Bits & Bobs 45

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:16

Does anyone else count their knuckles to see how many days are in a month? I still do that.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:17

Grim... wrote:

Does anyone else count their knuckles to see how many days are in a month? I still do that.

I still only have ten knuckles no matter what month it is.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:18

Like this:

Knuckle is "long", gap is "short".

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16581

I just look on my phone, as with most anything these days.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:22

I just know them.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:28

Future Warrior wrote:

I just know them.

So do I, but I can't get out of the habit of counting my knuckles.

I also now know how to spell necessary, but I'll still do the "never eat cheese eat salad sandwiches and remain young" thing in my head as I type it.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14498

Russia are going to the moon :

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/russia-ju ... 55524.html

Quote:

Russia just announced that it's sending humans to the moon

Before 2030, Russia plans to land its first cosmonauts on the moon, and Europe wants a piece of the action.

They're a little late for the great space race of the 1960s, but the mission is an admirable push for the reignited interest in manned deep-space travel.

On Tuesday, at a space and technology conference in Moscow, the head of Roscosmos Energia — Russia's version of NASA — announced: "A manned flight to the moon and lunar landing is planned for 2029."

And the European Space Agency, which made history last year by landing the first spacecraft on a comet, is teaming up.

"We have an ambition to have European astronauts on the moon," Bérengère Houdou, head of the lunar-exploration group at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Center, recently told BBC News. "There are currently discussion at international level going on for broad cooperation on how to go back to the moon."

Russia and Europe have expressed interest in establishing a permanent base on the moon, and they have already begun taking the fist steps toward this goal.

Last month, Roscosmos announced that it will send a lander, Luna 25, to the moon's south pole in 2024. After touchdown, the lander will investigate the lunar surface for future lunar bases.

The Luna 25 mission was initially proposed in 1997 and has since suffered a number of delays, but it seems that with Europe's aid the mission could finally get the jump-start it needs. Construction on the spacecraft has already begun, Tech Insider reported.

This collaborative effort is a welcomed contrast to the lonely space race of the mid-20th century. While Europe and Russia raise their collective eyes to the moon, NASA continues its quest for a farther, more dangerous mission: Mars.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 13:02

Grim... wrote:

I also now know how to spell necessary, but I'll still do the "never eat cheese eat salad sandwiches and remain young" thing in my head as I type it.

"Cup and two saucers", surely?

Cavey · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 13:07

GazChap wrote:

Grim... wrote:

I also now know how to spell necessary, but I'll still do the "never eat cheese eat salad sandwiches and remain young" thing in my head as I type it.

"Cup and two saucers", surely?

Nah, 'cats' is easy to remember how to spell.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11847

I don't understand why we use months at all. JUst number the weeks. It is so much easier.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 13:28

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49233

No, name all the weeks. But have an official Week Naming consortium that every November decides what all the following year's weeks are going to be called.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5240

zaphod79 wrote:

Russia are going to the moon :

Good luck to them. I'd love to see something of this sort attempted again.

In related news, this was very interesting.
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmu ... nauts.aspx

myp · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 13:41

Cras wrote:

No, name all the weeks. But have an official Week Naming consortium that every Spaghetti to Lederhosen decides what all the following year's weeks are going to be called.

Fixed.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 13:51

You lot are right strange.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 13:57

zaphod79 wrote:

Russia are going to the moon :

No, men in silver suits will appear on the moon and President Putin will deny all knowledge.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Cras wrote:

No, name all the weeks. But have an official Week Naming consortium that every November decides what all the following year's weeks are going to be called.

Individual names for each day in a year; and enforce a uniqueness policy that requires a mix of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers and special characters.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Kern wrote:

zaphod79 wrote:

Russia are going to the moon :

No, men in silver suits will appear on the moon and President Putin will deny all knowledge.

The suits won't be silver, that's too flamboyant and not manly enough. Manly. Grrrrrr.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2015 16:57

When you're laminating something, there's only 2 things you need to know. When to put the sheet in and when it comes out.

How on earth has someone I work with managed to get 3 sheets stuck inside the laminator with another one being fed in? My mind has been blown.

How did they not realise that their laminated sheet hadn't come out?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25740

Where's Bopbby? I miss him

Hi Bobby, when you read this!

x

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25740

TheVision wrote:

When you're laminating something, there's only 2 things you need to know. When to put the sheet in and when it comes out.

