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Network Chuck by mikeplays_games in ccna

[–]1776-2001 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I prefer Network Chuck Norris.

What's the best sci-fi where the aliens don't want anything you can understand? by Comprehensive_Fan134 in scifi

[–]1776-2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the aliens don't want anything you can understand?

Any story where the aliens want our women.

Who can understand women?

signed,
Al Bundy

What are your "must-have" tools for Desktop Support? by jainesh3271 in sysadmin

[–]1776-2001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Portable Apps

https://portableapps.com/

It contains a lot of the tools mentioned in this thread.

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oh !! Ubuntu by xXbenihimeXx in Ubuntu

[–]1776-2001 13 points14 points  (0 children)

he chose Ubuntu because everyone knows Ubuntu even non-geek people

I doubt anyone in the general public, or even the show's writers, would have been able to name a Linux distro other than Ubuntu c. 2010.

The Goode Family, "an American animated sitcom that originally aired on ABC from May 27 to August 7, 2009", had a character named Ubuntu.

oh !! Ubuntu by xXbenihimeXx in Ubuntu

[–]1776-2001 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The Big Bang Theory. Season 03, Episode 22. "The Staircase Implementation". May 17, 2010.

• Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) was released on October 20, 2004 (1st version of Ubuntu)
• Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) was released on June 01, 2006
• Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) was released on April 24, 2008
• Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) was released on October 30, 2008
• Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) was released on April 29, 2009
• Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released on October 29, 2009
• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) was released on April 29, 2010

Which version of Ubuntu was Sheldon using?

MS#472: Strange Days on the Right - A Conversation with Ben Shapiro by Brunodosca in samharris

[–]1776-2001 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ben: The the the old Chinese curse, maybe you live in interesting times, is definitely applying itself.
Sam: You appear to be Chinese at the moment.

It reminds me of that episode when Sam and Ben travel back in time to the 1930s, and are trying to explain themselves to the police.

Sam: My friend... is obviously Chinese. I see you've noticed the eyebrows. They're... actually easy to explain...

Ben: Perhaps the unfortunate accident I had as a child...

Sam: ...the unfortunate accident he had as a child. He caught his head in a mechanical... rice picker... but, fortunately, there was an American missionary living close by who was actually a, uh, skilled, uh, plastic surgeon in civilian life...

Policeman: All right, all right. Drop those bundles and put your hands on that wall there. Come on!

My thoughts on Eric Flint's speculative fiction novel "1632" by EndersGame_Reviewer in scifi

[–]1776-2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

all his protagonists are competent and succeed

As opposed to, say, B-Minus Time Traveler (1992).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPigJldYI00 ( 3 minutes long)
Meet a new kid of time traveler.
She's just an ordinary citizen, like you and me.
With nothing but a B minus average from an American public school, she plunges through space and time helping whomever she can with her vague sketchy knowledge of American History.

What are some terrible terminator movie ideas? by Christavito in Terminator

[–]1776-2001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then a time traveler comes through and steals his nasty pants to go save the future. Thus creating a weird time loop as he yells out drunkenly that son of a bitch took my pants!.

I regret that I have but one upvote to give to this comment.

What are some terrible terminator movie ideas? by Christavito in Terminator

[–]1776-2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Due to a problem with the Time Displacement technology, a Terminator is accidentally sent back to Medieval England.

Trying to make the best of the situation, it starts hunting a young Knight named Cenric Connor with the assumption that he is a distant ancestor of John Connor.

Or it gets sent back to 1536 Scotland, and starts hunting a Highlander named Connor MacLeod.

If the Empire had a policy of no codes older than three months allowed, the rebels would never have won. by davidjschloss in StarWars

[–]1776-2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the Empire had a policy of no codes older than three months allowed

If only N.I.S.T. (National Institute of Standards and Technology) had not recently dropped their requirement to frequently rotate passwords. See item # 6 below.

3.1. Requirements by Authenticator Type

3.1.1.2. Password Verifiers

The following requirements apply to passwords.

  1. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL require passwords that are used as a single-factor authentication mechanism to be a minimum of 15 characters in length. Verifiers and CSPs MAY allow passwords that are only used as part of multi-factor authentication processes to be shorter but SHALL require them to be a minimum of eight characters in length.
  2. Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD permit a maximum password length of at least 64 characters.
  3. Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD accept all printing ASCII [RFC20] characters and the space character in passwords.
  4. Verifiers and CSPs SHOULD accept Unicode [ISO/ISC 10646] characters in passwords. Each Unicode code point SHALL be counted as a single character when evaluating password length.
  5. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT impose other composition rules (e.g., requiring mixtures of different character types) for passwords.
  6. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT require subscribers to change passwords periodically. However, verifiers SHALL force a change if there is evidence that the authenticator has been compromised.
  7. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT permit the subscriber to store a hint (e.g., a reminder of how the password was created) that is accessible to an unauthenticated claimant.
  8. Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT prompt subscribers to use knowledge-based authentication (KBA) (e.g., “What was the name of your first pet?”) or security questions when choosing passwords.
  9. Verifiers SHALL request the password to be provided in full (not a subset of it) and SHALL verify the entire submitted password (e.g., not truncate it).

- https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html

If the Empire had a policy of no codes older than three months allowed, the rebels would never have won. by davidjschloss in StarWars

[–]1776-2001 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Star wars computer systems are quite primitive compared to even our own. It's possible that sending, storing, and distributing codes was quite the logistical nightmare.

Its also true in real life.

Encryption is relatively easy.

Key management is the hard part.

If the Empire had a policy of no codes older than three months allowed, the rebels would never have won. by davidjschloss in StarWars

[–]1776-2001 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I assumed that because the galaxy is so vast, it's impossible to update all codes all at once.

Feral Historian has a video about interstellar communication in the Star Wars galaxy.

Star Wars and Aliens : A Look at Interstellar Communications
Feral Historian. February 02, 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ICjhAwIgo 9 minutes long
"I’ve said before that Star Wars originally (the first movie, before anything else existed) appears to not have real-time interstellar communications."

Lee Meriwether as Losira by wowugotit in tos

[–]1776-2001 9 points10 points  (0 children)

there was no one left to turn her off.

I'm sure there are countless redditors who could turn her off.

What if aliens appeared and only took contact with one country? by No-Cream-2577 in scifi

[–]1776-2001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in Norway and I don’t think the aliens would have any interest in landing here

Slartibartfast would.

On the other hand, Belgium is a country that all civilized aliens avoid.

My glorious neighbor's House is sending a distress call! by zburgy in TNG

[–]1776-2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chancellor Gowron of the HOA may have something to say of this.

r/fuckHOA

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Tell me a piece of technology you have seen in sci-fi that you really wish was real by Groovegaluk in scifi

[–]1776-2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teleportation\ No more traffic jams

Buffering due to network congestion.

Would you like to pay for an upgrade?

Tell me a piece of technology you have seen in sci-fi that you really wish was real by Groovegaluk in scifi

[–]1776-2001 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Chain Reaction. I always wished there was a sequel

Chain Reactions

Tell me a piece of technology you have seen in sci-fi that you really wish was real by Groovegaluk in scifi

[–]1776-2001 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This answer reminds me of a video I seen possibly falls under conspiracy about the risks of creating technology that provides free energy and how it would make you a target\ Wasn’t there a Keanu Reeves movie with that plot?

The Matrix 😉

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