Posts by JoMe

You like magic tricks? See this claim that IBM bungled an Obamacare IT project? Whoosh, now it's a $15m check

"the motives were good "

Yeah, no not completely. Or should I say, barely at all. The underlying concept based itself on theft, not to mention if left to run it's course, would have guaranteed growth of government to stupidity levels...

Re: ObamaCare...

Liberals are somewhat "liberal" with facts anyhow. Anyone speaking truth or sharing facts they disagree with is usually branded a Nazi - even Jewish ones - and promptly banned from their presence.

Funny world isn't it...

Monster magnet in my pocket: Boffins' gizmo packs 45.5-tesla punch and weighs just 390g

So many "look at this cool thing"

With no application for it... seriously, wtf?

Microsoft's Edge gang pops a head above the parapet to give Linux fans a strong 'maybe'

Dear Cthulhu save us...

That is all.

UK taxman spent six times more with AWS last year than cloud firm paid in corporation tax

And will continue to be like this

Because nobody wants to make a fuss. Idiots.

Japan drops banhammer on drunk-droning for the sake of public safety

Understandable, especially given that some countries now require you to register drones under certain conditions.

Akamai CEO: Playing games from the cloud? Seems too expensive to be viable right now

According to Leighton, games publishers abandoned the idea a while ago

They didn't abandon the idea, they (the publishers) f-cked it right up the corn hole by demanding that every user must have separate hardware and licenses. This is not a model that will work under any fiscal plan. It's what killed the idea and made it not worth it to the customer. It's like if Netflix demanded that you buy every movie you watch on their service, and for every customer they need a separate DVD player. It's not necessary, and quite frankly mind blowingly stupid.

Lets be clear. Game publishers - most of them not just EA - have always loathed their customer base. Why would they support a mechanism that will see more customers spending good money on a subscription bases for their games? I mean, they'd make more money, sure, but customers would be happier and more plentiful, and they can't be having that now...

US minister invokes Maggie Thatcher, says she would have halted Huawei 5G rollout

Re: Pompeo has lost it ...

I'll take it you've never "assisted" the authorities with their inquiries; how much choice do you have there?

Re: Pompeo has lost it ...

"Sure you work for the super secret services, but you're willing to blow your cover to win arguments on the internet."

Yes, more evidence that you're blowing smoke out your bum, or in other words have no clue what you're talking about. Companies that fall under this category are not government departments in some shady part of town. They develop tools and equipment for a government entity such as the DOD with an S category; such as Tyco, Raytheon, Cobham, hell even munitions companies can fall under this to a degree. I repeat, IF you had worked for companies working in the secret or higher spectrum of projects, you'd know precisely WHY this is a problem and WHAT the impact is if you f-ck it up.

Re: Pompeo has lost it ...

I take it you've never worked for a secret or above rated organization in the US before. Had you done so, you would have been briefed on specific laws, specific documentation, and specific reasons why this is a concern.

Show me what other country has a law REQUIRING you to spy on another entity. Please, do so. Then I'll gladly, to quote you, f-ck off.

Re: Pompeo has lost it ...

From your own link:

The Intelligence Law, by contrast, repeatedly obliges individuals, organizations, and institutions to assist Public Security and State Security officials in carrying out a wide array of “intelligence” work. Article Seven stipulates that “any organization or citizen shall support, assist, and cooperate with state intelligence work according to law.”

You'll note the word CITIZEN in that sentence.

Re: Pompeo has lost it ...

The law in China REQUIRES common citizens and companies to spy on the west, at every opportunity. This means if they sell hardware that can spy on you, they are required to write in code that does so.

Since bleeding heart liberals will demand source, and won't bother to lookup stuff on their own thanks to their steady diet of CNN and other media, here is a direct quote from a law professor that has analyzed this law:

"The Intelligence Law… repeatedly obliges individuals, organizations, and institutions to assist Public Security and State Security officials in carrying out a wide array of “intelligence” work. Article Seven stipulates that “any organization or citizen shall support, assist, and cooperate with state intelligence work according to law.”"

(SOURCE: Dr. Murray Scot Tanner, Lawfare)

The Patriot Act, as abhorrent as it is, does not require citizens and companies to spy on others. In short: get your facts right please.

On the risks...

He is right.

No backdoor, no backdoor... you're a backdoor! Huawei won't spy for China or anyone else, exec tells MPs

Re: Read my lips:

Or like that prick Enda Kenny and "not one more red cent"...

Re: No laws?

While it's true they don't need laws, there is a law requiring this. And having worked in various ITAR, S, and TS organizations I can confirm that we've received hardware that included additional technology with back doors.

Sure...

Question 1: As Huawei are 100% owned by both Ren Zhengfei and the trade union committee in China, are they somehow granted immunity from following the laws as defined by his homeland, China?

Question 2: Given that the Indian government won't award contracts due to specific security concerns, why should the west be comfortable with Huawei

Question 3: Given Huawei's tendency to steal technology - and yes, I worked for a company that was affected by this - shouldn't we deal with the original developer?

I mean seriously, unless Ren and the union consciously breaks the law, they (as combined 100% owners being Chinese) are required to assist in spying on the west, especially given that he wants to design and deliver technology that does what? Provides communication specifically.

