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HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:55 am

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/06/on_call/ -- well whaddya know, a case of RTFM actually a) solving
the problem but b) getting you in trouble with TPTB...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/0 ... ckup_plan/
-- so when the defecation hits the ventilation, what is your Plan B? Especially as something as demanding as
banking?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/0 ... ion_japan/ -- tried to install a cryptominer, only got £34

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/0 ... ower_grid/ -- PICS! Or it didn't happen!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 10:46 pm

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21 ... -spy-plane -- oh JEEEZE!! I'd
hate to get THAT repair bill for "spilled soda on electronics."

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... pard-tanks -- anyone wanna buy a couple
used Canadian tanks?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... sup_again/ -- TSB bank in the UK just can't catch a break, can they?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... ol_broken/ -- don't do alot of BGP work in $var(dayjob), but seen how badly a BGP
announcement can screw things up...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... ion_court/ -- yeah, I could see the RIAA/MPAA pulling a tactic like this...

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:32 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... one_crash/ -- "Taiwan" will crash iOS, huh? Who woulda thunk it?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... _backbone/ -- I gots to get back into BGP... but yeah,
definitely NOT a protocol for the clueless / amateurs.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... ty_sitrep/ -- jobs for the loner / in your basement types?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... age_us_uk/ -- first Visa, now MasterCard. Now need a witty "For everything else..."
for this little gongshow

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:19 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/13/on_call/ -- “Being thrown in at the deep end was the standard – and only - training procedure," which lead to this guy's arrest... WOW! Just... WOW!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... eir_racks/ -- improvisation at its finest!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:50 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... 10_beta_2/ -- Lotus Notes just needs to DIE already! Sorry, but I've been on
the user end of this for close to 10 years with a brief respite in the middle... but I _STILL_ hate it with a passion.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... plutonium/ -- "While staying at a Marriott hotel in San Antonio, Texas,
US government staffers left nuclear material, recovered from a non-profit research lab, in a rented SUV overnight." Greaaaaat,
I feel safer already.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... to_fix_it/
-- who says IT doesn't have a sense of humor

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... _database/ -- hmmm...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... ta_breach/
-- basically "the computer fscked it up!" Greaaaaaat...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... pany_name/ -- some poetic
justice there, methinks...

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:49 pm

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... ood-rescue -- always love watching things blow up

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... g-exercise -- now THAT is some SICK piloting skills. Real brass ones on that pilot!

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... -same-time -- always love watching things REALLY blow up Pt 2

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... oad_sheet/ -- hahahaha, British Airways just CAN'T catch a break, can they?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/1 ... r_british/ -- little interesting crypto history...

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:29 pm

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/every ... 1827622834 -- HAHAHAH, oh boy...

https://youtu.be/X8XZriAdB1g -- Heathrow Ghost Flights, one of those "stupid business ideas" you hear about, but interesting
to hear about the background on WHY they need to be done.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/2 ... a_glass_6/ -- interesting little history into smartphones and Gorilla Glass.
Sapphire, huh?

https://www.outerplaces.com/science/ite ... first-time
-- a star eating a planet, huh?

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:40 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/2 ... e_painter/ -- HAHAHAH, oh where could THIS idea go wrong? On the other, no worse that this gongshow of a "painting" job

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:02 pm

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... lash-bangs -- bet Jindai
High School would be a GREAT testing ground for this kit!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/2 ... _too_deep/ -- OOOPS!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/2 ... stability/ -- been awhile since I heard from ReactOS, but the possibility of it
definitely interests me!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/2 ... laris_bug/ -- 11yearold bug resurfaces?! What's Microsoft's record for
oldest bug resurfacing again?

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:37 am

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/2 ... rcomputer/ -- 340 days in the cold, dark and radiation
of space... and this computer's still ticking. WOW!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/27/on_call/ -- I still remember the story from my last day supporting
this one account where they pulled the plug on us to go to another vendor. The Knowledge Transfer sessions,
the "what's this?" questions, leaving a bridge open for the ticket transfers... which lead to a MAJOR meltdown
and the immortal tehnical question "What's a WAAS?" If I was still onshift, I SO would have said "well I WAS
supporting this account, buuuuuut..."

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/2 ... cost_200m/ -- 200million bill
for a TITSUP situation. All for a buggered up and rushed transition plan.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:00 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/0 ... milky_way/ -- always love alittle interesting astronomy news

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/0 ... ce_to_you/ -- HAHAHAHAH!! BRILLIANCE!!

Well, 1year and 14days after my brother's wedding, he's got himself a son, 8lb 1oz. Mother and son doing well so far...

Also caught Teen Titans Go movie...

LOVED IT! Definitely want to watch again and own on disc when it comes out!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:28 pm

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this- ... 1828007226 -- "C'mon man, do some of that pilot s**t!!" 9Gs worth

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... being-sunk

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/3 ... _nt_is_25/ -- Windows NT 25 years old... yeah, I do feel old...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/3 ... r_history/ -- always love alittle astronomy / science stuff like this

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/0 ... _semipros/ -- so who said playing games would never amount to anything?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/0 ... ement_75m/ -- SMH

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:47 pm

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... ing-rimpac --

Beautiful shot!

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... er-estonia

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... force-base -- now THAT is some
damn good piloting...

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:52 pm

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... orce-bases -- still want one of these for
my home security system

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/1 ... _spelling/ -- the old "we got a new piece of technology and it buggered up"
excuse... yeaaaaaaaaaah, riiiiiiiiight!

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Tue Aug 14, 2018 10:33 pm

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/1 ... sh_summer/ -- "Alcohol has pretty much the same impact on wasps as it does on humans,
albeit in much, much smaller quantities: a few sips and the black-and-yellow thugs are ready to rumble." Drunk wasps, huh? Who woulda thunk?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/13/who-me/ -- :gawks: and Oooops! Lucky the guy kept his job afterwards...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/1 ... nd_outage/ -- IKEA stock system in TITSUP state... hmmm, wonder what's going on
in the background.