Re: OT: Some more "good" news

2018-01-05 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Yeah, I know. That was my attempt of a [too subtle] joke about possible secession of NC from the US. Sorry... Igor John Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:06:06 -0800 wrote: On 1/5/2018 11:32, Igor PDML-StR wrote: As for the US embassy, - have they opened one in NC yet? ;) The embassy thing

Re: OT: Some more "good" news

2018-01-05 Thread John
On 1/5/2018 11:32, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Actually, as far as it concerns _personal_ computers, - as far as you allow a malicious code to run on your computer, - all bets are off, - with or without this vulnerability. My understanding is that this _particular_ vulnerability requires you to

Re: OT: Some more "good" news

2018-01-05 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Actually, as far as it concerns _personal_ computers, - as far as you allow a malicious code to run on your computer, - all bets are off, - with or without this vulnerability. From what I've read so far (the actual information is still undisclosed), in case of a personal computer, this

OT: Some more "good" news

2018-01-04 Thread John
Just a heads up. I guess a lot of you already know more about this than I do, but I thought I'd share for the sake of the rest. Apparently there's a bug in Intel CPUs since the Pentium Pro. It's also possible it will affect AMD and ARM (Android Phone) CPUs. Windows & Linux are both affected,