petrel's comments

On: Shutting down Ubuntu One file services

[petrel]

Thank God. It was a pathetic service and it was an adventure to solve the captcha used while creating a new account.

On: Google faces up to $5B fine from Competition Commi...

[petrel]

What I know is, India is the most corrupt country. If you want to do business in the best ethical way, this is not the place. Try something else, or learn dirty politics and exploit peoples before you enter..... I am Indian..

On: Google Calendar Unexpectedly Leaks Private Informa...

[petrel]

If this was any other company like Microsoft, Every one will enjoy.

On: Show HN: Freader, an open source RSS Reader built ...

[petrel]

It is not working and says invalid feed even though the address is correct and works with all other readers.

[geekuillaume → petrel]

Weird... What is the feed's URL ?

[marijn → geekuillaume]

It crashes on any Atom feed. It seems the code in scrapper.js only handles RSS, and even there makes some assumptions that might not hold for all feeds.

[geekuillaume → marijn]

You're right, I need to adapt it to handle any feed, stay tuned ;-)

Edit : I fix an error which crashed the application with a bad feed (without all the fields required) but I still need to adapt it to ATOM feeds

On: Why I left Google (2012)

[petrel]

Google first Kills or acquire small companies and then kill the acquired company for integrating it with Google Plus. Then turn off the service without thinking about the peoples using it.

It is the power of huge money, monopoly and over confidence.

On: Will Google Penalize Itself Again for Using Advert...

[petrel]

I just do not understand this Do-follow and nofollow. I don't want to. I use captcha and give some credit to those who spam manually.

[walshemj → petrel]

You wont like it when you get a UGC spam penalty though - had to sort one of those out for one of Reed Elsivers sites.

On: Microsoft’s 128GB Surface Pro Sells Out At Online ...

[petrel]

Now or then, everyone will go to the surface, also those who make jokes out of it.

On: Will Apple, Google and Samsung lose the smartphone...

[petrel]

Anything is possible.

On: Google testing new wireless network, asks FCC to k...

[petrel]

What else Google has left for others? Is it really a beast?

[petrel → petrel]

What is so bad in my comment that everyone have down rated it?

[kingkawn → petrel]

All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us

[jjoonathan → kingkawn]

> All Ur Base Stations R Belong 2 Us

FTFY

On: Mega Overtakes Rapidshare, DropBox

[petrel]

I think you must remember at least one password, and everything else is in Keepass database. I also do the same thing.

[xatax → petrel]

I know my DropBox password, and I know my KeePass password. I honestly thought that was enough, under the assumption that a) if my DropBox account was inaccessible, those files would still be on my hard drive, and b) if my laptop were lost or destroyed, I could still log into the web interface and grab the files from there.

I've corrected that assumption now.

[raverbashing → petrel]

Exactly

Some people rely too much on "one password" solutions, because of security, etc

But it's very easy to lock yourself out of everything. Very easy.

The best place for keeping important passwords is still my head.

Sure, you can use password management solutions, just keep a backup (piece of paper, secondary means of logging, etc)

[dublinben → raverbashing]

If you were ever in an accident, or became incapacitated, those passwords would be irretrievable in your head.

I think that a software password manager (regularly backed up) with a master password stored in a secure (offline) location is the best solution.

[raverbashing → dublinben]

Yes, your password DB should be backed up in a couple of places, and of course, keep the master password offline securely as well. I don't use a ready made solution, but something similar with GPG

And don't forget to test the backups periodically, and check the master password