tombot what do i do with my life i wanna make the big bucks
― bell_labs, Thursday, 15 November 2007 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
:(
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 15 November 2007 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
oooh, good question. How should I sell out? I want to work 40-45 hours a week and not really care about my job when I'm not there. Low stress levels preferred.
― milo z, Thursday, 15 November 2007 22:48 (sixteen years ago) link
the clash vs. carl craig
Even if an internet jukebox had it, I would probably not go and make everybody else listen to The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich in a bar, despite totally loving that whole album. Also I have never picked up any girls by dancing with them to Carl Craig. So The Clash. Also, Lock The Taskbar.
You are probably more aware of your options than I am so I'm just going to tell you that you're probably being risk averse or avoiding a difficult decision. My best decisions, in hindsight, have all been made during times of high stress and tension in my life, because those are the times when you realize making a strong commitment is the only way to save you from yourself. No reward without risk.
What kind of "professional development" should I do on the job's tab?
Quit worrying about which program and just matriculate in one. You think I woke up one day and decided to be a cleared government analyst? Fuck no. Somebody hands you a ball, you run with it, son.
Hillary, Edwards or Obama?
Today, Obama. My main thing I love about this dude is what some writer said about him doing for ties what Kennedy did for hats, e.g. make it completely acceptable to never wear one.
Please name some certifications in your field that you approve of
Certs like CISSP are crap because they don't actually make you qualified to do anything but talk about the CISSP body of knowledge. The only certs in my "field" that make sense as a job requirement are the ones dealing specifically with vendor tech monkey work like DBA, MCSE, CCNA, etc. Like having a license to operate a car or plane or a gun.
4. bottled booze of choice for home consumption?
Please be more specific. Most often lately it's whatever looks interesting out of the corner store beer cooler since they're always carrying some weird stuff from all over the world. OB from Korea is actually pretty good, comes in heavy brown 330ml bottles, and Saku from Estonia in the .5L.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
How should I sell out?
Start by asking for more money at your current job.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
do you like Shōchū?
― gr8080, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
or for Soju for that matter.
― gr8080, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not matriculating in a program; I can just take some classes for free.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Not as much as Soju. There's a joint about three blocks from my house that has excellent dweiji bulgogi and sojutinis that they mix with real korean fruit beverages incl. aloe and those little yogurt drink shots. If I was the kind of guy who got off work at reasonable hours I would be at their happy hour at least once a week chowing down on discount dumplings.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
ha @ gr80
JW if you can take some classes for free I recommend anything that interests you that is outside the realm of computers and requires you to write and present cohesive arguments
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
those would be actual real job skills that you don't have to re-learn every five years
I am taking this thread too seriously!!
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
have you ever seen any really awesome secret things in your work. please rate the awesomeness on a scale of 1-10. also please do the same w/disturbing. thx
― jhøshea, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm actually an ok technical writer.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I just don't argue with shutins.
Anyway, it has to be approved by the bossman. Maybe some kind of BUSINESS/PEOPLE SKILLS class might pass muster?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
take some business classes about project management and engineering econ!
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
learn you some IRR
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I have seen some stuff that was really awesome. I would say an 8. The stuff I find most disturbing in my work is not really a secret and mostly has to do with criminal cases, corruption and/or widespread waste of tax $$$. I would say probably a 6 at the highest though since I've heard much more terrifying shit from real private sector folks especially at the big auditing and consultancy businesses.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:48 (sixteen years ago) link
OB from Korea is actually pretty good
yes!
― jergïns, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:58 (sixteen years ago) link
csi vs law and order?
― chaki, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
CI vs. SVU vs OG
― milo z, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
what human character trait do you most despise?
― estela, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll break it down.
CSI (og) vs L&O (og): CSI, easy. Original L&O not nearly nerdy enough and I have developed strong antipathy for Sam Waterston over the years. I also have a crush on at least half the cast of CSI including the black dude.
Miami vs SVU : if we take the spinoffs in chronological order this is the next logical matchup but to me it's simply no contest. Sorry SVU, you're moving down a weight class.
NY vs SVU : Gary Sinise is clearly phoning it in here. OTOH, so is Ice-T. The belt goes to Hargitay over Kararnakiesideezits even though I will never be able to get over Meloni as the chef of Camp Firewood (teacher of the New Way, fondler of sweaters and owner of dick cream).
Miami vs CI : This is a tough one. I liked Cochrane a lot but his character got killed. I thought Noth was boring until he started teaming up with Alicia Witt (smash). Boti Bliss (smash) doesn't show up enough on Miami. D'Onofrio's schtick took some getting used to but hasn't gotten old like Caruso's has. If Khandi Alexander wasn't on Miami, this wouldn't even be a real question, actually.
So in the end it looks like L&O 2-1 over CSI. Really that should be more of a draw, though, since I'll often watch something else over either svu or ny, making it 1-1.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
The herd instinct.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
what cat character trait do you most despise?
