I'm thinking off-site in several different buildings, encrypted with a key that is split among multiple people, though the key is mostly there to ensure that if anyone raids any, or even all but one, of the backup warehouses the data they get will be useless. Biweekly full backups, with daily incrementals.
Shepard Quest Mk VI, Technological Revolution
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azoicennead
Overly-Affectionate Zombie Squad
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Ah. I thought you meant everything about it was contradictory.
At a minimum, there's a secure backup on an otherwise unused server somewhere (probably IT). This would be generally known by employees ("IT has a backup in case the servers get fucked"). This would get at least weekly, probably daily, updates.
It's reasonable to assume there's also a secondary backup that only upper members of IT and security know about (could be assumed to update at the same time as the generally known one), and (depending on how paranoid we want Revy to be) a personal backup that Revy has at home that's updated much less frequently (monthly would be reasonable) and is the only instance of the information that is allowed off-campus at any time, and would only be known by the heads of security and IT (this is the "just in case the labs asplode" backup; an actually reasonable concern, given what we work on).
Another "just in case the labs asplode" backup could be somewhere secure, probably kept by whoever is in charge of IT, off-campus that's known by the same people who know about the secondary backup.
It's probably reasonable to assume there's some chatter about all but Revy's backup, but only the primary one is general employee knowledge. The secondary is known by a small group (that damn well better follow good security practices), and is only discussed by them. The tertiary (off-site) backup should only be discussed verbally, and kept somewhere unusual whose heightened security doesn't draw attention and gets regular visits by whoever keeps it; if nothing else is viable, they can just keep them at home in a physical, encrypted format (or on a server).
The tertiary and Revy-kept backups should only be discussed verbally (because they can't be protected by general, physical PI security measures without drawing attention to them), but any others are just kept within the authorized groups and probably have recorded communications mentioning them.
Carrnage
Human
- Location
- New Zealand
Home lab?
Van Ropen
Angry, angry about elves.
We don't have one as I understand it, our personal lab is at the Landing complex.
azoicennead
Overly-Affectionate Zombie Squad
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Why?
We work with very high-energy things like munitions, lasers, black hole guns, etc. Having a backup offsite, where it's protected from tests going wrong, is common sense.
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
- [X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Pilum IIs as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
- - [X] From there, massed autocannon fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test...
- [X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Pilum IIs as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
- - [X] From there, massed autocannon fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test...
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- va
changing my vote for
[X]tachikomas aunt
[X]tachikomas aunt
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
- [X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Pilum IIs as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
- - [X] From there, massed autocannon fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test...
[X] Have any un-engaged security be prepared for anyone trying to sneak in while this biotic super-soldier is rampaging and creating a distraction. Priority is defense of the research databases. Divert at least one team of Legionaire equipped troops to the research servers to protect them.
Adding the last one since TBH the super soldier seems to be a distraction from my PoV. Sure, he's powerful, but with the number of Legionaires we have, we'll wear him down eventually. But in the mean while, he's causing a huge ruckus and drawing our attention. It's far easier to sneak inside enemy defenses if they are distracted by an obvious threat.
- [X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Pilum IIs as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
- - [X] From there, massed autocannon fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test...
[X] Have any un-engaged security be prepared for anyone trying to sneak in while this biotic super-soldier is rampaging and creating a distraction. Priority is defense of the research databases. Divert at least one team of Legionaire equipped troops to the research servers to protect them.
Adding the last one since TBH the super soldier seems to be a distraction from my PoV. Sure, he's powerful, but with the number of Legionaires we have, we'll wear him down eventually. But in the mean while, he's causing a huge ruckus and drawing our attention. It's far easier to sneak inside enemy defenses if they are distracted by an obvious threat.
Times up then.
I'd conclude this won:
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. Though your combat skills themselves aren't the best. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Piliums as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
--[X] From there, massed autocannon-fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test.
I'd conclude this won:
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. Though your combat skills themselves aren't the best. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Piliums as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
--[X] From there, massed autocannon-fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test.
Vote tally:
##### 3.21
[X]You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. Though your combat skills themselves aren't the best.
No. of votes: 1
Ramble
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. Though your combat skills themselves aren't the best. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
No. of votes: 7
TheEyes, Tachikoma's Aunt, Sylvire, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent, hcvquizibo
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Piliums as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repolsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
No. of votes: 5
TheEyes, Sylvire, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent
--[X] From there, massed autocannon-fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
No. of votes: 7
TheEyes, Sylvire, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent, Quizer, aceraptor
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test.
No. of votes: 6
TheEyes, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent, Quizer, aceraptor
[x] The Eye's plan looks good.
No. of votes: 1
TerrisH
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 2x Piliums as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repolsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings, where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach.
No. of votes: 2
Tachikoma's Aunt, hcvquizibo
--[X] Riddle the smear of chunky salsa with massed autocannon-fire just to be sure.
No. of votes: 2
Tachikoma's Aunt, hcvquizibo
[X] Have security to go where you stored those two Mako's we didn't sell at the competition and take them to the front. Large repulsor cannon and vehicle laser make big difference in the battle.
No. of votes: 1
Sylvire
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
No. of votes: 2
Quizer, aceraptor
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Pilum IIs as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
No. of votes: 2
Quizer, aceraptor
[X] Have any un-engaged security be prepared for anyone trying to sneak in while this biotic super-soldier is rampaging and creating a distraction. Priority is defense of the research databases. Divert at least one team of Legionaire equipped troops to the research servers to protect them.
