Miscellaneous Discussion Thread
Quote: FleaStiffcar chases used to be filmed at FIFTEEN mph with cuts to speedometer readings taken when the rear tires where on rollers. And Ronald Regan was in a film where the car chase scene WAS the primary plot development vehicle. Featured Lee Marvin.
That's still better than now, where most action scenes are cartoons made on computers.
Quote: EvenBobAny modern chase seen would end
in the first 15 seconds in the real
world. That's why they're so boring.
They were actually better 40 years
ago when they were more realistic.
If you're worried about "realism" in a James Bond movie you're missing the point....
Quote: BozThe Wraith, without Google very few would remember this movie.
Pre Crackhead Charlie.
Great helmet.
The Wraith is on Amazon Prime right now.
I don't watch them myself but that's what I heard from a guy at work................................................................😃 😃 😃
Quote: lilredroosterporn movies are the ones with the great plots
I don't watch them myself but that's what I heard from a guy at work................................................................😃 😃 😃
Been that way for years. One women's empowerment channel on YouTube started off with an escort who chatted with her johns more than a real escort would chat with a hundred of her johns, yet these story lines make fortune.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/business/capital-one-data-breach/index.html
Quote: michael99000Surprised that 1/3 of the U.S. population has there info stored at capital one.
The news reports said the breach was from "applications". That is an astonishing number if accurate.
Quote: michael99000Surprised that 1/3 of the U.S. population has there info stored at capital one.
Including me... blah.
Quote: lilredroosternew data breach - Capital One bank - 100 million people
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/business/capital-one-data-breach/index.html
Everyone affected is anyone who ever applied for a Capitol One card. That's quite a haul.
that's just filling out the form, not even getting the card.
Quote: TigerWuAt this point all these hacks and breaches are almost pointless.... everyone's information is already all out there somewhere.
That's why I hope there's pressure to let us control our own final security code we maintain ourselves. Companies have generally been against that sort of thing. They don't want to see people being hindered at buying anything immediately as possible.
Quote: tringlomaneIncluding me... blah.
I've had 3 Cap One cards for 10 years,
they've always treated me well.
can be lots of fun
but can cause you big problems if you're not careful and sometimes even if you are
Quote: lilredroosterthe internet is a minefield
can be lots of fun
but can cause you big problems if you're not careful and sometimes even if you are
The internet is simultaneously one of the greatest and worst things ever created by man.
What are customers supposed to do it they have a Capital one card, anything?Quote: lilredroosternew data breach - Capital One bank - 100 million people
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/business/capital-one-data-breach/index.html
Quote: petroglyphWhat are customers supposed to do it they have a Capital one card, anything?
I can see the new ad campaign tagline now:
"Capital One... Who's in your wallet?"
Dog Hand
Quote: lilredroosterthe internet is a minefield
can be lots of fun
but can cause you big problems if you're not careful and sometimes even if you are
When I was a kid there next to no reason to be warned about anything. Some were even encouraged to play in the street,
Now you have to worry about leaving permanent scars on your record, being conned into an abduction, being bullied by a thousand tormentors, being radicalized into a terrorist or a cult. Mmm, what else.
The World Wide Spiderweb, and the multilegged monster of good and evil is what it is.
Quote: beachbumbabsAnthony Bourdain was given awesome and terrible gifts, and he used both to extremes. He made me realize that we live, not in a world of strangers, but in a thousand neighborhoods. He made all cultures accessible and displayed our commonality in our daily need for food, family, and relevance.
An awful loss of creativity and perspective. I will miss him. RIP has seldom seemed so appropriate.
Finally getting to where I'm not pissed at
him for killing himself and am watching
his shows again. He was 46 when he got
his first TV gig on the Food Network.
It was A Cook's Tour and it's some of
his best work. You would think he'd been
doing TV all his life, he was a natural.
No Reservations was his best stuff. His
CNN show was way much politics and
not enough food. Here's a place you can
see all 44 episodes of a A Cook's Tour.
Good stuff.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthonyBourdain/comments/ai42ek/a_cooks_tour_links_to_all_episodes/
Quote: petroglyphWhat are customers supposed to do it they have a Capital one card, anything?
because of the Equifax thing many recommend freezing your credit
it seems pretty easy to do
but then, I think, if you need more credit you will have to unfreeze it
this USA today article tells you exactly how to do it
you have to freeze it at the 3 major credit reporting places - Equifax, Transunion and Experian
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/22/how-to-freeze-your-credit/1793244001/
you can also monitor your own credit at creditkarma.com - you can check it once a week for anything suspicious - it's totally free - that's what I did
kind of funny, I just went on it - they're recommending a Capital One credit card - it's an ad - that's how they make money - I don't blame them for that - it's just coincidence
Quote: EvenBobFinally getting to where I'm not pissed at him for killing himself and am watching his shows again.
