Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[kladner]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

http://www.wired.com/2015/09/microso...nux-run-cloud/

Lo! How the mighty have fallen!

[Xyzzy]

$ traceroute -m 99 bad.horse
traceroute to bad.horse (162.252.205.157), 99 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  dsldevice.att.net (192.168.1.254)  1.133 ms  1.286 ms  1.787 ms
 2  162-201-52-1.lightspeed.mmphtn.sbcglobal.net (162.201.52.1)  26.823 ms  28.221 ms  32.223 ms
 3  99.0.216.234 (99.0.216.234)  33.578 ms  36.357 ms  48.897 ms
 4  99.15.205.50 (99.15.205.50)  51.364 ms  52.759 ms  55.645 ms
 5  99.15.205.91 (99.15.205.91)  56.761 ms  62.093 ms  62.864 ms
 6  99.15.205.49 (99.15.205.49)  63.538 ms  55.590 ms  57.440 ms
 7  12.83.112.149 (12.83.112.149)  61.179 ms 12.83.112.141 (12.83.112.141)  29.850 ms 12.83.112.149 (12.83.112.149)  28.337 ms
 8  12.122.117.97 (12.122.117.97)  42.962 ms  48.394 ms  51.184 ms
 9  192.205.33.42 (192.205.33.42)  52.601 ms  53.216 ms  54.996 ms
10  chi-b21-link.telia.net (62.115.113.25)  70.323 ms chi-b21-link.telia.net (62.115.113.19)  81.131 ms chi-b21-link.telia.net (62.115.143.62)  82.698 ms
11  atlanticmetro-ic-306054-chi-b21.c.telia.net (62.115.42.50)  85.536 ms  86.467 ms  89.451 ms
12  ve769.cr2.lga3.amcbb.net (69.9.33.137)  104.221 ms  105.753 ms  72.996 ms
13  e2-1.cr1.lga1.amcbb.net (108.60.132.121)  69.132 ms  69.501 ms  70.047 ms
14  sandwichnet.dmarc.lga1.atlanticmetro.net (208.68.168.214)  71.596 ms  75.809 ms  76.877 ms
15  bad.horse (162.252.205.130)  79.792 ms  83.889 ms  85.233 ms
16  bad.horse (162.252.205.131)  89.191 ms  91.901 ms  92.458 ms
17  bad.horse (162.252.205.132)  104.462 ms  108.383 ms  108.750 ms
18  bad.horse (162.252.205.133)  117.319 ms  87.112 ms  84.387 ms
19  he.rides.across.the.nation (162.252.205.134)  89.756 ms  91.241 ms  91.746 ms
20  the.thoroughbred.of.sin (162.252.205.135)  101.066 ms  101.485 ms  104.979 ms
21  he.got.the.application (162.252.205.136)  113.122 ms  113.497 ms  115.767 ms
22  that.you.just.sent.in (162.252.205.137)  127.826 ms  128.418 ms  132.393 ms
23  it.needs.evaluation (162.252.205.138)  139.161 ms  139.555 ms  147.091 ms
24  so.let.the.games.begin (162.252.205.139)  114.745 ms  113.315 ms  115.547 ms
25  a.heinous.crime (162.252.205.140)  122.601 ms  123.198 ms  125.133 ms
26  a.show.of.force (162.252.205.141)  132.004 ms  132.711 ms  132.693 ms
27  a.murder.would.be.nice.of.course (162.252.205.142)  141.889 ms  142.347 ms  147.085 ms
28  bad.horse (162.252.205.143)  155.518 ms  159.536 ms  159.909 ms
29  bad.horse (162.252.205.144)  165.350 ms  164.781 ms  165.306 ms
30  bad.horse (162.252.205.145)  141.532 ms  142.222 ms  137.821 ms
31  he-s.bad (162.252.205.146)  146.241 ms  150.172 ms  154.156 ms
32  the.evil.league.of.evil (162.252.205.147)  165.224 ms  165.702 ms  169.527 ms
33  is.watching.so.beware (162.252.205.148)  173.620 ms  173.221 ms  177.300 ms
34  the.grade.that.you.receive (162.252.205.149)  185.533 ms  186.025 ms  190.811 ms
35  will.be.your.last.we.swear (162.252.205.150)  191.281 ms  191.690 ms  193.647 ms
36  so.make.the.bad.horse.gleeful (162.252.205.151)  171.122 ms  175.995 ms  170.327 ms
37  or.he-ll.make.you.his.mare (162.252.205.152)  179.610 ms  185.283 ms  185.689 ms
38  o_o (162.252.205.153)  191.888 ms  193.874 ms  192.420 ms
39  you-re.saddled.up (162.252.205.154)  200.459 ms  204.414 ms  204.886 ms
40  there-s.no.recourse (162.252.205.155)  212.673 ms  213.196 ms  216.341 ms
41  it-s.hi-ho.silver (162.252.205.156)  222.066 ms  195.130 ms  197.851 ms
42  signed.bad.horse (162.252.205.157)  195.147 ms  195.772 ms  202.953 ms

[Dubslow]

Wtf?

[LaurV]

what a waste of ip addresses

[xilman]

For aficionados of British humour, you can't do much better than the final sentence in this report.

US man sets petrol pump alight over spider

[Batalov]

Originally Posted by xilman

For aficionados of British humour, you can't do much better than the final sentence in this report.

US man sets petrol pump alight over spider

Reminds of the punchline of Gavin retelling Tommy's last days in Trainspotting:
"The kitten was fine."

[chappy]

Originally Posted by LaurV

what a waste of ip addresses

Not if you get the joke. See also my avatar.

[ewmayer]

https://thestack.com/iot/2015/09/25/...ach-spy-robot/

It is once again time to break out the Joe's Apartment DVD, it seems. IIRC there is a scene featuring a mini-cam-carrying cockroach in that ... but even if memory fails me on that detail, the cockroach song and dance numbers are always a hoot.

[Xyzzy]

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society...pse-apocalpyse

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society...pse-apocalpyse

"Apocalypse Not" once again, it seems. (Unless you were a highly-leveraged stock market bull who went to be last night with his rally cap on.)

[Xyzzy]

http://www.stripes.com/report-senior...-gain-1.370781