Comment Re:Can the F-35 do anything on time and budget? (Score 1) 56
I know it is easy to rag on the F-35, but in the last 75 years, has any high performance aircraft been "on time and on budget and on mission"?
Comment Newsworthy? (Score 1) 67
Isn't this like a once a month thing across Europe?
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Submission + - An Online Group Says It's Behind a Campus Swatting Wave (nytimes.com)
schwit1 writes: Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and airports, though their claims are unverified. Such false emergency calls have disrupted campus life in recent days.
An online group said that it was behind a number of recent hoax emergency calls that drew a heavy law enforcement response to college campuses across the United States and were timed to coincide with the start of the school year.
The group, which calls itself Purgatory, highlighted news media coverage of the recent hoaxes in a public-facing channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service often used by criminals.
The online group is suspected of being connected to several of the episodes, including reports of shootings, according to cybersecurity experts, law enforcement agencies and the group members’ own posts in a social media chat. The group’s claims could not be independently verified.
Federal authorities previously connected the same network to a series of bomb scares and bogus shooting reports in early 2024, for which three men pleaded guilty this year.
The spreading of false reports — a practice known as swatting — is intended to sow fear and chaos at educational and governmental institutions, as well as commercial places. Some swatting episodes have focused on the homes of politicians and other famous people.
An online group said that it was behind a number of recent hoax emergency calls that drew a heavy law enforcement response to college campuses across the United States and were timed to coincide with the start of the school year.
The group, which calls itself Purgatory, highlighted news media coverage of the recent hoaxes in a public-facing channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service often used by criminals.
The online group is suspected of being connected to several of the episodes, including reports of shootings, according to cybersecurity experts, law enforcement agencies and the group members’ own posts in a social media chat. The group’s claims could not be independently verified.
Federal authorities previously connected the same network to a series of bomb scares and bogus shooting reports in early 2024, for which three men pleaded guilty this year.
The spreading of false reports — a practice known as swatting — is intended to sow fear and chaos at educational and governmental institutions, as well as commercial places. Some swatting episodes have focused on the homes of politicians and other famous people.
Comment Re:Impact on Rochester itself? (Score 1) 109
Not nearly as much as it used to be. Kodak Park is mainly a ghost town now.
Comment Re:Explain to me again (Score 1) 81
And, of course, the US medical system once again shows the implicit problems with the complexity of the network of middlemen that "manage" heath care by adding overhead to the system to line their own pockets.
You think other palces are immune?
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/te...
Barcelona
https://apnews.com/article/bar...
Germany
https://www.scmagazine.com/bri...
France
https://www.bleepingcomputer.c...
You think other palces are immune?
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/te...
Barcelona
https://apnews.com/article/bar...
Germany
https://www.scmagazine.com/bri...
France
https://www.bleepingcomputer.c...
Comment Ridiculous weight limit (Score 1) 301
1.6 tonnes is 3,527 lbs.
Would you consider a Mini Cooper Countryman ALL4 to be a "heavy SUV"? 3,545 lbs
Would you consider a Mini Cooper Countryman ALL4 to be a "heavy SUV"? 3,545 lbs
Comment Re:Tell us when Belarus has this. (Score 2) 50
Business plan:
1. Move to Belarus
2. Get drafted to fight for the Belorussian/Russian Army.
1. Move to Belarus
2. Get drafted to fight for the Belorussian/Russian Army.
Submission + - Cats Migrated with Humans All Over the World (sciencedaily.com)
guest reader writes: Nearly 10,000 years ago, humans settling in the Fertile Crescent, the areas of the Middle East surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made the first switch from hunter-gatherers to farmers. They developed close bonds with the rodent-eating cats that conveniently served as ancient pest-control in society’s first civilizations.
A new study at the University of Missouri found this lifestyle transition for humans was the catalyst that sparked the world’s first domestication of cats, and as humans began to travel the world, they brought their new feline friends along with them.
While horses and cattle have seen various domestication events caused by humans in different parts of the world at various times, her analysis of feline genetics in the study strongly supports the theory that cats were likely first domesticated only in the Fertile Crescent before migrating with humans all over the world. After feline genes are passed down to kittens throughout generations, the genetic makeup of cats in western Europe, for example, is now far different from cats in southeast Asia, a process known as 'isolation by distance.'
Lyons, who has researched feline genetics for more than 30 years, said studies like this also support her broader research goal of using cats as a biomedical model to study genetic diseases that impact both cats and people, such as polycystic kidney disease, blindness and dwarfism.
In a 2021 study, Lyons and colleagues found that the cat's genomic structure is more similar to humans than nearly any other non-primate mammal.
A new study at the University of Missouri found this lifestyle transition for humans was the catalyst that sparked the world’s first domestication of cats, and as humans began to travel the world, they brought their new feline friends along with them.
While horses and cattle have seen various domestication events caused by humans in different parts of the world at various times, her analysis of feline genetics in the study strongly supports the theory that cats were likely first domesticated only in the Fertile Crescent before migrating with humans all over the world. After feline genes are passed down to kittens throughout generations, the genetic makeup of cats in western Europe, for example, is now far different from cats in southeast Asia, a process known as 'isolation by distance.'
Lyons, who has researched feline genetics for more than 30 years, said studies like this also support her broader research goal of using cats as a biomedical model to study genetic diseases that impact both cats and people, such as polycystic kidney disease, blindness and dwarfism.
In a 2021 study, Lyons and colleagues found that the cat's genomic structure is more similar to humans than nearly any other non-primate mammal.
Comment Re:everyone that does this (Score 2) 98
This is far more than just "calling the police".
The criminals called the police and gave them: "an emergency call purporting to come from a minor child reporting that her parents had been drinking and shooting guns inside the minor's home."
All the police have to go on is there are armed, drunk people, threatening a minor child.
The police will respond accordingly.
The perps knew exactly what buttons to push to get the maximum response.
The criminals called the police and gave them: "an emergency call purporting to come from a minor child reporting that her parents had been drinking and shooting guns inside the minor's home."
All the police have to go on is there are armed, drunk people, threatening a minor child.
The police will respond accordingly.
The perps knew exactly what buttons to push to get the maximum response.
Comment Re:Real ID fails the 'Whats in it for me test' (Score 1) 145
Ask anyone in the US who uses a pre-paid phone number how their banks application is going.
We have prepaid TracFones. My spouse just got a car loan 3 weeks ago. So....
We have prepaid TracFones. My spouse just got a car loan 3 weeks ago. So....
Comment new rules? (Score 0) 74
"...posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law..."
So, just continuing the previous guys efforts.
So, just continuing the previous guys efforts.
Comment fixed-price deal (Score 4, Insightful) 138
More govt contracts should be done like this.
Comment Ethanol (Score 4, Funny) 26
It's what plants crave!
Comment Re:3000 pounds (Score 2) 155
Would you consider a Mini Cooper to be 'massive'?
Curb weight for a 2022 4 dr Mini is only 100 lbs under that 3,000 lb limit.
Curb weight for a 2022 4 dr Mini is only 100 lbs under that 3,000 lb limit.
Comment Apple Already Sold Everyone an iPhone (Score 2, Insightful) 113
Not 'everyone'.
My ecosystem remains gleefully Apple free.
My ecosystem remains gleefully Apple free.
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