Oh. PS, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner isn’t a bad bit of kit. Bye!
I can cope with this. Transmitters off. See you in Sydney. pic.twitter.com/ArbIeIl0AK
The view from 27L. Exit row, no idea where my baggage is. Whatever. See you in Sydney, kids. instagram.com/p/BQuRzzfg_mq/
No wi-fi in this part of the airport. But I have an exit row and no clean underwear. SO MUCH WIN.
So, a status report: Aircraft: OK. Card: Cancelled, new one Wed (express). Baggage: Completely unknown. Usual bar: Closed for renovation.
Dammit I’ve just jinxed it, haven’t I.
The only thing that seems to be working is that we have an aircraft. pic.twitter.com/JoNXs9LXuE
@ummjackson Hah! I’ll let you know where I am once I’m off the phone with the bank.
Even more betteror, my credit card has been lifted. I LOVE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL.
Hang on. UA863 SFO-SYD from gate 100. This is the flight I usually catch.
That said, I’m airside and have a valid boarding pass to SYD, so I really don’t care.
HAHAHAHAHA This is going to be so excellent.
Bad news: UA222 is delayed. Good news: I’ve been rebooked SFO-SYD direct. Bad news: We’ve lost my checked bag.
Of course if you know Star Trek original series, a BART train is just an extended version of the Enterprise’s shuttle craft.
One of the things I truly love about BART is that the on-train announcements are utterly incomprehensible.
OH, at Powell BART station:
“So, Catherine the Great ha…”
“Horses.”
“Horses!”
I love BART. It’s like the 1970s never ended.
Gin: Finished. Bar tab: Closed. Jacket: On. BART ticket: Found. THE ADVENTURE BEGINS.
@ErrataRob @gattaca Now look, Rob, I was in your presentation on Mirai and I don’t think you’re in any position to judge.
Wow, @Cyber_Roo, this is… I can’t even begin to think of the implications. https://t.co/l1aCsn7Azp
Email just received: “ALL HAI@Cyber_RooOO!†I work with idiots.
@gattaca Apology accepted.
Shit. I need to finish this gin and BART to SFO and get some work done, or I am so going to annoy the people with purchasing authority.
@gattaca That’s OK then.
riskybusiness @thegrugq @davedittrich @scanlime I kinda miss the fan art tho. pic.twitter.com/efjt5NXDKp
amyquispe startups while this uber story is blowing up pic.twitter.com/wGU2gvRpG6
@gattaca Wait. You were still in SFO? Goddam we went all Nike-Hercules yesterday! https://t.co/oWCGh93maJ
@kofeyh You are a problem child.
A young Hispanic woman at the next table in San Francisco is studying for the police acceptance exam. I’ve wished her, and America, luck.
Mind. Blown. https://t.co/eB2rY4TIAr
Yeah so while I should really be in Monday-working-hard mode, I’m in a Sunday-arvo-drinking-gin reality. In America. You need gin here now.
WORD PUZZLE: Changing one letter at a time, turn KALANICK into CUNT. #trickquestion
sham_jaff In solidarity with #lastnightinsweden pic.twitter.com/b6sOvWYvun
@jdub Clearly there is no God.
This is true. New Zealanders only have eight fingers each. https://t.co/U3hP95lsks
Well, OK, I wasn’t. But I was kinda hoping.
Seriously. “OMFG OUR OVERPAID ‘STAR’ IS PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK.†Yeah well I never saw reports of his death. And I was looking out.
Sadly it’s just a metaphor. I should call some people… https://t.co/D6fiGSmVit
@drzax OK, so you’re playing a straight bat on this one? I can deal with that.
@gattaca I’m gonna give you 47 bonus points for the choice of GIF there.
RT @gattaca: It’s amusing watching people screaming on twitter that an account, clearly labelled “parody”, is fake. https://t.co/6w83NdDWQg
Man, that’s a shitload of annoying Twitter bots. https://t.co/EZeBx51j9j
RT @ParkerMolloy: You know, I’m starting to think Trump wasn’t being totally honest with us when he said he didn’t know about this. https:/…
Yes of course I’m sure they’ll let me back into Australia. Why do you ask?
This is assuming that a meeting with PM Turnbull is still of any value. #justsayin https://t.co/xBuu59LAgA
StephensWSJ The New Yorker cartoon for our age. Just change the number of the week. pic.twitter.com/l3YFWo4N6t
coreyspowell 93 years ago #today, Hubble revealed proof that our galaxy is just one of a vast multitude. bit.ly/2kM3vIH pic.twitter.com/pscwFspS5f
@mtc01 @TraceySpicer [Shakes head] There’s some high-grade arsehattery happening all round there. Sigh.
Also, @mtc01 @TraceySpicer, illustrating a story about female media presenters with a picture of a bloke? Well, of… https://t.co/eYwyeLfc0O
RT @CombatCavScout: Repeated, forceful hammer blows.
Next question. https://t.co/K3N81LUIk8
@techoglot Not me. But for a price I can tell you who it was. Or, also for a price, @crdavies can ensure I don’t tell you who it was.
