Bits and PCs - a Computers and Tech Miscellany
 

We don't seem to have a miscellany thread related to tech although we have miscellaneous other miscellany threads apart from the miscellany thread.

So here it is.

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The miscellaneous finding I wanted to post is this:
The http protocol (you know, the one that's the backbone of the web, famous for 404 errors :404: ) has a separate error code for Unavailable For Legal Reasons. The protocol equivalent of "this video is not available in your country".

The error code is 451.
:abook:
:fuel:

HTTP 451 - Wikipedia

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Is this where I complain about how slow my Windows 10 laptop is compared to my Windows 10 Alienware computer?

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No, you want the grumpy old retired man thread.

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I think that the main reason why I never adopted Pyhton as a scripting language is that I can never, ever type it correctly (including in this sentence. :( ).

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Nancy - Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for Apr 17, 2018 | Read Comic Strips at GoComics.com

I think Lisarea is writing this strip now.

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You could have been a little nicer, you know.

Also: "will" go down the tubes? It went down the tube decades ago!

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I finally bought a PC this year. The last one I bought was in 2000. On that one, at least I had a system software disk to load if my software ate itself.

Now, don't have a clue what to do when my software gets stuffed.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/Uqa6SBPkqu">pic.twitter.com/Uqa6SBPkqu</a></p>&mdash; Shitty Future (@Shitty_Future) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shitty_Future/status/983798514017800192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Perhaps we should create a blockchain start up called BoogerCoin that works on a similar principle.

Mining for boogers = mining for BoogerCoins!

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Seeing as people were trying to buy PonziCoin with their Equifax Grade Security, I say cash the fuck in.

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FBI Seizes Control of Russian Botnet

I don't even know if I have anything vulnerable but I'm going to reboot everything that even resembles a router tonight and look for firmware updates.

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(1) Everybody has a vulnerability
(2) I knew photobucket was evil

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For supernerds:

Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group Blog: New VPNFilter malware targets at least 500K networking devices worldwide

An IT director at a large organization directed me to this.

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Assuming you bought a big brand name PC they almost always include software for creating your own recovery disks nowadays.

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More on Routermageddon:

FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infecting 500k devices | Ars Technica

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Misleading headline.

The core of the malware in question survives a reboot. I haven't seen a claim that the photobucket account and the knowitall dot com or whatever fallback domain are the only channels it has.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">my apple watch decided to call emergency services *in the middle of sex*, much to the horror of the man in my watch yelling “hello?? do you need help?!!”<br><br>I hate technology</p>&mdash; Jo Graham (@thejoannagraham) <a href="https://twitter.com/thejoannagraham/status/1004773842269679616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2018</a></blockquote>
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