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I'm not clear if what is described in the BBC article is in fact the May 26 re-appearance of KB 3035583. See Woody Leonhard's take on it here: [^].
I know I ain't installing it, though.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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There's a new report out from Bloomberg this week detailing Google's behind-the-scenes efforts to expedite Android software updates. Crack that whip.
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As fast-food workers across the country vie for $15 per hour wages, many business owners have already begun to take humans out of the picture. But can that robot arm sass me? I'll pay extra for a little sassin'
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Will they resuscitate me when I pass out from the shock of getting what I actually ordered?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Forget the sass, I just prefer having them get my order completely wrong.
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The day I watch the robot arm put a cheeseburger into my big mac meal bag, I will feel nostalgia and sadness.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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It'll probably be something more akin to a copy machine and a conveyor belt.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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I'm all for automation replacing such mindless jobs, as long as the benefits of such don't concentrate at the top of the pile. We're going to have to do a rethink at some point, or civil unrest is sure to follow.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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160 terabytes per second ... okay [^].
Definitely another sign of the imminent apocalypse.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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KITT-like auto-cruise and auto-steer are equal parts mesmerizing and disturbing. I trust all software. I just don't trust the developers that made it.
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Some of the most critical business systems run by US government agencies are older than many of the IT people who support them, written in mainframe assembler code or COBOL. If it ain't broke put more money into it.
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No matter how many times we tell you to change your passwords and make it anything but your birthday, “123456,” or “password,” many still aren’t taking the efforts to make their accounts more secure. So Microsoft is actively doing something about it by banning weak passwords entirely. Y-you're stupidly easy-to-guess.
modified 27-May-16 9:15am.
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I like my computers like I like my women - easy to get into.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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And they are, hence the problem.
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You must have some badass cases of virii...
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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The link seems to be confused. Instead of www.http://, it should probably start with http://www.! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I don't know how I managed that, but I did. All fixed.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Sean Ewington wrote: All fixed.
Are you sure? The link looks even worse now:
http:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I fixed the news item at the source, and in classic fashion, forgot about the forum post. Now fixed.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Ish.
The main link still has the trailing "bbc.com" link on the end.
The "new window" part still has both that and the spurious "http//" at the beginning.
Current:
<a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/05/26/microsoft-banning-stupidly-easy-guess-passwords/bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36385839">The Next Web</a>[<a href="http://www.http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/05/26/microsoft-banning-stupidly-easy-guess-passwords/bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36385839" target="_blank">^</a>]
Should be:
<a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/05/26/microsoft-banning-stupidly-easy-guess-passwords/">The Next Web</a>[<a href="http://www.thenextweb.com/insider/2016/05/26/microsoft-banning-stupidly-easy-guess-passwords/" target="_blank">^</a>]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I'm gonna say fixed but I can't promise it's fixed as I've lost confidence in myself
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Well, at least it works now! 
You've still got the extra "bbc.com" part on the end, which is from a different article:
http:
The real link should be:
http:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Lovely response 
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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The US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system and 8-inch floppy disks, a government report has revealed. There's a section of the article that describes a floppy disc. I feel old.
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