Truth, Justice, and the American Huawei: Chinese tech giant tries to convince US court ban is unconstitutional

Re: Opposite Day

You have evidence of an agent in the white house?? Well spit it out man, I'm sure Mueller would love to see it, because he certainly hasn't got anything solid enough to open a case using anti-trump judges!

Re: Opposite Day

No, they're trying to leverage American sentiment against Trump to pervert the right of the government to protect itself from spying. Replace China with Russia and Huawei with *insert Russian spyware here* and see how many frothy mouthed democrats demand that Russia be given the boot.

When it comes to DNS over HTTPS, it's privacy in excess, frets UK child exploitation watchdog

"won't anyone think of the children"

Again... bloody bunch of bumbags.

There's a scarily good 'deepfakes' YouTube channel that's quietly growing – and it's freaking everyone out

Ctrl WHAT face?

Am I the only one that read it as Ctrl Sh*t Face??

Twist my Arm why don't you: Brit CPU behemoth latest biz to cease work with Huawei – report

Re: International law plays no role, US Imperial law is all that matters in this fracas

That's nothing new, and not Trump driven. The US has frequently passed judgement on other countries then expected those countries to comply, then kicked up a hissy fit when they don't

Re: Unintended consequences

I'd call you out for septics, but it works well either way :)

Google - the engine - is a tool. Put a request on the line and it returns what it can find. Now sure, some of those results are going to be gamified, but if you lack the basic intelligence to weigh metrics based on it's internal logic and center of basis, then you're never going to know the truth because you don't know how to recognize it when you see it.

That's ok. I'm sure the media can feed you their version of the truth, which often happens to be skewed to their own political agenda and rarely bare factual basis. If that's your decision, go ahead. Just don't expect to find many intelligent people that agree with you.

Re: And so, history repeats itself

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/17/ipv4_address_fraud_charge/

Well, we have at least 750k more IP addresses on top of whatever is left...

Re: Exactly! And you can change sides when the winning side turns out to be the losing side

There's a reason for that. Look no further than the pure idiocy perpetuated by Obama to understand why Trump not only got elected, but thanks to the ever-increasing batshit insanity that is the democrat party, is likely to win again.

Re: Unintended consequences

"I'll leave it to you to google rest"

Unfortunately, these idiots don't bother researching for themselves, they just accept whatever the media tells them is fact and don't bother looking for themselves. You don't need to look any further than Obama lovers and Trump haters to see who researches and who accepts the media at their word.

Never let something so flimsy as a locked door to the computer room stand in the way of an auditor on the warpath

Curious...

Why the security guards didn't get the bollocking. I mean, IT don't own or physically secure facilities, and aren't the ones watching the camera. The camera is a line of defense, with a paid guy that has a gun on his hip to respond to such events.

Why telcos 'handed over' people's GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

Re: It's a hard problem

Not really. "What is your full name and official police badge number?" gives a few handy elements in one question:

1) He could make up a number, sure; but now we're in the territory of actually claiming to be law enforcement

2) It would be recorded with the request, so that auditors can track who, when, and what was requested. Harassment for example could be assessed here too.

3) It should be fairly straightforward to create a secure portal that simply verifies badge number and first+last name.

I mean, it's not perfect, but it's a very simple way of getting the actual claim on record of being law enforcement, and further if it is a legit law enforcement officer, the badge number and name is recorded.

Tesla big cheese Elon Musk warns staffers to tighten their belts in bid to cut expenses (again)

Having been in the automotive industry in the past

If Tesla are operated in any way similar to the likes of Ford or GM, then the amount of spend waste would be ridiculous.

IT bod flings £1m sueball at Met Police for wrongly listing him as a convicted fraudster

Finance IT is significantly more scrutinized than just any finance bod.

Crap band sues crap beer maker: Hair-metal rockers have an Axl to grind over Guns N' Rosé

Don't cry, I'm sure we'll sort it out before we're knockin' on heavens door...

Ok... not sure how that changes what I said...?

Re: Decent enough?

Well, downvoter? Do they?

Beer isn't related to rock music in such a manner as someone could think this was endorsed by the band? How curious...

Re: Decent enough?

And yet almost nobody knows who Faster Pussycat is.... curious no?

Re: The brewery should take a tip from Apple

Eh some people like to blow off steam. Not like they had a number one album on the top 200 billboard (Appetite for Destruction, 1987), have any member of their band in a "top 100 of all time" list (Slash, 65), has a singer with decent range (Axl Rose*), or get inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame (2012 I believe), and hey Elton John didn't even know who they were (oops, he played piano onstage for November Rain).

Nope, I guess to some people who wouldn't know rock if it bit them on the bum, they're just an unknown bunch of rockers that did nothing of note, had nobody of note, or played anything iconic to the genre like Sweet Child o' Mine or Welcome to the Jungle. Sigh.

* Axl is near the top of the list for range, 5 octaves with a 2.5 note range. Yes there are more out there, but he's somewhere around 6th in the top ten of history.

Unfortunately

This is the logic we live with today where any variation of the name can be sued over.

