#asciilifeform | 2021-06-25

06:01

So some Internet-connected Western Digital hard drives have been remotely wiped.

06:03

I like seeing the idiots on Hacker News argue that this is fine, because writing software that works is really hard, and so practically impossible.

06:05

verisimilitude

I have at least three seperate backups of anything I can't just redownload.

06:06

verisimilitude

Oh, this isn't dulapnet.

06:08

verisimilitude

On the topic of write-only media, I don't see why CD and Blu-ray aren't more popular. It seems clear an HDD or SSD with physical protection isn't becoming widely-available anytime soon.

06:09

verisimilitude

Passive media seem less popular because of their advantages, though, since that makes them hard to subvert.

06:14

verisimilitude

I've just been introduced to the idea of a tape drive which only traverses the tape one-way; what a nice additional idea.

~ 8 hours 16 minutes ~

14:30

asciilifeform

verisimilitude: i prefer 'mitsui' gold cd/dvd-r for long-term backups

14:30

asciilifeform

at one time used tapes.

14:33

asciilifeform

verisimilitude: people who 'all my valuable data lives on a 100$ konsoomer shitware plugged into the net' are, if anything, ~insufficiently~ abused, their hdds oughta be formatted erry week, until they learn

~ 1 hours 17 minutes ~

15:50

asciilifeform

!w poll

15:50

06:01	verisimilitude	So some Internet-connected Western Digital hard drives have been remotely wiped.
06:03	verisimilitude	I like seeing the idiots on Hacker News argue that this is fine, because writing software that works is really hard, and so practically impossible.
06:05	verisimilitude	I have at least three seperate backups of anything I can't just redownload.
06:06	verisimilitude	Oh, this isn't dulapnet.
06:08	verisimilitude	On the topic of write-only media, I don't see why CD and Blu-ray aren't more popular. It seems clear an HDD or SSD with physical protection isn't becoming widely-available anytime soon.
06:09	verisimilitude	Passive media seem less popular because of their advantages, though, since that makes them hard to subvert.
06:14	verisimilitude	I've just been introduced to the idea of a tape drive which only traverses the tape one-way; what a nice additional idea.
		~ 8 hours 16 minutes ~
14:30	asciilifeform	verisimilitude: i prefer 'mitsui' gold cd/dvd-r for long-term backups
14:30	asciilifeform	at one time used tapes.
14:33	asciilifeform	verisimilitude: people who 'all my valuable data lives on a 100$ konsoomer shitware plugged into the net' are, if anything, ~insufficiently~ abused, their hdds oughta be formatted erry week, until they learn
		~ 1 hours 17 minutes ~
15:50	asciilifeform	!w poll
15:50	watchglass	Polling 16 nodes...
15:50	watchglass	84.16.46.130:8333 : Could not connect!
15:50	watchglass	185.163.46.29:8333 : Could not connect!
15:50	watchglass	205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.022s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	205.134.172.6:8333 : (172-6.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.082s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	54.39.156.171:8333 : (ns562940.ip-54-39-156.net) Alive: (0.113s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	108.31.170.100:8333 : (pool-108-31-170-100.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.177s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799 (Operator: asciilifeform)
15:50	watchglass	205.134.172.28:8333 : Alive: (0.088s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=688799 (Operator: whaack)
15:50	watchglass	208.94.240.42:8333 : Alive: (0.100s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	143.202.160.10:8333 : Alive: (0.233s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	176.9.59.199:8333 : (static.199.59.9.176.clients.your-server.de) Alive: (0.274s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=412055 (Operator: jurov)
15:50	watchglass	54.38.94.63:8333 : (ns3140226.ip-54-38-94.eu) Alive: (0.259s) V=88888 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.8.88.88/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688776
15:50	watchglass	185.85.38.54:8333 : (tlapnet-38-54.cust.tlapnet.cz) Alive: (0.234s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	213.109.238.156:8333 : Alive: (0.332s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	103.36.92.112:8333 : (terebe.ns01.net) Alive: (0.611s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:50	watchglass	192.151.158.26:8333 : Alive: (0.319s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=688799
15:52	watchglass	205.134.172.26:8333 : Busy? (No answer in 100 sec.)
		~ 39 minutes ~
16:31	verisimilitude	That's a good perspective. Right now, it's a freak accident; were that not the case, they'd change.
16:32	asciilifeform	'accident' aint the word here.
		~ 51 minutes ~
17:24	verisimilitude	I meant from their perspective.
		~ 17 minutes ~
17:41	signpost	yep, I also use archive-grade cd/dvd plus crypto quite a bit.
		~ 5 hours 35 minutes ~
23:17	magnus	thought I'd add to the above convo: magneto-optical media is still serviceable, tho far less common these days
23:19	magnus	the consumer grade 640mb disks are decent enough; older SCSI interfaces are rather slow by todays standards, tho...