Ask TOMBOT

take some business classes about project management and engineering econ!

learn you some IRR

have you ever seen any really awesome secret things in your work. please rate the awesomeness on a scale of 1-10. also please do the same w/disturbing. thx

I have seen some stuff that was really awesome. I would say an 8.
The stuff I find most disturbing in my work is not really a secret and mostly has to do with criminal cases, corruption and/or widespread waste of tax $$$. I would say probably a 6 at the highest though since I've heard much more terrifying shit from real private sector folks especially at the big auditing and consultancy businesses.

OB from Korea is actually pretty good

yes!

csi vs law and order?

CI vs. SVU vs OG

what human character trait do you most despise?

I'll break it down.

CSI (og) vs L&O (og): CSI, easy. Original L&O not nearly nerdy enough and I have developed strong antipathy for Sam Waterston over the years. I also have a crush on at least half the cast of CSI including the black dude.

Miami vs SVU : if we take the spinoffs in chronological order this is the next logical matchup but to me it's simply no contest. Sorry SVU, you're moving down a weight class.

NY vs SVU : Gary Sinise is clearly phoning it in here. OTOH, so is Ice-T. The belt goes to Hargitay over Kararnakiesideezits even though I will never be able to get over Meloni as the chef of Camp Firewood (teacher of the New Way, fondler of sweaters and owner of dick cream).

Miami vs CI : This is a tough one. I liked Cochrane a lot but his character got killed. I thought Noth was boring until he started teaming up with Alicia Witt (smash). Boti Bliss (smash) doesn't show up enough on Miami. D'Onofrio's schtick took some getting used to but hasn't gotten old like Caruso's has. If Khandi Alexander wasn't on Miami, this wouldn't even be a real question, actually.

So in the end it looks like L&O 2-1 over CSI. Really that should be more of a draw, though, since I'll often watch something else over either svu or ny, making it 1-1.

what human character trait do you most despise?

The herd instinct.

what cat character trait do you most despise?

Their thorough disregard for the tidiness of anything but their own hair.

lol, so true

who will win, usa or china?

best games for ps2?

who will win, usa or china?

Mars will be ours.

what brand of battery do you use? or are you rechargeable

tombot what is your favorite:

song
album
movie
actor
sandwich
kind of sock
continent
animal
planet

you know who i hate on csi is that hipster creep who is always partnered up with emily procter.

is he the new detective? that guy has made the show unwatchable.

tombro, not a funny or particularly inspired question, but i might pick up a wii soon. what are your five must have games?

Which is better?

New York - LA
Edirol - Presonus
VA - MD
Pro Tools - Logic
Nocturbulous Behaviour - Journey to the Martian Polar Cap
Alice - Maude

Which is greater threat?

Water - Oil

wow seriously I have some questions of my own now I think

1. wtf yall think I am the guy to ask these questions of, I just ban ppl
and make the angry at cunts
2. who is laxalt

best games for ps2?

Dragon Quest VIII
Rogue Galaxy
probably FF XII
I'm also enjoying Front Mission 4 at the moment
the Katamari games were also a lot of fun as I recall but you can kind of beat both of them in like three days

what brand of battery do you use? or are you rechargeable

I'm a copper topper. I used to go for el cheapo stuff until I woke up one day and like 6 crucial input devices in my house all used Bluetooth

what is your favorite:

song

oh man I have no idea

album

seriously no idea at all

movie

can't do it

actor

tie between jimmy stewart and owen wilson

sandwich

free

kind of sock

I have a ton of timberland crew socks in various colors that I picked up at OMG in manhattan like three years ago and I wear those pretty much every day. For weekend laziness I also have some of those nobbly ones with the tread pads on the bottom, I think possibly from ll bean or something. They don't make the timberland socks anymore so I'm going to have to find something else when these start wearing out.

continent

I like Europe. My favorite place in Europe is probably the Frankfurt Airport, though.

animal

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/1332573471_10ab231160_m.jpg

planet

Earth, I haven't been able to visit any other ones, also I heard you can't smoke anywhere else

I'll bite

Which is better?

