CBH1926 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 3 hours ago, gurn said: https://www.bing.com/search?q=chicago+weather+report&form=ANNTH1&refig=a766b702aa7b4b2b986130f45ef80650&sp=1&ghc=1&qs=WA&pq=chicago+weather+report&sc=1-22&cvid=a766b702aa7b4b2b986130f45ef80650 I saw the night time temps and was "Holy crap", then remembered the Fahrenheit thing. Was like "Oh, that's not too bad" Then did the conversion and minus 20 Fahrenheit is minus 28.8 Celsius. HOLY CRAP Holy crap. I got my coppertone ready, last year we had couple of days where it was 30 and 31 bellow zero Celsius. Thats not bad but the windchill gets to 50-60 bellow zero so that really sucks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skolozsy2 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 12 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: To my friends @CBH1926 and @skolozsy2 Heads up boys. Looks like you're in for some weather. My advice is to stock up on frozen pizza and booze, bunker down and watch hockey and football until this thing blows over.... Piece of cake...not long ago we had polar vortex of -22 (F) with -50+ wind chills. Now THAT was cold! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 6 hours ago, skolozsy2 said: Piece of cake...not long ago we had polar vortex of -22 (F) with -50+ wind chills. Now THAT was cold! It's ironic. I live in a part of BC that's much closer to Alaska than Washington state, but the weather here is much milder than a huge percentage of the US. Last few days have been around 4 or 5 Celsius. That's around 40 degrees for you. No snow on the ground at all right now. (Which is completely normal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skolozsy2 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 20 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: It's ironic. I live in a part of BC that's much closer to Alaska than Washington state, but the weather here is much milder than a huge percentage of the US. Last few days have been around 4 or 5 Celsius. That's around 40 degrees for you. No snow on the ground at all right now. (Which is completely normal) Took the dog out about an hour ago...not gonna lie, it was pretty friggin cold out there. The wind definitely has some bite to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 If China moves against Taiwan does the West defend Taiwan? You can bet that is what China is weighing right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Durst Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 On 2/7/2021 at 5:25 PM, Boudrias said: If China moves against Taiwan does the West defend Taiwan? You can bet that is what China is weighing right now. Probably the same outcome as with Hongkong. China just too powerful that it can be stopped by the West. Europe is highly dependent on the Chinese market. You can bet politicians are going to have something to say, but in the end they have not the power to prevent things. Did Trump win the trade war with China? He thought trade wars can be won easily. He was wrong. Even the United States are no longer powerful enough to stop China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Speaking of China, for those who may be interested: Fareed Zakaria interviewed China's ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, on his Sunday's show on CNN. Links to different parts of the interview can be found here: https://www.cnn.com/shows/fareed-zakaria-gps Also, there is a long essay by someone named Lee Smith called "The Thirty Tyrants" which discusses the relationship between China and the US corporate class: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants To be upfront, I heard about Smith and his essay on Tucker Carlson's show. I read the essay. I'm not sure what to make of it so I would be interested in others' opinions if you feel like giving it a go. Finally, Frontline on PBS recently did a documentary on China's handling of the Covid crisis which can be viewed here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/chinas-covid-secrets/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ICYMI&utm_content=19xxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 This story is both disturbing and frightening: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/remote-hacker-tries-to-poison-florida-citys-water-supply/ar-BB1dxDKI?li=AAggNb9 Quote U.S. federal authorities are investigating a supervillain-style plot to poison a city's water supply in Florida, in a frightening hack that was foiled by one observant employee. An unknown actor seized control of the water treatment plant's controls in Oldsmar, Fla., last Friday and cranked up the settings to dump vast amounts of poisonous lye into the reservoir, police said. An operator spotted the change and immediately reversed it, thereby protecting the local water supply. Water plants typically inject a tiny amount of lye, a.k.a. sodium hydroxide, into the reservoir to control the water's acidity, but the hacker — still unidentified — ratcheted up the concentration to 11,000 per cent above normal, which likely would have had serious effects on the 15,000 people who rely on the plant for their water. "Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, is the main ingredient in liquid drain cleaners," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference Monday. "This is obviously a significant and potentially dangerous increase." Lye is very corrosive and can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and chest or abdominal pain if ingested in large quantities, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It can also cause temporary hair loss, eye and skin burns or irritation to the eyes, skin and mucous membrane. "I'm not a chemist," Gualtieri said. "But I can tell you what I do know is ... if you put that amount of that substance into the drinking water, it's not a good thing." Authorities say the hacker took control of the computer's mouse via TeamViewer, a remote access program that allows screen sharing for IT purposes. An operator first noticed unusual activity on the computer on Friday morning, officials said. He didn't think much of it until that same afternoon, when someone used the mouse to make dangerous changes to the lye settings in front of his very eyes. The operator immediately switched the lye concentration back to a safe level and informed his supervisor. "At no time was there a significant adverse effect on the water being treated," Gualtieri said. "The public was never in danger." The Secret Service and the FBI are now probing the case to determine whether the hack originated in the United States or abroad. "There's a bad actor out there," Oldsmar Mayor Eric Seidel said. Hackers in the past have held entire towns for ransom by locking up their municipal computer systems. State-backed hackers have also meddled with the U.S. power grid and tampered with a dam in New York. Robert M. Lee, CEO of Dragos Security and a specialist in industrial control system vulnerabilities, said remote access to industrial control systems such as those running water treatment plants has become increasingly common. “As industries become more digitally connected we will continue to see more states and criminals target these sites for the impact they have on society,” Lee told The Associated Press. The plant has disabled remote access to its computers while the investigation plays out. I work in IT, so I understand the need for remote access, but with something as important as a city's water supply, I'd say that the extra cost of onsite support is probably warranted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: This story is both disturbing and frightening: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/remote-hacker-tries-to-poison-florida-citys-water-supply/ar-BB1dxDKI?li=AAggNb9 I work in IT, so I understand the need for remote access, but with something as important as a city's water supply, I'd say that the extra cost of onsite support is probably warranted.... "At no time was there a significant adverse effect on the water being treated," Gualtieri said. "The public was never in danger." Sounds to me like the public was very much in danger. Had it not been for an alert worker that could have been pretty bad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 46 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: "At no time was there a significant adverse effect on the water being treated," Gualtieri said. "The public was never in danger." Then why the big fuss? Moronic statement by Gaultieri. