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trynton

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About trynton

Instead of down-voting, explain like I'm five why I am wrong.

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    Comment #26962092

    @mirekrusin: "I don't know anything about it, but this starts to look a bit like public lynching." Trial by Internet.

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    Comment #26857797

    Maybe 'lern_too_spel' means something much worse. Like the product of such blanket surveillance being used by the spooks to blackmail our purported democratically elected leaders. …

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    Comment #26844153

    @cyberlab: “Is there the rare case that we shouldn't update because the update could contain a malicious payload?” You don't ever update your security “computers” from some third-p…

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    Comment #26844089

    Don't put remote control software* on your security infrastructure such that when a third party gets hacked, your whole network is exposed. * The presence of such software making i…

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    Comment #26835289

    risyachka: “I'd argue that the only difference between prostitution and not prostitution is mindset.” That, and you don't have to take them to dinner and there's no financial trans…

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    Comment #26799856

    > I mean, good? Defending the nation and its citizenry (including their businesses) is ostensibly one pillar of the NSA's mission. Glad to see them act upon it. One backdoor got fo…

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    Comment #26799814

    "Not even Microsofties trust Microsoft’s approach to privacy" https://www.csoonline.com/article/2225488/not-even-microsoft...

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    Comment #26728629

    Bill Gates on the future of Xenix :] https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/2020/01/08/bill-gates-on-...

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    Comment #26656179

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    Comment #26656001

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    Comment #26655846

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullam…

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    Comment #26643960

    @na85:"Aerospace engineer here." Appealing to authority. > That statement is from the airline, not from Boeing, so I'm more inclined to trust it .. On an unstable aircraft such as …

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    Comment #26643914

    It's not the engineers pain, as it wasn't an engineering decision to mount the engines higher and forward of the wing. Precipiting a pronounced nose-up aspect. All the same, I admi…

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    Comment #26546800

    If it can be accessed from the Internet, then it ain't security camera. The perps can tell when you're not in :]

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    Comment #26546586

    Without any verifiable evident, it just doesn't make sense. There is a continual exchange of information between Wuhan and other centers of disease control. So it would be very dif…

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    Comment #26546443

    @chefkoch: "Yes, but why would that help?" Most/all of these ransomware attacks use the built-in Windows encryption.

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    Comment #26545827

    @cl0ckt0wer: "You bough a brand new computer without an SSD?" I already have an SSD, I was planning on installing it and using the harddrive as an archive. Then adding some extra R…

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    Comment #26545759

    Is it possible to disable the built-in encryption in Microsoft Windows?

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    Comment #26527583

    You never sent me a response on the question of what things an app [application] would do that would make it run with MSDOS and not run with DR-DOS, Bill Gates circa 1989

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    Comment #26527553

    @1vuio0pswjnm7: You forgot to post the sacarism smiley. “Bill Gates .. was such a thoughtful developer, e.g., autmatically overwriting MBRs installed by other OS with a Microsoft M…

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    Comment #26468181

    "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves: Deprecated. A story from Arabia interpreted by a French colonialist and profiteered by Disney." "Blind Dubbing: Deprecated as we no longer need to use…

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    Comment #26430295

    I have a great deal of admiration for someone who managed to succeed despite the obstacles placed in his path.

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