@monkeyfish
Far too helpful imho. The correct answer is..."baseball bat".
Or L.A.R.T.
Posts by Sir Runcible Spoon
5770 publicly visible posts • joined 29 May 2007
Page:
- ← Prev
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- 90
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
- 95
- 96
- 97
- 98
- 99
- 100
- 101
- 102
- 103
- 104
- 105
- 106
- 107
- 108
- 109
- 110
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- 116
- Next →
BOFH: Is WHAT 'running slow'!? GOD
Dark matter: Good news, everyone! We've found ... NOTHING AT ALL
Crypto protocols mostly crocked says euro infosec think-tank ENISA
Thursday 31st October 2013 09:22 GMT
Re: Sounds like solid stuff.
"Pulling the same trick on the address label is going to be Hard"
But not impossible - although it would be expensive and require you to trust the implementation. You're basically talking about a VPN'd proxy service.
Eg. Source -> VPN -> Internet -> VPN Proxy Termination point/Router <- Internet <- VPN <- Destination
You would need a lot of these proxies dotted around if you want to avoid traffic travelling halfway around the world, and it's still vulnerable if the proxy's are compromised, but then you could put more resources into securing and monitoring it.
Edit: After re-reading this it looks just like a digital drop box of sorts.
Study: Arctic warming at 'stunning' rate – highest temps in 44,000 years
Ahoy, scalliwags! FBI claims another haul of Silk Road booty - $26m of it
SEX CRAZED FISH keeping hapless Southamptonites awake
Friday 25th October 2013 06:33 GMT
Re: @ Sir Runcible Spoon - Sir
You are quite entitled to use the term Esquire my good man..
" noun
1 (Esquire) British a polite title appended to a man’s name when no other title is used, typically in the address of a letter or other documents"
I seem to recall it's recent conventional useage (which has sadly lapsed) was applied to young men before they became a 'Mr.' i.e. when they got married - a little bit like Miss and Mrs.
Friday 25th October 2013 05:22 GMT
Sir
" the humming could be the result of fish seeking a mate"
I suppose it could. It could also be a mosquito swarm nesting in the local belfry, or just a lot of people humming all at once because they have insomnia and are trying to drown out the sound of all those other people humming to drown out the sound - so why don't you go down to the sea and put a fucking microphone in the water and find out for sure!
Euro Parliament votes to end data sharing with US – the NSA swiped the bytes anyway
Friday 25th October 2013 13:37 GMT
Re: A Key Problem @ Sir Runcible Spoon
"Wait, water is still wet though, right?"
Well, I had to double check to be honest. It turns out that it is our senses that provide 'wetness' feedback - so it's not really objective to say that water is wet, but I felt I was sticking my head above the parapet far enough as it was :)
Friday 25th October 2013 06:07 GMT
Re: So...
Let's say, for example, that you have a trusting relationship with your partner.
You both agree to tell each other the truth, and not to hide anything pertinent from the other.
When one day you find out that even though you've been honest and scrupulous in this regard your partner has been tapping your phones lines, hacking your computer, reading your texts, listening to your voice-mail and keeping tabs on everyone you come in to contact with.
I've just realised that I have implied that the EU is honest and scrupulous, but you get the idea I'm sure.
My main gripe with the US is that the fucking spell checkers don't recognizse English words..
Colour
Recognise
Friend
Honour
Neighbour
Friday 25th October 2013 05:47 GMT
Re: A Key Problem
The sky isn't actually blue either I'm afraid.
It's typical composition scatters blue light more than others. A change in the composition of the atmosphere will change the colour.
"Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere. Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time."
In other news, light bulbs don't work by magic and the internet runs on swiss cheese. Oh and Father Christmas is just the local homeless guy dressed up, that's why he smells of piss and Special Brew.
[:news brought to you by the killjoy foundation for kids]
How to spot a coders comment
Pac-Man GHOST nebula is literally the coolest thing in the universe – boffins
Call yourself a 'hacker', watch your ex-boss seize your PC without warning
Thursday 24th October 2013 09:53 GMT
Re: So...
Hacker (term), is a term used in computing that can describe several types of persons
Hacker (computer security) someone who accesses a computer system by circumventing its security system
Hacker (hobbyist), who makes innovative customizations or combinations of retail electronic and computer equipment
Hacker (programmer subculture), who combines excellence, playfulness, cleverness and exploration in performed activities
In other equestrian news: The verb form "to hack" or "hacking" is associated with English riding and used more often in eastern Canada and the eastern United States than in western North America
So, you openly admit to hacking (exercising your horse) and all you stuff are belong to them. Nicely thought out.