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: "At no time was there a significant adverse effect on the water being treated," Gualtieri said. "The public was never in danger." Sounds to me like the public was very much in danger. Had it not been for an alert worker that could have been pretty bad. I think it was very fortunate that the hacker used such an obvious method.... Team Viewer basically lets a remote user "take over" access to a specific computer, if the application is installed. (All you need is the IP Address) It is commonly installed on workstations, so Technicians can work on them without having to be onsite. The thing is, it's completely obvious to anyone who happens to be sitting at the machine that something is going on. The cursor would be moving around, pages would be opening/closing etc. The worker didn't have to be so much "alert" as "present". If no-one had been watching, it could have been a disaster. (BTW: This is also why disabling "Wake on LAN" is common. Otherwise computers could be accessed after hours, with no-one being the wiser) Edited February 9, 2021 by RUPERTKBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: I think it was very fortunate that the hacker used such an obvious method.... Team Viewer basically lets a remote user "take over" access to a specific computer, if the application is installed. (All you need is the IP Address) It is commonly installed on workstations, so Technicians can work on them without having to be onsite. The thing is, it's completely obvious to anyone who happens to be sitting at the machine that something is going on. The cursor would be moving around, pages would be opening/closing etc. The worked didn't have to be so much "alert" as "present". If no-one had been watching, it could have been a disaster. (BTW: This is also why disabling "Wake on LAN" is common. Otherwise computers could be accessed after hours, with no-one being the wiser) 1if the employee had been pouring a coffee, by the time he got back the damage could have been done, and no cursor movement to give away the crime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Just now, gurn said: 1if the employee had been pouring a coffee, by the time he got back the damage could have been done, and no cursor movement to give away the crime. Absolutely. It was a fortunate thing all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, gurn said: 1if the employee had been pouring a coffee, by the time he got back the damage could have been done, and no cursor movement to give away the crime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EP Phone Home Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-real-estate-asian-reality-show-agent-unbreakable While it’s not quite world wide news. This is local, it’s disturbing and tone deaf that the producer isn’t reading the room in the midst of a pandemic. And his comments about how this is modern day exclusion is a joke. This is what’s wrong with our city and to try and launch this pretentious, superficial aggrandizement show just signals how out of touch and divided our home of Vancouver has become. Sad thing is I know one of the actors, turned into such a sellout. Edited February 10, 2021 by EP Phone Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckster19 Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, EP Phone Home said: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-real-estate-asian-reality-show-agent-unbreakable While it’s not quite world wide news. This is local, it’s disturbing and tone deaf that the producer isn’t reading the room in the midst of a pandemic. And his comments about how this is modern day exclusion is a joke. This is what’s wrong with our city and to try and launch this pretentious, superficial aggrandizement show just signals how out of touch and divided our home of Vancouver has become. Sad thing is I know one of the actors, turned into such a sellout. “Indo-Canadians and Chinese Canadians are the top two visible minorities in Canada and currently mainstream broadcasters have failed to represent this demographic in a meaningful way. I would call this modern-day exclusion,” Li says in a statement. Yeah I noticed this too, I can't comment on modern day exclusion as I haven't live in Vancouver for 20 years so I don't know what kind of garbage you get there, probably not much different than here, but what really dumbfounded me was the "in a meaningful way". Talk about lack of self-perception, who tf thinks a show like that isn't anything but modern trash? Can't stand the "reality" job shows. Edit, strange, how did my font turn this way? Edited February 10, 2021 by canuckster19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Saw this story about the bomb making class in Afghanistan that ended unexpectedly but this this part caught my attention. The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement on Saturday that 30 Taliban fighters including six foreign nationals who were expert mine makers had been killed in a bomb explosion this morning. https://www.khaama.com/30-taliban-killed-in-own-ied-explosion-332233/ Edited February 17, 2021 by CBH1926 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: So this about bomb making class in Afghanistan that ended unexpectedly but this this part caught my attention. The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement on Saturday that 30 Taliban fighters including six foreign nationals who were expert mine makers had been killed in a bomb explosion this morning. https://www.khaama.com/30-taliban-killed-in-own-ied-explosion-332233/ all I can hope for is they all realized what was going to happen just before it did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: Saw this story about the bomb making class in Afghanistan that ended unexpectedly but this this part caught my attention. The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement on Saturday that 30 Taliban fighters including six foreign nationals who were expert mine makers had been killed in a bomb explosion this morning. https://www.khaama.com/30-taliban-killed-in-own-ied-explosion-332233/ Kids...... ....they blow up so fast..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, Jimmy McGill said: all I can hope for is they all realized what was going to happen just before it did Anyone stupid enough to “practice” with live bomb is an idiot. But than again I don’t think these guys were members of MENSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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