Japanese cops cuff cat carrying remote control virus An anonymous cyber villain has led Japanese police on a merry dance over the past few months, culminating in the capture on Monday of a cat said to be carrying a computer virus on a memory card attached to its collar. Detectives with the country’s National Police Agency (NPA) nabbed the creature on an island near Tokyo after a …
"OK, OK, OK - sometimes humans just make mistakes."
Phil doesn't seem to actually research any of his articles correctly.. he seems to just take press releases or English language news posts from Japan and turn them into a story that doesn't really reflect the original.
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What bothers me with this report is that there is a disturbing world-wide trend beginning to emerge of felines being involved in criminal activity where tech is involved!
A few days ago we had the case of the "duck-taped" moggie trying to get into a Brazilian jail.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20922275
Now This!!
There has been an ongoing discussion on Quora.com about whether or not Felis catus are controlled by Satan!
http://www.quora.com/Joke-Question/What-do-I-do-if-my-cat-is-controlled-by-Satan
Me wonders if we are beginning to see a new disturbing trend for 2013?
<thinks> Cats hunt birds!</thinks>
<thinks>Tux is a penguin!</thinks>
<thinks>Penguins are birds!</thinks>
<thinks>Are cats dangerous to my linux installations????</thinks>
<thinks>Here kitty, kitty,kitty........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_zpdyBz3VM</thinks>
Now where's my cyber-rotty when I need him! ;))))))))
*cough* Pedant alert...
It's 'duct' tape - as in originally used on air-conditioning ducts. In the film and music industry it's 'gaffers' tape, as in the gaffer was the electrician in charge (I think this is right) of the tape.
Of course, as an ex-roadie I knew that duct/gaffers tape has a light side and a dark side and holds the universe together...
/keys on the belt...
Duct, duck, and gaffer are three different type of tape. Duck being a very popular brand.
Actually none of these should be used on airconditioning or heating ducts, as they all do no respond well to heat instead you should use the aluminium tape that designed for them.
There's no escaping those pesky buggers now - gone are the days when it was only blog sites and forums with silly cat pictures you had to worry about - now the buggers are stalking your street and carrying a payload of windows virus round their necks to boot!
Talk about "I iz underz your desk, installing meh malwarez!" - this shit just got real!
This the same guy responsible for the fake emails that led to a group of people being forced into confessing crimes they didn't commit by the Japanese Police force?
And who thought "an IP address was all the evidence they needed" (Along with a forced confession?)
I'm guessing the memory card actually had a picture of Goatsie
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