Miscellaneous Tech News

JaredBusch

Update for Pi-Hole is available

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases

and for anyone that never looked, just run

pihole -up

nadnerB

This sounds concerning, I don't know if they'll be able to stop at "Just hardware"
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/16/ubuntu_data_gathering_plan/

RojoLoco

@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/14/apple-confirms-homepod-leaves-white-rings-on-wood-surfaces/

And then apple tries to claim that all speakers with silicone bases would do the same... Face it, your new product fucks up people's nice furniture. Own your mistake and fix it.

Dashrender

Samsung makes 30 TB 2.5" drive
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/20/17031256/worlds-largest-ssd-drive-samsung-30-terabyte-pm1643

Now the NSA can keep all the information they want in their new DCs.

DustinB3403

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Samsung makes 30 TB 2.5" drive
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/20/17031256/worlds-largest-ssd-drive-samsung-30-terabyte-pm1643

Now the NSA can keep all the information they want in their new DCs.

Damn!!

travisdh1

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Samsung makes 30 TB 2.5" drive
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/20/17031256/worlds-largest-ssd-drive-samsung-30-terabyte-pm1643

Now the NSA can keep all the information they want in their new DCs.

Bringing back what reminds me of the old 3.5" full-height form factor in 2.5" size this time. I wonder how many servers will have drive basis tall enough for these? Hopefully not all custom build servers.

Dashrender

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

scottalanmiller

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Wow. Copying free disks of zero value and go to jail. Only in America.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

Obsolesce

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

or avoid discs...?

scottalanmiller

@tim_g said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

or avoid discs...?

Same issue if copies to something else.

CloudKnight

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Wow. Copying free disks of zero value and go to jail. Only in America.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

Does seem pretty mad, he wasn't using cracked copies or using dodgy keys, seems completely waste of court time and waste of money, especially when there a lot more things to worry about in the U.S....

scottalanmiller

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Wow. Copying free disks of zero value and go to jail. Only in America.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

Does seem pretty mad, he wasn't using cracked copies or using dodgy keys, seems completely waste of court time and waste of money, especially when there a lot more things to worry about in the U.S....

Yup, he did zero damage and just did something that the vendor was supposed to do instead. It's not that the act wasn't allowed, but there is some grey area as to whether he was allowed to do it or not. Basically, the court screwed the pooch here and clearly the judge doesn't understand the case.

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Wow. Copying free disks of zero value and go to jail. Only in America.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

Does seem pretty mad, he wasn't using cracked copies or using dodgy keys, seems completely waste of court time and waste of money, especially when there a lot more things to worry about in the U.S....

Yup, he did zero damage and just did something that the vendor was supposed to do instead. It's not that the act wasn't allowed, but there is some grey area as to whether he was allowed to do it or not. Basically, the court screwed the pooch here and clearly the judge doesn't understand the case.

The guy used recovery media that is licensed to the individual NEW pc only. If you lose the disc that was shipped with the PC you need to go back to the original retailer and ask for a replacement.

It's a weird case for sure but the licensing for the media is pretty straight forward. Provided with sale of new pc only

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Wow. Copying free disks of zero value and go to jail. Only in America.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

Does seem pretty mad, he wasn't using cracked copies or using dodgy keys, seems completely waste of court time and waste of money, especially when there a lot more things to worry about in the U.S....

Yup, he did zero damage and just did something that the vendor was supposed to do instead. It's not that the act wasn't allowed, but there is some grey area as to whether he was allowed to do it or not. Basically, the court screwed the pooch here and clearly the judge doesn't understand the case.

The guy used recovery media that is licensed to the individual NEW pc only. If you lose the disc that was shipped with the PC you need to go back to the original retailer and ask for a replacement.

It's a weird case for sure but the licensing for the media is pretty straight forward. Provided with sale of new pc only

Yes, it's not that he's in the wrong or not, he was wrong. It's that he did something of zero damage. There is no victim, no loss.

scottalanmiller

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/21/e_waste_lundgren_windows_dell/

Guy sentenced to jail after pleady to making 28000 copies of Windows install disks as backups for secondary device sale.

Wow. Copying free disks of zero value and go to jail. Only in America.

Lesson... avoid Windows!!

Does seem pretty mad, he wasn't using cracked copies or using dodgy keys, seems completely waste of court time and waste of money, especially when there a lot more things to worry about in the U.S....

Yup, he did zero damage and just did something that the vendor was supposed to do instead. It's not that the act wasn't allowed, but there is some grey area as to whether he was allowed to do it or not. Basically, the court screwed the pooch here and clearly the judge doesn't understand the case.

The guy used recovery media that is licensed to the individual NEW pc only. If you lose the disc that was shipped with the PC you need to go back to the original retailer and ask for a replacement.

It's a weird case for sure but the licensing for the media is pretty straight forward. Provided with sale of new pc only

Had he downloaded the file and made the disks for each person as they got the PCs, it would have been fine. It's because he was wearing his refurb hat instead of his IT hat that it was a problem. IT does this exact task every day without a problem. It's a crime only of perspective.