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It seemed to me he spoke of it derisively.-Deozaan (July 02, 2017, 04:01 PM)
Also came across a video of Varoufakis being interviewed about the book by a Swedish TV interviewer.thanks for this-IainB (July 01, 2017, 05:56 AM)
No proponent of ... quantitative easingthis thread is no place for debate, (and all I know about this guy is this interview), but he appears to agree with it @ 3:23 of that video:-IainB (July 01, 2017, 05:56 AM)
ExPetr-Petya-NotPetya is a Wiper, Not Ransomware-Arizona Hot (June 30, 2017, 02:23 PM)
Thycotic's cyber security and digital forensics expert, Joseph Carson, has an alternative theory: the motive behind Wannacry was effectively insider trading following currency manipulation. Bitcoin was the real target.
If he is right, it explains the efficiency of the attack (the primary motive) and the inefficiency of the ransom collection (which was neither part of nor important to the plan).
Talking to SecurityWeek, Carson explained that one common theory on the value of Bitcoin is an application of Metcalfe's Law. Metcalfe's law states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2) (Wikipedia). Giovanni Santostasi, chief scientific officer at DeepWave and Fountain Health Technologies, has applied this to Bitcoin: "The exponential growth is driven by one factor only, not millions. The rate of adoption. Period. In fact there is a strong correlation (R2 = 0.82) between number of users and price."
This is Carson's starting point. If you want to manipulate Bitcoin value, he told SecurityWeek, you cause a sudden increase in the number of users. This is most easily measured by the number of Bitcoin wallets in existence. A global ransomware outbreak, demanding payment by Bitcoin, would certainly have such an effect: both direct victims and judicious organizations are likely to obtain wallets.
Hmm... I remember learning about the various kinds of clouds in grade school. But I don't recall them mentioning mammatocumulus. Or maybe I was too young at the time to know about or make the connection to mammaries and my teacher neglected to point it out. I only remember a couple of the clouds we learned about, and I'm sure knowing one was named after "boobies" would have made it much more memorable to an immature ~8-10 year old's mind.-Deozaan (June 27, 2017, 11:04 AM)
from Pecos Hank,-tomos (January 11, 2017, 08:37 AM)
Look at the huge motive on the building in the back; Ukraine's Coat of arms all over:-Curt (June 23, 2017, 05:51 PM)
What things sound like in different languages: The art of James Chapman.
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More here -> http://chapmangamo.tumblr.com/-Edvard (September 25, 2014, 01:22 AM)
well... search engines are supposed to allow you to find what you're looking for with any string found in the actual text...
Seems the search engine for this forum is very poor--or I don't know how to use it...-sba (June 23, 2017, 04:44 AM)
Baby orangutan wants to play and mother says no:-mouser (June 22, 2017, 05:02 PM)
Video: TED Talks - Tim Ferriss (13:21min.)
WHY YOU SHOULD DEFINE YOUR FEARS INSTEAD OF YOUR GOALS
https://embed.ted.co...stead_of_your_goals#-IainB (June 19, 2017, 03:30 AM)
I need some advice please.
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Thanks for any suggestions.-skywalka (June 11, 2017, 04:49 AM)
But press Win+Z didn't take me anywhere... strange.-sun1991 (June 21, 2017, 02:03 AM)
More Aomei experiences [Aomei Partition Manager]:
I wanted to delete a partition; incorporate the freed-up space into 'C'; then divide 'C' into three partitions:
[C | Data | Partition-with-space-for-one-backup-image]
Aomei Partition Assistant:
# I created a boot usb-flash-drive (it's Win PE)
# on a laptop with three partitions (one a miniscule one with some Dell tools), I:
- deleted the 12GB 'Recovery' partition
- I then had to *move* (and resize) the 'C partition so as it would take over the now unallocated space (this was slow: I had to use an 'up' arrow to increase the size of 'C')
At this stage I rebooted: everything was fine so I created a new 'System image' using Aomei Backerupper
I then booted again with Aomei Partition and:
- split 'C' into two partitions
- then split the newly made partition into two partitions
[..] worked fine-tomos (August 02, 2015, 12:20 PM)
[..] So I didn't worry about the issue when posting it. [..]-Arizona Hot (June 19, 2017, 03:58 PM)
Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment-Arizona Hot (June 19, 2017, 04:18 PM)
Video: TED Talks - Tim Ferriss (13:21min.)
WHY YOU SHOULD DEFINE YOUR FEARS INSTEAD OF YOUR GOALS
https://embed.ted.co...stead_of_your_goals#
[..]
Tim Ferriss video notes:
He bought a book on "simplicity", which held the quote:
@05:20 He gave the quote: "We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." - Seneca the younger.
Which led to" Prememdiatio malorum" (the pre-meditation of evils).
Which led him to develop :fear-setting".
@06:00 He describes "Fear-Setting" (Goal-setting, but for FEARS). [@10:20 He does it once a quarter-year.]
3-pages of analysis
Page 1: What if I ,,,? (list of fears causing procrastination of action steps)
Define: (the worst things/events you can imagine happening if you take that first step).
Prevent: (what could be done to prevent each fered event feared, or devrease its likelihood).
Repair: (if the worst-case scenarios eventuated, what could be done to repair the damage?Key: conside who are the likely people who have had to deal with such events and have useful experience of same and that you could learn from?)
Page 2: What might be the benefits of an attempt or partial success? (the upsides)
Page 3:
The Cost of Inaction (doing nothing).
(Emotionally, Physically, Financially, etc.)
6 months-------- 1 year -------- 3 years
If one avoids the action for these periods, then what might be the result - what might one's life look like after those periods?
[..] quote: "Easy choices - hard life. Hard choices - easy life."-IainB (June 19, 2017, 03:30 AM)
Father Ted Series 1 Episode 1 - Dead Parrot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAMsPEiSLyY-panzer (June 19, 2017, 10:01 AM)
This Android smartphone has 132GB of storage - and it’s under $150 right now-Arizona Hot (June 17, 2017, 01:50 AM)
The stimulant in question [..]-Stephen66515 (June 17, 2017, 07:15 AM)
The North Face: Alex Honnold - El Sendero Luminoso:-panzer (June 14, 2017, 05:46 AM)