This is your reminder that the reason the government is shutdown is because they want it shut down.

They could reopen it tonight, if they wanted to, and do all this shit they’re wanting to do, too.

They’re not doing that because they want it closed.

Its in the name!

Do chicken have horns?

Or… Époisses de Bourgogne…

(This is the cheese falsely stated to be banned on French public transit.)

It’s both super stinky and has a… striking… flavor.

that’s just it… any vulnerable system lets them get their nose in the door, then the camel starts snooping around the tent for whatever it can get. Eventually, they find away to something juicy.

The thing is, whether we’re talking about digital or physical security, the weakest thing in any system is the humans. The sloppy passwords (c’mon it should have been Louvre25! lol.) is a human thing. clicking that phising scam is a human thing. kipping off to the egyption bedroom for tryste with receptionist is a human thing.

the simple password isn’t the problem. The people being complacent is.

the Target hack went in through the HVAC system.

At least it wasn’t the default password.

I’ve known clients that have never removed the default admin account, with a default admin password… and looked at me like I had a horn growing out my ear…

Usually, there’s a network for IP cameras, with a central server holding the video. There’s then, usually, a firewall to anything outside that, and frequently just a hardline to a monitoring system. (another computer with lots of monitors, typically.)

Most modern systems can VPN to the firewall and run a client there via remote desktop, and then access the monitoring system that way; but the server itself is not.

As to the complexity of the password, typically there’s different levels of permissions. The basic ones would just let you monitor real time, probably review recordings, and maybe rip those recordings. (but not change settings, or otherwise delete anything.) A place like the Lourve would have multiple guard stations connecting in on the local network; with dozens of guards watching cameras at any given time; and would each need their own account/logins if you wanted to make the password actually complex.

a large part of the problem is just the sheer amount of people that would need to have acounts- the lourve says they have ~1300 ‘reception and security’ staff. (for the record, reception would also be part of the security envelope… though they probably wouldn’t need the password.)

anyone dialing in from off sight would likely have their own password (and have elevated permissions to allow that.). Frequently, by remote desktoping into a system on the local network.

You’ll also notice theyre not saying the security system was actually compromised- even if the cameras were pointed the right way, they’d still have gotten in and out because the windows were a point of vulnerability. They might have been able to respond faster, but they were in and out in ten minutes. a camera wouldn’t be able to stop that, if you account for normal human reaction times… if they’d even notice the ‘contractors’.

… Do you think they will let me play on the field with that? Lol

that would depend on whose field, how far away from people you are and how “serious” the match is. Tournaments? lol. no. guys mucking about? maybe.

As for the rest of that… same. same. probably my favorite aircraft is actually (technically) a thermal airship. I used nichrome wire to heat it up. I say technically because Buoyant Bob is basically a giant floaty beachball that passes out candy on Halloween. (I may have used a nano MPx rotor for his propeller. I’m sure I just offended some heli snobs, but it’s vectored thrust and he waddles through the air)

You got a source on that there bullshit?

Facebook doesn’t qualify. neither does twitter. Nor does the 2 Pump Chump.

Here’s mine. And some more. oh look, some more

mostly just eyeballed it. to be honest, the nozzle/water tank were both pressurized to about 50psi, and it didn’t take a lot of accuracy. I used a pump-and-spray canister that I made a new top for, to take a pneumatic line coming off a pancake air canister as the charging bottle.

the nozzle itself was at the end of boom that could point straight down (it could elevate between 0 and -90 degrees,) (the line to the nozzle was just the flexible hose coming off the weed sprayer normally.)

The hardest part is dealing with the constantly changing CoG as you spray.

If I hadn’t already had the big boi, I’d have figured something else out, but i did, and it worked well.

As for noise… its’ a freaking huge helicopter… so yeah. it’s noisy. it wasn’t a gasser though, so there’s that. (It was a homebuild thing that happened because my hobby shop had a deep clearance on the rotor blades and hubs- the disk is 1m,)

if your goal was hitting flock cameras, I’d recommend strapping a paintball marker to a 250. (or a quad if you prefer, but I’ll save that rant for elsewhere.) just stay away from systems that go through the internet or are made by companies that ‘automatically’ register you for a sUAS license with the FAA. They typically nark. (Especially DJI.) And a lot of those systems will frequently prevent you from flying in “sensitive” areas, even if it would be otherwise legal.

you saying I’m misunderstanding something doesn’t make it true.

As it stands there’s 2 situation in which imigration could lead to criminal charges- one is re-entering after deportation. This really doesn’t happen. The other is entering at a place or time not designated. This also really doesn’t happen. (The people crossing the border are being “caught” by Border Patrol officers because they sit down and wait to be caught, and then invoke their right to seek asylum. something which is legal.)

neither of these are happening. Immigration court isn’t even able to try a criminal case, because immigration law is not criminal law.

I used a bregen clone (it’s a big R/C helicopter, sometimes used for aerial photography/film) to deal with a box elder infestation that was causing problems.

Soapy water, inside a sprayer that may or may not have been based on ww2 era flamethrowers. (The water tank was charged from a pressurized air tank.)

A paintball marker is just as effective.

Immigration laws are civil, not criminal. Undocumented immigrants aren’t criminals.

This you?

Being called out for a hypocrisy is not hate.

You were literally telling me not to tell be how to drive (which, while I came close, I didn’t actually do,) while literally telling me how to drive.

I understand many states have some form of “slower traffic laws”… and explained why that’s not relevant.

There are many reasons why someone needs to be in the left lane- taking a left-exit, or the left hand fork in a split, or, you know, actually passing people themselves…. Or seeing an eratic driver behind them making it dangerous to get over.

I have to assume that CA law also says something about running people off the road because they’re not going fast enough for you. Generally, I assume everywhere does- for obvious reasons.

Even if you’re right, that doesn’t give you them right to drive recklessly and tailgate people. Which brings me back to the original point I was making: the kind of people who are angry at having to slow down… are unlikely to be polite and civil- they’re already demonstrating harassing behaviors.

IIRC, the felony reckless driving was lowered from +30 to +20, during Covid after it became clear how dangerous people were driving. We saw a massive spike in roadway deaths because suddenly people felt like they could do whatever.

Wow.

I don’t care what “the algorithm “ says, and you’re a hypocritical asshole for telling me not to tell others how to drive while telling me how to drive.

Now to be completely clear: I will always drive in a manner I deem to be safe. Not you. Not the asshole tailgating me because he can’t be bothered to to leave 10 minutes earlier.

And I can assure you: driving 50mph in a residential area is not “safe”. And neither is 90 in a 70 during rush hour. These are both staggeringly dangerous and imo, people who do so are on the level of those who drive drunk.

"What lane your in has nothing to do with speed limit… keep right… "

Left lane.

And your advice is actually somewhat incorrect, depending on the context your in. In more rural areas, sure. In more urban areas… there are dozens of reasons why you need to keep left- including taking a left exit.

Or, you know, like how at that speed your usually passing everyone else…

And just for the record, I don’t know where you are, but here… +20 is considered a felony. it’s incredibly stupid to drive that fast on a highway… never mind not on a highway.

people that go +20 and faster? They’re putting everyone’s lives at risk and statistically it’s only a matter of time before they kill someone. Hopefully something happens to teach them why it’s fucking stupid before it goes that far.