New York - LA NY by miles duh
Edirol - Presonus don't use either
VA - MD virginia still lets you smoke in bars
Pro Tools - Logic don't use either
Nocturbulous Behaviour - Journey to the Martian Polar Cap C) Jeff Mills Live In Tokyo
Alice - Maude Maude is a much more interesting snapshot of America in its respective time frame and kind of amazing to think that it was ever a popular television show.

Which is greater threat?

Water - Oil Oil can't give you dysentery.

http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=19059

^ will this be good

TOMBOT otm re Maude -except for the great Vic Tayback, Alice was pretty much unwatchable.

^ will this be good

looks like they hired two separate developers, one to make the ps360+pc versions and another to make the ds/wii/ps2 versions. in neither case does the dev company have a track record of note. bargain bin.

is he the new detective?

yeah, speedle's replacement, played by jonathan togo. I don't mind him much but he's definitely no speedle (just ask eric delko lol)

tombro, not a funny or particularly inspired question, but i might pick up a wii soon. what are your five must have games?

Excite Truck
Twilight Princess
Sports
Pending
Pending

(metroid was eh. I'm just not an fps guy)

you know who i hate on csi is that hipster creep who is always partnered up with emily procter.

Can't stand the no-neck Henry Rollins preppy. Reminds me of an old boss I had.

(Lego SW complete saga hasn't shown up in the mail yet)
(Want: Fire Emblem, Power Pro Baseball, SMG obv)
(I am downgrading mario + sonic olympics to "only if I can find it for >=$20" based on mario party 8 sucking)

i'm gonna rent excite truck now. thanks!

is metroid for wii all first-person shootery like the one for gamecube? that was dnw for me (OG metroid is my favorite)

is metroid for wii all first-person shootery like the one for gamecube?

yes exactly + the wiimote does not help as much as I thought it would

1. wtf yall think I am the guy to ask these questions of

its due to the appearance of the ask tombot thread

2. who is laxalt

dont know

q: could you plz crown the new ilc mods thx i love cricket new mod request thread

is MIS compeltely worthless if your greatest programming feat was to make the logo turtle spell out bad words?

is MIS compeltely worthless if your greatest programming feat was to make the logo turtle spell out bad words?

-- bnw, Friday, November 16, 2007 3:13 PM (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

my favorite was changing video modes to make people think the monitor was taking a photo

are you referring to a Master's in Information Science degree?
I would say completely worthless, period, but YMMV out west.
Them shits is a dime a dozen around here.

management information systems in this case, it'd be an emphasis area for an mba. Like the business end of IT.

I dunno. I'd probably pick anything but that. They tend to be really non-technical to the point of uselessness (cf CISSP above)

Tombot do you remember that Halloween episode of Punky Brewster where Punky goes into the spooky cave and encounters an enormous spider?

That was a Halloween episode?

If it wasn't, it was certainly as spooky as one!!!

No.

I remember the episode of Captain Caveman where they out a soviet spy by triggering his military reflex to come to attention when somebody says "attention" in russian. So dumb.

hey tom thanks for taking our questions first time poster long time reader here

is there any 8-bit animation tool for mac? like if i wanna make nes looking little movies. i mean i could do it in flash but i dont really wanna. later tho ill probably want to convert it to flash.

thx

well no there's no 8-bit applications for macintosh, I believe even the Lisa ran on motorola's 68000 which is 32 bit. but for two-dimensional animation of any sort I believe toonboom.com is your go-to. hope that helps.

dear tom,
1. rank the hershey's traditional assorted bag: mr goodbar; hershey bar; special dark; and krackel.
2. where's the best beach youve ever been to in the world?
3. should i move to SF in october 08?
4. do you believe in god?
5. im not even gonna pretend i understand computers
6. whats your all-time favorite ILX thread?
7. you like obama right?

ill think of 13 more tomorrow?

yr 4-eva bro,
pete

Dear TB,

Big Endian or Little Endian?

