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The big one here is "remote code execution" - the ability for a remote (ie, not on the box) attacker to run _whatever the hell code they want_ that the box can run.

Short answer - no real limit - if the machine can run it, the attackers can load/run it.

HDS, have to agree - as they are, they fit nicely. Tev, if you've halved power draw, then each light's guts also run that much cooler inside. This slows any chemical reactions you don't want, like corrosion, reduces thermal/mechanical stresses, and gives you a bunch more headroom against a single di...

How does conflict of laws get resolved in the US when it's a federal law (ie, a possible US-wide abortion ban) colliding with a state's constitution (such as in the OP)? I'm not sure if/how federal supremacy would apply here. From what I understand, plain federal law vs plain state law falls under f...

Tev, are you talking about flags of convenience? - where a ship might have owners in country A, crewed mainly by nationals of country B, and be on the merchant registry of country C?

Tev, Sochi's on the eastern shores of the Black Sea. According to Google Maps, it's more of a resort town than a port town.

How's Renji setting in?

As OP said, things have already gone full Kessler, creating the need for orbital debris removal on nontrivial scales. IIRC, stuff under 1 cm in size can be cost-and-mass-effectively shielded against, stuff > 10 cm can be tracked (and thus dodged), it's the stuff in that middle size range is the big ...

I am also sorry to hear of your loss.

My condolences. It hurts a hell of a lot (and sucks) to lose a beloved pet.

Here's a couple of suggestions:
"Crush the lesser races, unlimited rice pudding for all!"

"WAAAGH!"

Ah, gotcha. This wasn't a surprise.

When do we need to start checking the scenery for teeth marks?

... is Truth voiced/portrayed in your head by that SCION OF SILENCE , that PATRON OF PIANISSIMO himself, BRIAN BLESSED ? As DKeith said, things just got complicated - a Halo array was just fired in anger. Weren't the others supposed to do some autonomous response to Cole launching Operation Galvanis...

That's an easy one - if it's a five kiltonne rubble pile at 30 km/s, there won't be any locals left to complain. Besides, you can always blame magnetic fields. That worked all the way through my degree :D I was thinking, for an impact into the English Channel/southern North Sea, that "locals&q...

Also, is it just me or does Planetary Defence Officer sound like an awesome job title? Yes, it does... right up until an asteroid deflection/fragmentation mission doesn't perfectly succeed and instead of a megatonne rubble pile slamming into one of the soggier bits of the planet at ~30 km/s, a five...

Twas worth the wait, nevertheless.

Wouldn't the real trick be integrating the diverse bits and pieces?

Have to admit, I got a good chuckle at the Dreadnought's captain.

Sure it won't be the fun having the Spartans?

Rock on!

Nice work.

Couple of questions (possibly arising out of my ignorance of Halo):
- Since when were UNSC sergeants commissioned officers?
- When did it become kosher to verbally demote someone?

This looks to be a case of (at least) two populations divided by a common language.

IME, Australian usage of "battleaxe" in this context tracks closer to UK than US usage.

E_F, fair enough about the timelines not quite meshing up - a bit of uncanny valley there?

Worth the wait. Very minor nitpick - IIRC and going by their respective games, Billy Blaze / Commander Keen was BJ's grandson, and Doomguy was the part-tank-part-lawnmower's great-grandson. Whether Doomguy was also Keen's son was never, iirc, addressed. ”I hate to interrupt Captain, but I’ve just he...

I figured as much. I've worked on a couple of things where starship(yard) construction has been the limiting reagent and thus needing to be worked out in some detail.

That sort of arglebargle would be covered under the first-of-kind premium (which could be higher than 40% - I grabbed it from nuclear reactor engineering), assuming the slips were already there, just that they hadn't built anything so damn BIG before. There would have been some gubbins learned from ...

I was confusing the losses of Pegasus and the Excalibat . Between the time dilation fields and Asgard(-designed) beaming kit, I suspect the critical path for a new Lionheart hull is at least 3 times shorter, to an outside observer, than back in the day. You sure it's only economies of scale rather t...