tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4835564450562271847..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: We're Professionals: Don't Try This At HomeSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-425938280630635432013-07-28T10:18:41.618-04:002013-07-28T10:18:41.618-04:00Apparently the Economic Development Administration...Apparently the Economic Development Administration never heard of The Broken Window Fallacy and thought they were spurring economic development by destroying computer equipment and buying new.Mycrofthttp://www.mycrofth4.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-79859079817501763362013-07-12T20:20:02.918-04:002013-07-12T20:20:02.918-04:00I see you're better than me. I just used a fl...I see you're better than me. I just used a flamethrower, and the roaches were back as soon as I rebuilt the kitchen.<br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-70051689840948099832013-07-12T13:52:31.353-04:002013-07-12T13:52:31.353-04:00I'd say this was an appropriate response. I me...I'd say this was an appropriate response. I mean I once found a roach in my cupboard... so I burned the neighborhood to the ground. Yep, problem solved.<br />Id-SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-14924178926013894842013-07-11T21:29:32.941-04:002013-07-11T21:29:32.941-04:00But what evidence could possibly be held in comput...<i>But what evidence could possibly be held in computer mice and monitors???</i> Nothing I can think of. But I wouldn't think to destroy the computers either. <br /><br />Re: the chips with the built-in back doors - that sounds familiar, but I'm not sure. Maybe Borepatch will comment: he's the security wizard.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-52066229791111146612013-07-11T21:26:29.565-04:002013-07-11T21:26:29.565-04:00Ever work on gubmint job? That sounds like a plau...Ever work on gubmint job? That sounds like a plausible chain of events to me. SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-9640175460186915712013-07-10T22:19:46.607-04:002013-07-10T22:19:46.607-04:00Want to know why this really happened? Speculatio...Want to know why this really happened? Speculation, of course, but...<br /><br />Someone in the chain of command of this agency who received the virus notification thought their computer was too slow and wanted a newer model. Cleaning up the infection would not have resulted in a newer, faster computer. But if you destroy all the "infected" hardware, you have to replace it...<br /><br />It may not be precisely stupid, but it still burns.TriggerFingerhttp://www.triggerfinger.org/weblog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-71738977796363833372013-07-10T21:14:39.864-04:002013-07-10T21:14:39.864-04:00But what evidence could possibly be held in comput...But what evidence could possibly be held in computer mice and monitors???<br /><br />Unless, they all had spy devices planted in them? Didn't the DoD discover the Chinese-made CPU chips in their computers had back doors built into them last year?<br /><br />Pwnerific.Blog Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294787592544255585noreply@blogger.com