Pirate Bay captain pleads with Swedes: Don't make me walk Danish plank
Swedish teen's sex video fine slashed: Unwilling co-star girlfriend furious
Wednesday 23rd October 2013 09:03 GMT
Re: Mixed signals regarding privacy
I haven't seen anything to say that the video was taken with a hidden camera, so presumably she was happy to have her exploits committed to film? Not saying she shouldn't be upset by having it published without her permission - but it does suggest a degree of liberalism regarding sexual relations on her part.
NSA-friendly cyber-slurp law CISPA back on the table with new Senate bill
Nice job, technology. Now we have to work FIVE TIMES HARDER
Wednesday 23rd October 2013 08:57 GMT
Re: Naaaah......
"If technology really were that invasive, if it really were that controlling, more people would be pressing that OFF button."
I think you have made an erroneous assumption in that 'more people' are aware that this is actually happening to them (from an objective pov).
perhaps..
"If technology really were that invasive, if it really were that controlling, and more people were aware of how it is affecting them, they would be pressing that OFF button."
Wednesday 23rd October 2013 08:49 GMT
Double-edged sword
If I go in to the office I have a two hour journey, but it gives me time to think and relax a bit at the beginning and end of the working day.
If I work from home I usually get up, get started, have a quick lunch and then crack-on. I end up doing a lot more hours wfh and when I finish the wife immediately starts in on 'together' stuff - so I end up not having a regular bit of me time.
I wouldn't want to do either completely - it's nice to switch between them as necessary.
Baldness fix from foreskin follicles
Tuesday 22nd October 2013 13:30 GMT
Re: Bald
"As such, regardless if your wife claims to leave you for your hair, she won't. Or if I'm wrong and she does, then oops, that's what you get for listening to idiots on the interwebs."
There would be no 'oops' required. My mother rang earlier today to ask us what we were doing for our anniversary. I looked at my watch..the 22nd Oct..oh shit, it's tomorrow! My wife had forgotten too.
We basically pissed ourselves laughing that only my mother remembered :)
(11 years in case you weren't wondering)
Snowden: 'I have data on EVERY NSA operation against China'
Monday 21st October 2013 10:06 GMT
Re: @CHarles 9
Whilst I take your point that seasonal flu has a fairly low mortality rate (I think the UK average is around 30-50 per year) there are occasional outbreaks that kill off lots of people.
Also, if you take into account people getting flu and then developing pneumonia as a result the numbers are considerably higher.
I'm assuming you aren't in a high risk group either (i.e. elderly or child).
Saturday 19th October 2013 20:16 GMT
Re: So what should Snowden do?
"the acts were committed whilst still being a US citizen"
I agree that the previous leaks were as a US citizen, but this latest development where he mentions that he has material that would be of serious interest to China etc. are post citizenship. I thought the OP was referring to the latest 'threats', rather than the leaks that have occurred so far.
Friday 18th October 2013 13:42 GMT
Re: @CHarles 9
"While estimates of case-fatality (CF) rates for past influenza pandemics have ranged from about 0.1% (1957 and 1968 pandemics) to 2.5% (1918 pandemic); the official World Health Organization estimate for the current outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza to date is around 60%. While the real H5N1 CF rate (what it would be if we had perfect knowledge) could be lower (one study suggests that the real H5N1 CF rate is closer to 14–33%); it is unlikely that, if it becomes a pandemic, it will go to the 0.1–0.4% level currently embraced by many pandemic plans"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mortality_from_H5N1
Assange: 'Ecuadorian embassy staff are like my family'
Thursday 17th October 2013 20:21 GMT
Re: Sir Running Loon Sir Running Loon @FunkyGibbon
Ok, well, for a start it wasn't my comparison, I was responding to the comparison made by FunkyGibbon, it was their post that mentioned homosexuality in Cameroon being against the law, not me.
I was questioning them to see if they believed that that would justify the UK sending someone back there for the crime they committed in that country, since they seemed to be making that comparison with regards to Assange.
I didn't pretend I was feeding the trolls, I seem to recall that I said that it wasn't my intention, but that I was happy that that occurred as a result of my post.
You are either genuinely mentally impaired, in which case I apologise for continuing to highlight the fact - or you are doing it deliberately - in which case you are a troll.
It would be interesting to see if you can actually manage a rational response.
Thursday 17th October 2013 18:36 GMT
Re: Sir Running Loon @FunkyGibbon
I'm actually starting to think you are properly insane Matt, what you post seems to bear no real reference to the post you are replying to.
I'll give it a go, just for the anticipation of the bizarre reply I'm likely to get..
What back-peddling are you referring to?
Thursday 17th October 2013 12:55 GMT
Re: @FunkyGibbon
It wasn't my example, I was asking someone else to clarify their position so I could point out that it wasn't a good example.
You have just re-iterated my point about you not reading things correctly. You can go back to your knee-jerking now :)
I kind of feel quite happy now that I've trolled the trolls, although that wasn't my original intention.
