to see if there's a port for FreeBSD yet...

nope. doesn't look like it. (I'm too busy to write one, will just wait I suppose)

regardless of "FEELINGS" (which are both IRRELEVANT _and_ highly subjective), a job is an exchange of work for money. Any requirement beyond making more money for the hirer than is spent in wages, equivalent savings being a big part of that, is a RIDICULOUS requirement, and might as well be race, sex, or religion with respect to DISCRIMINATION.

that being said, someone who speaks out about politics all of the time in the work environment, and frequently offends people, may be terminated on the grounds that it's creating a "hostile work environment". work is for work. [politics can be 'shared' after hours unless you know it's not a problem].

And that's all that should matter. Too many hypersensitive easily-triggered SJW SNOWFLAKES out there... and THEY need to STFU and be "more accommodating".

the "Cancel Culture" is JUST! PLAIN! WRONG!!!

NASA spanks $34bn on a disposable rocket – likely to top $50bn by 2024 moon landing

Re: Context

good observation. Keep in mind ALSO that, unless overseas components are used, every single penny spent by NASA will translate to people's income and purchase of equipment from U.S. based companies. Of course if a UK company were making "a thing" that was compellingly competitive, I'd say "go for it" but I suspect there's an 'America First' requirement in there someplace...

(this as opposed to funneling the money through bureaucracies into the hands of NON-working people, who would then produce NOTHING in exchange for all that cash - at least with NASA we get rockets and R&D and technological advancement!)

In any case, from the article:

"President Donald Trump's arbitrary 2024 deadline"

Would you have said it "that way" about JFK's "the moon in this decade" speech? Just curious...

I can imagine it now - 'President John Kennedy's *arbitrary* 1969 deadline' - yeah, not so good.

Personally I'm glad there's a deadline. Deadlines mean that you stop farting around with "Research" and BUILD SOME DAMN ROCKETS! And GET RESULTS!

Just like a BUSINESS MAN to GET RESULTS, right?

Feds indict 14 over alleged scheme to get Apple to replace fake iPhones with real ones

Re: They got to exchange dud fakes for working genuine units

the idea was to re-sell them overseas at greatly inflated prices. As you pointed out, the genuine Apple product may be worth a LOT more "over there" than "over here", or so I recall from what I heard on the radio.

Being as it is a somewhat local issue (here in San Diego) i heard about it from more local news sources yesterday. And the Apple fans that I know, having purchased them within the last few years, could easily have ended up with fakes in lieu of real ones.

Hopefully this was just restricted to the 'return for repair' scam, so that you don't have a mass recall of iProducts to make sure that no fakes are out there...

Gas-guzzling Americans continue to shun electric vehicles as sales fail to bother US car market

Re: "plug-in hybrids, full electric or fuel cell cars"

"All of their energy ultimately comes from gasoline."

You say that like it was a BAD thing... and it's *NOT*

Electric car means:

a) more expensive

b) does poorly in weather extremes

c) limited range

d) TIME CONSUMING RECHARGES

that kinda says it all. I want a car that is CONVENIENT, goes BLISTERINGLY FAST when I want it to, looks COOL, and lasts for a VERY long time without major maintenance (like 200k miles, current vehicle).

Lemme know in a few DECADES when you got this down, k-thanks.

Without any apparent irony, Google marks Chrome's 'small' role in web ecosystem

Re: Slow web sites

captcha is evil. It breaks NOSCRIPT. It's also IRRITATING.

Re: Slow web sites

I would think a "code coverage" analysis might be interesting. If a zillion functions/styles are loaded, but only a handful are used, mark it *BLOATWARE* because it should NOT be cramming a boatload of bloat into the browser EVERY! STINKING! TIME! you load the page.

NO excuses!!

Re: "spaces won with 51 per cent of the vote"

two spaces, no hard tabs. that's usually established in any coding guidelines *I* write.

Re: "spaces won with 51 per cent of the vote"

I prefer spaces MAINLY so that no matter what editor or viewer I load, from less and vi to pluma and IntelliJ, my indents remain CONSISTENT in the manner in which they display and, well, indent.