What sort of idiot answers a phone in an elevator and then, between bursts of static, shouts “I’m in an elevator! I’m in an elevator!�
@dobes I’m trying not to think about that. I have to hit my cyber count in today’s stories. Fortunately, @RepMcCaul is on my side.
No, I have an app for that. https://t.co/VN1QfVzVuL
Now this — THIS! — is one of the most important email security classification tags of all time. https://t.co/X9TvEV6ZVe
RT @keith_ng: mind blown https://t.co/38LXForw1l
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. https://t.co/PC0Ee5zyPn
@voltagex Now you’re talking. Maybe we need a whole new system for classifying our comms. [SEC=IRRESPONSIBLE]
@voltagex Nothing in that tweet surprises me. And no I’m OK. I have enough government email for one day (except for the data I’m expecting).
It’s one of those days when nearly every email reply I get has an addition to the subject line: [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
OK, I have to do some writing now.
@ResignInShame Not the flight itself, obviously, but I really like this town. What’s happening over the other side, not so much.
There is nothing “sort of†about this whatsoever. https://t.co/t3PE6itT2g
@nonya_bidniss Sadly, it’s starting to look like your skills may be needed again.
Excellent. The US Defense Secretary knows who he enemy is. #offtoagoodstart #butitisonlysundayhere… https://t.co/uQcDPlcHUr
@alexkidman @crdavies @benkepes @Mich11775 @Cyber_Roo Indeed.
@Bobosphere Apropos of generally, keep fighting the good fight, Bob.
@stewak2 @NuclearAnthro @daviottenheimer That’s the one. Site SF-88L. Brilliant tour led by Nike veterans.
@nonya_bidniss That must’ve been a time of mixed emotions.
@crdavies @benkepes @Mich11775 @alexkidman “I love you@Cyber_Roooo!#notexactlypikachuachu
@Luiz0x29A @NuclearAnthro @daviottenheimer Beautiful stuff, isn’t it. I hope you scrolled back for the electro-mechanical computer too.
@nonya_bidniss I seriously hope you’re not saying we have live nukes here? Actually, I do hope that. ;)
[Also, I know the real answer.]
@NuclearAnthro Oh man! A Nike-Hercules loaded onto the elevator, sent “upstairs†as they put it, and raising it to firing position! #nukejoy
@NuclearAnthro @daviottenheimer Yep, site SF-88L. A solid 2-hpur tour led by Nike veterans.
“Cyber who? Cyber Roo!” https://t.co/pug3mCo9AE
@brisvegas1 @joshgnosis @FakeDanTosello Indeed.
Hey @NuclearAnthro, did you see this thread? #mygoditsfullofnukes https://t.co/oWCGh93maJ
@riskybusiness @joshgnosis Belay that. I misunderstood for a moment.
@riskybusiness @joshgnosis Orly? FFS.
@joshgnosis @FakeDanTosello Which is, of course, a conflict of interest. Sigh.
@FakeDanTosello @joshgnosis Well it’s standard for email. ;)
@FakeDanTosello @joshgnosis Of course the way around that is to have FOI-able data archived off the device daily or whatever.
@FakeDanTosello @joshgnosis Sorry, yes, I was miles away. And yeah, that’s a valid point, if FOI processors are to limit their viewing.
@FakeDanTosello @joshgnosis Well the tools I’d seen were from Virginia or Maryland or somesuch place. Wisconsin maybe. Penrith. I dunno.
@riskybusiness @joshgnosis Oh. Yeah. I was assuming the phone backups were encrypted. As you were.
@joshgnosis Yeah I know, I’ve been following your saga. Their argument seems to be there’s no faster way that the way they know.
@joshgnosis The forensic tools I’ve seen demonstrated then give you a browser to view and search the data.
@joshgnosis Well it shouldn’t be. Unlock, attach standard forensic tool to data port, wait as long as a backup takes.
@joshgnosis Interesting. Unlocking the phone is in theory the only way, though my understanding is that Certain People have their ways.
@joshgnosis I’ll also admit I spend more time looking thru the natsec lens than the anti-corruption and transparency lenses.
@joshgnosis I was thinking it must look bad thru your lens. Dunno that WhatsApp changes that, tho ASD and Archives have diff viewpoints.
@joshgnosis True. I reckon it comes down to what is/isn’t “ministerial commsâ€. We still have to trust humans to keep them separate.
@alexkidman We need to run this question past @Mich11775, I think.
Sun plan, draft 3: Write for @zdnetaustralia x 2; 1930 PT UA222 SFO-LAX; 2245 UA839 LAX-SYD, arriving 0845 AEDT Tue; blog en route.
I’m pretty sure this is why we can’t have nice things. https://t.co/aUYahpURGU
Hey Australia, be proud! The @Cyber_Roo is officially a thing! #ozcyber #cybercyber #verycyber pic.twitter.com/ZnsL79wUEm
@KiwiLandingPad @benkepes Deal! And now to help make @zdnetaustralia’s Monday happy.
