Posts by Michael Habel

Windows: Insecure by design

How Much?

Depends, when will GIMP v3.0.2 land again. Probably about the time the Prophet Zarquan puts in his final appearance at Milliways' or in planer terms the Heat Death of the known Universe. Case it didn't according to last reports happen last month, it didn't happen this month either, and my Pony Cash is on it not happening next month either.

Linux has this Opensauce or die mentality about it, and if you dare try to scratch a dime off it your a scumbag. Is it any wonder why we don't have M$O2k24, or Creative Cloud on the Platform then?

Fortunately Steam have done some wonderful work for the so-called Masterrace. But, what would I as a Creative give a single not, about the Steamdeck, and it's many many poor man's Switch clones? I'm not a gamer. Yes I can get by with Inkscape, and Darktable, along with Krita, and sigh GIMP v2.10.xxx but, what of the curious case of Resolve? Yes by golly George a Linux version actually exists. Problems are that h.26x are a non starter, due to licensing issues again. Oh yeah you also need a woefully out of date copy of CentOS, and an obscenely overpriced (for '24), nVidia 1080ti to actually run it. So no bueno to it running on a lowly Lenovo Intel 13th Gen Laptop with Xe on-board graphics then.

Meanwhile back at the Redmond Ranch? It just works... It Just WORKS!

Tell me more about the Year of Linux please!

Crypto-crook Sam Bankman-Fried spared a second trial

Corrupt Deamonrat Judges, backed by Deamon-ratic politicians, who bought their elections with the stolen funds given to them by SBF, decided NOT TO PURSUE this case?!

In the words of Paul Joseph Watson... "Imagine my shock!"

Really gets ya noggin joging what if he had backed the other team instead? Would these same rats be so tolerant to just let bygones be bygones? Looking at recent events, I'm going to say no they wouldn't be.

Tumblr says nudes are back on the menu – within reason

Re: Do you know...

What part of... "Shall NOT be infringed...." are you having problems understanding?

Something tells me that these Credit Institutes would have no problems with you buying illicit Drugs, from the locally mandated Weed Shop? Which I find offensive? So why ain't these places trying to prevent these people from rotting their brains on then? How would they feel (if anything?), where some Dopehead, to get behind the wheel of a Car, and plow though a group of Children at the redlight?

I get the feeling that would somehow be alright, in their, and apparently your world view.

Re: "an overt focus on genitalia"

That sadly is not how attraction works. (e.g. 1 of 10, or simply having fun with 2, 5's, as George Carlin once marked.)

Re: Do you know...

If they had it their way... NO!

Thankfully this little thing called the Second Amendment, can go tell these Credit Card Corporations to go fourth and, multiply" With that asinine attitude. Also these Credit Card Corporations shouldn't get the last say on the arbitration of what constitutes "Good Taste", that is clearly NOT their job, their job is to handle Money from Point "A" to point "B" while taking upwards of 33% for Point "C".

Version 5 of systemd-free Debian remix Devuan is here

Re: Your correct.

Not so much woke as biased.

Jury orders Google to pay $340M patent-infringement damages over Chromecast

How does this Patent, differ between Alphabets' "Chromecast", and Samsungs' "SmartView", and the mac-daddy Apples' Airplay?

Seems to me this is akin to picking some low hanging fruit.

No more free love: Netflix expands account sharing restrictions

No but, with a helpful 3D Printer I WOULD DOWNLOAD A CAR! though.

My guess...? VAT

Re: Dynamic ip address

Can't speak for everyone, but the IP changes every time I connect with the outside WAN. As a rule once every 24h's. or sooner if I want to slide past those limited time freehostsers with multi-part DLs. instead of waiting up to 4hs between parts. This said the IP Addy really only changes in the last 2 positions. Yeah apparently Yodaphone (Germany), have heard if IPV6 too... I gather they will switch everyone over any day now....

*Skull = Still waiting meme....

Bank of England won't call it Britcoin but says digital pound 'likely to be needed in future'

When priniting...

Wonderfully coloured bits of worthless Monopoly, isn't enough. But, who am I to say that the Bit Coin fad, is but, so much when the pundits in the media are already saying as much.

Warning: Microsoft Teams Free (classic) will be gone in 2 months

The first hit is always free... Then you'll pay out the arse, and then some!

South Korea to treat crypto tokens and virtual assets as if they were securities

Re: An unusual use of the word

Depends upon who needs securing you... (HAHAHAHA), or the Mega-Corp Banking Clan.

Microsoft swears it's not coming for your data with scan for old Office versions

Re: Strange way to respect user privacy

But, nether actually run M$ Orifice natively, and I'm not into Wine....

Re: Strange way to respect user privacy

What of large Data Hosting centers?

McDonald's pulls plug on Wi-Fi, starts playing classical music to soothe yobs

>Implying that McDonald's use actual Milk in their Shakes, and Ice-cream,,,,

*Closest thing to a poison skull & bones as I could find...