How on earth has someone I work with managed to get 3 sheets stuck inside the laminator with another one being fed in? My mind has been blown.

How did they not realise that their laminated sheet hadn't come out?

Hahahahaha :DD

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11847

Hi Mimi, I am in Germany, although coming home today. Looking forward to it, this has been my first trip away since Lily was born and am missing her.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:29

Bobbyaro wrote:

Hi Mimi, I am in Germany, although coming home today. Looking forward to it, this has been my first trip away since Lily was born and am missing her.

It is a long haul to move through the qualifying events to be eligible for the Ticket to Ride World Championships.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:35

MaliA wrote:

Bobbyaro wrote:

Hi Mimi, I am in Germany, although coming home today. Looking forward to it, this has been my first trip away since Lily was born and am missing her.

It is a long haul to move through the qualifying events to be eligible for the Ticket to Ride World Championships.

I can't believe we didn't get round to having the final again.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11847

Christ, German airports are SLOW! Amazing levels of inefficiency at security check and the boarding is going at 1 person per 3 minutes. At this rate I could have walked home by the time I make it into the plane!

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25740

Bobbyaro wrote:

Hi Mimi, I am in Germany, although coming home today. Looking forward to it, this has been my first trip away since Lily was born and am missing her.

Hi Bobby, nice to 'see' you. Have a good snuggle with Lily when you get home! x

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

This morning someone misconfigured our UAT environment so that, instead of resolving to a dummy address, emails would actually be sent to real users. We found this out after I'd sent a test email which included a PDF of a stupid internal course completion certificate with my name and id printed on it. It's been delivered to 1400 people globally and, so far, viewed by about 1200. Amusingly, as of a change I made only yesterday, when anyone looks me up on the internal phone book, as people tend to do in these circumstances, they'll get a profile pictures that's an image of Fallout vault boy giving them a big smug thumbs up.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 14:24

Bamba wrote:

This morning someone misconfigured our UAT environment so that, instead of resolving to a dummy address, emails would actually be sent to real users. We found this out after I'd sent a test email which included a PDF of a stupid internal course completion certificate with my name and id printed on it. It's been delivered to 1400 people globally and, so far, viewed by about 1200. Amusingly, as of a change I made only yesterday, when anyone looks me up on the internal phone book, as people tend to do in these circumstances, they'll get a profile pictures that's an image of Fallout vault boy giving them a big smug thumbs up.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 14:49

Bamba wrote:

This morning someone misconfigured our UAT environment so that, instead of resolving to a dummy address, emails would actually be sent to real users.

I would fire them so hard.

Bamba wrote:

Fallout vault boy giving them a big smug thumbs up.

Objection.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

I would fire them so hard.

If stuff had gone out to external people then that would be a very real possibility. As it stands though it's only internal users and, luckily, one of them flagged it up after I'd only sent out one mail so I suspect a wrist slapping is as far as it gets. If it was me I'd be concerned that this is even possible because whatever blocking mechanism is employed should be so low level that it can't be bypassed by something as simple as an environment refresh (which is what I'm led to believe was the root cause).

Grim... wrote:

Objection.

On what grounds?

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 15:06

MoAR RULEZ

Tldr: own tweed, ride and sail,
Don't be a twat.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 15:24

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Objection.

On what grounds?

He's not giving you a thumbs up, he's seeing if he'll survive the fallout from a nuclear explosion.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 15:30

Grim... wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Objection.

On what grounds?

He's not giving you a thumbs up, he's seeing if he'll survive the fallout from a nuclear explosion.

It's not been answered conclusively. Either could be right.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Grim... wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Objection.

On what grounds?

He's not giving you a thumbs up, he's seeing if he'll survive the fallout from a nuclear explosion.

Objection sustained.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 15:35

Future Warrior wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Objection.

On what grounds?

He's not giving you a thumbs up, he's seeing if he'll survive the fallout from a nuclear explosion.

It's not been answered conclusively. Either could be right.

True enough, but it does fit rather well.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 15:38

Grim... wrote:

Future Warrior wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Objection.

On what grounds?

He's not giving you a thumbs up, he's seeing if he'll survive the fallout from a nuclear explosion.

It's not been answered conclusively. Either could be right.

True enough, but it does fit rather well.

