Non-IT News Thread

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/kentucky-coal-museum-is-installing-solar-panels-on-its-roof/

[dafyre]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/kentucky-coal-museum-is-installing-solar-panels-on-its-roof/

The irony is not lost on this one...

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/pushing-x-ray-imaging-up-against-its-physical-limits/

[scottalanmiller]

Mystery of why shoelaces come undone unravelled by science
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39573642

[Danp]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guitarist-j-geils-dead-at-71-w476279

[hobbit666]

Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39576394
lol

[scottalanmiller]

@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39576394
lol

The REAL news is "prison left network totally unsecured, open for inmates to use unmonitored."

[coliver]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39576394
lol

The REAL news is "prison left network totally unsecured, open for inmates to use unmonitored."

I was thinking that as well. Some things were blocked at the proxy but they could really do with disabling ports on their switches and only enabling them when needed.

[travisdh1]

@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39576394
lol

Of course this would come from the BBC instead of a US news source. Want the real news in the US, watch the BBC!

[coliver]

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@hobbit666 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39576394
lol

Of course this would come from the BBC instead of a US news source. Want the real news in the US, watch the BBC!

That's been true for a long time.

[scottalanmiller]

Also check out...

http://www.dw.com/en

[scottalanmiller]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/scientists-have-found-a-great-cold-spot-on-jupiter/

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/farm-raised-superbugs-find-their-way-into-kids-noses-somehow/

[travisdh1]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/farm-raised-superbugs-find-their-way-into-kids-noses-somehow/

[StrongBad]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/04/farm-raised-superbugs-find-their-way-into-kids-noses-somehow/

We told them to stop snorting the bacon but...

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/04/startup-says-it-can-make-compressed-air-energy-storage-scheme-dirt-cheap/

[mlnews]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/13/dark_matter_bridge_between_galaxies_captured/

[mlnews]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/12/facebook_makes_you_sad/

[NerdyDad]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/12/facebook_makes_you_sad/

Right now SW is making me sad because it is turning more and more into a cesspool.

[travisdh1]

@NerdyDad said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/12/facebook_makes_you_sad/

Right now SW is making me sad because it is turning more and more into a cesspool.

Your about 6 months behind me here. Give it up, you'll feel better, and be able to laugh when someone cross posts the insanity.