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  1. 4 hours ago, Doc Holliday said:

    I wonder if certain company moves to green energy, looking at you apple, is a pivot to help minimize their risk/dependence on municipal power supplies?

    I've consulted for a number of ERCOT Power Gen and TDSPs for ICS/SCADA security in the past. After I noticed a reoccurring trend (incompetence) in the industry I started looking into going off the grid for electricity. Ideally, I would like to be on solar with Tesla batteries, propane and well. I already have two of those so just need the solar.

    On a sidenote, my father's ranch is outside of Victoria, TX and he was able to survive through Harvey fairly comfortable due to living mostly off the grid.

     

  2. 25 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    this is a national security issue.  if/when we engage in a war with russia, china, nork, iran, our way of life will change overnight.  you can bet your ass those governments already have trojans in all of the major infrastructure systems to shut shit down at the click of a button.  what will all the insecure moms do without facebook?  what the fuck am i going to do without google maps traffic notifications and porn?????????

     

    wont something think of the humanity?????

    I still have a stack of Playboy magazines so I am good.

  3. 3 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

    I got used to the cold after about 1 winter up there since the temperature doesn’t fluctuate a lot. Enjoyed chopping firewood and running a wood stove. 

    I liked Saratoga Springs because it was about 30k people and generally had no traffic (except on big horse racing days in the summer). There were a lot of outdoors stuff to do year round. Albany was about 45-60 minutes away if you wanted to go to a big city.

    I have a friend in Seneca Falls. I visited once after traveling to Syracuse for work but that was in June. We used to fish a lot together here before he moved to NY. He said I should come back for ice fishing. I said this place is nice but I'm not coming up here in the winter.I  assume Saratoga Springs is similar to Seneca Falls.

    Something most people don't realize is there are legitimate red necks in NY.

  4. 8 minutes ago, Doc Holliday said:

    Yes, we leverage them for the 24/7 SOC aspects.  Much of the work we will need to do will occur during off-hours so we don't impact day to day business. We will see what they do. 

    I've worked with them before and had no major complaints, but, we also had a pretty good security team already in place and they were extra and a built in part of the contract.

    That's the way it should be done. Having a good security team in place is critical. I usually tell management that an MSSP can be an efficient staff multiplier but you need a knowledgeable FTE to manage your provider.

  5. 7 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

    It’s great in the summer. Decent fishing, kayaking, boating, etc all around.

    Yeah, the Summer sounds good. I just don't deal with Winter very well. Shit, even the Texas winters get to me. I can't imagine only having 8 hours of daylight. I once spent two weeks in Omaha, Nebraska for work in February and I was going stir crazy. LOL I was just thinking I can usually handle a 5 day ski trip at the max but that's usually accompanied with copious amounts of alcohol. I think living up north would drive me to drinking.

  6. 3 minutes ago, Doc Holliday said:

    I agree.  In one of my projects, we are going to impact Secureworks as they are a leveraged provider.   I am pushing to NOT communicate with them to see what they do, how they respond, and if they are actually worthwhile as a litmus test.

    That's not a bad idea. It will expose any gaps that exist. Then you will get to see if it was your org or Secureworks dropped the ball. Personally, I think they are a decent supplement for organizations without a 24/7 SOC and if they are properly instructed by the customer on a regular basis. The key is they are a supplement and not a replacement.

  7. 1 minute ago, Schulz2.0 said:

    Lived in Saratoga Springs for several years. It’s a really nice place. It sucks in some ways in the dead of winter. You only get about 8 hours of daylight at the solstice and it generally just stays cold. Lots of ticks and Lyme disease though.

    This sounds like a hellscape to me.

  8. 1 hour ago, zork said:

     

    This is a key statement and applies to the contractor employer relationship as well.  If you aren't being clear what is expected then you aren't going to get what you need out of your contractor.

    I would add that this also applies to Managed Security Service Providers too. I've had many clients that use Secureworks as their primary DFIR program. 80% of the time they are using Secureworks or some other MSS provider out of the box with no customization. Basically paying a good chunk of change for useless email alerts and the occasional phone call because they think the MSSP is on top of things.

  9. 7 hours ago, longhorndude said:

     


    Exactly he’s not a businessman, he’s at best a con man snake oil salesman.

    I suspect like most con men he lacks actual wealth but just manages to continuously juggle debt as he moves from victim to victim. He is an economic vampire.

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  10. On 4/7/2018 at 2:45 PM, TwiceHorn said:

    How does this draft thing work in these leagues? We had Y leagues where the teams were divvied up by elementary school and with an eye to parity. 

     

    The Chamber of Commerce teams were similarly divvied up (school if feasible or groups of nearby schools). 

    Seems harsh to subject preteens to cuts/drafts/talent evaluations. 

    - Tryouts/evaluations - Not mandatory but if you don't attend you are ineligible for all star selection. This rule keeps coaches from sand bagging talented new players. I am really not sure how you evenly distribute talent without evaluations.

    - Draft sequence based on drawing

    - Draft, first 2 rounds the assistant coaches kids are protected, after 2nd round anyone can draft them. It happens. A few years ago my youngest was drafted over an assistant coaches kids in the first round and another team picked up the AC's kid. Caused a major headache.

    - Post draft horse trading.

    The two events I hate the most is draft time and All Star selection, especially All Star selection.

    This mom always shows up.

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  11. 11 minutes ago, angelos's frog said:

    Probably too scared of the Mexican to move down here.  The fact that brown people are showing up in the midwest now is what has everyone up there freaked out.

    Actually, the guys I met were ok with it. They took me to Mexican place for lunch in a very authentic Mexican neighborhood. I swear it felt like I was eating lunch at a place on the Southside in San Antonio. It was like they carved out a piece of San Antonio and transplanted it in Ohio. The guys were very grateful for the introduction of new food and culture. Granted, these were college education CS majors in their 20's not 40 something year old steel workers.

    I really didn't understand their reason for staying but it was some type of obligation to family and Company mindset. There seemed to be a cradle to grave type loyalty to the company they worked at, very weird.

  12. 9 hours ago, mulletpelini said:

    I bet if you live in Ohio you probably don't think the US is all that great.

    Depends.

    I was at lunch with some customers in Canton a few years ago. Two of them were young guys in their 20's. They asked me a billion questions about Austin. It was like we were in a post-apocalyptic movie and I was visiting from the utopian safe zone that required a journey through a zombie infested wasteland to reach.

    I told them they had really good skill sets and could easily find work in Austin. Why not move? Their attitudes were very fatalistic, people born in Canton were meant to live in Canton, they said. They did say they would love to visit Austin one day.

    Shit was just sad.

  13. 12 hours ago, PhillyD said:

    Are they really going to get 100K?  Sorry, not in TX, and I know they are delusional, but if they get 100K, the delusion is going to bring some serious lulz

    Oh, they will be there.

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  14. On 4/4/2018 at 3:26 PM, nineliveslost said:

    I work with an aggy married couple (male / female) . They have a fantastic memory of convenience, mixed with selectively piecing together wins that would boggle the best con man.  On top of it all they both throw off a creepy vibe...real creepy

    I'll wager they are into an "alternative lifestyle" that involves the aggy wife performing sexual acts with another man in front of the aggy husband.

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