Red-Ringed Tupperware Party with (ineffective) Tin Foil Hats (3)

Permagrin wrote in post #4000719
HEY!!! What'd I DO??

You didn't do anything; 3Turner cherishes the delusion he'll eventually catch up with you in posts. My point is that his only prayer would be if you took a 25-year vacation from POTN. And I'm not suggesting you should.

Lightstream wrote in post #4007175
*HUGE SIGH...*

I guessed it was theoretically possible for them to 'jump' the hypervisor especially with so many points of ingress/egress. I just didn't want to believe it. Is there no hope at all?

You know, if even VM systems can be attacked, what makes the Mac community think they're bulletproof safe? It's really all just a matter of time. VM systems are supposed to be even more isolated, and the challenges of working out whether you are running on a completely invisible (theoretically) host and attacking at a level BELOW the [virtual] hardware: yet they can circumvent THAT!

Not difficult to see why I'm losing all hope.

I think the Mac days of "invulnerability" are certainly numbered. I think it's more of a supply/demand thing now than anything else. The cost of creating the exploit has to be less than the payoff for creating it -- and as Macs make a resurgence, the potential payoffs are growing larger.

Besides, a significant number of exploits now really don't care what OS you're running, they target the human OS and all its known vulnerabilities.

The best computer defense these days is common sense. There are lots of other steps to be taken, but you've got to start by being smart.

ibdb wrote in post #4007413
Besides, a significant number of exploits now really don't care what OS you're running, they target the human OS and all its known vulnerabilities.

You may be right.. there isn't much fame left in virus writing these days so I guess the majority are transitioning to scamming - if you can't get fame, money or hardware will substitute.. avoid sending 30D to Russia

Permagrin wrote in post #4001182
most definitely matte...the glossy is too bright/shiny...terribl​e for photo processing.

Gotta say that aside from the size, I love the glossy display on my Libretto. And the size is the price I pay for a machine that fits into one end of a Domke bag. In fact, it's what I'm using now in Columbus, OH.

Lightstream wrote in post #4003693
Great....found the watch.....the two compasses totally disagree on where is north.

I guess navigation is one of the skills in life that I will never be able to do

It's called "declination". Magnetic North and true North aren't the same direction from almost anywhere. And how far away from true North mag North is varies from place to place, and over time. You need to check that both compases are using the same declination. You also need to keep them away from each other - magnets throw off a compass.

The new Dell Latitude D430 would probably be my choice.. at 1.36kg it's not too much heavier than the Libretto, but it's closer to a normal laptop (12.1" display, my first Dell more than a decade ago had that).

Or where possible I'd ditch the laptop..... FREEEEEEEEEEEEE YEAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Permagrin wrote in post #4006999
whaaaat?

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #4007152
Cool, Jon!! Thanks for your history input. I can never get enough of that stuff. Nice shot, too.


Wha.... Huh? Did you just say.... Oh, I feel weak....

Thanks, Puddle - nothing longer than the 100-400 on the 20D, so it had to be a tight crop. I need the 1D III and 500 f/4, and maybe to upgrade the 20D to 40D for the buffer (I was filling it every 10 sec. on fly-bys) and extra pixels.

And, I've always been honest about Domke abilities. 300 f/2.8 and other gear, I'd go with either an F-1x or an F-7 Double AF. I dunno what I'll do when I finally get the 500.

Jon wrote in post #4006978
Much as I love the Domkes, I doubt the F2 would hold a body and 300 2/8 with anything else. Well, maybe one other lens in a single compartment insert.

That's all I'll need. Basically if I do carry that rig, it will be 40D or 5D as the body, and pop a 24-105 or 17-85 on top for good measure. And a couple of TCs, memory cards, batteries - but you can stash those in any of the side pockets.

Lightstream wrote in post #4007503
The new Dell Latitude D430 would probably be my choice.. at 1.36kg it's not too much heavier than the Libretto, but it's closer to a normal laptop (12.1" display, my first Dell more than a decade ago had that).

Or where possible I'd ditch the laptop..... FREEEEEEEEEEEEE YEAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Yeah - I had a C400 at work for a while, until the mandated "standard configuration" made it unstable. When I controlled the configuration, it was rock-solid. Now I have an R-100 that the configuration-management idiots haven't reached yet. Sub-kilogram and just works. Never been re-installed and it's a good 3 years old. Unstable Windows? Yeah, if you let the idiots play with it. Properly managed, it's as solid as anything out there.

Jon wrote in post #4007499
It's called "declination". Magnetic North and true North aren't the same direction from almost anywhere. And how far away from true North mag North is varies from place to place, and over time. You need to check that both compases are using the same declination. You also need to keep them away from each other - magnets throw off a compass.

Back in the old days when I was in the navy, we had a gyro compass on board ship that was supposed to give us true north. We also had numerous magnetic compasses so we had to understand magnetic deviation and all that foolishness. The magnetic compasses had huge iron balls (no jokes) mounted on either side to keep the ships magnetic field from influencing the compass. Every couple of years they had to degauss the entire ship. I'm not sure how it was done, but I know that for weeks afterwards, hair would grow on the palms of my hand.

Shades of the Philadelphia Experiment.

Permagrin wrote in post #4007365
don't you WANT to be rescued from Weddingzakistan??

I want to know why certain pbMHs decided to put me there in the first place, rather than, say, field mice, penguins, match-stick men or dragons! I only venture near the place in response to your anguished pleas, and this is the thanks I get?!

belmondo wrote in post #4007660
Back in the old days when I was in the navy, we had a gyro compass on board ship that was supposed to give us true north. We also had numerous magnetic compasses so we had to understand magnetic deviation and all that foolishness. The magnetic compasses had huge iron balls (no jokes) mounted on either side to keep the ships magnetic field from influencing the compass. Every couple of years they had to degauss the entire ship. I'm not sure how it was done, but I know that for weeks afterwards, hair would grow on the palms of my hand.

Shades of the Philadelphia Experiment.

I need that degausser.

"Hi, I'm looking for a ship-sized degausser. Hmm.. well anything that works for a displacement of 50,000 tons and up will be fine. Uhh.. why do you ask? Yes, I am an IT professional and part of my job scope is secure destruction of data. HEY, COME BACK HERE!!"

Lightstream wrote in post #4007629
That's all I'll need. Basically if I do carry that rig, it will be 40D or 5D as the body, and pop a 24-105 or 17-85 on top for good measure. And a couple of TCs, memory cards, batteries - but you can stash those in any of the side pockets.

Then you'll be good to go with the F-2.

And with that, I seem to be caught up. Now to see where I've slipped to in the post tally.

Jon wrote in post #4007680
Then you'll be good to go with the F-2.

And with that, I seem to be caught up. Now to see where I've slipped to in the post tally.

Cool, great!

I tend to buy the smaller bags to force myself to limit the amount of equipment carried. If I have a big bag I'll take everything and regret it.

Lightstream wrote in post #4007679
I need that degausser.

"Hi, I'm looking for a ship-sized degausser. Hmm.. well anything that works for a displacement of 50,000 tons and up will be fine. Uhh.. why do you ask? Yes, I am an IT professional and part of my job scope is secure destruction of data. HEY, COME BACK HERE!!"

Sledge hammer with the head wrapped in 50 meters of 22 AWG copper hooked up to a 12V DC power supply. Apply vigorously and repeatedly to the medium needing sanitization.