― estela, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Their thorough disregard for the tidiness of anything but their own hair.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
lol, so true
― estela, Friday, 16 November 2007 00:27 (sixteen years ago) link
who will win, usa or china?
― ☪, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
best games for ps2?
― chaki, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Mars will be ours.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
what brand of battery do you use? or are you rechargeable
― jaxon, Friday, 16 November 2007 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link
tombot what is your favorite:
song album movie actor sandwich kind of sock continent animal planet
― latebloomer, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link
you know who i hate on csi is that hipster creep who is always partnered up with emily procter.
― omar little, Friday, 16 November 2007 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
is he the new detective? that guy has made the show unwatchable.
― bnw, Friday, 16 November 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
tombro, not a funny or particularly inspired question, but i might pick up a wii soon. what are your five must have games?
― sanskrit, Friday, 16 November 2007 03:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Which is better?
New York - LA Edirol - Presonus VA - MD Pro Tools - Logic Nocturbulous Behaviour - Journey to the Martian Polar Cap Alice - Maude
Which is greater threat?
Water - Oil
― laxalt, Friday, 16 November 2007 05:35 (sixteen years ago) link
wow seriously I have some questions of my own now I think
1. wtf yall think I am the guy to ask these questions of, I just ban ppl and make the angry at cunts 2. who is laxalt
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 07:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Dragon Quest VIII Rogue Galaxy probably FF XII I'm also enjoying Front Mission 4 at the moment the Katamari games were also a lot of fun as I recall but you can kind of beat both of them in like three days
I'm a copper topper. I used to go for el cheapo stuff until I woke up one day and like 6 crucial input devices in my house all used Bluetooth
what is your favorite:
song
oh man I have no idea
album
seriously no idea at all
movie
can't do it
actor
tie between jimmy stewart and owen wilson
sandwich
free
kind of sock
I have a ton of timberland crew socks in various colors that I picked up at OMG in manhattan like three years ago and I wear those pretty much every day. For weekend laziness I also have some of those nobbly ones with the tread pads on the bottom, I think possibly from ll bean or something. They don't make the timberland socks anymore so I'm going to have to find something else when these start wearing out.
continent
I like Europe. My favorite place in Europe is probably the Frankfurt Airport, though.
animal
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1069/1332573471_10ab231160_m.jpg
planet
Earth, I haven't been able to visit any other ones, also I heard you can't smoke anywhere else
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll bite
New York - LA NY by miles duh Edirol - Presonus don't use either VA - MD virginia still lets you smoke in bars Pro Tools - Logic don't use either Nocturbulous Behaviour - Journey to the Martian Polar Cap C) Jeff Mills Live In Tokyo Alice - Maude Maude is a much more interesting snapshot of America in its respective time frame and kind of amazing to think that it was ever a popular television show.
Water - Oil Oil can't give you dysentery.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=19059
^ will this be good
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
TOMBOT otm re Maude -except for the great Vic Tayback, Alice was pretty much unwatchable.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 16 November 2007 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
looks like they hired two separate developers, one to make the ps360+pc versions and another to make the ds/wii/ps2 versions. in neither case does the dev company have a track record of note. bargain bin.
is he the new detective?
yeah, speedle's replacement, played by jonathan togo. I don't mind him much but he's definitely no speedle (just ask eric delko lol)
Excite Truck Twilight Princess Sports Pending Pending
(metroid was eh. I'm just not an fps guy)
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Can't stand the no-neck Henry Rollins preppy. Reminds me of an old boss I had.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
(Lego SW complete saga hasn't shown up in the mail yet) (Want: Fire Emblem, Power Pro Baseball, SMG obv) (I am downgrading mario + sonic olympics to "only if I can find it for >=$20" based on mario party 8 sucking)
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm gonna rent excite truck now. thanks!
― jergïns, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
is metroid for wii all first-person shootery like the one for gamecube? that was dnw for me (OG metroid is my favorite)
― bell_labs, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
is metroid for wii all first-person shootery like the one for gamecube?
yes exactly + the wiimote does not help as much as I thought it would
― El Tomboto, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
1. wtf yall think I am the guy to ask these questions of
its due to the appearance of the ask tombot thread
2. who is laxalt
dont know
q: could you plz crown the new ilc mods thx i love cricket new mod request thread
― jhøshea, Friday, 16 November 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
that's not even a question
― El Tomboto, Friday, 10 August 2012 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
https://partners.vice.com/dewars/whiskyemporium/news/meet-tombot-the-bionic-barkeep/
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 04:37 (six years ago) link
Perfection is a moving target.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 06:03 (six years ago) link
today i spotted a woman in her early 20s outside the university of glasgow wearing a white tshirt with the word 'TOMBOT' emblazoned across the chest
startled to see an eruption of ilx into real-life, i did a double-take and she caught me looking wide-eyed at her chest
it was v embarrassing
so i ask: tombot, was this an elaborate psyop to make me appear to be a dirty old man irl?