I just asked the girl to dance on your behalf so maybe we'll find out soon.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Bamba wrote:

This morning someone misconfigured our UAT environment so that, instead of resolving to a dummy address, emails would actually be sent to real users. We found this out after I'd sent a test email which included a PDF of a stupid internal course completion certificate with my name and id printed on it. It's been delivered to 1400 people globally and, so far, viewed by about 1200. Amusingly, as of a change I made only yesterday, when anyone looks me up on the internal phone book, as people tend to do in these circumstances, they'll get a profile pictures that's an image of Fallout vault boy giving them a big smug thumbs up.

Lol. Now a lot of the users are panicing over this email because it looks weird and has a weird attachment so they're forwarding it to our security guys for review. And they're then beating a path to the door of the very senior guy who's name I published the mail under to ask him what he's playing at. He's really pleased about this entire situation as you can imagine.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 17:17

Haunted House of horrors. Crikey. I don't think I would enjoy that

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 17:17

Bamba wrote:

This morning someone misconfigured our UAT environment so that, instead of resolving to a dummy address, emails would actually be sent to real users. We found this out after I'd sent a test email which included a PDF of a stupid internal course completion certificate with my name and id printed on it. It's been delivered to 1400 people globally and, so far, viewed by about 1200. Amusingly, as of a change I made only yesterday, when anyone looks me up on the internal phone book, as people tend to do in these circumstances, they'll get a profile pictures that's an image of Fallout vault boy giving them a big smug thumbs up.

Lol. Now a lot of the users are panicing over this email because it looks weird and has a weird attachment so they're forwarding it to our security guys for review. And they're then beating a path to the door of the very senior guy who's name I published the mail under to ask him what he's playing at. He's really pleased about this entire situation as you can imagine.

Good work passing it over.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

Bamba wrote:

This morning someone misconfigured our UAT environment so that, instead of resolving to a dummy address, emails would actually be sent to real users. We found this out after I'd sent a test email which included a PDF of a stupid internal course completion certificate with my name and id printed on it.

Never ever ever put embarrassing data into any test environment! Always use data that won't matter if it leaks into prod, because there's always a nonzero risk of a leak.

I have an extreme example of this: a colleague used his own personal credit card to test book a one-way flight to Zurich in a UAT environment... except he was in prod, and the flight was unrefundable.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2015 17:47

Shiiiiit.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Bamba wrote:

This morning someone misconfigured our UAT environment so that, instead of resolving to a dummy address, emails would actually be sent to real users. We found this out after I'd sent a test email which included a PDF of a stupid internal course completion certificate with my name and id printed on it.

Never ever ever put embarrassing data into any test environment! Always use data that won't matter if it leaks into prod, because there's always a nonzero risk of a leak.

I'm not particularly embarrassed that people know I passed an utterly pointless and bullshit important internal course, but your point is well made.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25740

Future Warrior wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Bamba wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Objection.

On what grounds?

He's not giving you a thumbs up, he's seeing if he'll survive the fallout from a nuclear explosion.

It's not been answered conclusively. Either could be right.

Both are right. It's purposefully ambiguous. He is definitely using the thumb measure as he is holding his hand thumb out, pointing at the explosion. If you give a thumbs up you draw your hand sideways, to give the thumbs up in profile: that's not what he is doing. However, the image is presented at about 45 degrees, so from the viewers angle the gesture is almost side on, looking to US like a thumbs up.

He is also holding one eye closed, which you must do to line something in the close foreground (thumb) with something in the distance (explosion) but it is also made to look like a cheeky wink because of the smile on his face.

It's cleverly done, and is too well balanced not to be purposeful

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:40

Why did I agree to work on a Saturday?

Malc · **Posted:** Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:47

TheVision wrote:

Why did I agree to work on a Saturday?

You were young, you needed the money?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32621

Mimi wrote:

It's cleverly done, and is too well balanced not to be purposeful

The logo has been the same going back to the first Fallout game in the 90s, but this theory about measuring the sizes of mushroom clouds only seems to have appeared in the last few years. The early history of Fallout has been extensively and obsessively written about in loads of places. If the mushroom cloud thing was intentional, I think someone would have said long before now. I think it's a retcon.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

God I want This

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Oct 31, 2015 19:01

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

God I want This

Hpooo! My!

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Wife says I'm not allowed one. Plan B is engaged.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Oct 31, 2015 20:29

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Wife says I'm not allowed one. Plan B is engaged.

I love it when Beex pulls together to reach one another's goals.

I'll get the carpet and the quicklime

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