Non-IT News Thread

Dashrender

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Carrie Fisher: Star Wars actress 'suffers heart attack'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38423963

Just read this before. She seems like a really down to earth person. Hope she turns out okay

I've met her close to a dozen times.. other than the very first time (she was totally wasted/hangover) at SDCC 2006, she was totally cool. She really likes what the 501st did for charities, etc.

scottalanmiller

Latest scuttlebutt from Twitter is that she has stabilized.

scottalanmiller

http://www.businessinsider.com/dallas-trinity-river-park-project-2016-12

scottalanmiller

Russia flight out of Sochi just disappeared from radar. No details yet.

scottalanmiller

Looks to be a Syria bound military transport.

Russian plane 'disappears from radar' near Sochi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430164

scottalanmiller

Debris was just found in the Black Sea.

scottalanmiller

Super typhoon Nock-Ten threatens Philippines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38429514

scottalanmiller

2016 continues....

Ex-Wham! singer George Michael dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862

scottalanmiller

German evacuation for WW2 bomb disposal in Augsburg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430671

thwr

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

German evacuation for WW2 bomb disposal in Augsburg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38430671

1.800kg (that's a very huge bomb), 54.000 people evacuated.

Pictures:

wirestyle22

Amazon Echo key witness in murder. Should be interesting how they go through this legally for whatever audio files were recorded.

http://uproxx.com/technology/amazon-echo-murder-case/

Dashrender

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Amazon Echo key witness in murder. Should be interesting how they go through this legally for whatever audio files were recorded.

http://uproxx.com/technology/amazon-echo-murder-case/

Ok this post along freaks me out - what did the dieing person yell Alexa! while being attacked so the thing would wake and record?

Dashrender

OK so no real info in that post yet... it will be interesting to find out what information is obtainable for amazon?

I heard that Samsung TV's were constantly streaming the audio it hears to some third party.. that's why that POS is NOT connected to the internet. It was long enough to get the latest updates as of my install date, and unplugged after that!

Texkonc

Wireshark it when idle then block 3rd party.

Texkonc

Alexa! I have been shot, send help

Danp

Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher dies at 60

http://ew.com/movies/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-dies-60/

thanksajdotcom

@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:

Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher dies at 60

http://ew.com/movies/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-dies-60/

I was just about to post this...

Danp

@thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:

I was just about to post this...

Crazy number of famous people dying in 2016.

wirestyle22

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

Amazon Echo key witness in murder. Should be interesting how they go through this legally for whatever audio files were recorded.

http://uproxx.com/technology/amazon-echo-murder-case/

Ok this post along freaks me out - what did the dieing person yell Alexa! while being attacked so the thing would wake and record?

Apparently it reads through any speech and only responds to specific commands. It could have recordings that are in a log somewhere rejected by it

wirestyle22

@Danp said in Non-IT News Thread:

Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher dies at 60

http://ew.com/movies/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-dies-60/

Very sad about this. She seemed like a great lady. Huge part of my childhood.