I'm pissed at the French authorities and their woefully inadequate autopsy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/us/john-dillinger-exhumed-cemetery.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
In the case of D., it was supported by some dubious aspects of the autopsy, which got the eye color wrong and found that the dead person had a heart condition that D. did not show signs of in life IIRC, maybe some other stuff. And for some reason his family poured concrete to seal up the grave as best they could.
As for the autopsy, I've noticed they are often botched in some manor, plus odd things can sometimes be explained. The eye color thing, for example, can be explained away as a cloudy condition that occurs after death. Of course, that suggests the person doing it didn't know better than to try to ascertain eye color, if this is true.
Oddly, it's been know for centuries autopsies and identification after death need to be done right and without controversy, at least ever since life insurance has been sold.
Quote: AyecarumbaThe news reports said the breach was from "applications". That is an astonishing number if accurate.
When I lived in Lauderdale, credit card companies would give out t-shirts in return for filling out applications. They'd set up booths by the beach and in front of places like Penrods in the early afternoon with boxes of shirts and run out by happy hour.
The last Yankee home playoff game I attended, one company was offering an exclusive Yankee Playoff Card. Sheeple were lined up to get one.
Quote: FleaStiffI'm pissed at the French authorities and their woefully inadequate autopsy.
If Bourdain's suicide is bothering me
a year later, imagine what his legion
of friends must have gone thru. He
has scores of friends who knew him
well.
Quote: JohnzimboToo late confirm his legendary penis size, so who knows?
Maybe it was made of wood like Washington's teeth.
A Deuces Wild game seemed to be paying out completely wrong and it was doing it almost every hand.
Examples:
You had a straight, the machine said 4 of a kind and paid 20.
You had nothing, the machine said full house and paid 15 coins.
You had three of a kind, the machine said four deuces and paid 1000 coins.
Etc.
I tested the game chip and it came back correct and approved.
When I showed IGT, they said they had never seen it and I should clear RAM and reboot.
That is the strangest thing I have ever seen on a slot machine. I had the machine removed from the floor.
Quote: DRich...I tested the game chip and it came back correct and approved...
Maybe the machine applied for a Capital One credit card? hehe...
Quote: DRichI saw something this week that I would have never believed if someone else told me about it.
A Deuces Wild game seemed to be paying out completely wrong and it was doing it almost every hand.
Examples:
You had a straight, the machine said 4 of a kind and paid 20.
You had nothing, the machine said full house and paid 15 coins.
You had three of a kind, the machine said four deuces and paid 1000 coins.
Etc.
I tested the game chip and it came back correct and approved.
When I showed IGT, they said they had never seen it and I should clear RAM and reboot.
That is the strangest thing I have ever seen on a slot machine. I had the machine removed from the floor.
That's when you give me a call and let me go ham on it for a few weeks.....ugh!
Perhaps in test mode you get different Diesel fume emission values than in play mode.Quote: DRichI tested the game chip and it came back correct and approved.
screw job is a combined effort of U.S. Guvment & giant corporation........................................𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆..........𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆.............𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆
from the article:
“The public response to the settlement has been overwhelming,” wrote Robert Schoshinski, assistant director of the F.T.C.’s division of privacy and identity protection, referring to an agreement reached with Equifax last week.
As a result, “each person who takes the money option will wind up only getting a small amount of money,” he added. “Nowhere near the $125 they could have gotten if there hadn’t been such an enormous number of claims filed.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/equifax-breach-ftc-cash.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
I meant this response to have everyone rolling in the aisles but humor aside there were actually two tests of that chip. One took place when the machine was observed to be going haywire and one when the chip was removed and soon declared correct and approved.Quote: FleaStiffPerhaps in test mode you get different Diesel fume emission values than in play mode.
In the Volkswagon scandal, the chip knew when it was a test and perhaps the same error is present in the gaming chip. in these days of air-gapped computers that are not air-gapped at all, someone may have made some discoveries. Casinos are often awash in infra-red and ultra-violet light but chip shielding may be inadequate.
Quote: FleaStiffHow much do the lawyers get?
According to; https://www.equifaxbreachsettlement.com/faq
Quote:Class Counsel will ask the Court to award them attorneys’ fees of up to $77,500,000 and reimbursement for costs and expenses up to $3,000,000 to be paid from the Consumer Restitution Fund
you caint truss the big companies
and you caint truss the U.S. Gubment
Quote:The statement from the bureau's Chicago office comes after relatives of Dillinger expressed in documents skepticism about whether or not Dillinger was in fact the man FBI agents shot outside a Chicago theater in 1934. The relatives obtained a permit in June to exhume his body from his grave at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
No you caintQuote: lilredroosterI'm going to freeze my credit............................today..............................cancel that idea................................. tried with equifax said they couldn't verify my identity and are going to send me something in the mail - too much BS
you caint truss the big companies
and you caint truss the U.S. Gubment
I could tell it was a scam from the return address of the email and they didn't have my name, just my email address
the email said my credit scores have changed with the 3 reporting companies
click here to get more info - then when you do probably some kind of virus stealing more info is coming - of course I didn't click - but how many will?
