Geek Stuff category archive
Tell Me Again, Why Are They Called “Smart” Phones? Reprise 0
What’s a little breaking and entering when it can get you hit points*?
After one such ‘gym’ was discovered on the grounds of the Technical University of Denmark, where construction work is currently taking place, a number of people tried to break in.
The university has asked via its website that players refrain from trespassing on the building site.
We are an society of international stupid.
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*Do gamers still call them “hit points”?
The Snaring Economy 1
A Danish court realizes that running a for-profit gypsy cab outfit is not “sharing,” even if you do with your iJunk:
It is now expected that Friday’s ruling will clear the way for cases to proceed against an additional 40 Uber drivers who have been charged with violating taxi laws.
More at the link.
Facebook Frolics (Udated) 0
Now you see it, now you don’t.
Addendum, Later That Same Day:
From El Reg:
Multiple sources with knowledge of the event have tonight confirmed to The Register that someone – highly suspected to be the city’s police – used her phone to remove her recording from public view shortly after the shooting. This was no technical glitch.
More at the link.
Meta: Music that Swings 0
If you saved the stream to a playlist in *.m3u, *.pls, or other such format, note that the URL for the stream has changed and update your playlist accordingly.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, July 7.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (JANAF Shopping Center). (Map)
Join the forums.
Behind That Curtain 5
The Guardian’s Chips with Everything podcast explores the darknet.
Blame the Messenger 0
This should be interesting. From El Reg:
(snip)
The lawsuit argues that the medieval terror bastards used Twitter and Facebook and Google’s YouTube channel to garner supporters and funds. It also claims Google is partially funding the terror group by sharing advertising revenue with them.
“This complaint is not about what ISIS’s messages say,” explained Ari Kresch, a lawyer with 1-800-LAW-FIRM representing Gonzalez. “It is about Google, Twitter, and Facebook allowing ISIS to use their social media networks for recruitment and operations.”
All the defendants claim that they are doing their best to weed out malicious users.
I doubt the father has a legal leg to stand on, but I can understand the drive to blame someone.
Meta: Database Weirdness 2
I have several posts scheduled to pop yesterday and they are not visible.
I’ve checked them both in the WordPress interface and in phpMyAdmin and can find nothing unusual. They all report as “Published,” all have visibility set to “Public,” and all display in “Preview” mode. Granted, not a one of them was profound, but I found them amusing. Just for good measure, I did a “Check,” “Repair Table,” and “Optimize Table” on the database. No change.
Now I’ve got a puzzle to solve.
I wonder whether this one will be visible?
(Moments Later) Yup.
Apple Criminal “Genius”
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Being an Apple “genius” appears to be easier than Apple would have one think. It would seem that the clothes make the “genius.”
His clever disguise? A blue t-shirt that police said was “similar” to the uniform worn by Apple’s retail store workers.
We’re told the thief was able to pass as an employee long enough to walk through the store and into a repair room, where he accessed a drawer containing the iPhones. He then passed off the plundered handsets to an accomplice, who stuffed them under his shirt. Both of them exited the store without being stopped by security.
Geeking Out 0
QMMP playing music from the 1920s Radio Network and the Konsole terminal emulator on the KDE desktop enviroment in a VM of Devuan Jessie in VirtualBox on Slackware –Current.
Afterthought:
Yes, making this stuff work is my idea of fun.