Techie with outdated documentation gets his step count in searching for non-existent cabinet

I always remember some simple rules my first good boss taught me

1) 5 minute jobs are never.

2) Saying "yes" to this, means saying "no" to something else. Even if it's "5 minutes"

3) If you don't have accountability for it:

a) don't touch it without explicit permission from whoever is.

b) if you get permission, and find that documentation/labels/etc. are wrong, point out to the person that owns it and leave them to correct it.

Photo 'memories' storage biz Ever uses family snaps to train facial recognition AI

Re: WTF!

The same people that were sick of the democrats ruining the country, which is not the same as the people who like or even believe in Trump. Had the democrats not gone so batpoop insane he wouldn't have even been in the running.

Tech giants get antsy in Northern Virginia: Give us renewable power, there's a planet to save... and PR to harvest

GIVE US RENEWABLE POWER NOW!

But, um, no wind turbines in the desert because of some random lice. And no solar panels, they're ugly. And no water turbines, they're untidy and noise. And no...

Yeah, sure, get right on it...

Hi! It looks like you're working on a marketing strategy for a product nowhere near release! Would you like help?

Sorry, comrade, but you did not use party sanctioned redaction code. Report to Office of Correction Making for punishment.

I once worked with an engineer that solved problems while taking a dump. I think he solved problems on a few high end products in much the same manner. Not sure how that worked, come to think of it...

Timely Trump tariffs tax tech totally: 25 per cent levy on modems, fiber optics, networking gear, semiconductors…

Re: *NOT* Emabarrassed American!

If you're ripping off honest businesses and selling those designs as their own, I'm sure you'll have a lot of spare cash lying around to loan it indiscriminately.

Re: *NOT* Emabarrassed American!

I don't understand what moron down votes facts; especially since every point you make is correct. China does rip off every one's technology, most egregiously American tech. One big thing that's impacted by not having to design your own tech - aka stealing from others - is that you have no R&D cost, which makes up a significant chunk of sales pricing.

No wonder they can undercut the US.

Gather round, friends. Listen close. It's time to list the five biggest lies about 5G

Re: Chinese law

Besides your mindless ranting, you honestly need to decide what your point is. My point is that the Chinese government have a law, on the books, that requires both citizens and companies to spy on the west at every opportunity; this is actually evidenced in spy tools found embedded in firmware and additional components on hardware boards that literally are designed to capture and forward information.

The follow up to that point is that unless Huawei are in the business of ignoring the law - actively - they are embedding technology to both capture information and forward to Chinese authorities.

Do you understand now, or am I using words that are too big?

Re: Chinese law

In China, it's a lawful requirement that you spy on the west. This isn't just "patriotic". It is punishable by jail and torture if you do not comply.

Tractors, not phones, will (maybe) get America a right-to-repair law at this rate: Bernie slams 'truly insane' situation

Re: Ditto Tesla

Initially, perhaps, but not currently. In fact, Tesla offers a web service where wiring diagrams, repair manuals, etc, can be acquired by anyone that signs up. They also have training to become a Tesla approved body shop.

"When"

"When we are in the White House, we will pass a national right-to-repair law that gives every farmer in America full rights over the machinery they buy"

Seriously, this is grabbing at straws. Make no mistake, this idiot and his party are going to promise whatever it takes - even public execution of Trump - if it'll get them elected. Here's why you should think again:

1) His party is the number one advocate for full-term abortions. Not only that, but his party also feels that a mother should choose whether a full-term baby should be murdered after surviving said abortion.

2) I wanted to not add this to the list, but he's a raving socialist. To the immediate knee-jerk socialists that claim "it's never been done right", I would like to pre-empt you by saying that there is no moral way to implement socialism, because it bases itself on theft. There is NO successful socialist example in history.

3) Democrats love imposing anti-business regulations that hurt the small guy significantly. You don't need to be a political savant to see the pattern of this, and ironically for all of Bernie's blathering, it is literally the small to medium business that always suffers, and NEVER the big business he claims to target.

4) Mob rule will continue to dictate policy, as it currently does on college campuses

5) Science will no longer be accepted as fact. Already we're being told a man can be a woman just because he says so - in absence of science, biology, even plain sight.

6) Entitlement programs that bankrupted us before will proceed unabated. A simple example: Trump lowered taxes significantly in 2018. Yet national debt only rose about 400bn. in the same year. Obama raised taxes significantly, and yet also increased national debt by over 1.3bn per year on average. The only reason we're actually still in debt is because Trump is still unwinding entitlement programs that make no sense.

I mean, that's literally off the top of my head, what we know is going to happen based on not only history, but current statements and laws the democrats are pushing. Bernie Sanders is NOT a good thing for anyone.

UK is 'not a surveillance state' insists minister defending police face recog tech

"Trust us"

Hah. Yeah, thanks, pass on that.

Self-taught Belgian bloke cracks crypto conundrum that was supposed to be uncrackable until 2034

There's a reason self-taught people succeed

Where formally taught do not. And that is because they don't know something is impossible and don't accept it to be. We have so many limitations on us because 'someone' in 'authority' said it was impossible.