Paddy's "Things that cheer you up"

[sidcow]

9 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

I went to a military re-enactment event today and got talking to the WW2 German Artillery.  They turned out to be 2 Polish lads.  I asked the obvious question.  Why would 2 Polish lads choose Nazi Germany to re-enact?  

He explained that he started the hobby whilst living in Poland. Apparently everyone wanted to re-enact Poles or Americans.  This raised the price or memorabilia.  

That was followed by a wonderful quote: 

"But my grandad had a load of German equipment in his cellar which he acquired by a very different method." 

Look forward to loads of Ukrainian Grandads in about 50 years showing off their Russian trophies. 

[Genie]

19 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Look forward to loads of Ukrainian Grandads in about 50 years showing off their Russian Tanks. 

FTFY  

[rjw63]

2 hours ago, SuperTed said:

Is it dusty or something in this thread

[Phil Silvers]

People can really get worked up on football forums, reading some posts that are comedy gold without intending to be makes me smile, some people have a hidden comedic talent that I do not think they themselves are even aware of. It's quite boring now when we win, if I can remember that far back.

[Rds1983]

Clips of Heather Morris (from Glee) dancing. Stunningly attractive but incredibly talented and graceful. 

[Rodders]

Can't do any work because this daft double authenticator nonsense they forced everyone to sign up to last year won't let me log in. I had the temerity to change phones and now I can't access any of my work. It's the dumbest and most unnecessary thing ever, always having to confirm a sodding log in all the damn time, I don't exactly work for the secret service, just a damn university. No-one likes it, it annoys everyone yet it gets foisted upon everyone.  I reported a problem to IT on friday when I still had access on one device. Now I can't even access my emails to see if they pick up the call. What an outstanding waste of time. 

[sidcow]

1 hour ago, Rodders said:

Can't do any work because this daft double authenticator nonsense they forced everyone to sign up to last year won't let me log in. I had the temerity to change phones and now I can't access any of my work. It's the dumbest and most unnecessary thing ever, always having to confirm a sodding log in all the damn time, I don't exactly work for the secret service, just a damn university. No-one likes it, it annoys everyone yet it gets foisted upon everyone.  I reported a problem to IT on friday when I still had access on one device. Now I can't even access my emails to see if they pick up the call. What an outstanding waste of time. 

I know you think it's daft nonsense but if your firm buy cyber insurance the dual factor authentication will be an absolute requirement of buying the cyber cover.

The reason firms are now uninsurable without  dual factor authentication is because without it they are a sitting duck for hackers.  And hackers are EVERYWHERE right now.  Cyber insurance in 3 years has gone from a cheap easy to write class of business to a massive problem because claims are absolutely rife.  And don't think it's major corporations, they are after all sizes of business, in fact smaller businesses are an easier hit as they don't usually have dual factor authentication.

This is a massive problem and I am surprised it isn't in the news more.  And when the hackers hit there is literally nothing the victim can do except pay the ransom.  It's massively profitable for hackers and they constantly get away with it.  

So it might seem daft but if it means that your company can physically pay you at month end you might appreciate the extra inconvenience and initial teething problems.   They should be initial teething problems only.  I've been using dual factor authentication for a couple of years and not really had any issues with it.

 

EDIT - Just seen your comment it's a University.  Yeah another common and perceived easy target for hackers.  

Edited April 25, 2022 by sidcow

[rjw63]

1 hour ago, Rodders said:

Can't do any work because this daft double authenticator nonsense they forced everyone to sign up to last year won't let me log in. I had the temerity to change phones and now I can't access any of my work. It's the dumbest and most unnecessary thing ever, always having to confirm a sodding log in all the damn time, I don't exactly work for the secret service, just a damn university. No-one likes it, it annoys everyone yet it gets foisted upon everyone.  I reported a problem to IT on friday when I still had access on one device. Now I can't even access my emails to see if they pick up the call. What an outstanding waste of time. 

Which part of this actually cheers you up? 

 

[Rodders]

8 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

Which part of this actually cheers you up? 

 

the not doing work bit  

[Rodders]

17 minutes ago, sidcow said:

I know you think it's daft nonsense but if your firm buy cyber insurance the dual factor authentication will be an absolute requirement of buying the cyber cover.

The reason firms are now uninsurable without  dual factor authentication is because without it they are a sitting duck for hackers.  And hackers are EVERYWHERE right now.  Cyber insurance in 3 years has gone from a cheap easy to write class of business to a massive problem because claims are absolutely rife.  And don't think it's major corporations, they are after all sizes of business, in fact smaller businesses are an easier hit as they don't usually have dual factor authentication.

This is a massive problem and I am surprised it isn't in the news more.  And when the hackers hit there is literally nothing the victim can do except pay the ransom.  It's massively profitable for hackers and they constantly get away with it.  

So it might seem daft but if it means that your company can physically pay you at month end you might appreciate the extra inconvenience and initial teething problems.   They should be initial teething problems only.  I've been using dual factor authentication for a couple of years and not really had any issues with it.

