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@mala Since most security geeks have never been allowed to look, is it fixable or does the whole thing need deprecating? in reply to mala # @mala s/fixable/is there a way to get everyone running an improved update automatically/ ? in reply to mala # New: Remote Wipe: All Security Tools are Double Edged Swords…

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Exchange “remote wipe” is a terrible, terrible bug At the same time, our intrepid off-hours emailing employee is finally replacing that old iPhone. He gets a Samsung Fascinate the first day it’s available, and of course sets it up for Exchange. Nothing seems amiss. A few hours later, the phone—his personal phone—shuts off while in…

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NW Ireland Jobs: If you/friends are looking for DevMgr, OpsMgr, Sysadmin, & PHP Dev/Test roles in/nr Derry – I may have a lead. Ping me. # @mathiasbaert Try: Ctrl-U 5 Escape X hanoi <return> in reply to mathiasbaert # We are VMWare. We do not know how to display FAILURE. http://goo.gl/hjs0 # Hands up everyone…

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What's the traditional way to get #subversion or #git to embed a current rev number into app code? Runtime build script? #sccs woz easy… # @bulletford I know; but I have need. Compare 'ffmpeg' which embeds the svn rev in the –version option in reply to bulletford # @hlangeveld that's a really interesting question; I…

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USB Keys have now shrunk to fit the plug into which they fit: http://bit.ly/cj0QyF # New: Your Oven & Washing Machine will be Networked and the Data Protection Requirements will be horrible http://bit.ly/aaCUqG # Steam Engine taking on water at Winchfield: http://flic.kr/p/8zG3Se # @darrenmoffat It is pretty cool. One comes up and down that line…

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IFA: All the home appliances at a glance: new from Miele – “InfoControl Plus” If a number of home appliances are in use at the same time it is not easy to keep track of all of them. That is where Miele’s new iPhone application “InfoControl Plus” is invaluable, enabling one to easily keep an…

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@TrainingRIPENCC remind me what the URI syntax is for making a connection to port 443 on 2001:db8::80 via HTTP? in reply to TrainingRIPENCC # @TrainingRIPENCC Whoops – scrub that, make that port _444_ in reply to TrainingRIPENCC # benzodioxymonopoles – not a word you want to hear from a doctor # @TrainingRIPENCC okay – that'll…

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Fantastic recycling idea for used CD-ROM spindles : http://imgur.com/bBNKp # Amusement for today: go to http://scribe.googlelabs.com/ and treat it like the alternating-words game from I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue # @mount_knowledge Quickly, from memory, type your IPv6 address into Twitter and post it. in reply to mount_knowledge # New: #GoogleScribe writes Joyce 2.0 http://bit.ly/90mJtu…

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I started with “if” and then accepted the first choice for every suggestion until I had to quit; in a sense this is the most popular sentence beginning with “if” that Google knows about… If i had anything to do with themselves on and off the field and then press the button to the right…

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DLR and Waterloo&City from Bank, both working ok. #tubestrike # Was toying with idea of getting iPhone but just found out how easy it is to USB-tether Froyo to Ubuntu10; I think Steve's lost me re: phones # Just had a tomato for dinner. Just the one. Homegrown. It was rather larger than my fist,…

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@ramtopsgrum Unprovable Caesar/Robin Hood/King Arthur are not being used by people to dictate morality & government. Unprovable Jesus is. in reply to ramtopsgrum # Proof there is an "I" in "TEAM" http://bit.ly/bHcw0I # So the voice of @stephenfry was talking to me from my sportsbag. It was then I discovered that I had somehow switched…

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Occasionally I have to convince people that geeks will expend uneconomic amounts of time on apparently pointless but fascinating challenges: Click http://bit.ly/btZCMX for the story.

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