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RyanDev wrote: I never understood the hate towards Microsoft.
History.
Years ago people started bitching about Windows, comparing it to the then-existing competition (think Amiga, multitasking full color Windows). The idea that Windows and MS "suck" has sticked around because people are more like parrots than like the "sapiens" they claim to be.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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BlackBerry is turning out to be much more popular by being on the market compared to its own mobile devices flailing in the consumer tech market. Can we just create a shorter list of "companies not thinking of buying Blackberry"?
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Ransomware is an especially odious type of malware. The way it works is simple. Your computer will be infected with some malicious software. That software then renders your computer entirely unusable, sometimes purporting to be from local law enforcement and accusing you of committing a computer crime or viewing explicit pictures of children. It then demands monetary payment, either in the form of a ransom or a ‘fine’ before access to your computer is returned. "Methink’st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee."
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Do you really believe you'll receive the decryption key when you pay the ransom? Oh you are so naive, let's try a superinfection with the next malware for the next ransom...
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: Do you really believe you'll receive the decryption key when you pay the ransom? Oh you are so naive, let's try a superinfection with the next malware for the next ransom...
This POS was covered on Ars Technica[^] earlier this month; and they do give the key to people who pay up (normally; some people got burned recently when whitehats took down a C&C server that held the decrypt keys).
As a hypothetical, the first thing victims finding when Googling cryptolocker being "I paid up and never got my computer back" would seriously hurt their revenue stream.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I don't care if they provide the key or not. It's the principle of thing!!! No one's personal data should be held ransom. Paying these cretins only perpetuates the problem.
-NP
Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
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Once your data is ransomed and you find yourself in trouble, principles tend to become flexible. Good luck with paying the rent on principles.
NickPace wrote: No one's personal data should be held ransom
People should not steal nor kill either, but it happens.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Thanks for the link. That's important information.
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When tech behemoths like Apple and Google need to work the bugs out of their latest miracle creation, they want eyes on it, pronto. And that means everyone from the CEO to the lowliest intern is going to be eating a lot of dogfood. Getting paid like one is your job
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Microsoft today announced a partnership with Corona Labs, the maker of the Corona SDK for cross-platform app development, which will enable Corona SDK developers to build apps for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. Beta support for Windows Phone 8 will be available in the first quarter of 2014. Lime slice and beach available separately
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Lime slice and beach available separately
Keep Clam And Proofread
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√(-1) 23 ∑ π...
And it was delicious.
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Ask a group of developers about incorrect hires they've witnessed. The atmosphere will quickly turn into a fireside, war story discussion where developers compare the scars of their unfavorable interactions. Hiring the right programmer for the job can be a daunting task. Why is that? Are there common pitfalls that can be avoided? Let's dig in! Don't forget to kick the tires
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It can be just as hard the other way - you go to the interview and there's talk of modern technologies and methodologies. You turn up on day one and get landed with Access VBA maintenance.
(It actually happened - I didn't stay long at that one)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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For Apple users, today’s earnings call spelled the end of paid OS upgrades…forever. At least until they want to start charging again
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Funny. I've never paid for a Mac upgrade.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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The massive breach of Adobe’s security uncovered earlier this month is dramatically worse than originally reported. The initial report that hackers had stolen almost 3 million encrypted customer credit card records and an unknown amount of login data finally has a number attached: 38 million. I don't understand: Adobe is so well known for secure software (thanks SDTimes)
/sarcasm
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Application migration will be the biggest part of the effort, and business will continue to be the main driver And it won't be raining money
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Co-author of popular JavaScript framework cites dependency injection, directive concepts as differentiators It's got electrolytes!
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The United Nations is planning to set up an International Asteroid Warning Group that'll inform its member nations when asteroids are on collision course with Earth. When a dangerous rock is discovered, the UN's existing Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space will launch a mission to slam the asteroid off its trajectory. "You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder."
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The Web Literacy Standard is a map of competencies and skills that Mozilla and our community of stakeholders believe are important to pay attention to when getting better at reading, writing and participating on the web. Can you spell angle bracket?
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Since I can't find this[^] here despite it being in today's newsletter...
I think we now know why Google worked hard on changing reCaptcha[^] so the primary human/not human check is done before it even displays a captcha; giving humans a gimmie and bots a virtually impossible one.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Western Digital recently reaffirmed plans to ship helium-filled seven-platter hard drives to customers by the end of this calendar year. The company is already sampling sealed drives with select customers as of writing, we’re told. Great news, everyone! Your laptop will feel lighter!
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Great news, everyone! Your laptop will feel lighter!
No, your laptop will float away!
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