it's all uneffingbelievable
Dodge Charger HEMI
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
Infiniti QX50 4-door
Infiniti QX80
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab
Dodge Challenger
Nissan Maxima
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab
Chrysler 300 four-wheel-drive
Mercedes-Benz S-Class 4-door long-wheelbase four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger four-wheel-drive
Dodge Durango four-wheel-drive
Land Rover Range Rover
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger
Nissan Titan crew-cab short bed
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Audi A7 four-wheel-drive
Infiniti QX80 four-wheel-drive
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/08/01/most-stolen-cars-dodge-chevrolet-infiniti-iihs-hldi/1868237001/
Quote: lilredroosterthese are the 20 most stolen cars from 2016 - I was real surprised so many Dodge/Chrysler vehicles are there - they were in the dumps for a long time - now I guess they have a lot of appeal - I've been out of touch with it - haven't paid it a lot of attention:
Dodge Charger HEMI
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
Infiniti QX50 4-door
Infiniti QX80
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab
Dodge Challenger
Nissan Maxima
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab
Chrysler 300 four-wheel-drive
Mercedes-Benz S-Class 4-door long-wheelbase four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger four-wheel-drive
Dodge Durango four-wheel-drive
Land Rover Range Rover
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger
Nissan Titan crew-cab short bed
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Audi A7 four-wheel-drive
Infiniti QX80 four-wheel-drive
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/08/01/most-stolen-cars-dodge-chevrolet-infiniti-iihs-hldi/1868237001/
On the East Coast, stolen cars generally fit into one of two categories. Either they are in huge demand overseas and disappear forever, or they are inside jobs by dissatisfied owners, owners with money problems or are going through a divorce. Report a luxury car stolen in Nassau County and expect to be asked about your financials and relationships.
Today's security systems and GPS have largely eliminated the joy ride aspect of car thievery.
these are the 10 most stolen cars as of late. Miata has fallen off a bit. Notice how Audi is in the # 1 spot. Guess who bought an Audi and owns 2 of the top gay cars?????Quote: lilredroosterthese are the 20 most stolen cars from 2016 - I was real surprised so many Dodge/Chrysler vehicles are there - they were in the dumps for a long time - now I guess they have a lot of appeal - I've been out of touch with it - haven't paid it a lot of attention:
Dodge Charger HEMI
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
Infiniti QX50 4-door
Infiniti QX80
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab
Dodge Challenger
Nissan Maxima
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab
Chrysler 300 four-wheel-drive
Mercedes-Benz S-Class 4-door long-wheelbase four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger four-wheel-drive
Dodge Durango four-wheel-drive
Land Rover Range Rover
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger
Nissan Titan crew-cab short bed
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Audi A7 four-wheel-drive
Infiniti QX80 four-wheel-drive
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/08/01/most-stolen-cars-dodge-chevrolet-infiniti-iihs-hldi/1868237001/
10. Chrysler Sebring
9. VW Cabrio
8. VW Golf
7. Saturn SC1
6. SAAB 900
5. Mazda Miata
4. Jeep Wrangler
3. Audi A/Q/R
2. VW Bug
1. VW Jetta
Quote: lilredroosterthese are the 20 most stolen cars from 2016 - I was real surprised so many Dodge/Chrysler vehicles are there - they were in the dumps for a long time - now I guess they have a lot of appeal - I've been out of touch with it - haven't paid it a lot of attention:
Dodge Charger HEMI
Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
Infiniti QX50 4-door
Infiniti QX80
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab
Dodge Challenger
Nissan Maxima
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab
Chrysler 300 four-wheel-drive
Mercedes-Benz S-Class 4-door long-wheelbase four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger four-wheel-drive
Dodge Durango four-wheel-drive
Land Rover Range Rover
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Dodge Charger
Nissan Titan crew-cab short bed
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
GMC Sierra 1500 crew-cab four-wheel-drive
Audi A7 four-wheel-drive
Infiniti QX80 four-wheel-drive
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/08/01/most-stolen-cars-dodge-chevrolet-infiniti-iihs-hldi/1868237001/
I own a 2016 Ford F150 pick up
Locked my keys in the car
Called Locksmith
Came out, just took him 30 seconds to get in
They slide deflated plastic balloon into the door, blow it up to create enough space to slide in a metal rod to open the door
Quote: terapinedI own a 2016 Ford F150 pick up
Locked my keys in the car
Called Locksmith
Came out, just took him 30 seconds to get in
They slide deflated plastic balloon into the door, blow it up to create enough space to slide in a metal rod to open the door
yeah, but if it was a thief - and the keys weren't locked inside - how easily could he get the car started?
can they still do the ignition wire thing? - I dunno - also, could a thief easily locate and disable a GPS if the car had one
I would guess the really smart ones can do this pretty easily