Ukraine slides closer to NATO with buckets of experience fending off Moscow's cyberattacks

Re: Barbarossa

How so? How is it my interest to wish for wish for WWIII. If I at least held a sizable portfolio of Boeing, or Lockheed then at least I could enjoy being rich before the Bombs fell.

Re: Barbarossa

Its about preening or Peacock arse to the world "LOOK HOW MORAL WE ARE!", Meanwhile Office Workes have to where their Winter Coats at their Desks, in order to preserve what Gas is left. I just pray the Reichtag is being kept at a comfortable temp. Wouldn't want our Moral Politicians catching the big "C" now....

Or dare say into Cuba.... Oh wait... This feels oddly familiar.

If we have self-healing bio robots in 2053, it started here with mouse muscle cyborgs

What about the rodent-brain powerd Autopilot thingy from a few years back?

Microsoft patent eyes ads in streaming online games

Driving past a virtual Billboard, with some in-game Ad you say? Sounds like the XBOX360, and Electronic, Farts's Need for Speed Underground, ca 2008 I'd say....

And, everything old, is new again...

Re: Gamers are a fickle bunch

This first problem is Discless, and, allways online Consoles. Tis said often enough of these Ponzi scamming Gold Cert, (later), Dog e-Coin Sites, but, I find the sentence rings just as true here: If I can't hold it... I don't own it!... Also true with other popular Sites that sell you licensees to watch films that you have to pay the same amount for, as were they on Disc. but aren't, and the Studios can "alter the deal" (Pray they don't alter it further), by cutting out entire scenes. (see Oo-lala in the original BttF Film... or not), and that's yet one more reason to return in force to psychical media. At least my OG XBOX, PS3, and 4's don't require my being on-line, much less having to subscribe to one of those crappy on-line services (XBL / PSN), in order to use it. But, I suspect that will eventually happen with the next gen consoles (post PSV / XBSX).

Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO: Help us pick his replacement

No lets not... But, then I'm not the head of Advertising at General Motors either.

You mean... That it wasn't?

The Left can't meme, but they can drive away Advertisers. As such I'm not sure Elon can much afford to do that right now. If he has any plans post Twiter.

I don't like your choices, so would like to nominate one Albert Arnold Gore, or his mini-me Gretta to the post...

and, in some small way make the Lefties happy again...

San Francisco investigates Hotel Twitter, Musk might pack up and leave

Re: No, way, they beat us?

Then praise be to our mighty forefathers, who opted for a Representative Republic, than a so-called Democratic one. As we would do fine, without any input from the like of Commie-fornia, and New York.

Facebook approved 75% of ads threatening US election workers

What of the finest Clown News Network or PMSNBC? Faux News has its problems for sure, but at least there news is more balanced on the whole.

Elon Musk to abused Twitter users: Your tormentors are coming back

Re: 15 thumbs up & 44 thumbs down

Then why not lead by example?

Re: re: anyone vaguely to the right of Karl Marx

Whats wrong with holding traditional Anglo-prodastant values?

Re: Please keep going!

Thank the clockmaker for VPNs then. Like some lame EU Block is going to kill off a nuance website. At most it would be an inconvenience.

Re: He is not allowing Alex Jones back on

Alex Jones is the real litness test of Musks commitment to free speech, Not Former President Trump. After all what does he care for Twitter when he has Truth Social. Which is so much better than that cesspool of a platform known as twater? Much like FTX, the only thing it has going for it were the NPC bots. Now, nobody wants to touch it.

Musk is mad lad!

Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech

Re: I use Alexa, just not for shopping

I'm not quite this entrenched to that degree yet. But, by damnit I'm getting there! But, most of these "Skills" are on the hole largely free, as such they are obviously failing to make anyone anyricher outside of the odd device sale. a sale on which Scamazon must be taking a bath on. that said, Scamazon can, and have, and will continue to rake in their continual stack of Nickels, and Dimes from me. Just likely not from Alexa though.

The only use, and or money spinner for my Alexa, outside of the live Weather App, which if I recall was a 6€ subscription. has been mostly in home automation products. the only time I "talk" to my Alexa is to tell her to "Hit the Light", or to eventually "Kill them". If Bozos, can spin a dime from that, more power to him. As for Shopping on Amazon, something I do far to regularly I may add, but with niche brick & mortar stores, going by the wayside, looking at you Conrad Electronics. I'm not about to waste time on Chinese tat Bizarres such as Aliexpress, or shudder Fleabay. At least Scamazon have a decent return policy in place. That said, having a PC / Phablet to hand, it just hasn't simply occurred to me to buy stuff from my Echo, and will probably continue to be that way.

Too soon? Amazon commissions FTX mini-series

Will this -Docu- Mockumentry cover SBF's Close relations to One Maxine Waters, in front of whom he will have to face the softest of softball questions least the DNC get (hopefully) drugged down with his Ship? Most likely that little fact will get conveniently tossed overboard, and down the memory hole. as its to him, and anothe nameless rat we have to thank for our national embarrassment of Jospf Brandon. and, his cackling crow of a VP.

