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Comment Re:race to the bottom (Score 1) 91

Almost everyone nowadays has a cellphone. Good luck explaining to someone who isn't computer savvy how to get started with XMPP. I don't care how ridiculously easy you find it to install and use the software, 10yrs having worked at a couple of different helpdesks is enough to tell me when someone is being forced to learn something they don't care about, it's like asking them to recite pie to the 1000th digit: seriously frustrating for all parties involved.

Comment Forever? (Score 1) 264

While I'm not convinced we need software updates forever (Should Sony be forced to provide updates for the PS when there are only a few thousand, maybe even a few hundred people left using it?) my feeling is that manufacturers need to be upfront about EXACTLY how long the device will be supported. Furthermore, devices should be supported for a minimum amount of years, certainly more than 5. Ten years sounds about right to me (and my wallet!)

Comment Not all complaints are legit (Score 4, Informative) 95

There was a time where people faked their accounts being hi-jacked as a way of duplicating really expensive skins. They would then turn around and sell the skin which was scammed on a site like OpSkins and then keep the duplicated skin in their main account and still play with it. Not anymore though, Steam wised up and made some changes.

Comment Re:joek (Score 2) 101

Since no one else did yet and you seem to be oblivious to this fact, allow me to be the first to say so:

While PCI audits aren't perfect, people like you are the bigger problem. You're too god damned lazy to read (and probably too stupid) to understand or even act on the feedback provided by the report so instead you cheat to pass the test.

One of the most confusing aspects of PCI audits for noobs like yourself is the fact that applications installed using package managers (as opposed to compiled from source) will often have inferior version numbers, despite the fact they're still safe since security patches are back-ported.

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