 

EDIT - Just seen your comment it's a University.  Yeah another common and perceived easy target for hackers.  

Oh that's probably all fair. I'm just a tremendous luddite,  Anything after about Windows 95 more or less infuriates me.  

[sidcow]

15 minutes ago, Rodders said:

Oh that's probably all fair. I'm just a tremendous luddite,  Anything after about Windows 95 more or less infuriates me.  

Yeah, me too.  I only know this because of my job....and my office has a specialist Cyber team who are a global resource so I hear an awful lot of what goes on.  They are growing so rapidly it's hard to keep track of them, they have SO much work.

And I need to go back to why I it's not in the press more.  It's because most cyber attacks are not publicised, it's not a good look.  Obviously the really big ones get out,  probably because of disgruntled customers who will have been notified of the problem.  But small and medium companies are being hit constantly.  

Essentially it's far more profitable and far less dangerous than robbing a bank or stealing a car.

[Rds1983]

46 minutes ago, sidcow said:

I know you think it's daft nonsense but if your firm buy cyber insurance the dual factor authentication will be an absolute requirement of buying the cyber cover.

The reason firms are now uninsurable without  dual factor authentication is because without it they are a sitting duck for hackers.  And hackers are EVERYWHERE right now.  Cyber insurance in 3 years has gone from a cheap easy to write class of business to a massive problem because claims are absolutely rife.  And don't think it's major corporations, they are after all sizes of business, in fact smaller businesses are an easier hit as they don't usually have dual factor authentication.

This is a massive problem and I am surprised it isn't in the news more.  And when the hackers hit there is literally nothing the victim can do except pay the ransom.  It's massively profitable for hackers and they constantly get away with it.  

So it might seem daft but if it means that your company can physically pay you at month end you might appreciate the extra inconvenience and initial teething problems.   They should be initial teething problems only.  I've been using dual factor authentication for a couple of years and not really had any issues with it.

 

EDIT - Just seen your comment it's a University.  Yeah another common and perceived easy target for hackers.  

I'm involved in cyber audits (in so much as I try to tell the cyber nerds what to do) and 2FA is a relatively basic control nowadays but absolutely crucial. 

University's will have a large amount of sensitive data on their students as well as their banking details. They also are likely to fall victim to being exposed by students doing stupid things whilst on their network. As such they're definitely common targets. 

It can be a frustrating control but is less frustrating then a ransomware attack shutting down the whole campus. 

Edited April 25, 2022 by Rds1983

[PussEKatt]

I cant understand why big firms dont change over to Linux.Windows is,and always has been a gigantic rip off.

[BOF]

5 hours ago, Rds1983 said:

I'm involved in cyber audits (in so much as I try to tell the cyber nerds what to do) and 2FA is a relatively basic control nowadays but absolutely crucial. 

University's will have a large amount of sensitive data on their students as well as their banking details. They also are likely to fall victim to being exposed by students doing stupid things whilst on their network. As such they're definitely common targets. 

It can be a frustrating control but is less frustrating then a ransomware attack shutting down the whole campus. 

2FA is great until you lose your phone, and now my crypto is inaccessible. Yay.

[il_serpente]

14 hours ago, rjw63 said:

Which part of this actually cheers you up? 

 

Having something to moan about, probably

[Genie]

16 hours ago, BOF said:

2FA is great until you lose your phone, and now my crypto is inaccessible. Yay.

When its worth trillions there’s people you can hire to recover it for you for 20% fee.

[chrisp65]

13 minutes ago, Genie said:

When its worth trillions there’s people you can hire to recover it for you for 20% fee.

Language is interesting, there is a world of difference between what an iPhone is ‘worth’ and what they cost.

[Ingram85]

The sheer amount of milf’s from Italy on Instagram.

[Davkaus]

On 25/04/2022 at 14:38, PussEKatt said:

I cant understand why big firms dont change over to Linux.Windows is,and always has been a gigantic rip off.

I remember the weeks, if not months of misery I had when working in an internal tech support role  for a migration from Windows XP to Windows 7. End users were frequently baffled despite almost everything working similarly.

Organisations could probably save money in the long term, but in the short-medium term they'd have massive costs for user training, lots of work to understand each and every use case, every application that's used on Windows, and either finding or writing an equivalent to do the same job, likely to require to have a mixed estate due to god knows how much software they use only running on Windows and without anyone still understanding what the requirements were to port it over. Potential costs of replacing hardware that doesn't have Linux support.

All of these things are solvable problems, but the benefits of it are likely to be shown several years down the line, well above the lifespan of the average CEO.

[foreveryoung]

13 hours ago, chrisp65 said:

Language is interesting, there is a world of difference between what an iPhone is ‘worth’ and what they cost.

All Apple products are horrendously overpriced, look at there laptops, sorry Macbooks. There marketing is probably some of the best in the world though, aimed at 16 to 30 year olds, as they are the only mugs who are stupid enough to buy Apple.