And @dominica and I are going back and playing the entire Fallout series to be ready for when Fallout 4 is cheap. So playing Fallout (alone) and Fallout 3 together right now.

Not surprised you can get digital signatures for free nowdays. Probably the best protection is to trust only to MS documented digial ID services – then you are good to go.

Pretty self destructive if that was on purpose!

Some people would rather have their toes chewed off by rats that be held hostage by a clown.

@NIC,.. I'm sorry..I'm going to have to down vote your photo there...

Why,... well,.. because - HAIR!...

*grumbles

@coliver said:

Am I the only one that is loving Windows 10?

nope

Remember when a company goes out of business, yes the business ceases, but the people trying to make money off of it continue to exist. They can start a new company or just get normal jobs or they can retire. They have lots of options. Any business venture has to be more fun or more profitable or somehow more valuable than something else that they would be doing.

If you consider there to be unlimited value in paying ransomware, you would also see unlimited value in buying said business. But that's not how businesses are evaluated.

That's actually a good way to think of it.... if you had to buy the same business fresh, how much would an investor be willing to pay? You would never pay that same amount in ransomware because of the additional risks involved (they might not turn over your data, they might have sold it, you are now a target, etc.)

Because that is basically what is happening with ransomware - you are buying the business again.

When I was at my last employer we had a 300-Tonne Punch Press where the clutch brake would occasionally go into a fault state. Well the apparent fix for this is to reinstall the class A programming.

Which uses a very specific cable (cost $1400 at the time for a modern USB one) and an XP Laptop.

Well it so happens that this press would lose power rather consistently (due to maintenance etc). Finally getting fed up with this, I pass it off to our maintenance department to address.

Any time the machine goes down (since we're a 24/6) shop they can fix it.

Bandaid applied.......

@Nic really carefully measured ones, agreed. Home made unknown strength, not my favourite.

That's gotten some attention. I have not seen the vendor respond, though!

Thanks. Good find.

Agree, avoid Adblock Plus.

Vote for my fish, damn it

LOL! I hope someone does a Krusty the Klown haircut

@Nic said:

@johnhooks said:

@Nic Nice. That's sad about the auto report your life to Microsoft settings. They did the right thing with 8, I figured it would have stayed that way.

I just read a report saying that they're taking all the data collection that 10 is doing and adding it into 7 & 8 with an update.

They probably are.. an update called Cortana, so I'm not surprised by this at all.

So you guys seem to dislike this in Windows - I take it none of you use Chrome or have a Gmail account or a Facebook account or use Siri, etc....

You've been having all of this information collected for years. Microsoft is just being extremely upfront and in your face about.

They had two options, do the Apple/Google/Facebook way and just do it and not tell you.... then when you find out you're pissed! Or do it the way they are and you whine because they are telling you about it.

Cool! Thanks!

Yeah, I've had those FDP's. Matter of fact, last time I went out drinking, that's all I had all night long... and I made it back to the hotel without getting locked in a parking garage. I believe that was the very same night, too.