NM

[GooooMarquette]

Mike got teleported from another thread. Once again, Scoop is leading edge.

Whenever I come here, I feel like I'm in a narrow uncharted zone between two parallel universes.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Mike got teleported from another thread. Once again, Scoop is leading edge.

Am just thankful to finally make Team Captain on Scoop. #Lifetime Goals #Blessed #Anything Else is a Bonus #Honored Esteemed Scoopers #Does not get any better than this.

[GooooMarquette]

Am just thankful to finally make Team Captain on Scoop. #Lifetime Goals #Blessed #Anything Else is a Bonus #Honored Esteemed Scoopers #Does not get any better than this.

Time for new business cards, eh? 

[MarquetteMike1977]

Time for new business cards, eh? 

Lol Yes 😉

[tower912]

Death due to tasing yourself in the testicles.

My son got a board game 'Stupid Deaths' for Christmas.   That one will make the next edition.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Death due to tasing yourself in the testicles.

My son got a board game 'Stupid Deaths' for Christmas.   That one will make the next edition.

And the woman carrying the "Don't Tread on Me" Gasden flag was...trampled to death.

[GooooMarquette]

Death due to tasing yourself in the testicles.

My son got a board game 'Stupid Deaths' for Christmas.   That one will make the next edition.

Seems like a great candidate for a Darwin Award as well....

[mu_hilltopper]

Got my $2k in Trump-bucks stimulus money today.   That guy is awright.

Headin' to Arby's, anyone need a few sacks?

[GooooMarquette]

Got my $2k in Trump-bucks stimulus money today.   That guy is awright.

Headin' to Arby's, anyone need a few sacks?

Does this mean 2021 is the Year of Arby's too?

[mu_hilltopper]

Does this mean 2021 is the Year of Arby's too?

Only if we're lucky.

[GooooMarquette]

Who could possibly have guessed this wouldn't be a big hit? I mean...they had meat wraps for crying out loud.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-oddly-stalin-doner/stalin-themed-cafe-in-moscow-closed-after-public-outcry-idUSKBN29E0LU

A shawarma shop in Moscow was forced to close a day after it opened following an outcry over its provocative Josef Stalin-themed branding, the shop's owner told Reuters on Saturday.

The Stalin Doner shop featured a portrait of the controversial Communist leader above its front door. Inside, a man dressed in the Stalin-era security service uniform served customers meat wraps named after Soviet leaders.

...

Stalin's rule was marked by mass repression, labour camps and famine. Nearly 700,000 people were executed during the Great Terror of 1936-38, according to conservative official estimates.

[Hards Alumni]

Who could possibly have guessed this wouldn't be a big hit? I mean...they had meat wraps for crying out loud.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-oddly-stalin-doner/stalin-themed-cafe-in-moscow-closed-after-public-outcry-idUSKBN29E0LU

A shawarma shop in Moscow was forced to close a day after it opened following an outcry over its provocative Josef Stalin-themed branding, the shop's owner told Reuters on Saturday.

The Stalin Doner shop featured a portrait of the controversial Communist leader above its front door. Inside, a man dressed in the Stalin-era security service uniform served customers meat wraps named after Soviet leaders.

...

Stalin's rule was marked by mass repression, labour camps and famine. Nearly 700,000 people were executed during the Great Terror of 1936-38, according to conservative official estimates.

I wonder if they check your passports before entering and if you're Ukrainian you don't get to eat.  Cruel people come up with ideas like this and think they're good.

[GooooMarquette]

A lost password could cost this guy $220 million. Or to put it in more relatable terms, 55 million Beef 'N Cheddars!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html

Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million.

The password will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet that holds 7,002 Bitcoin. While the price of Bitcoin dropped sharply on Monday, it is still up more than 50 percent from just a month ago, when it passed its previous all-time high of around $20,000.

The problem is that Mr. Thomas years ago lost the paper where he wrote down the password for his IronKey, which gives users 10 guesses before it seizes up and encrypts its contents forever. He has since tried eight of his most commonly used password formulations — to no avail.

[Galway Eagle]

A lost password could cost this guy $220 million. Or to put it in more relatable terms, 55 million Beef 'N Cheddars!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html

Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million.

The password will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet that holds 7,002 Bitcoin. While the price of Bitcoin dropped sharply on Monday, it is still up more than 50 percent from just a month ago, when it passed its previous all-time high of around $20,000.

The problem is that Mr. Thomas years ago lost the paper where he wrote down the password for his IronKey, which gives users 10 guesses before it seizes up and encrypts its contents forever. He has since tried eight of his most commonly used password formulations — to no avail.

If I were him I'd auction that off. Some wealthy person would take the chance that they'll find someone to break it and reap the benefits of it increasing.

