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Comment Re:Oh for crying out loud... (Score 1) 72

by slowmail on Friday December 31, 2021 @04:04AM (#62130367) Attached to: Are Apple AirTags Being Used To Track People and Steal Cars?

All it is is a more expensive Tile with the Apple logo on it and a nicer app.

The major difference been AirTags, and other similar devices is the coverage - the number of devices that will detect it and report it's location back to "HQ". Only Tile users (or non-users who have installed the Tile app) will handshake with a tile and report it's location back to TileHQ. Other similar Bluetooth trackers similarly rely on other phones having their specific app installed. AirTags on the other hand, are detected by any active iPhone. The coverage is vastly different.

Comment Why not just use numbers? (Score 3, Interesting) 129

by slowmail on Friday March 19, 2021 @04:28AM (#61174990) Attached to: The Greek Alphabet Will No Longer Be Used To Name Hurricanes

01, 02, 03... I believe that's what the Japan Meteorological Agency does. They just start from 01 each year. A simple and straightforward system...

Comment Singapore's solution... (Score 1) 221

by slowmail on Friday March 20, 2020 @11:34PM (#59855394) Attached to: A Slashdotter's Take On a Way To Use Smartphones To Defeat the Coronavirus Pandemic

https://www.straitstimes.com/s... https://www.channelnewsasia.co... Bluetooth to determine close contacts.

Comment index.html (Score 1) 108

by slowmail on Friday July 03, 2015 @10:36AM (#50039229) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Hold Onto Your Domain?

"This domain is actively used for email and other purposes, and is not available for sale."

Microsoft Shoots Own Foot In Iceland 476

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 09, 2009 @11:36PM from the blood-from-a-stone-middleman dept.

David Gerard writes "The Microsoft Certified Partner model is: an MCP buys contracts from Microsoft and sells them to businesses as a three-year timed contract, payable in annual installments. Iceland's economy has collapsed, so 1500 businesses have gone bankrupt and aren't paying the fees any more. But Microsoft has told the MCPs: 'Our deal was with you, not them. Pay up.' The MCPs that don't go bankrupt in turn are moving headlong to Free Software, taking most of the country with them. (Warning: link contains strong language and vivid imagery.)"

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