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thomond2006 · 11-01-2017 12:26PM

awec wrote: »

For fcuk sake Buer...

You lost your right to poo-poo on anyone else's off topic posts.

11-01-2017 12:38PM

Why the **** do I need an apple device to view an album shared on iCloud

errlloyd · 11-01-2017 12:38PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Why the **** do I need an apple device to view an album shared on iCloud

I've been through that nightmare before, may the force be with you.

11-01-2017 12:46PM

errlloyd wrote: »

I've been through that nightmare before, may the force be with you.

Is there a way to view the album? I haven't got any apple products. What a ridiculous restriction. "It just works" my arse.

molloyjh · 11-01-2017 01:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is there a way to view the album? I haven't got any apple products. What a ridiculous restriction. "It just works" my arse.

In fairness there's plenty of things I can't access because I don't have an android device. Operating system specific access/compatibility is hardly anything new.

b.gud · 11-01-2017 01:22PM

With all the people on here talking about their problems they've had with iCloud I'm starting to wonder how all those celebs managed to their nude pics on there in the first place

Podge_irl · 11-01-2017 01:33PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is there a way to view the album? I haven't got any apple products. What a ridiculous restriction. "It just works" my arse.

"It just works" as long as you are using hardware and software they control from inception to client (and beyond sometimes)

Podge_irl · 11-01-2017 01:36PM

molloyjh wrote: »

In fairness there's plenty of things I can't access because I don't have an android device. Operating system specific access/compatibility is hardly anything new.

Perhaps, but it's far, far from an equitable divide in terms of operating system/hardware specific access in my experience.

It's an absurd restriction and I don't believe there is an equivalent in android for this kind of action.

Synode · 11-01-2017 01:55PM

molloyjh wrote: »

In fairness there's plenty of things I can't access because I don't have an android device. Operating system specific access/compatibility is hardly anything new.

Such as what? Also, you'd expect something that's Cloud based to be cross platform

irishbucsfan · 11-01-2017 01:57PM

I don't have any real reason to believe the document itself but it's being broken by Carl Bernstein. A man who has been played by Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson should not be taken lightly!

This is one guy I'd like to see in front of the media though:

https://twitter.com/MichaelCohen212/status/818991277685567489

Firstly, as counsel to the POTUS would it not be advisable to have an understanding of the Schengen Treaty? He wouldn't need his passport to get to Prague and a passport would never be evidence of him going there.

He did specifically say he's never been to "Czech". So why don't we assume that's true. Why even phrase your defense that way? Why not say that you've never had the meeting? It doesn't actually matter where it was. Just the allegation that Nixon/Kissinger had held meetings with the Vietnamese was viewed as totally treasonous and unbelievable, and yet everyone is focusing on the prostitute thing.

Bazzo · 11-01-2017 02:03PM

Yeah the document is unverified but I don't get why everyone is focusing on the piss thing. Good for a laugh and all but I mean there's also a section alleging that Trump agreed to change the US' stance on Crimea for the Russian's help in the election.

b.gud · 11-01-2017 02:35PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Yeah the document is unverified but I don't get why everyone is focusing on the piss thing. Good for a laugh and all but I mean there's also a section alleging that Trump agreed to change the US' stance on Crimea for the Russian's help in the election.

Disclaimer, I haven't really had a chance to read fully into this leak yet.

I'd imagine the reason people are focusing on that is because that's the most sensationalist thing in there, and people on Twitter can make funny 1 line quips about it that get retweets. It makes for a headline that people are more likely to click on. There can be "articles" about that across a much broader spectrum of "news" outlets than the Crimea issue so more people will see that.

In pre internet days the tabloids would have focused on that and the broadsheets would have focused on the more political elements of the story with small references to the piss thing. But such is the way of the media now everyone has to focus on what will most likely generate the most clicks. When the choice is between political sex scandal and foreign policy scandal sex scandal will win every time

awec · 11-01-2017 02:36PM

So Trump is a Russian puppet?

irishbucsfan · 11-01-2017 02:42PM

awec wrote: »

So Trump is a Russian puppet?