If you wanna "save that byte", consider how cheap storage is, and how EXPENSIVE time and effort are, and the impact of "poor or inconsistent readability" on your time/effort.

'That roar is terrific... look at that rocket go!' It's been 52 years since first Saturn V left the pad

Re: Love watching space rockets, especially Saturn V lift off's

"amazing to see what happens on the pad."

As I recall, Saturn V cut the fuel lines at '0' on the count, but ran engines for another 2 seconds before actual lift-off. This is because it was LITERALLY too heavy until it had burned fuel for a couple of seconds, and at that point it SLOWLY started to lift up as fuel was consumed...

So the sequence was kind of like this:

T-5, 4, ignition, 3, 2, 1, 0.. lift off, we have lift off!

I watched many Saturn V launches on TV. They all went like that.

Re: Shameful

there must have been a compelling reason they went with this design....

Re: Shameful

Landing the first stage is becoming boringly regular.

agreed. If it fails, we'll hear about it, like plane crashes. They're infrequent too, so every time you get one, it's front page stuff.

(this says a lot of GOOD THINGS about SpaceX's tail landing ability, which is still pretty sci-fi cool)

Re: Shameful

I'm convinced that if we're secretly in contact with space aliens, they're TRYING TO HOLD US BACK, and NOT _advance_ our technology. Just sayin'. And I also believe that "certain politics" is the number 1 reason we have not already colonized Mars. In the 1960's, they expected we'd have space stations like in the movie 2001 in, well, 2001. Other "predictions" like graphical displays on computers were actually pretty close and looked good on camera. A HAL computer that has natural language interface, a little early for 2001-ish but these are getting pretty good, too [Watson, Siri, Alexa, etc.).

But our space exploration is PATHETICALLY BEHIND where we COULD be.

Meanwhile, TRILLIONS wasted in government-run social programs... imagine if that was used to purchase cutting edge tech, instead? Jobs, wealth, productivity, national attitude and so on...

Re: Poor filing practice?

hmm... I wasn't aware the F1 wasn't double-wall. Perhaps NASA believed that double-wall wasn't strong/reliable enough. They needed double-wall for the Liquid H engines, but apparently "got away with" not doing that for kerosene engines. They operate at lower temps.

As I recall the double-wall design was intended to preheat fuel and cool the inner wall simultaneously. H2+O2 burns hotter than engine melting point, and that would be why. You could also spray fuel along the inside of the engine to form a laminar boundary layer. Maybe they did that in the F1 ???

In any case it was good enough to get the job done. But yeah "more modern" designs are probably better, more efficient, and so on. We can do that now. In 1960's, maybe not so much... not and meet the deadline of "in this decade".

Re: Poor filing practice?

well, SRBs were cheaper and more efficient, not necessarily better.

As I understand it, and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, SpaceX uses kerosene-powered engines that are *kinda* like the F1s.

The point of the Saturn V was to build a practical muscle-car rocket, not necessarily the BEST tech, but functioning tech that worked reliably enough NOT to get people killed...

In modern terms, Saturn V is probably as primitive as any other 50 year old design, though "modern" designs would obviously borrow things that work from any past design, no problem there.

And if we wanted to build replica systems, there are a couple of Saturn V's in pieces set up as museums, so no problem unbolting something, doing a 3D scan, x-ray material analysis, etc..

COULD be done. probably should NOT. Let's do a 21st century design that combines efficiency, low cost, reliability, and so on, borrowing from the 1960's when needed but using the last 50 years' worth of experience to make it better!

SpaceX flings another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit in firm's heaviest payload to date

Re: Think

about 'orbital planes' - depending on orbit shape and a few other factors, they're not all that big after all. If you don't have a bunch of well controlled and well positioned satellites all going the same direction and speed [which is only gonna happen if it's geosynch, more or less] then satellite 'a' will occasionally overtake satellite 'b' and if their paths cross, they potentially collide.

Speed is also related to distance from the earth, and non-circular orbits vary speed. So yeah imperfect orbits and positions create a 'swarm' and collisions are inevitable.

