They use the word "kinetic" a lot

November 29, 2017 4:37 PM

CyberCity is a 1:87 (HO) scale "miniaturized physical city" designed to simulate "the best efforts of a well-funded terrorist organization or other cyber attacker trying to control city assets".
posted by OverlappingElvis (10 comments total)

On the one hand, it's a terrifyingly plausible scenario that could happen to any city in the world.

On the other hand, it's a bunch of dudes playing with model trains.

No disrespect to cybersecurity people, you're great
posted by OverlappingElvis at 4:38 PM on November 29, 2017

HEY! YOU GOT YOUR MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN MY WALTHER'S CATALOG

no you got your walther's catalog in my military industrial complex
posted by ulotrichous at 5:04 PM on November 29, 2017 [4 favorites]

"miniaturized physical studio backlot"
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 5:26 PM on November 29, 2017 [1 favorite]

The youtube link has an extra h in http.
posted by Harpocrates at 5:43 PM on November 29, 2017

The extra 'h' is for 'HO scale'. Try adding it to any YouTube video to miniaturize it!
posted by sysinfo at 5:58 PM on November 29, 2017 [10 favorites]

Huh, this was pretty cool!
posted by turbid dahlia at 6:36 PM on November 29, 2017

This was really interesting, thanks! It's fascinating and insightful to get an idea of the resources inherent in code, but not obvious to those of us not literate in it. It's crazy that there's a whole world that I visit and interact with daily, but can't really read.
posted by Graygorey at 12:31 AM on November 30, 2017

This is amazing. When they went from "this runs real banking software" to "also we have a functional missile battery" my jaw kind of dropped.
posted by mmcg at 2:43 AM on November 30, 2017

I used to be a SANS member back in the day when I had money for stuff like that. They are a REALLY good informational and training resource.
posted by Samizdata at 2:57 AM on November 30, 2017

if their audience is military, kinetic is military code talk for weapons (more-or-less). For example you hear talk of military drones or UAV and there's disclaimers like "only non-kinetic systems/payloads are on board" -- meaning nothing that goes kaboom.

So they're trying to say "yeah, no conventional weapons, but things that can be weaponized".
posted by k5.user at 7:44 AM on November 30, 2017