Time Lords decree an end to leap seconds before risky attempt to reverse time

Re: TAI = UTC + 37 seconds, am I missing something?

I might be a numpty, but don't Trees actually need CO² to breath, is as far as Trees (or other plants), can breath. I seem to recall that Plants inhale the stuff, while exhaling this other toxic gas called Oxygen.

Re: TAI = UTC + 37 seconds, am I missing something?

Yes if millions... Yeah verily billions of years of geological research has told, anyone anywhere, at any time EVER! was that the Earths climate was "Fixed, and ever unchanging", then I would tell you to redo your research. But, if we were to use your example. Than pray tell me this? Why is it when it rains at my House, and my Basement floods as an effect of this My Insurer will kindly point out some scheisster loophole in my Flood Insurance, before (in the politest terms), telling me to go fourth, and multiply? Yet what with this last Conference, someone from the Subcontinent, a place best known for scamming little old Nannies out of the Bank Accounts, gets to step up with their Treat Bag out, demanding Reparations because of a random Storm passing overhead?

BTW... If the Attenborough Docus are, anything to go by... Them Polar Bears seem to be doing just fine. Also, Why is it we never hear from the other side that clames this IS just a Money making scam, hell bent to control 2/3s of the World. Look I have no problems IF YOU want to eat the Bugs. Be my guest! Use them to cure strvation in Africa if you want. Me? I like owning things. in as far as I'm still able to in <2020, and in private ownership can I begin to find happiness. So yeah these Dolts need to march on! ASAP

Re: TAI = UTC + 37 seconds, am I missing something?

Greta Thunberg frowns upon your shenanigans Sir! Besides its a great way to let Governments the World over to bend you over and have they way over you. All in the name of some ruddy spotted Owl or, some Tree thing. Because how dare you get in yout Yugo to drive to some crappy soul draining job, just to keep a Roof over your head, and Food on the Table. Sadly both of which, along with Motor Fuel are on an ever upward slide. Why becauseit rained somewhere, and now the natives want your Money to fix, what your Insurer would dub an "Act of God!".

So yeah the sooner we see the backs of these numpties like Greta, the better!

This ancient quasar may be the remains of the first-gen star that started us all

Re: Seeing back in time

"nothing can travel faster than light" With the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. The Hingefreel people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they didn't work particularly well and were so extremely unwelcome whenever they arrived anywhere that there wasn't really any point in being there...

Re: Seeing back in time

So we just need to forget about Light, and work on a FTS (Faster than space), engine to get us off this rock.

Re: As Douglas Adams said

Does anyone know where I can get a full copy of Mr. Streetmentioners' Book from? My copy seems to be a misprint as half the pages were left blank.

InSight Mars lander has only 'few weeks' of power left

A lesson for us all especially theganja-greenie types that like bang on about Wind, and Solar. When what is needed is cheap, clean beautiful Nuclear energy.

Spooky Pillars of Creation snap reveals a dark side

Looks more like the King Ghidorah / Tiamat Nebula, than some thre fingered Simpson hand, to me.

American software biz CEO arrested for allegedly storing election data in China

Re: ah, technology

thanks for that I wanted to go there, but was afraid I wouldn't get it passed the censors here.

Block this: Using satellites to plaster ads over our skies could work, say boffins

Re: don't look up

"Look down what do you see? I see my Shoes. Correct! What do you do to cheer yourself up? I buy a new pair. Now, imagine everyone does the same thing. What happens? Everyone feels nice?

Ah, forget the button! Concentrate! Everyone buys new shoes. What happens? More shoes. And? More shoe shops. Correct! Can I - ? No, no. Oh-oooo. And in order to support all these extra shoe shops, what must happen? Everyone… must keep buying shoes. And how is that arranged? Manufacturers dictate more and more different fashions and make shoes so badly that they either hurt the feet or fall apart. So that? Everyone has to buy more shoes. Until? Until… everyone gets fed up with lousy, rotten shoes. And then what? Why can’t I press the button? And then what?! Come on! Massive capital investment by the manufacturers to try and make people buy the shoes. Which means? More shoe shops. And then we reach what point? The point where I press the button again. Oh, all right. Wa-hoo! Ahhhh… So nice, that’s really nice! And then we reach what point?! The Shoe Event Horizon! The whole economy overbalances; shoe shops outnumber every kind of shop! It becomes economically impossible to build anything other than shoe shops, and bingo, I get to press the button again!" -- Douglas Adams

At least they would becone slightly useful then...

WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE NIGHT SKY!

Such that still exists, where it still exists. Bad enough Musk had to go and spew his trash up their, so when you do find something reasonable you have to contend with his sheet obscuring the night sky further.

Re: OK now this is something

Lets face reality the UN is a joke, always has been.

Re: wait for version 2

Can you turn off the Sun? I cant imaging Musk's Starlink trash is artificially lit. Doesn't stop them being somehow becoming magically invisible though. and, with a cheap set of Binoculars you can easily track upwards of 20 of them in a 5 minute span, and that was just in on quadrant of the Sky.