Non-IT News Thread

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/12/top-selling-handgun-safe-can-be-remotely-opened-in-seconds-no-pin-needed/

[black3dynamite]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/netflix-fires-exec-company-didn-rape-claims-article-1.3694565

[mlnews]

Disney has bought the entertainment business from Fox.

[EddieJennings]

@mlnews Heard about that on WSB. As long as I hear my full fanfare for 20th Century Fox movies, I'm fine with it.

[dafyre]

@eddiejennings said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews Heard about that on WSB. As long as I hear my full fanfare for 20th Century Fox movies, I'm fine with it.

I see future movies with Scrat running around the Fox logo when the fanfare plays.

[mlnews]

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/12/iss-astronauts-will-get-their-own-star-wars-premiere-in-space/

[scottalanmiller]

Amtrak train falls off of a bridge onto US I5

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42401707

[scottalanmiller]

[scottalanmiller]

[scottalanmiller]

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42360542/washington-train-crash-we-could-feel-cars-crumpling

[scottalanmiller]

[scottalanmiller]

Sheriff said that train cars are out in the woods, too.

[dbeato]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Sheriff said that train cars are out in the woods, too.

Wow, that’s terrible

[scottalanmiller]

@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Sheriff said that train cars are out in the woods, too.

Wow, that’s terrible

yeah, this is a really bad accident. Many dead, 77 on their way to hospital, train corridor closed, US Interstate closed, all kinds of damage..... and this is going to seriously set back the US high speed train program.

[RojoLoco]

The power was out at the Atlanta airport most of yesterday:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/atlanta-airport-blackout.html

[scottalanmiller]

@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

The power was out at the Atlanta airport most of yesterday:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/atlanta-airport-blackout.html

Wow, you'd not expect that to happen.

[RojoLoco]

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:

The power was out at the Atlanta airport most of yesterday:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/us/atlanta-airport-blackout.html

Wow, you'd not expect that to happen.

Right? Apparently, they didn't have enough redundancy.

[scottalanmiller]

[black3dynamite]

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/amazon-music-to-end-support-for-streaming-your-uploaded-mp3s/

Well fuck I was just thinking about actually purchasing an Amazon Music subscriptions for this purpose. I have a huge iTunes library or ripped CDs. As I grew up in the 80's 90's, that is how I acquired my media.