Out of the Blue

[Nov 11, 2009, 12:12 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

It's Veteran's Day here in the US and Armistice Day elsewhere. Here's a salute to vets.

I'm a little off schedule this morning, pain/drugs from my tooth extraction had me up late and consequently sleeping late. The dentist was sort of appalled at the dentistry that she had to clean up, so it must have been terrible, because it's hard to get doctors to speak ill of each other. Sigh.

Veteran Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez.
Play:	Level Editor. Wake Up the Box. Fastest Time Wins.
Links:	Bear attack on bush plane in Alaska. Duct tape FTW. Thanks Ian. I Think the Google Logo Designer Is Having Marital Problems. 'Star Wreck,' from Finland with love. Thanks Morris.
Stories:	Pushchair amputation risk recall. Surprise! Unknown Asteroid Buzzed Earth. Thanks Slashdot. Use of laser guns in Chicago to catch speeders is questioned. Thanks Slashdot.
Science:	Tiny Robot Swarms Will Study Tiniest Sea Life. Thanks theAntiELVIS. A New Spacecraft to Explore on Waves of Light. Thanks Neutronbeam. Mind Reading (Neural Decoding) Goes Mainstream.
Images:	Tears of the veteran. Thanks Kxmode. 4 Neck Guitar. Thanks Kxmode. That’s a WIN in my book.
Media:	Roombas Playing Pac-Man. Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles. Thanks Wolfen. The Decade in Seven Minutes.
Auction:	Hindenburg airship beer auctioned.
Follow-ups:	Commercial space operations seeing big cash infusion. U.S. Takes Down $9 Million RBS WorldPay Hacking Ring. Thanks Slashdot.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 12, 2009, 01:49

Hoop

Creston Avg pro or Avg free?...just curious as I have pro because of 64 bit os.




Um .. Behind you...

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 12, 2009, 00:43

Dev

Creston: Ouch. Good ole UAC and MS, being useless again.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 12, 2009, 00:33

Creston

This may be a false alarm, but that "pdf" in the link makes me suspicious I got hit at work by a .pdf virus, while browsing a random bustercoverage link. Both Avg and MSE popped up whining about it, AND I got two UAC notices. And yet it still managed to install three fucking trojans that I'm trying to get rid off. Creston This comment was edited on Nov 12, 2009, 00:33.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 21:15

Blue

I'm fairly sure this came from an ad here, but I'm not 100% certain.

Well that's not good. Sorry about that, and thanks for the info, I'm looking into it.




Stephen "Blue" Heaslip Blue's News Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, El Presidente for Life

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 20:17

Dev

Blue: I'm fairly sure this came from an ad here, but I'm not 100% certain. Kaspersky poppped up: http:// www1. lyricce.net/zvtryrteiute/xd/pdf.pdf//data0000 http:// www1. lyricce.net/zvtryrteiute/xd/sNode.php exploit script generic This may be a false alarm, but that "pdf" in the link makes me suspicious. Anyway, I had several tabs open but I belive I got it when I reloaded blues. To everyone else: I put spaces into the link so that it wasn't clickable, I suggest not going to those sites unless you are extremely careful. Personally I picked block rather than allow.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 20:13

Dev

Blue: Sorry to hear about the teeth. Oddly enough I had a filling today. I like how they do them nowadays, they use a neat little light pen to cure them (instead of a limited working time where its stuck in a bad position if they can't work it out before those 2 part fillings cure). Takes about 5 seconds and bang they are cured. This comment was edited on Nov 11, 2009, 20:17.

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 18:52

xXBatmanXx

Am I the only one that finds it funny that when power goes out (Brazil) everyone goes outside? What sense does that make? I would probably just go to bed - or throw the beer in a cooler so it stays cold.

We are coming up on the 2 year anniversary that nin was without power for a number of days due to an ice storm - hope no one has to do that this winter. Little different when it is sub zero outside.




In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. / Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder. Playing: RL

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 17:25

xXBatmanXx

These sales don't come up all the time for LIVE.
Card is stackable on current subscription.

http://gamerdeals.net/blogs/cheap-xbox-360/archive/2009/11/11/xbox-live-12-month-card-39-49-shipped-save-10.aspx




In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. / Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder. Playing: RL

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 16:16

Cutter

Thanks you vets who fought in the wars that actually needed fighting. Supporting the troops means not putting them in harms way unless absolutely necessary.




"Are you crazy? Is that your problem?" - Jack Burton

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 16:07

Creston

Thank you to all you veterans out there. Creston

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 15:50

Hoop

Meh,no structural damage but yes good job all the same.




Um .. Behind you...

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 14:28

Stormsinger

Okay now, that bear attack is really amazing. Not just the damage he did, but the repair job made to fly it home. I have to admit they grow 'em tough in Alaska.

Re: Out of the Blue

Nov 11, 2009, 14:15

MTechnik

Thanks, service men and women, current and inactive, for all you've done for us. Dentists suck. I've payed a fortune having work done, only to pay another fortune 2 years later to redo the work. I'm waiting and saving to get all my teeth replaced with implants. They last.

Re: Veteran's Day

Nov 11, 2009, 12:25

SilentSin

Much thanks to all of the vets out there, we would be in a different and worse place without you. I've been going through some dental issues myself lately. Botched root canal turns into a bad infection and incredible pain turns into more drilling and more pain. They didn't even bother prescribing pain meds, which is alright because I don't really like being on them, but damn ibuprofen can only go so far. I feel for ya.

Veteran's Day

Nov 11, 2009, 11:47

Kxmode

To all vets both foreign and domestic:

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