PaulFromChicago

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Aurora doing any damage to the electrical grid / Internet infrastructure?
My daughter just walked into the kitchen and announced she's a badass like Mariner. #LowerDecks

Why would an antivirus program push driver updates through definition updates aka Crowdstrike Falcon? This sort of thing seems inevitable if it bypasses change management controls.

Well, the answer seems to be Crowdstrike's oopsie was not a stealth driver update. Rather, the company is stating today that there was some rather unfortunate programming in a new definition file.

https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/technical-details-on-todays-outage/

The definition updates (channel file updates) reside in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike. And the file names end in .sys.

Ok then.

Technical Details on July 19, 2024 Outage | CrowdStrike

Learn more about the July 19, 2024 CrowdStrike outage and the technical details related to it.

crowdstrike.com
The new Metra SD70s are significantly louder than the F40PHs.
I'm in a bad mood today. I might buy a bunch of antique Viking coins, go around Minnesota and the UP, and distribute them liberally. Create nothing but conspiracy theories and problems for future archaeologists.
@cybeej Depends on what we really mean by Bear Arms.
@JohnBloor yes well some people also thought Margaret Thatcher was a pretty neat idea.
@JohnBloor looking at your art, considering if it worth the fight with the spouse. Deciding how it would look in kitchen, den, etc. Can they afford it. Do they love it enough to sleep on the couch, etc.