OT: Hurricanes Lounge XLV: Y2K Twenty-Four Years Later

[Lempo]

Anyway, as far as safe sex education in video games go, I don't think anyone quite did it so on the point as the first installment of the Larry series.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

In non politics news (or rather, American Election politics):

https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/raygun-ranked-world-number-one-after-paris-olympics-controversy/news-story/d72ceb4aebb6b9d97464fa65d26bd545

The three women who took home the medals in Paris failed to appear on the list with no points offered for the world rankings.

Also, the men’s gold medal winner also didn’t appear on the men’s ranking.

I really think that whole thing about her being a saboteur for the World Dance Sport Federation might be true.

 

[cptjeff]

Honestly, I think if breakdancing was taken a bit more seriously, it wouldn't be too much different than judging gymnastics or ice-skating. The breakers present a routine and the judges judge how well they execute it.

But then you had RayGun imitate a kangaroo and call it breakdancing and effectively killed off any chance it had.

Honestly, I appreciate the kangaroo thing a lot more than pulling from a set of predefined allowable moves. Something based on street performance that was born to be creative and totally organic should celebrate creativity.

I don't think it's anything that can actually be fairly judged as a sport. It doesn't belong at the Olympics IMO.

 

[SlavinAway]

Honestly, I appreciate the kangaroo thing a lot more than pulling from a set of predefined allowable moves. Something based on street performance that was born to be creative and totally organic should celebrate creativity.

I don't think it's anything that can actually be fairly judged as a sport. It doesn't belong at the Olympics IMO.

There were controversial judgements with both gymnastics and diving too. Just par for the course with any sport which isn't a race with obvious winners and losers.

 

[Lempo]

And here, we are also here:

Brussels slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk

Internal market commissioner’s warning to owner of social media site X was not approved

www.ft.com

In case y'all were wondering what would be the outcome when the EU commissar recently threatened Elmo right before his streamed-on-X chit-chat with Trump and got re: f*** you'ed by Elmo:

apparently the guy resigned today in an open letter to the chairperson of the Commission Ursula van den Leyden, who on her side apparently has been promising in shades a weightier Commissariat for France if France only would rather name any other guy as their candidate for van den Leyden's new Commission to be formed (after the EU Elections of this summer).

The initial reactions seem to be that no one really is going to be missing him.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-breton-says-he-steps-down-eu-commissioner-2024-09-16/

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I don't think it's anything that can actually be fairly judged as a sport. It doesn't belong at the Olympics IMO.

Agreed. It's like a step away from adding Slam Poetry to the Olympics. It's absurd that it was ever included in the first place.

 

[DaveG]

Agreed. It's like a step away from adding Slam Poetry to the Olympics. It's absurd that it was ever included in the first place.

I mean frankly adding the event was so much of a meme that it becoming a meme was the only justifiable outcome

 

[Deon Thompson]

I know (not well) the latest would-be Oswald's son, mighta met the old man himself at some point. Wild to think about.

 

[Unsustainable]

I mean frankly adding the event was so much of a meme that it becoming a meme was the only justifiable outcome

They should have freestyle rap battles as a sport. Kpop vs Babymetal vs Electric Callboy vs Run the Jewells

I know (not well) the latest would-be Oswald's son, mighta met the old man himself at some point. Wild to think about.

Blackrock employee?

 

[Deon Thompson]

Blackrock employee?

Lol no. Couldn't hold down a job as a roofer.

 

[Unsustainable]

P. Diddler arrested by FBI

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I dont know that it is true but if someone hacked the beepers of Hezbollah and caused them to all explode simultaneously, that is an awesome level of offensive cyber attacks.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dozens-hezbollah-members-wounded-lebanon-when-pagers-exploded-sources-witnesses-2024-09-17/

 

[Lempo]

I guess an amount of Motorola beepers will be left tomorrow home in a strong trash can in what the term "planned obsolescence" doesn't even begin to describe.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Clearly, those are not average pagers with just batteries in them, they are rigged with some kind of explosives to go off in the right circumstance/signal hits it.

Clearly, some other entity figured out that signal and sent it over the pager network.

It's scary that a lot of people seem to think these pagers weren't rigged beforehand and something could just cause normal batteries to just explode out of nowhere do the damage they did.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Apparently it was a supply chain attack.

They were unknowingly sold pagers rigged with explosives, then scrambled signals sent to them caused to them explode after battery hit certain temp.

Pretty f***in nuts as a neutral observer from the outside that such a thing could even be possible to do.

 

[HisIceness]

P. Diddler arrested by FBI

Remember when he wanted to buy the Panthers? Man, one bullet dodged, sadly the other not

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

P. Diddler arrested by FBI

From an article:

“Law enforcement seized guns, ammo, drugs and a huge collection of baby oil and lubricant during searches of Combs’ homes in Miami and Los Angeles in March, according to the indictment.

Law enforcement seized “various Freak Off supplies,” including drugs and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant, at his homes, according to the indictment.”

Edit: As I read more about what he's being charged with and some of the details, it's utterly disgusting.

 

[Unsustainable]

\m/ Korn \m/

 

[DaveG]

Apparently it was a supply chain attack.

They were unknowingly sold pagers rigged with explosives, then scrambled signals sent to them caused to them explode after battery hit certain temp.

Pretty f***in nuts as a neutral observer from the outside that such a thing could even be possible to do.

yep, the second I heard about it I knew that Mossad had to have something supplier side with that. My suspicion was that they had a code that they could input into a phone that would set off all the devices rather than a battery temp issue.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

that story about the pagers is amazing, unbelievable and scary all at the same time.

 

[hockeynjune]

yep, the second I heard about it I knew that Mossad had to have something supplier side with that. My suspicion was that they had a code that they could input into a phone that would set off all the devices rather than a battery temp issue.

Sounds like they were in on the build for sure. It will be a good movie if we get through the aftermath.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Sounds like they were in on the build for sure. It will be a good movie if we get through the aftermath.

Now there is reportedly a round 2 with devices other than pagers.

EDIT: Looks like two-way radios (walkie talkies).

 

[DaveG]

Iran should have known better than to buy their terrorist proxies communications hardware from the FAFO brand.

 

[Unsustainable]

So. I guess with turning 44 in a week, I've found the age staying out late at concerts drinking all night the following day at work sucks.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Just spent some time out west for my nephew's wedding. Being in Zion, Bryce Canyon, Lake Powell/Glen, Grand..it was like being in another world.