Me In 2007 In 10 Years Vr Will Be Indistinguishable From Real Life
Me in 2007: “In 10 years, VR will be indistinguishable from real life”
Me in 2017:
Not quite flying cars…
Posted on July 11, 2017July 11, 2017
Editor: FTB
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Amazon Prime Day Tonight
Amazon Prime Day Tonight!
Don’t forget everyone – it’s Amazon Prime day from 6pm tonight (10/07)
Prime day is Amazon’s Black Friday – for Prime members you can get some epic deals. 2 Years ago I got my PC for about 30% off everything!
Hmm, time for an upgrade…
You can sign up for the one-month free trial membership and still get all the deals. Then you can cancel after. So go check it out!
Posted on July 6, 2017
Ransomware From Pc To Penis
Ransomware: From PC to Penis?
Don’t forget to wrap up your systems
We have all heard of Petya by now, the huge attack that mainly affected Ukraine. The 3rd largest law firm in the world was reduced to pen and paper for a week, and shipping firm TNT was out for days. But there is one other story that may be slightly more relevant for the boys…
This recent cyber-attack is going to cost Reckitt, one of the worlds biggest companies, £100m. Reckitt is known for owning Nurofen amongst other brands. Their suppliers got hit by the attack, putting shipping orders on hold for days.
The main problem with this is: Reckitt also own Durex. AND Dettol.
Not only does this put your PC in danger of a virus, there are ramifications outside of cyberspace as well. Not being able to wrap up – or take Dettol precautions after a ‘featherlite’ run – could cause problems for punters. Even getting that far may be difficult if you can’t flash a display pack!
“Companies all over the world will be reviewing the robustness of their hard and soft procedures to ensure they’ve done everything possible to protect themselves from hackers and others who might wish to disrupt normal operations” – Neil Campling, NT Capital Markets
Gotta watch your hard and soft procedures boys. Beautifully put Neil, I’ll stick to Listerine thanks.
Posted on July 5, 2017
Faz Facts Cooling The Tube
Faz Facts: Cooling The Tube
As you all know, the team here at fazthebro.com are a bit crazy about planes, cars, and of course the tube. (Well, maybe just the blue bullet)
Being a hairy sweaty palmed man like myself, the tube can get pretty unbearable in Summer, even on our beloved bullet. How they ventilate the tube is fascinating. For instance, when the Bakerloo line opened in 1906 it was advertised with a maximum temperature of 16 °C!!
Would be nice to get that in Winter!
Temperatures of 47 °C were reported in the 2006 European heat wave – one I luckily was not here for. However I was here for the heat wave last year – I think it only got up to around 42 then. That was pretty horrible, and I’m allowed to wear shorts and a beater to work. Not impressed? Try this on for size:
A 2000 study reported that air quality was seventy-three times worse than at street level, with a passenger breathing the same mass of particulates during a twenty-minute journey on the Northern line as when smoking a cigarette.
Woah, the Northern line? That’s a pretty new line right? In other words, lets get darts back on the tube! Seems to have no worse effects, and menthols probably make it smell better too.
The Silent Killer.
How does it cool? Basically, at the large stations such as Oxford Circus and Green Park (both bullet lines incidentally) there are huge refrigerators that cool the tunnels just outside the platforms. They can be powered like traditional air con units, or at some stations, deep underground wells to cold water are used. The trains then push the cold air around. This is becoming less effective, as stations are getting larger, and air is being displaced less efficiently.
Also, the brakes on the train create energy that is used to cool the cabins. An idea was floated to put air-con units on each carriage, but it was found that it actually heated the tunnels more than they could cool the cabins.
There is a £100k reward for anyone who can figure out how to cool the deeper lines. So send in your idea if you get one!
Posted on July 5, 2017
Anyone Wanting To Trade Their Keyboard With Me
Anyone wanting to trade their keyboard with me?
I’m looking for a cherry brown mechanical if possible…
Bae apparently ‘can’t sleep’ with the click sound of my cherry MX blue keyswitches. (Razer Blackwidow Pro)
I thought you would sleep like a baby to the soothing clicks of ADADAD while I yell:
“Fucking noobs! He’s window room! WINDOW ROOM! ”
I guess it’s not for everyone.