[rocky_warrior]

Hah, I've bricked a couple ironkeys in my life.  Fortunately nothing important on them, just the only USB drive my company allows - and digging them out once every couple years is problematic.

But back to this dude - he only trusts an ironkey, then writes the password on a piece of paper!?!  Idiot.  Then loses the paper?  Imbecile.

If I were him I'd auction that off. Some wealthy person would take the chance that they'll find someone to break it and reap the benefits of it increasing.

Be interesting to see if anyone would take the gamble.  They're pretty well know to be as hard to hack as anything out there (i.e. - nobdy has cracked one to my knowledge)

[Spotcheck Billy]

A lost password could cost this guy $220 million. Or to put it in more relatable terms, 55 million Beef 'N Cheddars!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html

Stefan Thomas, a German-born programmer living in San Francisco, has two guesses left to figure out a password that is worth, as of this week, about $220 million.

The password will let him unlock a small hard drive, known as an IronKey, which contains the private keys to a digital wallet that holds 7,002 Bitcoin. While the price of Bitcoin dropped sharply on Monday, it is still up more than 50 percent from just a month ago, when it passed its previous all-time high of around $20,000.

The problem is that Mr. Thomas years ago lost the paper where he wrote down the password for his IronKey, which gives users 10 guesses before it seizes up and encrypts its contents forever. He has since tried eight of his most commonly used password formulations — to no avail.

How did this get reported? Did Mr. Thomas inform the NY Times that he was an idiot?

[GooooMarquette]

If I were him I'd auction that off. Some wealthy person would take the chance that they'll find someone to break it and reap the benefits of it increasing.

Some guy from Stanford has offered to get into the account for a 10% cut.

https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1348999178702057476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1348999178702057476%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftechnology%2F2021%2Fjan%2F12%2Fin-bits-the-programmer-locked-out-of-his-130m-bitcoin-account

[mu_hilltopper]

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/you-can-walk-your-dog-on-a-leash-after-curfew-but-not-your-partner/

[GooooMarquette]

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/you-can-walk-your-dog-on-a-leash-after-curfew-but-not-your-partner/

Crazy Canadians, eh?

As an aside, I went out for a walk with a Canadian friend the other day. She was wearing knit mittens she had gotten from Tim Horton's. There was a design of a donut on one and a cup of coffee on the other...like these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274295614301?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=274295614301&targetid=1068323850670&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1020048&poi=&campaignid=10454522063&mkgroupid=104612011340&rlsatarget=aud-622524042958:pla-1068323850670&abcId=2146002&merchantid=114784116&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0fr_BRDaARIsAABw4Eujt877IeAoyB7G6XsVue2ZCxzGznapJ4aitcP_LVgULZRxUm_kWskaAjqTEALw_wcB

[naginiF]

Crazy Canadians, eh?

As an aside, I went out for a walk with a Canadian friend the other day. She was wearing knit mittens she had gotten from Tim Horton's. There was a design of a donut on one and a cup of coffee on the other...like these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274295614301?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=274295614301&targetid=1068323850670&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1020048&poi=&campaignid=10454522063&mkgroupid=104612011340&rlsatarget=aud-622524042958:pla-1068323850670&abcId=2146002&merchantid=114784116&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0fr_BRDaARIsAABw4Eujt877IeAoyB7G6XsVue2ZCxzGznapJ4aitcP_LVgULZRxUm_kWskaAjqTEALw_wcB

marry that woman!

[GooooMarquette]

marry that woman!

LOL.

She got divorced several years back and has jokingly said that her 'marriage stock' has never been higher than the past couple of years. Free pass across the northern border and donuts to boot, eh?

[Dr. Blackheart]

LOL.

She got divorced several years back and has jokingly said that her 'marriage stock' has never been higher than the past couple of years. Free pass across the northern border and donuts to boot, eh?

JayBee territory, hey?

[Hards Alumni]

JayBee territory, hey?

"He never married"

[Spotcheck Billy]

Any guys want to make some extra scratch? You can become a sperm king: https://menshumor.com/lifestyle/your-balls-are-a-goldmine-the-cost-of-sperm-is-skyrocketing/

If you're one of the one hundred fifty million Americans who is a man that produces sperm, we have amazing news for you, your balls could be worth a ton of money. Yup, you're sitting on gold, literally. According to The New York Times, the cost of sperm is skyrocketing as demand for donors during the pandemic is through the roof.

[GooooMarquette]

Any guys want to make some extra scratch? You can become a sperm king: https://menshumor.com/lifestyle/your-balls-are-a-goldmine-the-cost-of-sperm-is-skyrocketing/

Being a sperm king sounds like it would be even cooler than being the Assman.