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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
Canada is in Schrödinger's timezone. It's simultaneously both in the present and
stuckfrozen in the past.FTFY
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@TimeBandit Eh.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
I call fake lol.
The incubation period of herpes (both HSV-1 and HSV-2) can be as short as 2 days, so it's not impossible. But the epidemiological research to trace the outbreak to its source would likely take much longer, so it does seem highly improbable. The deleted Twitter account operating under a pretty obviously fake name (Daily Mail US @BakeRises) is pretty much the icing on the cake.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
I call fake lol.
The incubation period of herpes (both HSV-1 and HSV-2) can be as short as 2 days, so it's not impossible. But the epidemiological research to trace the outbreak to its source would likely take much longer, so it does seem highly improbable. The deleted Twitter account operating under a pretty obviously fake name (Daily Mail US @BakeRises) is pretty much the icing on the cake.
How likely is it that the water is question has ever been in the same room with the dame pictured? It's much more efficient (and safe from law) to achieve the desired taste with regular food additives. The herpes, if there ever was any, may have come from the bottling plant.
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GTA V
greatness of modern computer graphics
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@Applied-Mediocrity The graphics is somewhat decent, but the modelling and simulation are tragic.
- Early in the approach there is a part where it seems absurdly steep, and the pitch changes are too abrupt. The perspective might be misleading, but it really looks more like sloppy simulation. The A380 should move more smoothly due to all its inertia, and pushing the nose down that much would result in noticeable speed-up, but it does not.
- The runway is way too short. Note how the touch-down zones blackened by the rubber scraps are too close together. The obstacle is on the two bars at the far end, which is 1500 ft from the end threshold. Since any runway an A380 would operate to has to be long enough for stopping if it is wet, and it is dry, the aircraft should have no problem stopping well short of that obstacle—but it barely has time to go around.
- In fact the runway looks contracted. The A380 is about 250 ft long, but notice how at touch-down the shadow extends all the way from the three bar to the two bar mark which are nominally 1000 ft apart!
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@Bulb Dunno, that (except those abrupt changes) sounds like it takes a bit of enthusiasm and/or knowledge about aviation instead of someone who's just looked at "10 other miraculous landings" on youtubes, being a nothingdoing government asschab on a particularly boring day.
I spot exceedingly low-res textures, unnaturally light tones / utter lack of lighting and contrast. It was bad even in 2013 (because multiplayer plebs with wooden computers had to be accommodated). And I don't think I'm that far on the scale of being anal about game graphics.
Is it because I've been exposed to vidya too much and/or I know what's possible? I don't know. Yeah, I think I'll show this to my old folks - they reject much of the modern technology - later today. Although a good part of such trial is forming the question right. For example "do you think this is a videogame?" won't do, because they will immediately look for evidence that it indeed is. Otoh, "do you think this is real?" might be too broad...
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in In other news today...:
Yeah, I think I'll show this to my old folks (that have rescinded good part of modern technology) later today. Although a good part of such trial is forming the question right. For example "do you think this is a videogame?" won't do, because they will immediately look for evidence that it indeed is. Otoh, "do you think this is real?" might be too broad...
That's a good idea. Try a very neutral introduction at first, like "have a look at this" and afterwards "so, what do you think?" Then maybe something like "where do you think this comes from?" to leave it open as to whether you mean "which real airport in the world" or "which game". Their answer should tell you which way they are thinking.
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@acrow
#PS5limitations
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@acrow said in In other news today...:
@Applied-Mediocrity said in In other news today...:
wooden computers
It's spelled "consoles".
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Looks like we'll be seeing self-driving cars for $199.99 on Aliexpress soon. Although I wouldn't recommend riding in one.
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@anonymous234 Looks like no firetruck in China will be safe now
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The repair bill will still sting:
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No mention whether it was spacecake:
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Better late than never:
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@JBert The headline makes it sound like it was all the cactus' fault!
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@topspin Well yes, it should've dodged the swerving car, obviously.
Anyway, if you want to see flying goats then you should go to Olympic National Park, Washington:
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@mott555 Maybe the article goes into this, but is there anything that makes this zip bomb special? Did earlier zip bombs have some limit to how big they could expand, or what?
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Fifield's new zip bomb relies on the Zip64 extension that removes the zip format's 281TB output limit. Zip64 is popular, but it's not ubiquitous like the base zip format, so this method of attack wouldn't affect some programs.
I do find it amusing that someone somewhere thought the 281TB output limit was a problem, and created a standard that allows larger files...
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
someone somewhere thought the 281TB output limit was a problem
You never tried to zip your porn collection
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@TimeBandit Zip64 will allow up to 4.5 pornobytes
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is there anything that makes this zip bomb special
Fifield explained in the blog post detailing his discovery: "It works by overlapping files inside the zip container, in order to reference a 'kernel' of highly compressed data in multiple files, without making multiple copies of it. The zip bomb's output size grows quadratically in the input size; i.e., the compression ratio gets better as the bomb gets bigger."
