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Comment Security systems can detect jamming (Score 1) 174

Security systems frequently check all WiFi devices every 30 or 120 or 240 or 0 (disabled) minutes depending on settings. If device isn't present the owner is alerted that the device is missing. Usually this is after the device already sent a low battery message that customer ignored and the battery is dead. Many systems will detect jamming because they can't find any of the Wifi devices and alert the customer about that.

Comment Why I decided not to use Linux.... (Score 1) 283

Back in the 1980's, a friend of mine asked me to try Linux as a platform since he liked it.
I got a basic package for evaluation and thought of a project to start. I brought up the project to friend, he suggested using these libraries, I started to code and wanted to add some other functions, friend now said this level of functionality needed a different basic package and I have to start over essentially from scratch, refactor for all of that, then wanted to add still more functions, and friend again says the new functionality level needed another different basic package and I had to refactor about half it again and some of the previous finished functions were not supported on this new different basic package.

At this point I lost faith in Linux. Adding features required not using other already implemented features. Having a more uniform Linux would help.

Comment Re:Informed, but denied access? (Score 1) 244

For future reference I made a comparison in the 1990's that has worked well to show the scale though it is US measurements.
Sun to Venus as 1 inch, Earth as 2 inches, Mars as 3 inches, Pluto (back when Pluto was a planet) as 54 feet, and Proxima Centauri as 60 miles.

Comment Get help from someone who doesn't use it. (Score 1) 108

Everyone in the team has been using it and they are going off of that. They internally know the process and work with that, but someone who isn't in the team has no idea what the process would be.
Personally, I can segment memory and can sit down in front of a manual and forget I've been working on it for a year and pretend like this is new to me.

Comment I'd like to know viewpoints outside of US on this (Score 1) 293

I would think the US is a good candidate for these stories because there's more resources and people to make Area51 and similar test zones. I seldom hear these stories from Europe, but occasionally from Russia.
If it indeed were public about captured alien craft or aliens kept in the US, I would think various governments would like to get them just to take them from the US, and various religious groups would want to have an opinion.

Comment Yes. Just know what you are doing. (Score 1) 183

Its a dumb question because its asking one question but the followup is a different question.
"Can You Use an Unsafe Computer Safely?" should have been "Ask Slashdot: Can You Use an Unsafe Computer Safely on the internet?"

I have a "trip laptop" where it has the independent games I want, documents, and text editors. Internet and USB is disabled.
Very usable for the purpose intended.

Comment How much bitcoin does China have? (Score 1) 185

I'm genuinely curious if various agencies in China will now buy up bitcoin because it is at a low price, then sell off just before China can make another announcement like this in the future.

I don't think China would promote bitcoin unless they had a LOT of it on hand, and its in their best interest to crash bitcoin prices until they do.

Comment Re:Can be easily unwound (Score 1) 184

Yes, I do talk to Trump supporters. Err...listen to them. I don't have much a choice. I'm a quiet person and they like to talk _for hours_. They are my customers and I am labeled as rude if I correct them or get annoyed. I do my job and leave.

You do provide an insight though that I hadn't considered. Most of the groups/society that feel harmed didn't vote Trump and won't vote Trump. No loss to Trump if they are upset. As long as they aren't a majority, nobody important will care. If they were a majority, then Trump wouldn't be in office.

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