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[Catawampus]

Maybe next year you can bring some real ray guns!

[Atomic]

Maybe next year you can bring some real ray guns!

[Dave]

Aaah, Chas Addams.

One of the many reasons I appreciate(d) my paternal grandparents, is that they had a bunch of the man's collections of cartoons in their summer home (and eventual retirement home), and always referred to the library as "The Chas Adams room". I was enjoying his sense of the macabre not long after I learned to read.

[AnotherFairportfan]

Aaah, Chas Addams.

One of the many reasons I appreciate(d) my paternal grandparents, is that they had a bunch of the man's collections of cartoons in their summer home (and eventual retirement home), and always referred to the library as "The Chas Adams room". I was enjoying his sense of the macabre not long after I learned to read.

He did a series of ads for Royal typewriters that ran in The New Yorker.

[chicgeek]

The classics!

[Catawampus]

My Addams collections are right next to my Edward Gorey collections. I'm hoping that they'll cross-pollinate and create a hybrid that I can unleash upon the unprepared world.

[Dave]

My Addams collections are right next to my Edward Gorey collections. I'm hoping that they'll cross-pollinate and create a hybrid that I can unleash upon the unprepared world.

Girl Genius has a new "special edition" spark T-shirt which would be appropriate for your venture.

[AnotherFairportfan]

Mentioning "Girl Genius" and Gorey in close proximity reminds me that Phil did a full-page of the iterior of a magic shop or something - lots and lots of shelves with Stuff on them, a lot of it recognisable - and one thing i spotted immediately was the stuffed fantod under a bell jar from Gorey's "Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel"

[AnotherFairportfan]

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[AnotherFairportfan]

 
Sixteen more from the same Instagram account here.

[AnotherFairportfan]

"No honour among thieves," indeed.

Inmates Build Computers From Recycled Parts, Hide in Ceiling
 

Like something straight out of the show Prison Break, inmates at an Ohio prison built their own computers and hid them in the ceiling.

According to an investigation report from Ohio Inspector General Randall J. Meyer, unsupervised inmates at the Marion Correctional Institution pieced together the machines using parts they acquired through a computer disposal program. During the program, inmates were tasked with breaking down old computers so the parts could be recycled. Without adequate supervision, however, the inmates decided to recycle the devices in their own way.

They "took two computers that should have been disassembled, placed hard drives into the computers, installed a network card, transported the computers across the institution for approximately 1,100 feet, through the security check point without being searched or challenged by staff, accessed an elevator to the third floor, and placed the two computers in the ceiling" above a training room closet, the investigation report notes. The inmates then "ran wire, cable, and power cords" to connect the computers to the state's network.

Prison staff first caught wind of the scam in late July 2015 when their computer support team noticed a machine on the network exceeding the daily internet usage threshold, according to the report. They checked into the logs, and found that an employee's credentials were being used on days he wasn't scheduled to work. When they tracked down where the connection was coming from, they found the computers hidden in the ceiling.

"It surprised me that the inmates had the ability to not only connect these computers to the state's network but had the ability to build these computers," Meyer told ABC 6. "They were able to travel through the institution more than 1,100 feet without being checked by security through several check points, and not a single correction's staff member stopped them from transporting these computers into the administrative portion of the building."

Investigators identified five inmates who were involved, one of whom used the computer to steal another inmate's personal information and commit identity theft and tax fraud. Others used the machines to view porn and create passes that gave them access to restricted areas.

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[jwhouk]

Yep, no honor among thieves.

[AnotherFairportfan]

From a list of texts sent to embarrassingly wrong persons:

Ex-boyfriend and I were drunk and in a fight. He called me a c**t and stormed out of my house. I was texting my best friend and said "Haha -name- just called me a c**t and ran out"...yeah, accidentally sent that to my dad, who was scheduled to meet ex-boyfriend for the first time the following morning.

[Warrl]

"It surprised me that the inmates had the ability to not only connect these computers to the state's network but had the ability to build these computers," Meyer told ABC 6. "They were able to travel through the institution more than 1,100 feet without being checked by security through several check points, and not a single correction's staff member stopped them from transporting these computers into the administrative portion of the building."

People who've been disassembling lots of computers for a while, even with a rather less-than-ordinary level of intelligence and observation, can figure out what components go into them. Assembling a computer from typical components - case, power supply, et cetera - is NOT difficult either physically or mentally. And they probably got the job half-done - they just had to identify which part of one junked computer was failing, and then get another junked computer where that part was not failing. Potentially only one swapped part per computer (although they might not have correctly identified the failing part on the first try, and/or might not have gotten a good replacement part on the first try).

Now getting the things through the security checkpoints, and getting an employee's credentials - that's more difficult. Or at least it should be.

I would advise them: if you're doing something improper that you don't want people noticing, do NOT also do improper things that attract attention.

[Alkarii]

I got a text from my dad about my grandfather. The hospice nurse says he may have less than two weeks. Dad thinks he may not make it through the weekend.

[Alkarii]

Does anyone remember a movie from the late 80s or early 90s that had a bunch of teachers at a high school turn out to be some killer androids? I only remember seeing parts of it, so I have no idea if the movie was even any good.

[Sgt. Howard]

I got a text from my dad about my grandfather. The hospice nurse says he may have less than two weeks. Dad thinks he may not make it through the weekend.

This house is in prayers-

[chicgeek]

Alkari, my thoughts are with you.

[Dave]

Does anyone remember a movie from the late 80s or early 90s that had a bunch of teachers at a high school turn out to be some killer androids? I only remember seeing parts of it, so I have no idea if the movie was even any good.

Sounds like "Class of 1999" perhaps?

My thoughts, also, will be with you and your family in the days to come.

[Alkarii]

Yeah. They have him on IV pain medication.

Hopefully they'll get everything in order before he dies.

As for the movie, yeah, turns out that was it. I looked at a little bit of it on YouTube.