noobiscus

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by noobiscus 14y ago
Be fair; anyone who wants to send me a "top secret" email, but has to go to facebook to find my email address; I don't want them sending me their "secrets".
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by noobiscus 14y ago
Ctrl+U, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Alt+Tab, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+S
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by noobiscus 14y ago
target="_blank" on next page links; that's "special"
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by noobiscus 14y ago
All UK schools are more than a 'wee bit twitchy' about random adults on site AT ALL.
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by noobiscus 14y ago
Apple has been doing this for years already. Want a 15" screen? You WILL be having an i7 then. (which might account for why Apple's 'entry' level 15" is 3x the cost of its competitors (UK))
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by noobiscus 14y ago
I do. 5 overall states for email: unread read+star (urgent/reminder) read (todo/reference for current tasks/projects) archived (done + keep for reference) deleted (done + not needed for reference, or ignored altogether) - so "your amazon or
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by noobiscus 14y ago
Don't know about NewEgg, but I have personally received a windows PC from Staples (UK) that already had a user account for 'dave' on it. I am not a Dave.
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by noobiscus 14y ago
Actually I think (for me at least; also a web dev that does unix based stuff but also needs photoshop), the lower-friction route is to run Windows as the native OS, and virtualbox the linux install. (I'm also these days of the opinion that
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by noobiscus 14y ago
You're right; the RF anechoic chambers are designed to absorb differently. However because they still do that at least partly through thick walls and foam cones; RF chambers are also pretty damn quiet - with the 2 I used for CE mark testing
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by noobiscus 14y ago
Indeed; it seems every interesting question on there is removed as off-topic. Sounds like a key indicator that S-O is ripe for displacement...
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by noobiscus 14y ago
But the title of your submission retains the use of the word "my" which implies (no; states) ownership by the author of that title...
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by noobiscus 15y ago
IANAL - but with the DPA and other EU data/privacy laws: at the point that the data was collected inside but transmitted outside the EU. Its treated somewhat like an export, or a border control. (this is why Apple allow you to preclude your
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by noobiscus 15y ago
You've appeared to miss the fact that the OED lists as definition 1 the COMMON usage, and further definitions are LESS USED. Ergo; using an uncommon usage, you have to accept that many people won't understand you. Creating understanding is
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by noobiscus 15y ago
Irrelevant. That the possibility for an email client to be so configured that it would AUTOMATICALLY process a false positive validation, makes this system utterly unusable for any developer with a [brain|conscience].
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by noobiscus 15y ago
"If I send a secret to you in the post, and you put the envelope in the recycling unopened, have I disclosed a secret to you?" Oh god yes. Everyone who reads your comment is hoping you don't work with financial, personal, confidential or (e
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by noobiscus 15y ago
Charging in Dollars is /precisely/ something that changes every time the exchange rate moves. It also makes you look like: A - amateurs B - you don't understand or care about markets outside the US
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by noobiscus 15y ago
"Is there any front where google managed to beat a good established product (except Android) ?" Are you serious? Try WEB SEARCH. Actually; Web Search Web Advertising Web Based Email Online Mapping They're not exactly failing in the Browser
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by noobiscus 15y ago
You're not wrong; I'm still eagerly awaiting a Google Reader account that uses my actual email, rather than dumping me out to the root Apps address! (I've been eagerly waiting for 2 years)
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by noobiscus 15y ago
"It looks like certain accounts were compromised, how? I don't know, " Maybe they all had Playstations?
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by noobiscus 15y ago
"This could get to the point whereby the skill level required to protect an application or server goes way higher than the skill level of many developers." We reached that point quite a while ago. What we are seeing now is the result of tha
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by noobiscus 15y ago
"So, really, what does this mean to LockInfo…" I'll tell you what it means for LockInfo; I was, seriously, about to buy LockInfo (my trial runs out on the 12th, and I'd made the decision to buy...soon) - I'm not buying now. So thats what it
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by noobiscus 15y ago
"While I don't like to attribute a book's content to it's author" Where else should it be attributed?
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by noobiscus 15y ago
Simple; PHP is everywhere. Meaning; you must go out of your way to find a host which supports Django (not far out of your way, but still) You would have to go out of your way to find a host which does NOT support PHP. Or alternatively; Word
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by noobiscus 15y ago
Venn Diagrams are like Irony - far more people use the term than actually understand what it means. Most of the diagrams on that site aren't Venn Diagrams at all - some are just...gibberish.
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by noobiscus 15y ago
Certain I'm not the only one who raised an eyebrow at "it's a matrix problem" and the cranking out of Matlab to find solutions to x+y = 6