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 12:39 (five years ago) link
(it def read 'TOMBOT' and not 'TOMBOY' btw)
actually wait a minute, maybe it did read 'TOMBOY' after all
https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmediaus.topshop.com%2Fwcsstore%2FTopShopUS%2Fimages%2Fcatalog%2FTS04M54MCRM_Zoom_F_1.jpg&f=1
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 12:41 (five years ago) link
so let me amend my question: tombot, did you adopt this username as part of a longterm psyop involving international clothing chain topshop in order to troll me into staring at a woman's chest?
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 12:42 (five years ago) link
The overwhelming urge to hungrily ogle a woman's chest is perfectly natural for a boy your age. There's no need to blame Tombot or yourself.
― Pizza's the food that's sure to please! (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 July 2018 12:59 (five years ago) link
au contraire, i think there's every need to blame tombot for making me look like a sex pest out there on the bustling streets of scotland's largest city
MY city dammit
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
sure it wasnt MT city?
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 July 2018 13:03 (five years ago) link
tombot's continued silence on this issue speaks volumes imo
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
No I did not make that shirtBut it is a good story
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 19 July 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
feels like exactly the kind of thing the man behind that shirt would say tbh
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 July 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
Also, best revive ever
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 19 July 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
And congratulations to darraghmac for the heyoooo
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 19 July 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
please, too kind, this is your night, too kind, etc
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Friday, 20 July 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
tombot do you have any lanyard updates
i'm joining the lanyard crowd :(
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 20 July 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
The new look in 2018 is BATIKI bought almost a dozen of them at the Petronas Towers gift shop last month. Many coworkers are looking very fashionable as a result.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 July 2018 00:40 (five years ago) link
I'm thinking braided leather, kinda boloish
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 20 July 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
I’m thinking you’re on a path to destruction
― El Tomboto, Friday, 20 July 2018 01:26 (five years ago) link
tombot what would the DoD do if the president ordered it to cease planning for/wasting money on climate change? just ignore it?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
Like squeezing jello. I’m challenged to think of the right wording of the order that would have to come down to make the entire defense apparatus pivot towards spending more money on fuel instead of spending less
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
especially since Mattis has a DEPSECDEF who has made a priority of running an actual audit of DoD expenditures
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
Has anything really changed since this? https://taskandpurpose.com/mattis-pentagon-ignoring-trumps-mandate-treat-climate-change-hoax/
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 11 October 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
ah, ty
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 October 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
Tombot is this bad or expected or both https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/us/politics/hackers-pentagon-weapons-systems.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 11 October 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
both and also the GAO is fond of completely ignoring defense-in-depth practices whenever they do an infused audit
PS the GAO's in-house daycare is called "tiny findings" which I love
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 11 October 2018 01:36 (five years ago) link
infosec audit, that is - fuck you, autocorrect
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 11 October 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
“tiny findings”
i love that
― the late great, Thursday, 11 October 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
say i've found a procurement on https://www.fpds.gov/ that i'd like to know more details about. i have an "Award ID" and "Referenced IDV ID". is there some way i can read the original call for proposals, or winning bid? or just anything more than a bunch of mailing addresses and vendor identifies?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 28 June 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
Have you tried ducking around on fedbizopps.gov?
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 29 June 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
They archive a lot of stuff there IIRC
Tombot, I have been reading this book and was wondering if you have as well, or have any thoughts on the events documented https://www.amazon.com/Sandworm-Cyberwar-Kremlins-Dangerous-Hackers/dp/0385544405
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 27 December 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
I have the book but haven’t cracked it. The part where Rob Lee from Dragos finagled a sample of the malware from ESET so he could get the scoop on them has already generated some controversy in “the community”
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
tombot will you ever do some new cartoons of ilx posts
― imago, Thursday, 2 January 2020 00:46 (four years ago) link
I no longer have a boring job where I can get away with using Visio to put word bubble captions on top of carefully curated internet images for most of the day. That presents a significant barrier to my creative process.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 2 January 2020 00:52 (four years ago) link
alas! i liked those
― imago, Thursday, 2 January 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link
This revive has caused my 2020s to begin on a very sad and happy note. I can’t believe this thread has almost a thousand answers. And I hate, hate, hate nostalgia.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 2 January 2020 06:21 (four years ago) link
what up son happy new year you old fart
― beef richards (Mr. Que), Thursday, 2 January 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
I apologize for asking that and then promptly _forgetting to bookmark the thread_ leading me to believe my question was not addressed!
I feel like the internal politics of the analysis/CVE community was mostly left out of the text, probably for the better.
― babu frik fan account (mh), Friday, 3 January 2020 15:20 (four years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 January 2020 02:05 (four years ago) link