Non-IT News Thread

scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

NYPD goes on "strike", crime drops. Study suggests that heavy policing, at least in NYC, may contribute to crime, rather than reduce it.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/nyc-cops-did-a-work-stop-yet-crime-dropped/

Hasn't this been observed in other nations as well. I think the Nordic countries had some pretty good research into this.

Their study was more general - the fewer Americans on the streets, the safer things got

I'm not sure what you mean by this? are you accusing Americans of being something? if so, what?

Dangerous

coliver

https://segmentnext.com/2017/09/27/huang-says-nvidia-gpus-will-replace-cpus-future-moores-law-dead/

Thought this was interesting.

scottalanmiller

Hugh Hefner has passed away.

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/saudi-minister-fired-after-textbook-shows-yoda-at-un-signing-ceremony/

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/heres-what-to-look-for-in-elon-musks-big-rocket-speech-friday/

scottalanmiller

Youtube Video

scottalanmiller

Elon Musk: Rockets will fly people from city to city in minutes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41441877

hobbit666

Apple Macs and PCs at risk from boot bug
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41441451

scottalanmiller

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/whole-foods-says-customer-payment-information-was-hacked/2017/09/29/ebaead0a-a51f-11e7-b573-8ec86cdfe1ed_story.html?utm_term=.ca5a21edd1cd

DustinB3403

Not for nothing, but now is the time to announce your breaches. No one could possibly have a worse breach than Equifax.

So just come out with the dirty laundry and air it out.

Kelly

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Not for nothing, but now is the time to announce your breaches. No one could possibly have a worse breach than Equifax.

So just come out with the dirty laundry and air it out.

Major Corporation: "Hold my beer."

NerdyDad

US Air Force gives Amateur Radio Operators a 10-year old satellite.

http://www.arrl.org/news/falconsat-3-now-open-for-amateur-radio-use

Ahh, thanks Air Force.

DustinB3403

@kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Not for nothing, but now is the time to announce your breaches. No one could possibly have a worse breach than Equifax.

So just come out with the dirty laundry and air it out.

Major Corporation: "Hold my beer."

Right... let's find out Wal-Mart has been collecting SS#'s credit card details, birth dates and family lineage, storing it all in plain text on a excel document on a public facing web server. . . .

scottalanmiller

Man survives 25km ride hanging on to side of German train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41446340

mlnews

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/snow-crash-lazarus-and-ringworld-shows-are-coming-to-amazon-prime/

New Amazon SciFi Shows!

scottalanmiller

Scott Baldwin: Lion bites Ospreys' Wales hooker
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41449164

JaredBusch

My daughters' elementary school

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/schaumburg-hoffman-estates/community/chi-ugc-article-dooley-named-blue-ribbon-school-2017-09-28-story.html

scottalanmiller

Marilyn Manson crushed by prop on stage in New York
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41458046

scottalanmiller

Las Vegas: Active shooter reported near Mandalay Bay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41466116

scottalanmiller

Las Vegas: Mass casualties in Mandalay Bay shooting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41466116

Over 100 dead, another twenty wounded.