More like there's an allegation from an ex-MI6 operative that he is a Russian asset that hasn't yet been, and may not ever be, verified.

Amazingly some of the people who are accused in this report are being given places in his administration and are not undergoing full background/ethics reviews, despite the fact they demanded exactly that for Obama's nominees in 2009. This was a nice one by Sen. Schumer (leader of the democrats in the senate), he sent the Republican leader back his own letter from 2009: https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/818544880658108416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

If it's true that the Russians have been grooming Trump for 5 years, then I suppose it's an incredible achievement that they've managed to put someone in the White House.

awec · 11-01-2017 02:47PM

If it's true I'd expect it to be buried to save face, with Trump being kept on a very tight leash in the background.

Podge_irl · 11-01-2017 02:52PM

awec wrote: »

If it's true I'd expect it to be buried to save face, with Trump being kept on a very tight leash in the background.

How? No one can legally restrict him from utilizing his executive privileges.

The focus on the piss thing is just emblamatic of the whole Trump phenomenon. He comes out with so much outrageous stuff that the substantive elements he discusses are completely glossed over despite being eminently more alarming.

Dave_The_Sheep · 11-01-2017 03:04PM

Podge_irl wrote: »

How? No one can legally restrict him from utilizing his executive privileges.

If the Republican leadership can keep him entertained with the presidential/billionaire equivalent of a dangling set of car keys, they can keep him distracted so he won't do too much damage, and they can get on with all the stuff they want to get done (I'm far more concerned with them having the three Houses, they can do what they want then). I've always had the impression Trump doesn't really want the presidency, it's just an ego trip. Actually doing the job is something he has no interest in. He'll happily hand that off to someone else, as long as he gets to appear to be the top dog etc.

I could be wrong though, I've never met the chap.

Podge_irl · 11-01-2017 03:14PM

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

If the Republican leadership can keep him entertained with the presidential/billionaire equivalent of a dangling set of car keys, they can keep him distracted so he won't do too much damage, and they can get on with all the stuff they want to get done (I'm far more concerned with them having the three Houses, they can do what they want then). I've always had the impression Trump doesn't really want the presidency, it's just an ego trip. Actually doing the job is something he has no interest in. He'll happily hand that off to someone else, as long as he gets to appear to be the top dog etc.

I could be wrong though, I've never met the chap.

I got that impression as well. The alternative of course is leaving a lot of stuff up to Pence which is no better.

Nonetheless, his executive privileges are his own and he is a narcissistic, knee-jerk reactionary and I don't doubt he will get involved in all manner of things if he feels personally slighted.

Dave_The_Sheep · 11-01-2017 03:22PM

Podge_irl wrote: »

I got that impression as well. The alternative of course is leaving a lot of stuff up to Pence which is no better.

Nonetheless, his executive privileges are his own and he is a narcissistic, knee-jerk reactionary and I don't doubt he will get involved in all manner of things if he feels personally slighted.

Indeed, Pence is far more dangerous, though you reminded me of something my other half showed me yesterday:

I'd wonder how much of Democratic strategy over the next while will be just poking him in public to see how crazy he'll go, get him in conflict with Congress and Senate, in theory making them look better in comparison.

Synode · 11-01-2017 05:58PM

Just got an email from Microsoft to say someone had logged into my account. The password happens to be the same as my Yahoo one and I got an email from them a couple of weeks ago saying their databases had been hacked (I should have changed both passwords then).

It might be coincidence but unlikely. Were Yahoo not encrypting the passwords they were storing? If they are, is the encryption easily broken?

irishbucsfan · 11-01-2017 06:03PM

Synode wrote: »

Just got an email from Microsoft to say someone had logged into my account. The password happens to be the same as my Yahoo one and I got an email from them a couple of weeks ago saying their databases had been hacked (I should have changed both passwords then).