Sincerely,
JR & Teh Bs

1. rank the hershey's traditional assorted bag: mr goodbar; hershey bar; special dark; and krackel.

1. special dark (manly)
2. krackel
3. hershey bar
4. mr. goodbar (don't like peanuts).

2. where's the best beach youve ever been to in the world?

This is just like the movie/song/album questions. Probably Amelia Island, GA. Never been to any beaches in California! I have been to Normandy, though, and you can still see the shapes of craters in the ground.

3. should i move to SF in october 08?

Didn't you already decide to do that a while ago? Or is this more of a permanent thing than just one year or whatever? If you did I would be pretty jealous. Which means you should do it.

4. do you believe in god?

Sometimes I kind of wish I did.

5. im not even gonna pretend i understand computers

That's okay! The world would probably be better if less people did.

6. whats your all-time favorite ILX thread?

I think the one where slocki put peanut m&ms in the toaster oven. I laughed and laughed.

7. you like obama right?

see upthread! this has been addressed!

Do you prefer it when other people recommend books for you, or you recommend books for others?

Also, if you were in a film, who would play you?

Big Endian or Little Endian?

Whatever gets the job done. Asking for directions to my gate in German? Little Endian. Practically everything else? Big Endian. I am built with switchable hardware.

The new look in 2018 is BATIK

I bought almost a dozen of them at the Petronas Towers gift shop last month. Many coworkers are looking very fashionable as a result.

I'm thinking braided leather, kinda boloish

I’m thinking you’re on a path to destruction

tombot what would the DoD do if the president ordered it to cease planning for/wasting money on climate change? just ignore it?

Like squeezing jello. I’m challenged to think of the right wording of the order that would have to come down to make the entire defense apparatus pivot towards spending more money on fuel instead of spending less

especially since Mattis has a DEPSECDEF who has made a priority of running an actual audit of DoD expenditures

Has anything really changed since this? https://taskandpurpose.com/mattis-pentagon-ignoring-trumps-mandate-treat-climate-change-hoax/

ah, ty

Tombot is this bad or expected or both https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/us/politics/hackers-pentagon-weapons-systems.html

both and also the GAO is fond of completely ignoring defense-in-depth practices whenever they do an infused audit

PS the GAO's in-house daycare is called "tiny findings" which I love

infosec audit, that is - fuck you, autocorrect

“tiny findings”

i love that

say i've found a procurement on https://www.fpds.gov/ that i'd like to know more details about. i have an "Award ID" and "Referenced IDV ID". is there some way i can read the original call for proposals, or winning bid? or just anything more than a bunch of mailing addresses and vendor identifies?

Have you tried ducking around on fedbizopps.gov?

They archive a lot of stuff there IIRC

Tombot, I have been reading this book and was wondering if you have as well, or have any thoughts on the events documented


https://www.amazon.com/Sandworm-Cyberwar-Kremlins-Dangerous-Hackers/dp/0385544405

I have the book but haven’t cracked it. The part where Rob Lee from Dragos finagled a sample of the malware from ESET so he could get the scoop on them has already generated some controversy in “the community”

tombot will you ever do some new cartoons of ilx posts

I no longer have a boring job where I can get away with using Visio to put word bubble captions on top of carefully curated internet images for most of the day. That presents a significant barrier to my creative process.

alas! i liked those

This revive has caused my 2020s to begin on a very sad and happy note. I can’t believe this thread has almost a thousand answers. And I hate, hate, hate nostalgia.

what up son happy new year you old fart

I apologize for asking that and then promptly _forgetting to bookmark the thread_ leading me to believe my question was not addressed!

I feel like the internal politics of the analysis/CVE community was mostly left out of the text, probably for the better.

what up son happy new year you old fart