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An anonymous reader writes "On Friday Linode announced a precautionary password reset due to an attack despite claiming that they were not compromised. The attacker has claimed otherwise, claiming to have obtained card numbers and password hashes. Password hashes, source code fragments and directory listings have been released as proof. Linode has yet to comment on or deny these claims."

Comment: Re:You have to wonder at some point (Score 2) 342

by mosch (#42403801) Attached to: Give Us Your Personal Data Or Pay Full Fare
Airlines make all their profit from a tiny sliver of their customer-base who decide to be brand loyal.

The airlines themselves are always going bankrupt because it's nearly perfect competition.  Most people just buy the cheapest ticket from A to B, with no second thoughts.  These programs help create a small number of customers who fly a specific airline or alliance, which gives them a slight edge.

I won't take an extra trip because I'm Premier 1K, but it does make me more likely to book on United than US Airways, since in the one case I'm likely to get upgraded and in the other case I'm not.

Comment: Re:Bad News for Repair Shops (Score 1) 1009

by mosch (#42099437) Attached to: Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs?
Oh give me a break.  You're in a dying business and you're blaming others for the fact that your services aren't as valuable as they used to be.

Desktop PCs used to be quite expensive, now they're not.  Now they're so cheap that most people wouldn't even think about repair.

The shift to cloud services adds pressure to this.  If your QuickBooks computer died, you had a huge problem.  But if your QuickbooksOnline.Intuit.Com computer dies, you just get another web browser.

The shift to lightweight/mobile adds pressure to this as well.  Desktops are now the exception, not the rule.  The rule is now phones, laptops, and tablets in that order.  Devices that are hard to service because making them serviceable would add weight and cost to every unit sold.

You need a new business model.  That happens.  Stop blaming Intel for the fact that it's not 1995 anymore.

Comment: Re:Thanks for all the Fish Wrapper (Score 4, Interesting) 1521

by mosch (#37205400) Attached to: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot
Rob-

Thanks for Chips n' Dips, and Slashdot.  I hope you enjoy a little bit of respite while you discover what you want for the next step in your career.  You started out with a big, highly influential bang, and I'm glad you're getting a bit of rest now.

All the best,
- some asshole on the internet who you don't actually know, but who is glad you did what you did.

Comment: Re:I think that (Score 1) 684

by mosch (#29422239) Attached to: IPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering

Before I got an iPhone, I had a GSM BlackBerry 8800 on T-Mobile. The experiences were not similar.

BlackBerry -- I use a third party sync software that does a really mediocre job of syncing contacts from my address book to my phone and back. It routinely creates double-entries of existing contacts. It's so bad at merging information that I have to use it as a one-way sync, either going only from phone to computer, or only computer to phone. When I try to do both ways at once, it constantly munges things.

iPhone -- I add or update somebody's phone or email address to my address book, and within a few minutes that contact is synced into my phone, over the air. If I do it on the phone, my address book on my computer syncs within a few minutes as well. It's all seamless.

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BlackBerry Media Player -- LOL horrible.... just completely and totally horrible. Sync was a pain in the ass. The usability bad, but the battery life was complete shit if I tried to use it for a day.

iPhone Media Player -- Works pretty well. Sync is easy. Menus are easy. I can listen to music all day, and not run out of battery.

Comment: Re:Stability (Score 1) 891

by mosch (#29398861) Attached to: Why Users Drop Open Source Apps For Proprietary Alternatives

On top of reliability, I vote for pointless complexity.

Just because something *can* be configurable doesn't mean it must be. In most cases I'd be happier with some reasonable defaults.

Also, if you have lots of esoteric features that are meant for 5% of your users, please design your user interface accordingly, so that the other 95% of us can easily ignore that functionality.

Quark! Quark! Beware the quantum duck!

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