Posted on June 29, 2017
3 Oclock Walk Not Enough Get A Fidget Spinner
3 o’clock walk not enough? Get a fidget spinner
Hey FTB, I am finding it hard to concentrate at work. I have tried the 3pm walk tip and even though it helped (a lot) I still need something extra to get me that last mile. Any tips for the layman?
Thanks,
Azreev
Hey Az, great question. I know how you feel! For instance, this Sunday passed I went to the JUSTIN BIEBER concert and wow, was not feeling great on the Monday. I was like you, and needed extra drive. So what did I do? Well I…took a sick day. However this was before I discovered…
Fidget Spinners.
Gotta spin to win
These little puppies keep your stress away, and let you focus on the real work, for long periods of time. Not only that, they look fucking cool in the office. I like a more businessy navy blue – but that’s entirely your preference.
Cost about £2 on Amazon, and they will change your life.
Fazthebro out!
Posted on July 5, 2017
In Bruges
In Bruges
Just got back from an epic day out in – what can only be described as – ‘not a shithole’ Bruges!!
It really is a fairytale town. All the canals and bridges and cobbled streets and churches, all that beautiful fucking fairytale stuff, how can that not be somebody’s fucking thing, eh?
How can the swans not be somebodys fucking thing?
After a walk around the main square looking for some food we did the usual Hmmm I don’t know about this restaurant. Let’s keep looking, maybe somewhere outside of the square? A street over will be cheaper.
30 minutes later…ended in a tourist trap restaurant. Fuck it, the beer was gooudt. Certified mint.
Beers, mussels, fries, and Brussels.
Next we went up the bell tower. Gotta say if you haven’t been – it is really narrow!!
We survived the climb down (took a lot longer than I thought, the movie may not be entirely inaccurate with how much time Ken has to climb up and jump)
What am I trying to say? You’re a bunch of fookin elephants!!
Ended up in a pub overlooking the canal, got pretty thirsty from the climb. We thought we should probably try and find some spots from the movie before we left. Should fate have it, the pub we were in, was in fact the Hotel from the movie! Ray jumped into the canal right in front of our faces.
Brill time out!
Posted on June 26, 2017
No More Fake News
No More Fake News!
Found the best news source, it only reports on 100% confirmed attacks, incidents, etc.
Westminster flag!!
Sits at half-mast more than full these days…
Luckily today we have it at full mast, hard to see in the picture because it is quite calm. No need to look at the papers today!
Posted on June 22, 2017
Security Tip Of The Weak Pa55w0rds
Security Tip Of the Weak: Pa55w0rds!
See what I did there? Probably not.
Passwords. We all have ’em, we all need ’em, and we all use the same one everywhere*. Well, maybe except for your banking. That one is goooood. Amirite?
So what is a good password?
A good password is something a person with good knowledge about you couldn’t guess, and is long enough that a computer can’t crack it. That’s about it!
Err…shouldn’t I be using upper and lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, and undiscovered hieroglyphs in it?
Sure, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, and it sure makes it hard for a human to guess. But if it is so complex that you have to write it down, it basically defeats the purpose.
Mongs at my work who have it taped to their keyboard! Read this!
Password complexity is pretty bollocks in my opinion, it makes passwords hard for humans to remember and easy for computers to guess (they don’t care about the letters really, only length, unless it is a purely dictionary based attack). Also, once you have a ‘good’ password, you are likely to use it in multiple places.
Enter: Password Managers.
A password manager is a bit of software for your PC and Phone, which uses one ‘master’ password to unlock, and then stores different passwords for you for each website. That way, if a site gets hacked, they only get the random password you used for that site. Check out Lastpass. I’ve even seen guys who just type in random shit into a sign up page, because they know they won’t use the account again. If you need it, use the forgot password link.
Most important, have a good password for banking and email. And remember to 2 factor all the things!!!!!
Obligatory xkcd
Hope you enjoyed this instalment. Keep safe guys.
*You REALLY think I would use the same password everywhere? Security is my life. Andsothereforearereallylongpasswords. 🙂
Posted on June 21, 2017June 21, 2017
Uk Road Workers Would Give Nzs A Run For Their Money
UK road workers would give NZ’s a run for their money…
Highbury & Islington roundabout has had road works since before I got to London 2 years ago!
Can’t say I’ve seen any progress, nor have I ever seen anyone actually working there. Really handy how they close off the entrances and walkways to the tube station though.
No wonder Ollie moved here!
Posted on June 21, 2017