* Posts by Peter Kavanagh.

11 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Jul 2015

30 strong fingers but still no happy ending for robotic back rub

Peter Kavanagh.
Paris Hilton

Maybe you need a Sophia in your life

From the IBC show (broadcast conference/tradeshow) a few weeks back:

https://ibc.gallery.video/ibctv/detail/video/5578796467001/ibc2017-keynote-shorts:-the-future-with-robots-that-are-like-us

There's a point where 'she' gives a toothy grin which just unnerved the hell out of me. For the full keynote:

https://ibc.gallery.video/ibctv/detail/video/5578924845001/ibc2017-keynote-conferences:-the-future-with-robots-that-are-like-us

(Damn, missed Hyper Japan again!)

IT plonker stuffed 'destructive' logic bomb into US Army servers in contract revenge attack

Peter Kavanagh.
Happy

Re: Why does that sound familiar?

Pryor art :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_III

On the couch with an AI robo-doc asking me personal questions

Peter Kavanagh.
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The Knife

+1 for We Share Our Mother's Health. Love that album.

Another appropriate vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0b1tdAfW2I

Last panel in place, China ready to boot up giant telescope

Peter Kavanagh.

Re: Congratulations, China!

Red Coast - watch for the CMB flickering...

(+1 for the Three-Body Problem reference... could this be a case of life imitating art, or does Liu Cixin know something we don't?)

Which keys should I press to enable the CockUp feature?

Peter Kavanagh.
Terminator

Re: Audio sounds

In my industrial placement year out from uni (1990 - god I feel old...), I worked in an R&D group at a manufacturer of broadcast equipment. Desktops were Sun workstations or our own-brand Unix machines.

My manager (Dave) foolishly left his machine logged in when he went for a meeting. On his return I just heard him yell my name from his office - can't think how he figured out it was me. No matter what command he entered to his command prompt, the dulcet tones of Douglas Rain would softly say "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that..."

El Reg mulls entering Robot Wars arena

Peter Kavanagh.
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Deadline

March? Damn - my son was looking to put together a team at school to enter. Seems pretty short notice, presumably they have been in contact with the robot teams that still tour the UK.

BBC News website takes New Year's Eve break

Peter Kavanagh.

DDOS appears to be confirmed

Seems it was:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35204915

I believe Akamai is a large component in their overall web presence - can someone versed in these things outline how this might have played out?

Exam board in 'send all' fail: Hands up who knows what the BCC button is for?

Peter Kavanagh.
Happy

Re: “We take the protection of ...blah blah

Boom shankah!

TalkTalk CEO admits security fail, says hacker emailed ransom demand

Peter Kavanagh.

Ongoing, definitely not new

Someone in earlier article comments mentioned they knew of instances of attempted phishing calls, where the scammers had worryingly detailed knowledge of the target's TalkTalk account information.

On a phone-in to LBC on Monday someone called in with a very similar story of a call - "we understand you've had problems with our broadband service" (customer had indeed experienced this) ", so we would like to refund you some money, just need to check the payment details...".

Either inside information or clear confirmation that account details have been compromised in earlier attacks.

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: Uitsmijter

Peter Kavanagh.
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Search out Old Amsterdam - I've found it in a few good UK farmshops and cheese shops - it's Oude Kaas as mentioned above, about a year old. Heavenly...

Microsoft: This Windows 10 build has 'NO significant known issues'

Peter Kavanagh.

Hmmmmmmm...

Dear Russle,

Wonderfully capitalised, but do you have any data at all to back up your assertions?

.....no, didn't think so. Toodle pip old chum!