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Comment Re:Proof of Security Risk from Portable Electronic (Score 1) 227

Citation needed.. Sorry Hillary's private server was scrubbed and not inspected. Citation for improper communications and back room deals is not found.

Many IT departments know data is leaking as the effect is seen. The Edward Snowden type leak is what a lot of companies are afraid of.

The big questions are if you have secure documents and data, are they on systems isolated from open USB ports, bluetooth, etc? Is all the devices on the secure network locked down for protection from unauthorized connections? Is the normal office IT secure?

If I am on break and pull out a smart phone and look up the Slashdot headlines, there should be no problem. If I connect my Office Laptop to my personal hotspot so I can work at home, this is a serious security problem. Doing the latter should be grounds for immediate dismissal.

Comment Re:It isn't stable yet... (Score 1) 172

I am amaze.

I had Windows Vista up on a (then rather beefy) 3-core 64B Athlon with 3 GB of RAM. IT WAS A DOG. Figure several minutes until it was responsive on boot, etc. Double-click a program and wait for the icon to blink, etc.

Upgrading the machine to Windows 7 without changing *anything* and it was like a new computer! It booted much faster, programs launched quickly enough that the coffee maker started to feel abandoned.

And it was *always* that slow, it wasn't due to malware.

Comment Re: Holy shit, this is some wank. (Score 1) 165

You can blame the people as much as you like, but failing to consider the power of the media (aka Faux News, CNN, etc) is folly.

I wonder how much of that "ignoramus effect" is due to people actively being spoon fed garbage information?

Watching commentary on any news network is a veritable "here's how" for logical fallacies.

Comment Re:Why do I get the funny feeling that (Score 1) 265

As long as the obligations of the BSD license are followed; it is not a free-for-all.

That's not terribly burdensome.

"Copyright 2015 by Forkers, LLC. Based on code copyright 2014 by BSD Baddasses, Inc. This software isn't guaranteed to do a damn thing."

That sweet, sweet two-clause.

Comment Re: Why do I get the funny feeling that (Score 4, Informative) 265

For fuck's sake... it's been how many decades and you people still can't get this right?

Godwin's Law states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." That's it! None of this "losing the argument" bullshit.

Comment I prefer Google TV! (Score 4, Informative) 133

Chromecast all but requires another smart device running (continuously) to control it. You can't control it directly.

Google TV, on the other hand, AKA "Android TV Sticks", are a full-on Android device, just like your phone or tablet, but without the screen. You control it with something like a mouse/keyboard.

You can turn off your phone/laptop while using a Google TV. You can browse the Internet on your Google TV, without using anything else to help. You can plug in a keyboard/mouse and use it like a computer! You buy apps on it from Google play, just like any other android device, and it's very compatible!

I just loved my first TV stick that I bought on Amazon (MK808b) for $35! I just bought an MK809 when my MK808b finally died after 3 or 4 years of daily use, and it has (so far) been a nice upgrade. Faster processor, better wifi reception, more memory/storage. Still runs just fine off the power from the USB port on the side of my TV...

PS: To control one of these, you want a "flying mouse remote". It's a keyboard that "mouses" by waving it in the air.

Comment Warning: DO NOT USE SAMSUNG SSDs IN LINUX SERVERS (Score 5, Informative) 195

We've been using Samsung drives in "non production" status servers, embedded servers, etc. and have had a terrible time of it. The first drives we bought a few years ago (840 Pro) were good, but we've seen Samsung SSDs run entirely through their write capacity (as reported by SMART) and then go dead when not even mounted! Turns out we aren't the only ones to get bit by buggy Samsung drives.

It also turns out that Samsung drives are even blacklisted in the Linux Kernel

I welcome Samsung's excellent cost/size value proposition! I just wish their drives were solid enough for our actual use.

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