If I die and find myself at the pearly gates soup counter, only to be told, “No soup for you! You come back one year five hundred years!” I’m going to be pissed that the Catholics were right the whole damn time.

Most organizations in the US don’t value cybersecurity as anything more than an abstract concept. The reasons for that can be numerous but in my experience it’s usually a combination of cost + survivorship bias.

Lack of serious consequences is another factor. Had a breach? Pay a small fine and an even smaller settlement (or should I say your insurance pays) and then it’s back to business as usual. Even in situations where the breach is due to gross negligence, the consequences are minimal (see Equifax).

If they ever file for Chapter 7, I will be deeply disappointed if the headline doesn’t read, “Hooters Goes Tits Up”.

Why are they spending billions on this?

Greed.

I would focus on having a solid backup strategy. Segmenting applications on different VM’s makes more sense in a data center when one application can serve an entire organization. For your personal workstation, it’s just going to add a lot of unnecessary overhead.

If only the US hadn’t backed out of the original nuclear “deal” we had with Iran. Who’s administration was responsible for that again? I can’t seem to remember. Hmmm…

This reminds me of a buddy I used to have. He wore jackets exactly like this and even had two little dogs. He was a Vietnam vet and did, in fact, kill a whole bunch of people during the war. Something he never forgave himself for.

One time I asked him what that was like. He thought for a minute and said, “When you have your weapon trained on someone, for a split second you have the power of God in your hands. You get to decide if that person lives or dies. Nobody should have that kind of power.”

He was a character but a good dude overall.

“Rabbi, is there a blessing for the Tsar?”

“A blessing for the Tsar? Of course! May God bless and keep the Tsar… Far away from us.”

The US is currently shooting itself in the face and Russia is embroiled in a war that it can’t actually win.

All China has to do to reap the benefits is not interrupt.

If Russia wanted peace, they would pack up and go home.

🎶Doo doo doo do dooo doooooo doo dooo doo. Doo doo doo do dooo doooooo doo.🎶

Tesla’s aren’t selling?

1. Set them on fire.
2. Claim that it’s arson.
3. File insurance claim.
4. Profit.

Oh yeah. Fire the team responsible for pen testing. That’s real smart.

/S

I care. Granted I’m just one American and I’m not in a position of power, but the blatant bigotry being pushed by some of us is shameful and makes me very angry.

Take a car that’s stuck in reverse, slap a 454 Chevy big block in it. You’ll have a car that still drives the wrong way; but faster.

We’re talking about a guy whose business accumen is so poor he managed to run multiple casinos into the ground. His “successful businessman” schtick has always been propped up by a mountain of debt and crime. If he had so much as two brain cells to rub together, he would have stuck with Ivana because she was the only member of the Trump family to have even a shred of sense.

Well, there was an attempt but unfortunately he wasn’t a very good shot.

[Some]Americans: Vote for Donald Trump because they’re upset about the high cost of living

Trump: Does everything in his power to increase the cost of …everything

The closest I’ve ever come to “fear” of an insect was the day I discovered “Tarantula Hawks”. Imagine a giant purple, orange-winged wasp dragging a very large tarantula across the ground; like Tony Soprano disposing of a body. Whose only reaction, upon noticing my startled gaze, was to continue dragging it’s victim, completely unphased, while looking at me like, “What? You want to take a picture or something?”

“I’ll have you know that fluffy is part Pomeranian. Can’t you tell from the constant, loud [yet deep throated] yipping?”