Official "Hot-houri" thread

[Xyzzy]

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[davar55]

Reminds me that the Big Bare Theory is just like the Emperor's New Clothes -
not really there and waiting for some kid to expose it.

[kladner]

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[Dubslow]

Is it bad that at first, while very quickly glancing over the whole thing, I thought it said "yo ma ma" instead of "Yo-Yo Ma"?

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

Is it bad that at first, while very quickly glancing over the whole thing, I thought it said "yo ma ma" instead of "Yo-Yo Ma"?

Nah. Amusing, though.

[kladner]

Following on from LaurV's joke here-

I heard that in the Soviet days, a guy in Moscow goes to order a new car.

He completes all the paperwork. Then he is told, "OK. Car will be delivered in ten years."

He asks, "Will that be in morning or afternoon?"

The bureaucrats are stunned, and ask, "What does it matter? Is ten years from now."

The citizen cries out, "You don't understand! Plumber is coming in morning!"

[kladner]

Tokyo’s drone squad will deploy 10-foot drones armed with nets to police the sky

In an effort to enforce no-fly-zones across the city, Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department is launching a drone squad. According to Japan Today (via Popular Science), the squad will patrol no-fly-zones and "will search for the operators and order them to ground the drones."


If an operator fails to comply, police will scramble large drones up to 10 feet long armed with cameras and nets to take down the unwanted machines. There's no word yet on whether said tactics will be accompanied by a perfectly-timed blast of The A-Team theme tune, though—we can but dream.

My partner anticipates a rise in anti-drone technology, such as devices firing nets, or even Silly String bombs, to bring down pesky, intrusive drones.

Obviously, the Tokyo police want to capture illicit drones, not cause them to crash in the city.

[Dubslow]

As a change of pace, here's a stark reminder: http://libreboot.org/faq/#intel

The Active Management Technology (AMT) application, part of the Intel "vPro" brand, is a Web server and application code that enables remote users to power on, power off, view information about, and otherwise manage the PC. It can be used remotely even while the PC is powered off (via Wake-on-Lan). Traffic is encrypted using SSL/TLS libraries, but recall that all of the major SSL/TLS implementations have had highly publicized vulnerabilities. The AMT application itself has known vulnerabilities, which have been exploited to develop rootkits and keyloggers and covertly gain encrypted access to the management features of a PC. Remember that the ME has full access to the PC's RAM. This means that an attacker exploiting any of these vulnerabilities may gain access to everything on the PC as it runs: all open files, all running applications, all keys pressed, and more.

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The Intel Management Engine with its proprietary firmware has complete access to and control over the PC: it can power on or shut down the PC, read all open files, examine all running applications, track all keys pressed and mouse movements, and even capture or display images on the screen. And it has a network interface that is demonstrably insecure, which can allow an attacker on the network to inject rootkits that completely compromise the PC and can report to the attacker all activities performed on the PC. It is a threat to freedom, security, and privacy that can't be ignored.

[Xyzzy]

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[only_human]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

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So cute.
He already looks like Marmaduke. Larger furniture needed.

[Xyzzy]

Originally Posted by only_human

Larger furniture needed.

A new bed was procured today!