Non-IT News Thread
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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.
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@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. . . .
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Man survives 25km ride hanging on to side of German train
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Scott Baldwin: Lion bites Ospreys' Wales hooker
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My daughters' elementary school
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Marilyn Manson crushed by prop on stage in New York
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Las Vegas: Active shooter reported near Mandalay Bay
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Las Vegas: Mass casualties in Mandalay Bay shooting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41466116Over 100 dead, another twenty wounded.
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The current count puts the current shooting at more than double the number dead of the next worst mass shooting in the US by an individual.
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BBC just revised to reverse their numbers. Over 20 dead and over 100 injured.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC just revised to reverse their numbers. Over 20 dead and over 100 injured.
Frankly from a single shooter, this seems more reasonable. But damn!
OK I've read the article now - holy cow. A room full of weapons in a sniper like position. No wonder it was so bad.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
My daughters' elementary school
That is awesome. Congrats to you and the other parents, the staff at the school and the students!!
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC just revised to reverse their numbers. Over 20 dead and over 100 injured.
Frankly from a single shooter, this seems more reasonable. But damn!
OK I've read the article now - holy cow. A room full of weapons in a sniper like position. No wonder it was so bad.
And hotels on the strip are big time secure. He must have been hard to get to.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC just revised to reverse their numbers. Over 20 dead and over 100 injured.
Frankly from a single shooter, this seems more reasonable. But damn!
OK I've read the article now - holy cow. A room full of weapons in a sniper like position. No wonder it was so bad.
And hotels on the strip are big time secure. He must have been hard to get to.
Even for the police? I suppose.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC just revised to reverse their numbers. Over 20 dead and over 100 injured.
Frankly from a single shooter, this seems more reasonable. But damn!
OK I've read the article now - holy cow. A room full of weapons in a sniper like position. No wonder it was so bad.
And hotels on the strip are big time secure. He must have been hard to get to.
Even for the police? I suppose.
Yes, the police would need to coordinate with internal security, get through long, difficult lobbies, find the right elevators, get to the right floor, get access to the room, etc.
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Singer Tom Petty has passed away at age 66.
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Apparently that initial report was wrong. Now they're stating that Tom Petty is clinging to life.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Singer Tom Petty has passed away at age 66.
Amazing that everyone I have mentioned this to today who claims not to know Tom Petty, knows at least 4 or 5 of his songs I play them...
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@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Singer Tom Petty has passed away at age 66.
Amazing that everyone I have mentioned this to today who claims not to know Tom Petty, knows at least 4 or 5 of his songs I play them...
How the heck does anyone not know Tom Petty?