Re: 59 out of 60

if the failed satellite can't de-orbit itself, that could become a MAJOR problem...

then again, perhaps the new 'space force' could use some TARGET PRACTICE!!!

What's that, Skippy? A sad-faced Microsoft engineer has arrived with an axe? Skippy?

Edge on LINUX? *EW*

it seems to me that MS has no clue as to why people don't want to use their browser on Windows, let alone the reaction that will happen when they try to pawn it off for Linux users.

"Don't know what distros to support"

I have an idea: release the SOURCE, and if we want it, we'll build it and package it on OUR end. that would include the BSDs as well.

But, I expect that will NEVER happen. And that's the whole point.

Congress to FCC: Where’s the damn report on mobile companies selling location data?

Re: US Politics

uh, section 702 deals with NETWORK information, actually... and what is "that" exactly?

And therein lies the problem right? Does this "network information" ALSO include triangulated cell phone locations, or other similar information? Maybe. Does it include the use or abuse of GPS data? Probably not. If the phone has on it, for example, a pre-installed proprietary application that does "phone home" with GPS, and the user did NOT turn it off can THAT still be used without permission?

I think this is the source of the problem here. 'network information' is too vague of a definition, ready to be exploited [and probably is]. Twisted by lawyers (they do that) the laws may not actually apply to information that is NOT "network information" but MAY include the location of a cell phone.

The FTC, however, DOES have jurisdiction on whether or not customer information can be sold, or used for advertisements (etc.), without permission, PERIOD. That would require NEW LEGISLATION probably. And *THAT* is my point.

I am not sure whether or not the FCC has jurisdiction in this case. I re-iterate my point.

Re: US Politics

"Go away and grow up."

You should say that while looking into a mirror, actually...

Re: US Politics

I'm not convinced this is the FCC's jurisdiction...

FTC is probably more in line with this (like banking and other business dealings)

Regardless of who's juris-damn-dictin it is, the report needs to get done!

Maybe Demo[n,c][r,R]ats can stop with the ridiculous investigations and actually LEGISLATE something. Otherwise, they are merely crying/whining and passing the blame onto a convenient target (Pai and FCC). But that, of course, would require REAL work, when all they seem to be interested in doing these days is get rd of the duly elected president.. by hook, crook, or coupe d'etat.

[I bet Trump would sign it if they do something reasonable to limit [ab]use of privacy info]

Senior GitLab exec resigns over plan to stop hiring engineers in China and Russia

Re: Security

"self-hosted instance sitting behind a very well protected firewall."

At a colo or shared host, yeah. This might be the BEST option.

Re: Security

"GitLabs need to relocate their HQ"

San Diego would be a good start, if they want to stay in Cali-Fornicate-You, but in my view, that's probably a bad move... so if you must move, move to Texas or the S.E. USA. There you will find lower living expenses, less socialism, less gummint interference, and people who aren't SNOBBY SOCIALISTS.

(then again they sometimes object in those places when Californians go there, and bring the FAILED SOCIALIST MENTALITIES WITH THEM, screwing up the 'good place' with bad ideas that caused them to move away from where they were in the FIRST place)

But if I were to pick a foreign country to set up in, why not the UK ? Plenty of talent, decent place to love, yotta yotta. Taxes and expensive might be higher than Texas or S.E. USA, but then again LOWER than San Francisco...

Re: Security

"Only about 36% of USians hold a passport."

mine expired. I never used it. Got it over a decade ago because $WORK at the time thought they might have to send me overseas to fix something [had gone to Texas to fix something before, and it worked out very well, 2 days there and a weekend over the phone fixed the problem, kept the customer contract alive].

But the problem was fixed locally and so did not require me going overseas. But now I had a passport.

I went overseas a lot when I was in the Navy, of course. Wouldn't mind visiting those places again. Military ID is as good as any passport when you're active duty.

Aside from that, I have no problem hiring foreigners as long as they aren't inside of a country that poses a security risk [like China]. Again, not the PEOPLE, but the GOVERNMENTS that pose the risk.

