metricodus

Ah.. I had assumed that meaning behind "Ron's piece" was that Ron hailed from Houston... and that JMJ dedicated the piece to Ron because of the recent tragedy.

:/

This exact video was my first (and only :) ) purchased pre-recorded VHS (in like 1991 or so, I think). I still have it.

That kind of shit is so tiresome.

The second most plausible explanation kinda aligns with the reality in the first part, at least:

a crazy person staged this and then escaped (and maybe killed him/herself.)

.. either way, why is this interesting? (is it even ethical to make something like prominent?)

I would like to challenge my hard-core religious physics and biology teacher from 7th grade with this evidence. He kept giving me as low a grade as what was acceptable, while I still aced pretty much every test. (Sweden. Småland. 90s. I don't think this is an issue for todays kids.)

> So unless you are able to link such a site then your not helping at all.

You are right, we are not helping at all with proving your unsubstantiated claim.

If you don't need something secure, get a Moto. Check.

..yes. Thanks for clarifying :).

Thanks! :)

(I still reckon my mom needs a new phone though, there are other less severe exploits out there for this non-updated device.)

I think the onus is on you.

Has that 1979 law been proven in court to be valid about the kind of things we are talking about now, and can you link the specific cases, please? :=)

The EU loves creating standardized sticker layouts. In this case I would welcome it.

"Security updates guaranteed for: nn months"

or

"Security updates guaranteed until: YYYY/MM"

There should be a also scheme where companies who claim these things would have to deposit some calculated amount in some offical place.

(Btw, since so there's so much cheap crap being imported from china, I guess the most consumer-protecting approach would be to make both the reseller and producer responsible for the penalties resulting from a lack of security updates.)

My 73 year old mom is quite happy with the 2014 Moto G I got her three years ago. I guess she'll need something new now (No idea if it has a BCM wifi chipset, but I'm guessing so - how do you even find this out without having physical access to the device?).

I'm thinking Apple may be the way to go this time, because they maintain security updates for older devices for longer. (Seems like 5+ years.)

Another way of looking at this is that lacking security updates create unnecessary electronic/chemical pollution/waste. I think the EU should tackle this. I'm sure they could come up with some scheme for penalties for lacking security updates. (Does anyone know of any initiative in this area?)