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Comment Re:That is the real problem (Score 1) 745

When tazers were being introduced the mantra was repeated that they would only be used 'as a last resort, in place of a gun'. Also 'they're completely safe'.

Here we are a few years later with regular news blips about kids and the elderly being tased for any reason or no reason at all, and there is a very long list of tazer fatalities.

Time and time and time again, scary shit becomes commonplace because people believe the promises of restraint, safety, public good. Every time, complete bullshit.

Comment blah blah iPad (Score 4, Insightful) 351

I love how this article singles out the iPad for no valid reason whatsoever, just to whore up attention since the iPad is the latest hot topic. Should have thrown in some 9/11 or Obama references for added traffic. Maybe mention Haiti or Thailand a bit. Sleep patterns blah blah IPAD blah devices IPAD blah blah IPAD blah light intensity blah IPAD blah

Comment Re:AV on POS computer?? (Score 1) 233

Yeah you are. PoS systems are rarely able to be adequately physically secured, and located out in public areas, handling financial transactions, and operated by staff with minimal training and accountability. Not saying that AV is correct in this scenario, but you shouldn't pretend PoS is an environment that can be securely isolated, or that the network is the only vector for an attack.

Comment Re:The emperor has no clothes: the apps are poor (Score 2, Insightful) 194

Bullsh. He's talking about basic text formatting options that are buggy or in some cases, broken. He's dead right about that. Issues abound in Gmail, too... like how signature text and body text are treated differently when composing an email, and often that can bug out and leave you unable to edit the body text because GMail things it's all one big signature. Dumb.

Mind you, similar criticism can be applied to Word, too, it's less buggy than GDocs, but still has problems. Adding a page break then wondering why your new Heading 1 line is also changing the spacing on the previous page... or why you can't seem to move beyond the end of a table at the end of your document to start a new line. Stuff like that.

GDocs has some way to go in terms of usability, even for basic corporate documentation.

Comment Re:HTML5 Features (Score 1) 194

A few months back I built a new PC. Once I had the OS installed, I went online and downloaded a copy of my email client. Then I configured the client to talk to my ISPs email servers. That meant digging into my old paper files and finding my ISPs new customer letter where it had my mail server info and username/password that I don't use for anything else (so had forgotten). Then once it was set up I realised that I'd only be receiving new mail from the ISP, and had to turn on the old PC to take a copy of my old emails. Importing took a bit of time. Something about different versions of the program between backing the data up and restoring it.

Just kidding. I opened firefox and logged into GMail.

Comment Re:Too nerdy. (Score 1) 185

This would be the same phenomenon where people perceive gamers as wasting time on a childish hobby, then themselves spend hours each day playing bejeweled/mahjong, or sat in front of the tube being fed drivel. Meanwhile, many gamers spend their time developing teams, honing tactical thinking, collaborating to create new 3d content, socializing, or solving puzzles.

Comment Re:USB? Software? On a BATTERY CHARGER? (Score 1) 260

Eh? I have the euro version of this charger because it lets me boost my camera batteries from my netbook. It's perfect for the travelling that I do. It runs without the software installed, but the software shows the battery charge status, which can be handy. Not to mention, when I bought it you got a pair of 2400mA AA cells plus the charger for far less than the wall charger cost alone. Which one of us is ignorant in this matter? Oh, it's you ;)

Comment Re:Password strength vs. how often you change it (Score 1) 499

Deciding off your own bat that their password changing policy isn't particularly secure, then deliberately subverting it to use an even weaker password than the spirit of the policy, then attepting to propogate this out to other employees? Wow, you're an epically arrogant and irresponsible employee.

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