Things I learn't today (Part 2)

Malcolm Mitchell played only played one season in the nfl and ended winning the Super Bowl. Can’t be too many to do that.

Was he in Eastenders?

No played for pats v the falcons

At Richmond Park was it?

My uncle Larry volunteered for the “Sean South” operation but was rejected - probably because he was too young.

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Rejected because his placename would lead to an awkward lyric.

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In fairness it would be hard to come up with a rhyme for Poulnagunogue.

At Poulnagunogue as the sun was setting.

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Was he a bit of a rogue?

Actually scrap that , I need to put on the specs :flushed::grinning:

There were men who loved Madonna, others preferred Kylieeeee Minogue…

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Mat Osman, bassist from Suede, is a brother of Richard Osman, TV presenter, writer etc.

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Mike Thorne, who produced Bronski Beat’s masterpiece Smalltown Boy, also produced the first three Wire albums.

I often wondered how Smalltown Boy was so good in comparison to their other stuff. I may have found the answer.

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Smalltown boy is one of the greatest pop songs ever written.

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I would nearly take out the word ‘pop’ there.

It is incredible.

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Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
You were the one that they’d talk about around town
As they put you down

And as hard as they would try, they’d hurt to make you cry
But you’d never cry to them, just to your soul
NO, YOU NEVER CRY TO THEM, JUST TO YOUR SOOUUUULL!!

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I always thought it was
“You never cry to them just to yourself”

No matter. A brilliant song.

Mr O’Driscoll, the keynote speaker, was there to “draw powerful parallels between the world of elite rugby and cyber defence - showing how teamwork, resilience and strategy are just as critical on the digital frontlines as they are on the pitch”, according to Check Point’s description of the conference.

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I hope Drico compared computer viruses to the maliciously spread vomiting bug that lost New Zealand the 1995 World Cup final.

"Think of your Windows operating system as being like Jonah Lomu in the 1995 Rugby World Cup semi-final between New Zealand and England. Powerful, fast, agile, great at running.

Now think of how a virus ruined Lomu in the final. He was slow, ponderous, unable to boot, and made many run time errors. If you’re not serious about cyber security, that’s what can happen to your computer."

The organisers must not have been able to afford Shaun Edwards.

He compared the spike in CPU usage on database servers due to cyber attacks to his own experience of getting spike tackled by Mealamu and Umaga

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He compared his intercept try in the 2009 Heino semi-final to how quality anti-virus programmes are able to intercept and destroy threats.

He compared the battle between Norton and McAfee for anti-virus programme market leadership to the battle between Ronan O’Gara and David Humphreys for the Ireland number 10 jersey.

He compared the effect of malware on computer operating systems to Duncan McRae continually punching Ronan O’Gara in the face in that infamous incident on the 2001 British Lions tour.

He talked about how Michael Cheika brought about a change in the culture at Leinster by transforming Leinster from “the Ladyboys” (as referenced by Alan Partridge) to “The Blue Screen Of Death”.

He compared the mobility of laptop computers and their ability to work in different places to a good “tourist” on a British Lions tour.