[HN Gopher] A knight's tale
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A knight's tale
Author : pepys
Score : 54 points
Date : 2024-05-02 03:40 UTC (19 hours ago)
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| sklargh wrote:
| The BL's elongated ransomware attack recovery has robbed the
| internet of a remarkable resource of primary source documents
| like the above. I'm into older maps and it's a gaping hole in my
| browsing. Wish there was a meaningful way to help them recover
| more quickly.
| jackstraw14 wrote:
| I hadn't heard about this, how terrible. It sucks to give in to
| the attackers, but 20 BTC seems like a small price to pay
| compared to rebuilding from scratch.
|
| One interesting bit toward the end of this article indicates
| the royal family has paid ransomware attackers too.
|
| https://web.archive.org/web/20240412005905/https://www.newyo...
| pgalvin wrote:
| Whilst the British Library is spending a lot more money
| rebuilding, and expected to take a year or more to be fully
| operational again, there are some upsides to this. Their IT
| infrastructure used outdated and insecure practices, which
| enabled the attack in the first place, and the rebuilding
| forces them to modernise it. It also sidesteps the
| possibility of the ransomware group retaining a foothold in
| their systems, unbeknownst to the BL (though I will add that
| ransomware groups are, perhaps surprisingly, usually pretty
| honest once you pay them).
| KineticLensman wrote:
| AIUI, many of their antiquated core systems couldn't be
| reinstalled on modern more secure OS, hence the very slow
| recovery
| duxup wrote:
| Supplying twelve fish pasties / moving fancy lances. Interesting
| that these are logistical type services. I wonder if logistics of
| sorts was a bigger concern then than we have now.
| taneq wrote:
| Logistics is one of those things that grows to fill the space
| around it. Any time you have more than required to sustain
| yourself for the moment, logistics rears its head.
|
| By which I mean to say, logistics is always around as big a
| concern as it is right now, whenever 'now' is. Probably
| something to do with Pareto. Hah, that guy, hey?
| dhosek wrote:
| Oh, most definitely. The distances covered in older travel
| tales are often shorter than many people's contemporary daily
| commutes.
| bee_rider wrote:
| Although, I think carrying 12 fish pasties is not a great
| logistical feat. I bet the main goal is for the knight to
| perform a token act of service for their lord. A good-natured
| way to signal obedience.
| duxup wrote:
| I assume that many of these tasks are symbolic / used to
| socially bind folks together. Similar to that friend who
| orders the first round of beers for everyone or something. He
| has his place and everyone knows it and enjoys it. Not unlike
| any kind of ritual, etc.
|
| Many roles I know had physical symbols you carried or wore.
| Jim the beer buyer would be proud to his staff of beer
| buying, value it, and so on just as much as the fish guy.
| Dr_Birdbrain wrote:
| I seem to remember that a big concern in feudalism was
| whether your underling lords would actually show up when you
| needed them. This kind of "bring me 12 pasties" thing is as
| you say most likely a token that he will show up in court and
| bring the pasties.
| foobarian wrote:
| So it's like a service health check periodically run by the
| load balancer :-D
| temp0826 wrote:
| $ ping -c 12 -p fishpasty king.gov
| bee_rider wrote:
| Well, it is feudalism so really the line between .gov,
| .org, and .name is probably a little blurry.
| DrakeDeaton wrote:
| So the middle ages too had Doordash.
| deadbabe wrote:
| Did the title of this article remind anyone of that old movie
| about the life of a knight with the same title? A fun little
| satirical comedy. I found out the lead actor died at 28.
| yurishimo wrote:
| Im still salty about it. He had such a great career ahead of
| him. Welp, now I know what I'm doing tonight.
| matsemann wrote:
| Not sure if you're sarcastic or not, but it was Heath Ledger,
| and his death was all over the news when he died right after
| filming of his Joker role, even here in Europe.
|
| I love that movie, my favorite. So fun how it starts with We
| Will Rock you to convey that this is _not_ a historic accurate
| movie, but somewhat also accurately portrays how the event
| itself was like a rock concert at the time.
| deadbabe wrote:
| I was 8 or 9 so I wasn't really paying much attention to
| news.
| jackstraw14 wrote:
| That's fair, not sure if I had seen any of his movies when
| I was that age either. Maybe 10 Things I Hate About You. It
| was a big deal at the time and his death still makes me
| more sad than any other pop figure that's died in my
| lifetime, I think. I'm not sure if the death of River
| Phoenix felt the same way to his fans, but Heath Ledger
| made such a big impact for the short time he was with us...
| it's so sad that he didn't get more time to grow because he
| was one of the best.
| petepete wrote:
| Now I'm having flashbacks to Heat Legend memes. Time has
| flown.
| vidarh wrote:
| "Old movie".... Now _I_ feel old....
| deadbabe wrote:
| Sorry
| xw38011 wrote:
| Wait, two men jousting on sheep!? How does that even work.
| neaden wrote:
| It's just a picture, like the tiny knights fighting snails. Not
| something that happened.
| litoE wrote:
| What are "fish pasties"?
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