The DMZ

Usually lightning takes the least path of resistance i.e. the tallest object around, but if it follows large snowflakes to the ground you can get hit by lightning just walking around in a snowstorm

Mark Buffalo

That's some freaky stuff

Why doesn't it do that for water?

TildalWave

@DavidFreitag well he was driving, in a car, which is basically a Faraday cage....

David Freitag

Yup and you can get ball lightning which is really cool looking

Mark Buffalo

I've seen a few instances of Ball lightning

David Freitag

@TildalWave So it's not immediately life threatening, but he will need to exit his vehicle at some point

Mark Buffalo

9:36 PM

Ball rainbow, triple rainbows, the end of the rainbow, moonbows, etc

David Freitag

@MarkBuffalo The moon vomits rainbows?

Mark Buffalo

Google it. Sometimes you can literally see a rainbow from the moonlight

Saw that in the middle of Nevada

TildalWave

@DavidFreitag OK, don't do that if a ball lightning took fancy for your car

David Freitag

Mark Buffalo

lol

TildalWave

9:38 PM

@MarkBuffalo you mean the moon dogs?

Mark Buffalo

For some reason that reminds me of the Pringles guy meeting hitler and rainbows... and merging into a jumbo hitler cloud.

@TildalWave TING BU DONG

(I don't understand)

David Freitag

fucking eyelash in my eye

Mark Buffalo

@DavidFreitag Can't drive during thundersnow?

TildalWave

@MarkBuffalo apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130126.html

Mark Buffalo

@TildalWave Nope, that's a halo

I've seen that before, but no... not that.

David Freitag

9:40 PM

@MarkBuffalo Sure you can, like @Tilda said you car is a faraday cage. This basically means that if your car is hit by lightning the metal chassis will allow the electrons to flow around you without causing much harm

TildalWave

@MarkBuffalo yes but there's fringe diffraction,... with.... rainbows!!

Ohnana

@DavidFreitag this sounds like troll science

Mark Buffalo

@TildalWave s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/b1/23/…

David Freitag

@Ohnana Top Gear proved it

Ohnana

i don't know enough about physics to call you all bullshitters :P

David Freitag

9:41 PM

Richard Hammond struck by lightning in car - Top Gear - BBC

nice

@MarkBuffalo nice

Friend of mine killed a dog because of lightning

David Freitag

(Warning: May cause an epileptic event)

Mark Buffalo

She got hit by lightning while petting the dog... and fried him. literally

she's probably lying, but whatever, it's a cool story bro.

David Freitag

9:42 PM

@MarkBuffalo Mmmm that must have smelled good

TildalWave

Moonbow

A moonbow (also known as a lunar rainbow or white rainbow), is a rainbow produced by light reflected off the surface of the moon (as opposed to direct sunlight) refracting off of moisture-laden clouds in the atmosphere. Moonbows are relatively faint, due to the smaller amount of light reflected from the surface of the moon. They are always in the opposite part of the sky from the moon. Because the light is usually too faint to excite the cone color receptors in human eyes, it is difficult for the human eye to discern colors in a moonbow. As a result, they often appear to be white. However, the...

Mark Buffalo

@TildalWave The one we saw was in the middle of the desert

@DavidFreitag That's nuts.

TildalWave

@MarkBuffalo I don't see why not, it gets mighty cold during the nights in deserts and I guess the air was humid enough, might have even had tiny ice crystals suspended in the air

Mark Buffalo

@TildalWave It was like 70 degrees

TildalWave

then just humidity

David Freitag

9:45 PM

@MarkBuffalo Neuropathy?

Mark Buffalo

Ya, it was after a flash flood we dodged.

@DavidFreitag psychotic

Zachiel

@MarkBuffalo In the end, the mail was fine and the one who opened a bait attachment was found.

Ohnana

@Zachiel all's well that ends well... are they fixing their infrastructure? that's a bit more important than a witch hunt

Mark Buffalo

@Zachiel What happened?

@Ohnana Sounds like a phishing attack, actually

The only way to really stop phishing is by being a tinfoil hattist.

Ohnana

10:02 PM

@MarkBuffalo the fact that the malware got onto the network share means that something is fucked up

Mark Buffalo

Yeah, but phishing can do that

Phishing is the single most powerful attack against anyone, imho

Ohnana

having someone click on a link is going to happen, but IT needs to harden against common malware -- like ransomware

and i'll bet my breeches that it was garden variety -- no one hardens, so the pressure to evolve isn't there

Mark Buffalo

If I can get you to open a file, I will be able to take over no matter what kind of controls you're using :x

But I'm not black hat, so no worries

Ohnana

@MarkBuffalo in a theoretical way, yes.

Mark Buffalo

The first victim is just the start

target would be sys admin. it's over at that point

and they WILL fall for it

Ohnana

10:13 PM

@MarkBuffalo bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/…

that is a list of basic hardening techniques

that blocks cryptowall functionality at the functional level

Mark Buffalo

@TildalWave Best way to do it is to just ignore them

TildalWave

@MarkBuffalo well now there's a flag

Mark Buffalo

@Ohnana Yeah, it does

It may just be a wording issue

Ohnana

phrases that make me say that: "I'll just let you think on your own if..." "There's enough in your comments alone to make that strikingly apparent..."

TildalWave

but hostility?

Ohnana

10:24 PM

@TildalWave you can still be a bigger person

if i were you, i'd edit, and then explain that i didn't want to be hostile.

