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HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:50 pm

https://jalopnik.com/this-boeing-777-mo ... 1822054236 -- okay I gotta admit I'm not that OCD, but THAT is SICK!!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/19/on_call/ -- HAHAHAH... oh wow, just beyond words... definitely some BIOS and CAMEO there

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sun Jan 21, 2018 7:30 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/2 ... _blizzard/ -- "no expense was spared "except common sense". Ouch." Indeed! Holey JEEEZE!! Talk about PHB Karma!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/2 ... r_station/ -- HAHAHHA... WOOOOW!!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/23/on_call/ -- *sighs* thanks be my Christmas and New Years the last couple years
has been my own, by and large.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/1 ... _software/ -- LOL, so basically it's all just a Wild Ass Guess
in the end?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/1 ... mit_comet/ -- something to add to life's bucketlist

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... e_message/ -- cryptography gives me a headache, but stuff like this... BRILLIANT!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:34 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... er_job_ad/ -- on one hand, MSPaint, REALLY?! On the other, BWHAHAHAHAHAHA!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... e_hacking/ -- well got to have a hobby of some sort...

Post by **Taurec** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:37 pm

I applied .. haha

So how is everybody doing ... or are we the only two left?

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:33 am

Noir's still around, but I never see him here.

I see Killer on Steam alot but he occassionally pops in, 'n Zyrex dropped in a few weeks ago... like you said once Taurec, I'm having some great conversations
with myself here

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... ity_rules/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... e_defunct/ -- Oh wow, to be a fly on the wall to hear what REALLY is going on...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... _interval/ -- just form an interesting trivia perspective, a "flick," a "jiffy,"
a "shake," and a "microcentury."

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... in_tattoo/ -- usually tatoo for your mother or S.O., but THIS...!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... erto_rico/ -- "Foot Meet Mouth," much all around no?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... _software/ -- TIOTIOA, works for computer, and robotic space arms. But 1HR
to reboot?! Wow...!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... _november/ -- following the timeline and the money, yeah, the optics of THIS doesn't
look good for Intel's CEO.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... in_flicks/ -- on one hand, impressive achievement. On the other, as the article points out,
"RULE 34 DAT S**T!!!"

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 1:33 am

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... locations/ -- the lengths telcos will go to bring broadband to you. Also, the little history lesson about Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the "we're only going to get one chance to do this
properly" was interesting

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... er_jailed/ -- jeeze, the lengths ppl will go to for porn,
but what THIS guy pulled...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262426/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 -- :gawks: okay, I HAVE to see this movie!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 11:22 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/2 ... os_server/ -- never a fan of Apple overall, never saw these in PROD, heard everything under the sun
about how "Apples will rule! Wintel will die! Just you wait!" from fanbois. GOODBYE!!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/3 ... _is_image/ -- ressurect dead tech years after it all went into the bin. Yeah, good luck
with that. Oh, to be a fly on the wall to watch this unfold.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/3 ... h_resigns/ -- methinks we'll never get a public admission just what "exercising
poor judgement with respect to an employee matter" involved, but let the speculatin' begin!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/3 ... re_snafus/ -- can never have too much F-35 news... the sidebar about the Integrated
Core Processor and what it contains is pretty interesting on its own.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/3 ... d_comment/ -- considering most of my work's been for the former company nearly my entire
professional life, interesting to read. SMH

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:16 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... dinosaurs/ -- wow, just... wow!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... ity_patch/ -- crap, I gotta patch my Flash AGAIN?!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:50 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/02/on_call/ -- jeeze, if that were me, I'd've gone mental on said "customer." Seriously,
some people... Others are GREAT, unwavering angels!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... peed_trap/ -- LOL, yeah, speedcams aren't really a money trap. RIIIIIGHT!

