JimThePCGuy’s Comments

• Jan 4th, 2022 @ 7:05am

  The list of potentially affected US airports is not trivial

  on Wireless Carriers Balk At FAA Demand For 5G Deployment Delays Amid Shaky Safety Concerns

  Here is an (unofficial) list of CATIII capable airports in the US.
  https://sites.google.com/site/ilsapproaches/Home/cat3

• Aug 16th, 2021 @ 12:27pm

  Encryption?

  on T-Mobile Investigating 100 Million Subscriber Data Breach

  How hard would it be to just encrypt those fields? I bet they do for CC numbers. Are they just lazy?

• Aug 23rd, 2019 @ 4:18am

  Like my boss use to tell me ...

  on Rogue 'Smart' Ovens Again Highlight How Dumb Tech Is Often The Smarter Choice
  When I was an Assembler Language programmer back in the '70s my boss would ask me "Why do something simple when you can make it wonderful and complex?". He was be facetious of course. Maybe the IOT device manufacturers could learn from him.
• Jun 17th, 2019 @ 3:50pm

  Turn off WiFi

  on We're Apparently Scanning Our TVs For Viruses Now

  With Internet connectivity off the worst thing I notice is the clock doesn’t get set automatically. No big deal to me.
  J

• Jan 8th, 2019 @ 4:45am

  Cook was referring to their own $29 battery replacement program

  on Apple Admits The Obvious: User Repairs Harm The Bottom Line
  I think Cook was referring more to Apple's own $29 battery replacement program albeit a temporary one.