Victor Vermis posted:

oh, yeah.

I don't watch trailer park boys.

Fart Sandwiches posted:

All I watch is Trailer Park Boys. It is the only show.

Victor Vermis posted:

oh, yeah.

I don't watch trailer park boys.

tuluk posted:

is your passport up to date?
hit amsterdam or something.
smoke weed, bang whatever you prefer, and bring back info about the bear community for N4I.

last time i went to amsterdam, it was.....holy gently caress i feel old now.

Snowdens Secret posted:

It's been about ten years since I've been to Amsterdam. They've really cracked down on tourists smoking the weeds there though, because Americans would constantly get all torqued and pass out in the streets.

If you were going to vacation in Europe and don't need the drug gimmick, honestly go to the South, it's much chiller

FAT SLAMPIG posted:

how do they crack down on it? ask for ID at coffee shops and stuff?

FAT SLAMPIG posted:

how do they crack down on it? ask for ID at coffee shops and stuff?

quote:

The Netherlands... decided to ban anyone who didn’t live in the country from buying the drug because of a rise in ‘pot tourists’ who were visiting simply to smoke marijuana. The county's central government clampdown banned people who live outside the Netherlands from coffee shops and closed any shops deemed to be too close to schools. There was even a short-lived policy that said smokers had to apply for a 'Weed Pass' to get into a coffee shop.

The new rules were rolled out across the country between the middle of 2012 and the beginning of last year. But it is up to local municipalities to enforce them - and most are embracing only part of the policy. Amsterdam - with some 200 licensed coffee shops, one-third of the nationwide total - still lets foreigners visit them, although it is closing coffee shops that are near schools.

But Maastricht has fully embraced the crackdown. Its mayor, Onno Hoes, said he enforced the legislation to halt a daily influx of thousands of foreigners who crossed the borders to stock up on pot at its 14 coffee shops.

Zeris posted:

Edit and who gives a poo poo anymore Colorado is closer

Obama Africanus posted:

Hey drunk thread.


How does one become a security engineer? I think I'd be good at that.

tuluk posted:

physical security engineer, computer security engineer or IDR-style-make believe security contractor engineer?
it is important to this thread that you explain why you want to become one, and which version you think is a good fit for you.
mainly because this thread is only one i really read in gip, and i never log into the irc gip channel.

Victor Vermis posted:

oh, yeah.

I don't watch trailer park boys.

Slim Pickens posted:

If you start it, start with season 2. First season is kinda meh. It gets pretty good once they find their footing.

Zeris posted:

The areas they won't serve tourists, which I didn't experience firsthand but did read about, were near Belgium and France because believe it or not their teenagers can be more idiotic than Americans, and the Dutch were apparently sick of their poo poo.

Obama Africanus posted:

Physical / Computer / information security engineer stuff.

Booblord Zagats posted:

I appease my white guilt by dropping a $100 bill on Black, and if I lose I salute Big Chief Double Down, and if I win I buy firewater for the black jack dealer.

Dead Reckoning posted:

I'm not sure you're playing Blackjack right.

Dead Reckoning posted:

I'm not sure you're playing Blackjack right.

Obama Africanus posted:

Physical / Computer / information security engineer stuff.

tuluk posted:

IGNORE THIS POST IF YOU DON"T GIVE A gently caress ABOUT SECURITY STUFF.
SHIMAZU DOESNT HAVE PMs AND HASN'T GIVEN ME A EMAIL ADDRESS SO THIS NON-DRUNK THREAD TOPIC IS GONNA BORE PEOPLE

the key answer to everything you want to do is specialize, and read lots of IT security whitepapers to get into the proper mindset.
i vaguely recall you being confused 2-4 months ago as to why a gas-station would be doing background checks on employees.
......poo poo like background checks for gas stations is security 101 when you think it through.

most gas stations are:
a)designed for maximum customer turnover per hour and low overhead operating costs
b)lots of transient customers
c)heavily automated, have credit card terminals in every pump station
d)have high employee turnover for every US state barring New Jersey, USA
e)security cameras. cameras are usually set to identify pull-n-run customers at pumps and to monitor the cash registers/in-store theft.
f)staggering amount of transactions per day. a single gas station with 1-3 employees generally as many transactions per day as a large supermarket(safeway/stop&shop/etc) locations with 20-50 employees.
g)lots of incidental things that add up (profit margins at gas stations, credit holds for transactions, security of the gas station pumps, work shift rotations, retention of security camera feeds, demotivated work staff, etc).

some gas stations will only match a few of those points, some will match all of them.
basically, gas stations are gold mines for credit card scammers or credit card skimmer devices.
think about it. then email me why you think so at give me your email address so i can stop boring the other folks in this thread.


you're still taking classes for microsoft, and other IT related things?

MS: Specialize. Don't go for a general comptency. given that MS's core business is devolving to MSexchange, MSSQL, MSCloud, which all tie back into MS Active Directory & MS server 20xx, you're gonna need insane amounts of time & money to pass the advanced certs for msexchange & MS-AD, unless you've got a sugar daddy/mommy/trust fund, and a photographic memory

cisco: read psydude's IT thread certification thread in SHSC, but be aware that the OP is massively out of date, psydude has a massive hard-on for cisco because that's what he's certified in, and that psydude is a loving moron that i wouldn't trust to pump gas without direct supervision.

linux: so many freaking variants of linux. most of the best security monitoring software has been opensourced>for-profit software.
if you can tell employers, yeah...i run my own version of linux, and provide proof...they will go bonkers for you, as long as your setup isn't poo poo.
you need to have a basic knowledge of the linux command line & variables. chron, and the sudoers file is the backbone of a solid security setup in linux.
redhat certification is only good for 2-4 yrs, other linux certs have varying brand recognition/lifespans.
start reading the free articles at linux security magazine websites.

security appliance devices: this is where it goes weird. turn-key security systems remove 97% of the hassle, but also introduce a 3rd party that is implictly being trusted with data. lawyers generally cream themselves when they think about these devices and the massive lawsuits or legal settlements that ensue when turn-key security systems get hosed over.

Sjurygg posted:

shitloads of experience as a unix and maaaaaaaybe windows sysadmin plus a good deal of hacking and tinkering on your spare time plus a few credits in network and security protocols maybe or self-study

Obama Africanus posted:

I had no idea what I was doing at the time other than following checklists, like it was all in a vacuum. I keep thinking if I grind it out in the IT classes and certifications I can eventually find work in security engineering, but I don't really personally know anyone that does this kinda poo poo for a living. All my IRL friends are crazy rednecks like me.

Christoff posted: