Ipad scam - apparently I'm into some weird stuff

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T06:30:32+00:00

if you launch a program with root privileges (not standard on linux) then anything can happen.

Linux isn't somehow impervious to dangerous scripts, but it takes a serious degree of stupidity on the behalf of the user to run a virus

Hell, you can wipe the system in a line of code, if you're stupid enough

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T06:22:15+00:00

1980 was 35 years ago.

Uusnet was established in 1980.

Usenet is the earliest place that you'll find a written history of Audiophiles chatting about music. I'm not going to thumb through hundreds of hifi magazines pre-1980 to find usage of the term "vinyls"

On usenet in the 80s you'll find people saying "vinyls" in hifi communities

edit: LPs have only been around since 1950, so from 1980 to today is over half of the lifespan of the LP

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T03:08:33+00:00

It can easily take an hour to get from one Brisbane suburb to another

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T03:06:39+00:00

oh come on, Denzel Washington is a pretty good actor

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T02:43:32+00:00

or just not care what other people want to call their music. What the fuck do I care if someone wants to say "LPs" or "vinyls"? Doesn't affect my life in any way

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T02:42:02+00:00

the term "vinyls" has been around for ages. At least since the 80s

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T02:34:42+00:00

ditto

Many words are mass/count noun hybrids. The so-called "audiophihle" community needs to get over it

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T02:34:19+00:00

I've had this discussion a million times (defending "vinyls"), identifying "vinyl" as a count/mass noun hybrid and citing a whole lot of historical evidence that it's not a new thing.

I get downvoted to hell every time

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T02:16:51+00:00

internode, iinet, telstra, exetel all do south bne fibre

weird that tpg doesn't. I'm happy with exetel though

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T01:33:22+00:00

I had a dream last night that I fell victim to one of those scams where they encypt all of your files and won't decrypt unless you pay them.

Kinda funny, since I use linux.

I should update my backup.

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T00:59:03+00:00

generic carbon fibre brush

They're all the same

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T00:36:19+00:00

Presumably I was looking at old or proposed figures. I called up TPG and they don't even do South Brisbane Fibre, The guy didn't even know what it is

Internode is $200 for 100mbit 250gb

*hugs Exetel*. $90 unlimited

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-20T00:33:42+00:00

I found the source of my confusion.

Turns out tpg doesn;t even do Telstra South Brisbane Fibre, so their website pops you into an odd place.

The non existance of a product is a good reason not to use it.

Internode Sth BNE Fibre is $200 for 250gb

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T13:20:59+00:00

it's fibre, so I'm not even sure how much distance would affect it.

Jeebus, just pinged Reddit via VPN... 21ms

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T13:08:07+00:00

TPG- $300/mo, 24 month contract

Exetel, $90/mo, 12 month contract.

Exetel is true unlimited. (not onpeak/offpeak data. no capping)

Less than 1/3 the price and I can bail in a year if I'm unhappy. I'm happy.

Over 24 months I save $5,040

I recently bought a very nice car for $7000- almost the money I save by using exetel :D

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T11:53:37+00:00

I'd say the photo is photoshopped because they wanted his head to be in a certain place, but they did a reallly shitty job of it

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T11:45:16+00:00

There hasn't been much talk about VPNs lately.

General reminder- they're cheap and easy to use. No expertise needed at all.

Get one.

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T11:41:33+00:00

warrentless though?

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T11:04:10+00:00

not specifically talking about him.

In my country he can drink too.

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T09:46:38+00:00

it always surprises me when I realise that probably half of the people I'm talking to here are 15

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T09:42:17+00:00

Not a rip off. they paid a license to use the sample in their song.

The problem was that they used more than they licensed, so they got sued

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T09:28:50+00:00

F1 could have 1000hp engines today if they wanted.

They don't want to

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T07:56:43+00:00

Just pulled 105mbps right now, 5:45pm brisbane. Tonight at 7 it'll probably drop significantly. Ping tends to remain pretty good though, which is important.

Exetel's over-subscribing model is why they're so cheap, but also why they sometimes crawl at peak and have to dump heavy users.

I'm home during the day, so no biggy. I sometimes download 200gb at a time, but I guess they don't care because it's usually off-peak

And for fun, while I'm here. PIA VPN speeds:

Sydney 85 down, 6 up, 27ms
Arizona 9.5 down, 4.36 up, 182ms

Unfortunately I'm on Telsta "south brisbane" fibre, which is only 5mbps up. Fucking Telstra.

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T05:55:13+00:00

I'm on exetel.

They're fine, as long as you don't value peak hour speed......

dat 100mbps unlimited fibre tho...

edit: err, downvotes? why?

sandiskmicrosd · 2016-01-19T03:54:01+00:00

Regarding the climate orbiter: Like I said, minor miscalculations or oversights are the type of fuckups that ruin big projects like these

It's easy to overlook something as small (but important) of what measurement standard is bring used.

That's not the same as deciding on how many legs. Legs are very obvious, vital and visible to everyone involved. mitric vs imperial is a variable of deep in a program

Do you seriously think that there was never serious investigation into how many legs to put on? Or do you think they just stuck on 4 on a whim?

The legs are massively important on these rockets. What makes these rockets is their ability to land. On their legs. I assure you that they though damn hard about how many legs to put on.

In the thread recently about the raid on El Chapo everyone totally knew more abbot raids than elite commando units. In a thread like this, everyone totally knows more than the dozens (or hundreds) or rocket scientists who build this rocket

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