Re: Shirley...

"GitLab could dodge this bullet by giving companies the option to specify exactly who works on their code?"

I think the concern here is more about INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE...

In other words, if I have a private repo (many many reasons to do that) storing my company's software source, ANYONE at the hosting company (gitlab, github, sourceforge, whoever) can view it if they have the right privileges. At this point, if it's viewable by someone inside China (let's say) whose login credentials are easily sniffed by "the great firewall", there is NOTHING stopping the government of China from doing a bit of industrial espionage on PRIVATE REPOS. Their past performance with respect to industrial espionage suggest NOT ONLY that they WOULD, but PROBABLY DO ALREADY.

So they go on a fishing expedition for things they can rip off, or SUE OVER, or PATENT TROLL with, using stolen credentials that were "stealable" due to MITM across the great firewall.

THAT is the concern, I'm sure of it.

Re: "Retaliatory behavior"

I still have (and recommend) github. Some of its features just make sense.

On the other hand, I keep a wary eye on what Microsoft may "feature creep" into it. In other words, what I do does not rely on github specifically. My bags are effectively packed...

There's still sourceforge but they were bought up by doubleclick some time ago... can't recall if doubleclick sold it off or not. Still I have a presence there as well.

I think the concern is NOT over individuals being a risk, but of their governments AND those parts of the internet that are OWNED by those governments...

So regardless, a government could (and in China's case, apparently DOES) set up MITM gateways across its "great firewall", thereby enabling spying on https traffic that might contain sensitive or private information that a government MIGHT consider "leverage".

Look at what China's influence (apparently through Nike) has done with respect to basketball players and their position on things like HONG KONG freedom-loving rebels. Don't they DARE support HONG KONG in this, or RETALIATION (like no more advertising contracts with Nike) _WILL_ happen.

I _TOTALLY_ get the concern here. Sad, but reality.

it does not make me very happy about it, though.

California’s Attorney General joins the long list of people who have had it with Facebook

Re: How do they get away with not complying with legal orders

"Because Facebook is an enormous corporation that gives a lot of lobbying money and campaign fund support, so it will not be treated like you or me, simple citizens."

We've been seeing evidence of this kind of corruption a LOT lately. I'm sure it's always been happening, but right now the light's on in the room and the roaches and rodents are scurrying to find cover.

Easily summed up in this elitist/arrogant phrase: "One law for ME, another for THEE"

[I think this kind of elitist favoritism has been discouraged by angry citizens since the Magna Carta, and it's time to make another angry stand against it with Zuck and certain bureaucrats and politicians in the USA...]

"CEO Zuckerberg also continues to avoid visiting London, or anywhere in the UK, out of fear he will be arrested for repeatedly failing to comply with a request by Parliament to answer questions about Facebook’s actions, as revealed in the tranche of documents."

heh - this alone is popcorn worthy

What do you get when you allegedly mix Wireshark, a gumshoe child molester, and a court PC? A judge facing hacking charges

Re: Nuance

promiscuous mode on the computer (not the routers) doesn't mean SQUAT.

Unless, of course, they're 30 years behind in net tech and are using HUBS instead of SWITCHES for their ethernet...

Unless you place a switch into permanent 'learning' mode or program it to be promiscuous, it will filter out any packets on the network that are NOT yours. Upstream routers will do the same thing.

It is EXTREMELY unlikely that Wireshark could capture ANY network traffic on this network of any consequence, other than the occasional "Who has this IP address" ARP packet (and other similar housekeeping traffic that's broadcast or multicast).

A properly designed network wouldn't have problems with this.

They are just being ANAL RETENTIVE ASSHATS. It's like going after security researchers for "cracking" an encryption algorithm when they're actually just verifying that it's a good one.

Microsoft has made a Surface slab that mere mortals can dismantle

Re: a Surface slab that mere mortals can dismantle

but will it survive a FLOAT TEST?

(you know, if it floats it's ok [but needs replacing since it's now water logged], and if it sinks, it's bad and needed to be replaced)