Ouch

Painfully funny.

China now doing the biggest SQL join in history. #AshleyMadison #OPMhack

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 20, 2015

Lively Exchange of Idea

Funny...

College Encourages Lively Exchange Of Idea http://t.co/zqvLbvrMSu via @theonion

— Michael Arrington (@arrington) June 11, 2015

The Danger of the IoT

Got to be careful with that IoT.

 

BaoFeng Buys Tokyo High Power Labs

On the Onion of Ham Radio:

"BaoFeng (the marketing name for PoFung Technologies) has purchased the remaining assets from the holding administrator representing Tokyo High Power Labs." 

"Details are still a little sketchy, but the rumored HF Transceivers are reportedly being labeled:

• BaoFeng Hurricane (SDR with knobs, 250 watt all band transceiver)

• BaoFeng Tornado (SDR with knobs, 400 watt all band transceiver)

• BaoFeng Tsunami (SDR no front panel, 100 watt all band transceiver)"

"We could not verify at this moment, but the suggested retail price for the Tsunami is $180.00 US."

Via the Chinese Ham Radio Equipment Google+ group

How to Fix Your PC

These are just painful... apparently, step 1 is to locate a wrench.

These stock images of people 'fixing' computers are so wrong they’ll give you physical pain - Electronic Products http://t.co/9Lq5f9FizT

— Sverre Holm, LA3ZA (@LA3ZA) April 24, 2015

No More Cert Renewals

What a great way to save some money!

How not to deal with an expired SSL Certificate http://t.co/h5U9qWm8PT pic.twitter.com/FehGNvQsF8
— SERVERTASTIC (@servertastic) April 9, 2015

Yesterday - Slashdot

These stories gave me deja vu all over again.

V'Ger Source Code Released

Scientists Discover Meaning of Life Through Massive Computing Project

If You Thought Studying History Was Bad, This Math Professor Is Making It Harder

If you don't know the references, turn in your geek card then check out V'Ger, 42, and Foundation.

Yesterday

"I remember the time when you knew which radio was better because it weighed more. Nowadays all radios are light, because they all have computers inside and nothing more."

Microsoft Water

Google: Earth Apple: Air Amazon: Fire Microsoft: Really needs to make something called water…
— Dr. Sheldon Cooper (@SheldonSaid) March 6, 2015

Shatner Stole Nimoy's Bike

A great story...


Via IJReview.

Bodybuilder Math

OMG. This really made me laugh. Bodybuilder Math. Have a quick read http://t.co/r93pI1N9z1 h/t @biggiesu
— Mark Suster (@msuster) January 8, 2015

Clancy to Lead Secret Service

Clancy to lead Secret Service. Sounds like a good fit. He and Jack Ryan always seem to get the bad guy.

Random Castaway Note

A random conversation led to talking about Castaway. I ended up looking to see if it was based on a true story. (It's not.) I did discover this interesting note about a parody commercial:

A FedEx commercial during the 2003 Super Bowl parodied the final scene of the film, in which Chuck returns a package to its sender. In this version, the woman answers the door, and when Chuck asks what was in the box, the woman replies: "Just a satellite phone, GPS locator, fishing rod, water purifier, and some seeds. Just silly stuff."

Evil Bit

This is an old April Fool's joke, but I wanted write the post, so I could easily find it later.

The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header

Request for Comments: 3514

RFC 3514          The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header      1 April 2003


   The bit field is laid out as follows:

             0
            +-+
            |E|
            +-+

   Currently-assigned values are defined as follows:

   0x0  If the bit is set to 0, the packet has no evil intent.  Hosts,
        network elements, etc., SHOULD assume that the packet is
        harmless, and SHOULD NOT take any defensive measures.  (We note
        that this part of the spec is already implemented by many common
        desktop operating systems.)

   0x1  If the bit is set to 1, the packet has evil intent.  Secure
        systems SHOULD try to defend themselves against such packets.
        Insecure systems MAY chose to crash, be penetrated, etc.

HT Feature

Here is another feature for the Chinese to incorporate into their next HT: remote coffee starter.

IT: As Seen By

In case you don’t reddit, an awesome summary of IT: pic.twitter.com/BRKHgfbG0w
— Nick Craver (@Nick_Craver) December 24, 2014

Let It Snow

In case you are tired of all the Frozen "Let it go" songs, I present a change of pace.

And now for something completely different

No. It's not.

Trouble with Tribbles GIF

Pretty funny GIF version of the Trouble with Tribbles episode.

Via Ace of Spades

Funny?

Is it just me or are these not funny? I like to pick on users as much as the next IT professional, but so many of these sound like the urban legends of the IT world.

I'm trying to come up with some funny stories of my own, but I'm struggling. I remember the lady that set her coffee on top of our AS/400, but that was more cringe inducing than funny.

Another lady was mad because the replacement for her corded mouse, a wireless mouse, would slide off her angled keyboard tray. Sorry we couldn't bend the rules of gravity for you there. That story was more about how to deal with a difficult users. This lady was very direct and I had to be blunt/tough with her right back. That's just the way she worked.

I'll think on this some more and maybe I can recall an actual funny one.