No. of votes: 1
aceraptor
##### 3.21
[X]You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. Though your combat skills themselves aren't the best.
No. of votes: 1
Ramble
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. Though your combat skills themselves aren't the best. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
No. of votes: 7
TheEyes, Tachikoma's Aunt, Sylvire, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent, hcvquizibo
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Piliums as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repolsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
No. of votes: 5
TheEyes, Sylvire, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent
--[X] From there, massed autocannon-fire should do the job; duck behind cover to dodge biotic abilities. Bring up your Barrier ability if it does not interfere with your shields.
No. of votes: 7
TheEyes, Sylvire, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent, Quizer, aceraptor
[X] Have Security send a runner to activate any idle Tigers in our factory, waiting for shipment. Call it a secondary Quality Control test.
No. of votes: 6
TheEyes, LordsFire, Tetsurou, argent, Quizer, aceraptor
[x] The Eye's plan looks good.
No. of votes: 1
TerrisH
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 2x Piliums as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repolsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings, where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach.
No. of votes: 2
Tachikoma's Aunt, hcvquizibo
--[X] Riddle the smear of chunky salsa with massed autocannon-fire just to be sure.
No. of votes: 2
Tachikoma's Aunt, hcvquizibo
[X] Have security to go where you stored those two Mako's we didn't sell at the competition and take them to the front. Large repulsor cannon and vehicle laser make big difference in the battle.
No. of votes: 1
Sylvire
[X] You're in a perfect position to intercept the biotic super soldier. You stand the best chance against him with you upgraded Legionary. We've managed to beat a squad of Legionaries practically by ourselves before; one guy shouldn't be that much of a problem, but best to be cautious anyway.
No. of votes: 2
Quizer, aceraptor
-[X] Get high, and get far; you're fighting a biotic, and biotics don't tend to go for range boosts. Fire 4x Pilum IIs as an alpha strike, and go 3D by using your Repulsor jetpack to get on the roof of one of your multi-story buildings (using the building itself to cover your movement), where you have the high ground, cover, and enough distance that your weapons can hit, but the enemy's biotics won't be able to reach you, or even see you.
No. of votes: 2
Quizer, aceraptor
[X] Have any un-engaged security be prepared for anyone trying to sneak in while this biotic super-soldier is rampaging and creating a distraction. Priority is defense of the research databases. Divert at least one team of Legionaire equipped troops to the research servers to protect them.
No. of votes: 1
aceraptor
BTW, for future reference, I'm not sure rolz.com can be trusted:
1000D100 => 49178
1000D100 => 50731
1000D100 => 50507
1000D100 => 50585
1000D100 => 48755
1000D100 => 50289
1000D100 => 51638
1000D100 => 48740
1000D100 => 50414
1000D100 => 49039
1000D100 => 50795
1000D100 => 50171
1000D100 => 51106
1000D100 => 49358
Expected mean: 50500 Expected standard deviation... around 70? Someone check my math there?
For the above: mean 50093; standard deviation 919.2.
There's something odd there.
1000D100 => 49178
1000D100 => 50731
1000D100 => 50507
1000D100 => 50585
1000D100 => 48755
1000D100 => 50289
1000D100 => 51638
1000D100 => 48740
1000D100 => 50414
1000D100 => 49039
1000D100 => 50795
1000D100 => 50171
1000D100 => 51106
1000D100 => 49358
Expected mean: 50500 Expected standard deviation... around 70? Someone check my math there?
For the above: mean 50093; standard deviation 919.2.
There's something odd there.
Yes, that you're trying to create a statistical group out of only 14 samples.
He's rolling 1000D100s .
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
That means he's using 14000 samples?
Yes and no. I only threw such a low sample size out there because I only had five minutes, so it's not conclusive, only indicative, of an RNG that looks prone to statistically improbable runs of low rolls. I'll do something more conclusive after work, assuming noone beats me to it.
redzonejoe
Vaguely Pastafarian
- Location
- Canada
Nah. If he added it all together and used the sum for his calculations, that would be 14000 samples of a d100.
He's using 14 samples of 1000d100, which is different because he's using 1000d100 as his base for his calculations.
I'm probably not making sense, it's been a bit since high school math. The point is that the way he's doing it is only 14 separate samples
He's using 14 samples of 1000d100, which is different because he's using 1000d100 as his base for his calculations.
I'm probably not making sense, it's been a bit since high school math. The point is that the way he's doing it is only 14 separate samples
Yes, that's right, I haven't done a t test to reject the null hypothesis. Like I said, I only had five minutes before my bus left, and an inkling that something was wrong because a second quest used rolz and got an extremely statistically unlikely result, just like this one. If someone would like to do the test, maybe replicate my experiment or do a more in depth one, I'd appreciate it.
Chargone
Invisable operator
- Location
- New Zealand
Do remember: true randomness Does produce streaks and statistically unlikely results. And the human brain is pretty much Designed to find patterns, to the point where it does so even when no such patterns exist. If you're not seeing streaks, finding patterns, and encountering the statistically unlikely from time to time, it's because it's being tampered with.
Of course, as you increase the sample size to the point of absurdity, the results should look progressively closer to what the maths tells you to expect.
'Course, you probably knew all that.
Of course, as you increase the sample size to the point of absurdity, the results should look progressively closer to what the maths tells you to expect.
'Course, you probably knew all that.
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
Here is another user's analysis of the sample size TheEyes has presented.
I thought it was known that rolls rolled kind of wonky?