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
Fifield's new zip bomb relies on the Zip64 extension that removes the zip format's 281TB output limit. Zip64 is popular, but it's not ubiquitous like the base zip format, so this method of attack wouldn't affect some programs.
I do find it amusing that someone somewhere thought the 281TB output limit was a problem, and created a standard that allows larger files...
I thought zip had a much lower limit than 281TB?
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@loopback0 Don't ask me, I'm just regurgitating Tom's Hardware here.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/loud-fart-gives-away-suspect-s-hiding-spot-leads-to-arrest
Well, that just...blows.
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"I purchased the product on July 5 at a higher price because I thought I had to buy it before the price increased further," a consumer wrote on one online shopping mall. "But I canceled my order immediately after I learned that Japan's export regulations have exerted no impact on DRAM manufacturing. Retailers are using petty tricks."
surprised_pikachu.eps
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Not everyone follows through the link, so let me play :
I strongly suspect that some part of the Appraiser component on Windows 7 SP1 had a security issue of its own. If that's the case, then the updates indisputably belong in a Security-only update.
And if they happen to get installed on systems where administrators had taken special precautions not to install those components, Microsoft's reaction seems to be, "Well ... tough." The Appraiser tool was offered via Windows Update, both separately and as part of a monthly rollup update two years ago; as a result, most of the declining population of Windows 7 PCs already has it installed.
For the record, my experience with this update is that it's benign and Microsoft is being truthful when they say "There is no GWX or upgrade functionality contained in this update." But given the headaches users faced over unwanted upgrades back in Windows 10's first year, it's understandable that some people don't believe that assurance.
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The official picture gallery is here:
They're pretty cool because of what they are but are actually pretty mundane so I wouldn't go so far as to say that they're "nuts."
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@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/loud-fart-gives-away-suspect-s-hiding-spot-leads-to-arrest
Well, that just...blows.
Doesn't pass the smell test.
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This was one of the Prenda Law guys.
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@mott555 Maybe the article goes into this, but is there anything that makes this zip bomb special? Did earlier zip bombs have some limit to how big they could expand, or what?
@mott555 quoted in In other news today...:
Fifield's new zip bomb relies on the Zip64 extension that removes the zip format's 281TB output limit. Zip64 is popular, but it's not ubiquitous like the base zip format, so this method of attack wouldn't affect some programs.
Also:
The difference is that 42.zip and its counterparts rely on recursive decompression. Instead of simply opening an unfathomable amount of files by "unzipping" a single archive, they offer up to six layers of ".zip" files inside of ".zip" files that increase in size with each layer. Fifield's method doesn't rely on such recursion, which could allow it to evade programs that can detect more traditional zip bombs.
. It works by overlapping files inside the zip container, in order to reference a "kernel" of highly compressed data in multiple files, without making multiple copies of it. The
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This should probably go in the Nope thread, but...
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So much WTF here. Florida Man, you need to step up your game because you've got some serious competition!
Mr Jennings told officers he was trying to create a “super snake” after the uranium was discovered
Mr Jennings had a valid lifetime hunting and fishing license so possession of the rattlesnake was legal.
The pair were not charged in connection with the uranium as officers are still looking into a potential motive.
I don't think possession of uranium is illegal, unless it's the highly-refined weapons-grade stuff. And the article indicates it was a yellow powder, which probably means uranium ore, which is essentially harmless and useless...
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
I don't think possession of uranium is illegal, unless it's the highly-refined weapons-grade stuff. And the article indicates it was a yellow powder, which probably means uranium ore, which is essentially harmless and useless...
Yeah, it's little things like being in a stolen car that justify the arrest. Though you also have to wonder if they were drunk; I don't think I could think of trying to actually make a superrattler without being far too drunk to be safe in charge of a car (stolen or otherwise)…
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
This should probably go in the
Nopeburn it with fireNuke it from orbit thread, but...FTFY
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
I don't think I could think of trying to actually make a superrattler without being far too drunk to be safe in charge of a car (stolen or otherwise)…
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Now this is the kind of laptop I want. Small yet powerful.
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@mott555 Good thing they made the keys 3mm wider, otherwise it might have caused problems.
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
I don't think possession of uranium is illegal, unless it's the highly-refined weapons-grade stuff. And the article indicates it was a yellow powder, which probably means uranium ore, which is essentially harmless and useless...
Actually, I'd rather have the lump of metal. U238 decays via emission of alpha particles which means that you do not want to inhale/ingest that stuff. Which of course, it being powder in this case, would be a bit easier than with a lump of ore.
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