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Change Your Life?

On By JohnIn amusing, outdoorsLeave a comment

An avid sportsman and hunter, Tim decided to tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend.

One evening, not long after the honeymoon, he was getting his equipment ready for an upcoming hunting trip. His wife was standing there at the bench watching him.

After a long period of silence, she finally said, “Honey, I’ve been thinking, now that we’re married I think it’s time you quit hunting, shooting, hand-loading, and fishing. Maybe you should sell your guns and boat.”

Tim had a horrified look on his face.

She asked him, “Darling, what’s wrong?”

Tim replied cautiously, “You were beginning to sound like my ex-wife.”

“Ex wife!” she screamed, “I didn’t know you were married before!”

“I wasn’t,” Tim replied.

Range Day

On By JohnIn firearms, outdoorsLeave a comment

Rather than go spend money, we gave thanks in our own way: with a range day! Here’s my brother firing my 50 caliber flintlock…at 240 FPS.

Edit: Looks like Tumblr’s video parser re-encodes for lower bandwidth. See the clearer, 720p HD version over on YouTube.

Unclear on the Concept: Enterprise Security

On By JohnIn security, sysadmin, workLeave a comment

So, the security organization says, “We need you to give us your root passwords so we scan your systems to see if they’re vulnerable to root exploits.”

“Just so I understand: you want the root passwords, so you can log in as root, to see if you can find exploits that would allow you to log in as root without a password.”

“Yes.”

“If your goal is to get root without a password, then, by all means, start your attack. But I can’t give you the root password.“

“You’re not a team player and you’re not cooperating with our efforts! We’re going to HR!”

“Here, let me get you their phone number…”

25 years in the industry and, so far, not one detected security incident.

RVs and Wind

On By JohnIn travel, vehiclesLeave a comment

On the highway, it’s one thing.

But when you’re living in a 42-foot long, 13-foot high, 14,000 pound house on wheels that’s parked broadside to a 40mph wind, it’s something else altogether.

The good news is that while traveling, these things are under constant gale and quake conditions.

Be careful opening your doors though!