FW: Henry Chung died!

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
 > Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 09:39:22 -0700
 >
 >  > From: http://www.cs..edu/~b
 >  > Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 13:38:55 -0700
 >  >
 >  > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/us/henry-chung-hunan-dead.html
 >  > 
 >  > The end of an era.  Actually I'm surprised he hadn't died earlier; he already
 >  > looked pretty old when I started eating at Hunan in the original tiny
 >  > location.  He was a great guy -- I remember one time a homeless person came to
 >  > the old location asking for food, and Henry cooked him something and sat him
 >  > down at one of the scarce seats.
 >  >
 >  > While I'm recommending NYT articles, read this one:
 >  > 
 >  > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/opinion/the-world-is-getting-hacked-why-dont-we-do-more-to-stop-it.html
 >  > 
 >  > I think it's terrific.  It cuts through the woe-is-us tenor of most reporting
 >  > on the ransomware thing, with specific critiques and suggestions for
 >  > improvement for both Macrosoft and the NSA.  I especially liked the one about
 >  > not bundling security updates with dubious UI "improvements" that make people
 >  > reluctant to upgrade.  (I wish Apple would take note.)
 > 
 > I'm surprised that MS and Apple haven't taken that hint from Debian.
 > Debian has been doing this for years.  (Probably the same reason no
 > American ever looks to Europe for ideas...)
 > 
 >  > I was going to say "not to mention Firefox" but then I remembered that the
 >  > main thing keeping me at 31.0 /was/ a security upgrade, the one that involved
 >  > forgetting all my passwords.  :-(
 > 
 > You should run Firefox Extended Support Release, if you can.  I got sick
 > of fixing Firefox for Noelle each time there was an update.  Now, with
 > firefox-esr, life is good.