@KiwiLandingPad @benkepes Definitely. My brief with @zdnetaustralia can cover NZ and the rest of APAC should I choose. ;)
@munin @RachaelHasIdeas Yep, it’s an old trick. It just came up ’cos we noticed that SFO’s problem is the worst we’ve ever seen it.
A thing I learned in San Francisco yesterday: Nevada just dumped its mental patients here with one-way bus tickets. https://t.co/Nq2jxmBpY4
RT @NewtonMark: What is the actual difference between this time and the time he was PM and could actually do it? https://t.co/GwJwvcyuaV
CharlesFinch If it can happen in Sweden, it can happen in Narnia. Sobering thought.
@KiwiLandingPad @benkepes I’ll definitely do so next time in town, but I fly out this evening. And of course it’s Monday in Au/NZ now. :)
@KiwiLandingPad @benkepes Thanks, Sian, but I’m good. I’ve settled into a Starbucks for now, and will shortly move to a hotel foyer.
@benkepes @KiwiLandingPad Hah! Well the @AusUnlimited landing pad has a “Locations†page with no addresses. Sikiwilandingpad.comLIsz
@benkepes Indeed. But does @KiwiLandingPad admit random and slightly damp Australian journalists on rainy Sunday afternoons?
@benkepes Oh hang on, the Google confused me. It’s (down the bottom) at 981 Missionkiwilandingpad.comsz
@benkepes Except yours is over in Santa Clara, it seems. I’ll have to count that one out for this visit.
@benkepes Well that’s a thought, and there’s also an AU Landing Pad here. Though I susp@crdaviesvies has eated it.
I suspect I may, but it’s still pretty fucked up. https://t.co/pfCZkJqfLj
@united They’ll survive, NJ. Maybe. Anyway, that’s not your problem. Thanks for your help. Have a good one.
@garystark @irelandsusie Yeah OK, but let’s be clear, tho@uniteded will be just fine for their part. They can’t control time and space. Yet.
Sun plan, redraft: Write various things, somewhere in SFO (suggest!); 1930 PT UA222 SFO-LAX; 2245 UA839 LAX-SYD, arriving 0845 AEDT Tue.
@united Thanks for that, NJ. I figured that’d be the case. All good. I’ll just strangle my colleague who routed me through LAX today. ;)
@irelandsusie Yep. Got that. I’m pretty sure I’ll have to re-check at LAX because reasons.
@garystark @irelandsusie @united Hmmm. I need to confirm that before BARTing my way there, otherwise I’ll have a miserable afternoon.
@irelandsusie @united This is all good info, thanks, but timing means I need to work in SFO first. No matter, I’ll find a spot.
It’s OK, @united, I have used the internet, and the answer is “Noâ€. :) https://t.co/Qnl3yINXuA
@marcuskelson It is, actually, and I think there’s some hotels nearby that I’ve a loyalty card for.
Is the @united lounge at SFO accessible from domestic departures? I’m going through LAX before transferring to the SYD flight.
It’s just like being back in Australia.
Trying to use a shopping centre wi-fi network. It’s shit. Why? I see the guy at the next table talking to his girlfriend on Facetime.
And yet Karaganov says he’s more optimistic about the world order than only a few years ago. Make of that what you will.
Karaganov says the post-WWII “US-led world order” (presenter’s words) has become the world disorder.
Karaganov: “Trump is unpredictable but at least he offers the possibility of some fresh air.”
Karaganov: “I hope Russia is [very?] good at cyberwarfare.” (I didn’t quite catch the quote.) I see.
Current @CNN strap: “FLYNN FLAMEOUT: THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW”, and they’re interviewing Sergey Karaganov, former Putin foreign policy advisor.
@marcuskelson And by contrast, on Saturday I’m heading to Ho Chi Minh City for a week.
@marcuskelson Indeed. I’m writing a brief thing today. I’ll send you a link.
Kosmogrrrl Increasingly impressed with anyone who manages to write near-future SF under these conditions pic.twitter.com/pGWT69EeZB
@marcuskelson Right now it’s San Francisco, as… yeah, I’ll say it… as it says in my profile. But not for long.
@AlecMuffett @mjos_crypto That’s possible, I guess. That said, I’m happy to do it from the command line. [Shrug]
questingvole Jeepers. Mailonline contains, I discover because research and stuff, has 1,772 instances of the phrase “pert posterior”.
WernerTwertzog The iPhone 9 will be charged wirelessly by the level of global income inequality.
@mjos_crypto @AlecMuffett Thank you, though that still only gets me to viewing the certificate, no? Not exporting / copying it?
@marcuskelson Not here, alas.
It now seems to be slightly later than I’d planned, but I think I can get away with it.
Sun plan, supplemental: You don’t have a copy of the list, but I do.
Sun plan, draft: File wrangling; write various things (see list); 1930 PT UA222 SFO-LAX; 2245 UA839 LAX-SYD, arriving 0845 AEDT Tue.
Sunday. Before there are 40 days, there are 39, and you know what that means. Sunday.