It might be coincidence but unlikely. Were Yahoo not encrypting the passwords they were storing? If they are, is the encryption easily broken?

Passwords are encrypted but they recently had one of the largest breaches in history

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/14/yahoo-hack-security-of-one-billion-accounts-breached

And there's information there that could have allowed it, for example security questions. Also though, Microsoft accounts have been compromised recently, I think it's something to do with Skype.

Synode · 11-01-2017 06:08PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Passwords are encrypted but they recently had one of the largest breaches in history

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/14/yahoo-hack-security-of-one-billion-accounts-breached

And there's information there that could have allowed it, for example security questions. Also though, Microsoft accounts have been compromised recently, I think it's something to do with Skype.

Maybe it is just coincidence then and both were independently hacked in the space of the last few weeks.

Edit: The Yahoo one appears to have been years ago - disgraceful that they only disclosed it recently

swiwi_ · 11-01-2017 08:58PM

Some of you sickos just think of dubious sexual practices when you read golden shower.

I simply imagine Trump taking a shower with molten gold spraying out of the shower nozzle head.

Either scenario is plausible I suppose.

irishbucsfan · 11-01-2017 08:59PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

Some of you sickos just think of dubious sexual practices when you read golden shower.

I simply imagine Trump taking a shower with molten gold spraying out of the shower nozzle head.

Either scenario is plausible I suppose.

I'd be happy to assist in crowdfunding the latter

CMOTDibbler · 11-01-2017 09:03PM

Indeed

bilston · 11-01-2017 09:37PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Yeah the document is unverified but I don't get why everyone is focusing on the piss thing. Good for a laugh and all but I mean there's also a section alleging that Trump agreed to change the US' stance on Crimea for the Russian's help in the election.

I don't think most people in Murica have any interest in Crimea.

If Trump were a Russian stooge then it is a pretty terrifying thought for the Baltics and Europe in general.

FWIW, and maybe I've watched too many movies, but I suspect the CIA would have ensured that Trump would not have become POTUS if they really believed these claims. Put it this way if the riles were reversed and the FSB suspected a Russian politician of colluding with the Americans Putin would have dealt with them

bilston · 11-01-2017 09:37PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Yeah the document is unverified but I don't get why everyone is focusing on the piss thing. Good for a laugh and all but I mean there's also a section alleging that Trump agreed to change the US' stance on Crimea for the Russian's help in the election.

I don't think most people in Murica have any interest in Crimea.

If Trump were a Russian stooge then it is a pretty terrifying thought for the Baltics and Europe in general.

FWIW, and maybe I've watched too many movies, but I suspect the CIA would have ensured that Trump would not have become POTUS if they really believed these claims. Put it this way if the riles were reversed and the FSB suspected a Russian politician of colluding with the Americans Putin would have dealt with them

bilston · 11-01-2017 09:39PM

By the way it's a bit worrying that Trump had to get a dig in at Meryl Streep for criticism at the Golden Globes. If he can't take a bit of criticism from a Holywood actress how will he hold up in a proper crisis.

I really do fear he could act impulsively. I just hope those around him, and his cronies, are strong enough to counsel him over the important stuff.

bilston · 11-01-2017 09:40PM

By the way it's a bit worrying that Trump had to get a dig in at Meryl Streep for criticism at the Golden Globes. If he can't take a bit of criticism from a Holywood actress how will he hold up in a proper crisis.

I really do fear he could act impulsively. I just hope those around him, and his cronies, are strong enough to counsel him over the important stuff.

CMOTDibbler · 11-01-2017 09:50PM

bilston wrote: »

By the way it's a bit worrying that Trump had to get a dig in at Meryl Streep for criticism at the Golden Globes. If he can't take a bit of criticism from a Holywood actress how will he hold up in a proper crisis.

I really do fear he could act impulsively. I just hope those around him, and his cronies, are strong enough to counsel him over the important stuff.

Umm...

Where have you been for the past year?

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