the cool random internet stuff thread 1.0

merelyjim · 2012-02-23 16:50:46

The Register has all the archived "Bastard Operator From Hell" articles, and puts out the new ones every few weeks. Never fails to put an evil smile on my face.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/

Oh, for those unfamiliar with the subject... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOFH

Sector11 · 2012-02-23 17:03:23

merelyjim wrote:

The Register has all the archived "Bastard Operator From Hell" articles, and puts out the new ones every few weeks. Never fails to put an evil smile on my face.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/
Oh, for those unfamiliar with the subject... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOFH

Hahahaha never heard that before - I have some reading to do --- I'm going to start at the source: The S Files.
Thanks mj ... oooo that doesn't sound good, thanks merelyjim

pvsage · 2012-02-24 00:41:14

^ & ^^ Try adding fortunes-bofh-excuses; this way, Statler will occasionally throw one your way if you have cb-fortunes enabled. Also, there's fortunes-off if you want a bit more evulz.

merelyjim · 2012-02-24 08:18:32

pvsage wrote:

Try adding fortunes-bofh-excusess

...and done!
Thanks big_smile
Now to sneak in and install it on the Boss' machine...

hhh · 2012-02-28 00:58:31

Time lapse photography from Tenerife, Canary Islands. Scroll down for descriptions in Spanish and English. To get it to play smoothly, I had to turn of high-def by clicking the blue "HD" symbol in the viewer...
http://vimeo.com/23205323

merelyjim · 2012-03-01 05:19:58

XKCD, the web-comic for Geeks, by a Geek, via the medium of Stick-figures, has a command-line interface!

http://uni.xkcd.com/

Sometimes, life is almost too freakin' cool! cool

Sector11 · 2012-03-01 13:47:05

merelyjim wrote:

XKCD, the web-comic for Geeks, by a Geek, via the medium of Stick-figures, has a command-line interface!
http://uni.xkcd.com/
Sometimes, life is almost too freakin' cool!

hahahaha so I read the instructions and:

guest@xkcd:/$ next
Time travel mode not enabled.
guest@xkcd:/$

Damn and I wanted a sneak peak. Cool find!

dubois · 2012-03-01 14:10:15

It's even funnier in terminal. lol Did I just say what I thought I said?? neutral

dubois · 2012-03-01 14:20:42

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/01 … encrypted/

No comment. hmm

VastOne · 2012-03-01 14:33:08

^ Astonishing..

How encrypting was never enabled is beyond any level of belief until I read...

Until NASA fully implements an agency-wide data encryption solution, sensitive data on its mobile computing and portable data storage devices will remain at high risk for loss or theft

What?!?!?!

dubois · 2012-03-01 14:52:09

^ I said no comment because I couldn't decide whether to beat my head against the wall or cry. I think I'll cry. Poor, poor NASA. neutral

p120d16y · 2012-03-02 00:10:49

Feds "lose" similar laptops...there is a lot of information out there, and anything is available for a price.

AwesomeFist · 2012-03-02 00:19:43

merelyjim wrote:

XKCD, the web-comic for Geeks, by a Geek, via the medium of Stick-figures, has a command-line interface!

May I introduce you to SMBC, The better web-comic for geeks? *Runs away before shot*

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dubois · 2012-03-02 01:14:26

Robot helicopters perform James Bond theme music

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Lab wowed attendees at this year's TED conference with a video of tiny robot quadroters performing the James Bond theme music.

kd5ob · 2012-03-02 02:42:08

dubois wrote:

Robot helicopters perform James Bond theme music
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Lab wowed attendees at this year's TED conference with a video of tiny robot quadroters performing the James Bond theme music.

Simply amazing. thank dubois!

dubois · 2012-03-03 23:19:09

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/ … r-80-years

VastOne · 2012-03-03 23:20:17

^ I saw that one, very interesting find...

pvsage · 2012-03-03 23:28:01

^^ I don't get why they call that island Ball's Pyramid. Perhaps someone misspelled or misinterpreted Baal?

EnochRoot · 2012-03-04 13:10:23

^ A British naval officer named Ball was the first European to see it in 1788

dubois · 2012-03-04 13:12:29

'Password1' is the No. 1 Password Employed by Business Users

The business world has a password problem—starting with the fact that the No. 1 computer password employed by business users is, wait for it: "Password1". Unfortunately, that's just the most cringe-worthy example of bad enterprise security cited by Trustwave in its recently released Global Security Report for 2012.
Why "Password1"? Because "it satisfies the default Microsoft Active Directory complexity setting," the IT security research firm noted. In other words, it's got a capitalized letter, a number, and the requisite number of characters to qualify under basic password security settings.

Finish reading article here

pvsage · 2012-03-04 17:49:11

@EnochRoot: Ok, thanks for that...disappointing as it is. wink I was hoping the source of its name were something a little less Western.

dubois · 2012-03-05 21:18:31

Who'd have known?

p120d16y · 2012-03-05 23:54:40

dubois wrote:

'Password1' is the No. 1 Password Employed by Business Users
The business world has a password problem—starting with the fact that the No. 1 computer password employed by business users is, wait for it: "Password1". Unfortunately, that's just the most cringe-worthy example of bad enterprise security cited by Trustwave in its recently released Global Security Report for 2012.
Why "Password1"? Because "it satisfies the default Microsoft Active Directory complexity setting," the IT security research firm noted. In other words, it's got a capitalized letter, a number, and the requisite number of characters to qualify under basic password security settings.
Finish reading article here

Lol, every user's password gets set to Password1 where I work, Over 200 PC's because it satisfies AD. As soon as they log in though right after the account gets created, it gets changed to a fairly complex pass. This article probably left out that those passwords generally are used as default passwords, then immediately changed.

mrpeachy · 2012-03-06 00:29:13

http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/

dubois · 2012-03-06 13:11:23

What happens to really old drug addicts who get careless -- http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories … -home.html -- or someone taking advantage of a good situation?? I don't know. hmm

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