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/u ... review.pdf
Don't know if anyone was affected / had to deal with WannaCry. UK's NHS, one of the hardest / most public hit posted this
postmortem. Definitely will be reading this out of interest and "lessons learnt" perspective.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:33 am

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... ive_cloud/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... the_cloud/
-- much as I HATE the phrase "the cloud" makes a pretty good explanation of what to do and how to make it work for you.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... dy_crisps/ -- lady crisps, huh?
Sure there's a really good Rule34 joke about that somewhere!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... r_failure/ -- hahahah, was wondering what happened
to this guy, but not able to give money to line his pockets.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... ance_deal/ -- "The message here is
clear: buy Apple and Cisco for cheaper, better insurance, because if you use Cisco and Apple you're at lower
risk of being hacked." RIIIIIIIIGHT... and I got a bridge to sell ya...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... rity_hole/ -- how the actual hell?!?!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... h_in_eggs/ -- HAHAHAH

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... tle_waymo/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... ettlement/
-- and just cuz I can never get enough news (preferably bad) about Uber's fsckups...

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:20 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... t_holdout/ -- HAHAHAHA! Was worth it just to read the
running jokes in the comments section.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/0 ... ency_fees/ -- LOL. But no surprise, doesn't matter
the size of purse -- always finding ways to finagle money from column A to column B while burning / not leaving
the papertrail.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... _air_pods/ -- hmm, now what witty name can we give to
exploding Apple earbuds? Explodipods? Never mind the great marketing tag lines if they do blow up in someone's
ear.[/sarcasm]

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 11:52 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... of_10gbps/ -- on one hand, hate the naysayers of
"we'll never use / need [insert here]." On the other, what I wouldn't give for a dedicated 10G link to the internets!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... nt_battle/ -- Go CloudFlare! I _HATE_ patent trolls
with a passion!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... _warships/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... _progress/ -- IBM believes it is
"the backbone of the world's economy." Riiiiiight, the amount of koolaid in that statement is beyond belief!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... perts_fbi/ -- yeah, I'd LOVE to know who's been whispering sweet
nothings into PHB's ears that crypto can do this. If there is genuine merit to it, PROVE IT! If not, tar and feather them like the
charlatans they are.

Alittle funny I found as well :

This reminds me of a student colleague of mine who requested more disk quota, arguing he needed it for his project.

He discovered that "chmod 700 project_data/" doesn't prevent sysadmins from finding the project_data/p0rn/ directory.

Source here -- Just... Too... FUNNY!!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:11 am

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/unexp ... 1822970067 -- LOL, now THAT is the
ultimate "why I'm late" excuse. My flight got delayed due to unexploded WW2 ordinance near the airport

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... g2_patent/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... g_lizards/ -- LOL, methinks this guy needs alittle loosening
of the tinfoil hat on his head, it's impeding the bloodflow to his brain.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/1 ... ring_plan/ -- Ubuntu pulling a MS/Win10 here? But then again,
that ship has long sailed about sending crashinfo, user experience, and the like to vendors.

https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/ ... s_pitches/ -- LOL, oh boy, SOMEone's been tapping
the IBM koolaid alittle to hard, methinks.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:19 am

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... ais_might/ -- "The fast food famine arose after KFC UK last week switched
from logistics provider Bidvest to rival DHL. The result was delivery delays that left hundreds of restaurants devoid of chicken." HAHAHAHA!!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... ix_months/ -- "60 separate the last six months,"
in the datacenter no less, 44 rated a P1... is somehow deemed not a high number? Sounds just like an old company I supported out of the NOC
years ago... BAU, keep trunkin' on and playing fireman. DILLIGAF?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... est_crash/ -- haven't done a cert test in a long time, but yeah, "the computer ate my test"
definitely can be QUITE the showstopper... doubly so if they don't allow test rewrites.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... dows_dell/ -- What...The...Actual...Crack?!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... r_warrant/ -- What...The...Actual...Crack?! Pt2.
Okay, any numpty suggesting this I immediately nominate they be the first person placed into this "no encryption" state, including all their
public records including tax returns, CC reciepts, and phone records. Let's see how they like that?

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:49 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... a_spotter/ -- always got to love stuff like this

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... n_private/ -- simple rule for work property :
"IT'S... NOT... YOURS!" Why don't people get that?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/2 ... passports/ -- "the CBP couldn't, and still can't, actually process the
digital signatures in the passport chips, and thus verify if the information hasn't been tampered with or completely made up."
Well JEEZE, who screwed the pooch on that? *eyerolls*

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/23/on-call/ -- "[The Battery] made the phone too heavy!" *double eyerolls*