David Freitag

@TildalWave lol

Mark Buffalo

haha, dude

Relax

You have a nemesis

don't quit dude

David Freitag

@TildalWave you're starting to sound like UV-D :P

Mark Buffalo

:(

TildalWave

@DavidFreitag look, I can spend my time better

go ahead, judge me for it

or give me suggestions

like I care

David Freitag

10:26 PM

@TildalWave I can never tell if you're fucking around or not.

TildalWave

I'm just done with Stack

it's pathetic waste of my time

Mark Buffalo

@RоryMcCune Agreed

TildalWave

@RоryMcCune I know, but I don't want to be in a situation where it's expected of me to be polite to them

some other morons can do that

apparently there's loads

Rоry McCune

@TildalWave yeah that's one of the reasons I would never be a mod. :)

David Freitag

@TildalWave Then ignore that user. If you let them get to you then they win.

TildalWave

10:29 PM

I'm quitting this chickenshit outfit

Mark Buffalo

lmfao

Man, don't let 'em get to you

You can't

David Freitag

@TildalWave See it's reasons like this that I can never tell whether you're being serious or not

TildalWave

I wanna be a normal user that can say to whoever they want to fuck off

Mark Buffalo

How do you become a moderator?

10k rep?

Ohnana

@MarkBuffalo voting

and you need WAY more that 10k rep to be considered... and badges also play heavily

Mark Buffalo

10:32 PM

Ah, interesting

It says "access to moderator tools" at 10k

Maybe I'm mixing these two up

Ohnana

@RоryMcCune PLAYER 3 HAS ENTERED THE ARENA.

@MarkBuffalo yeah, you can do a limited number of mod dudties to take the heat off, but the mod diamond confers it's own powers

David Freitag

@TildalWave It's your decision to step down, but I would let the rage cool down before making any decisions.

Mark Buffalo

@DavidFreitag Yeah, @TildalWave this. Sleep on it...

It's easy to do something rash while you're pissed. Look at me... I turn green. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry...

Rоry McCune

@Ohnana "I can't comment on what you've heard " <-- perfectly reasonable comment from tildal, "Sure you can" <-- complete asshole response from light-person

Mark Buffalo

Agreed to that... why chase down things you've "heard" if they're irrelevant wastes of time?

TildalWave

10:35 PM

@MarkBuffalo no, please don't give me advices what I should do when I'm volunteering my time here

David Freitag

@TildalWave This isn't the first time I've seen you like this, and in each case I think you've eventually realized that the person causing you grief isn't worth leaving for.

TildalWave

@DavidFreitag yes, it certainly isn't, and nothing has been done about it, except a bucketload of calm down, sleep it over,...

no

no no no no no

you don't say that

problem isn't solvable by someone sleeping it over or letting it go

David Freitag

@TildalWave That's because there is nothing that can be done. No matter who you are there is always someone or something that will get to you. Part of being a mod is knowing when not to take action. This person obviously seems hell bent on antagonizing you, don't let them.

TildalWave

@DavidFreitag sure there is

Ohnana

problem: internet argument. Solution: let it go

TildalWave

10:39 PM

but on SE (not the first site I moderate BTW) there's this policy of calling someone else to solve a problem for you if you're implicated... which is an utter BS, basically saying OK you're a mod but we don't trust you

Mark Buffalo

@TildalWave I'm sorry :(

TildalWave

if I'm getting annoyed by someone all the effin time, I can't do anything about it as a mod, but I could as a regular member calling for a mod to help? WTFF?

David Freitag

@TildalWave I don't count choices that aren't made with a clear head. We respect you, and we respect all of the contributions that you have made to this community.

TildalWave

it's not about the community, it's about how they're run

David Freitag

@TildalWave This is the problem with your current thinking. What exactly is stopping you from asking another mod to step in and cool things down?

TildalWave

10:41 PM

the fish always smells the worst at its head

@DavidFreitag no other mod is usually around

which is another thing that has been put forward over and over again

and nothing is ever done, because .... protocol

David Freitag

@TildalWave On Sex.SE? Probably. Could you get Shog or someone else to step in? I bet you my left testicle you could.

TildalWave

well guess what, the protocol doesn't fucking work

David Freitag

I love the fact that the person quoted an answer from Physics.SE with one upvote like it was scripture or something.

Ohnana

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A: How trustworthy is Firefox?

Let's be very clear about privacy on the internet. You have none! Regardless of which browser you choose. Now I'll explain: Everything that you transmit from your computer using the internet is captured and stored by various government (sic) organizations. This includes, but is not limited to:...

how do we feel about this answer?

also wtf is with the "government (sic)" stuff

that's how you spell government

diagprov

@TildalWave If it's any consolation, I recognise that username from days when I had much more rep than I do now.

Ohnana

10:54 PM

a deity walks among us!

diagprov

Several, actually

Ohnana

the hallowed, holy SE DEVELOPER!!!

Adam Lear

brb, renaming myself to C-3PO

David Freitag

Since you guys are here, can we all take a moment to check out the comments section here:

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A: What will happen to the Russian messages flash drive?

According to Spaceflight Insider: ... After that, Volkov was the first to leave the module. He had with him a flash drive containing messages from last year’s 70th anniversary of Russia’s Victory Day. It was thrown retrograde from the space station so as to ensure that it will not colli...

bluefeet

@TildalWave You might want to say that to a user, but we've got a Be Nice policy which you'd be violating. So it'd be best if you didn't

TildalWave

10:55 PM

there, no more burden of wasting my time on politeness

maybe I'll even find the time for [sec.se], which is actually the reason why I'm on Stack Exchange in the first place

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