Wednesday 16th October 2013 17:07 GMT
Re: @FunkyGibbon
I don't usually bother with correcting those who are hard of reading, BUT..
FunkeyGibbon said:
Speaking of deluded...
"that would not be even a punishable or fine-able offence in the rest of the civilized world."
You don't get to select the rules you live by, the countries In large parts of Africa homosexuality is illegal. This is a morally repugnant and regressive set of laws that would not be even a punishable or fine-able offence in the rest of the civilized world. But if you go to Cameroon and have sex with your same sex partner and are caught, then you don't have much right to complain, that's the law. It might not be morally defensible in the eyes of most people but if that's the rules they have chosen to set you have to respect them.
Assange has to accept he has committed a crime in the country where the act took place. Unless he thinks he is above the law...?
The implication being(since this was in reference to Assange being extradited to Sweden, where the crime was committed) that if you were to commit the crime of homosexuality in Cameroon, thems the rules and presumably have to expect that you can be sent back there to face the consequences, so I challenged this implication for clarification I asked the question outright..
Sir Runcible Spoon said:
So, if someone were to engage in a homosexual act in Cameroon, then skip the country to travel here, you would expect the UK to ship them back to face trial?
Unfortunately FunkeyGibbon hasn't confirmed his position on the matter, but a few of the usual jumped up ego-twats have chipped in with..
(I ain't Spartacus excluded from list because the post was a rational response to a question and provided clarification of the law)
Matt 'troll of trolls' Bryant said:
The UK does not have a bilateral extradition treaty with Cameroon. D'uh!
Way to miss the point Matt, but delivered with your usual flair.
Scorchio!! said:
See if you can see the differences and incompatibilities here; the Cameroon law concerns self regarding behaviours, in western democracies self regarding behaviours have a long and noble history of being left out of law, as long as they are self regarding.
Rape is by definition not a self regarding behaviour, rape by virtue of proceeding without a condom (shakes head)... ...well, it's more than worse.
Two different things, completely different and at variance with modern human rights legislation across the world, and your argument is thus a non sequitur.
I don't need to look at the different laws of anywhere because I was asking someone a question to highlight the absurdity of what they had actually said. I also didn't mention anything to do with rape, but thanks for the input. Lastly, but not leastly, I don't see how a question could reasonably be considered an argument, whether or not it is a non sequitur is therefore irrelevant*. Oh, and as for self-regarding behaviour being left out of Western law, I urge you to read the following Man dates local bike
I don't mind engaging in opinion wars, I only mind when people respond to points being made in their own minds, and then attributing those points to someone else. It's just, well, boring - especially as it seems to crop up on here so often.
*Yes, that's a self referencing joke.
Alarming tales: What goes on INSIDE Reg hack's hi-tech bedroom
NSA reporter leaves paper for eBay billionaire backed media biz
Friday 18th October 2013 11:17 GMT
Re: Sounds good.
The governments line on Snowdens leaks undermining the spooks abilities are bullshit.
I work in the security field, and although I've only thought about it in the background, there are holes in just about every possible way I can think of to circumvent the snooping, even using Bruce's 5 tips wouldn't guarantee a snoop-free session, and you only have to trip up once to provide a key to unlock the rest.
Bruce:
"My five tips suck. They are not things the average person can use. One of them is to use PGP [a data-encryption program]. But my mother can’t use PGP. Maybe some people who read your publication will use my tips, but most people won’t.
Basically, the average user is screwed. You can’t say “Don’t use Google”—that’s a useless piece of advice. Or “Don’t use Facebook,” because then you don’t talk to your friends, you don’t get invited to parties, you don’t get laid. It’s like libertarians saying “Don’t use credit cards”; it just doesn’t work in the real world.
The Internet has become essential to our lives, and it has been subverted into a gigantic surveillance platform. The solutions have to be political. The best advice for the average person is to agitate for political change."
MEGA ASTEROID could 'BLOW UP EARTH' - Russian space boss
Beyond: Two Souls - the game that thinks it's a Hollywood blockbuster
Friday 18th October 2013 09:29 GMT
Sir
I can see this being a start for 10 to get games that are more like movies with multiple threads through the movie for example.
Another idea would be to experience the same 'movie' through the eyes of different characters. Not sure this qualifies as a game, sounds like a new genre to me, we could call it.. interactive movies. Hmm, why does that sound familiar? :)
Kudos to someone spending money on new ideas though.
Price rises and power cuts by 2016? Thank the EU's energy policy
Google refunds two dollars for cop jobs ad on biker website
Page:
- ← Prev
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
- 90
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
- 95
- 96
- 97
- 98
- 99
- 100
- 101
- 102
- 103
- 104
- 105
- 106
- 107
- 108
- 109
- 110
- 111
- 112
- 113
- 114
- 115
- 116
- Next →
Biting the hand that feeds IT
