Anonymous strikes back for Megaupload takedown

[blahkamehameha]

So...megaupload, megavideo, etc. are gone forever? All material saved on servers is gone?

 

[Mindzpeed]

So...megaupload, megavideo, etc. are gone forever? All material saved on servers is gone?

No, not megavideo, still haven't finished watching my prn anime

 

[DJPlace]

i don't even know what anon did to what i'm confused has fuck??

 

[nando]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

does the method really matter?

 

[Foxi4]

Do we yawn and remind y'all y'all's that it's just another DDOS attack done by Script Kiddies now or do we give you a moment to contain your joy before we break the bubble and you fall face-down onto the ground?

does the method really matter?

Yes, quite so.

I like the analogy to the sledgehammer that was used before, but I'll use a more concrete example.

I do believe the message would be far more "prominent" were they actually hacked the sites they claim to have "hacked" and placed an alternative banner with some "Stop SOPA" or "Give us our Files back!" slogans. THAT would be impressive.

A DDOS attack is essentially pulling the electric plug from the outlet in order to stop an mp3 in Winamp. Sure you're gonna freaking stop it, hope you enjoy a black and not-so-meaningful black screen that follows.

 

[xist]

does the method really matter?

Which demonstrates more power - getting lots of people to jump up and down on a suspension bridge until it breaks, or one or two people knowing enough about how the bridge works to remove one piece and cause it to come tumbling down.

 

[Foxi4]

does the method really matter?

Which demonstrates more power - getting lots of people to jump up and down on a suspension bridge until it breaks, or one or two people knowing enough about how the bridge works to remove one piece and cause it to come tumbling down.

Lots of people falling to their deaths and being buried in the debris is my personal choice in this case, for all the wrong reasons.

The penalty for "borderline stupid" would be "death" here, which nicely cleans up the genepool. You can't forget to mention the comedy value of the situation.

But I digress.

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

"Peaceful" in the sense that not a single person gets hurt in this. And for "electing" a government that's not butthurt...good luck, maybe you should learn just why the US has this kind of government. Because mass media, and the general public, are will to bend over backwards for the GLORIOUS DEMOCRATIC GOVERMENT OF CAPITALISMMMMM.

Who exactly is "General Public" and where can I meet the guy? (Hint: It's you guys). Attack is an attack, don't call turds chocolate candy. As far as the government is concerned, you have numerous candidates, do you not? How come in Clinton times you had a national income and after his "reign" only losses? Picking right DOES make a difference. Americans take the personal lives of celebs too much to the heart - Clinton may have been a "ladies president" but at least he was a good president. What can you tell about your other choices so far?

Hint, no it is not us. The people protesting things currently is....maybe, maybe, MAYBE 1/1000th of the entire US. Hence why someone like Bush got into office in this first place. Clinton doesn't matter. That's the past. And there's not a single good politician around anymore.

 

[Foxi4]

"Peaceful" in the sense that not a single person gets hurt in this. And for "electing" a government that's not butthurt...good luck, maybe you should learn just why the US has this kind of government. Because mass media, and the general public, are will to bend over backwards for the GLORIOUS DEMOCRATIC GOVERMENT OF CAPITALISMMMMM.

Who exactly is "General Public" and where can I meet the guy? (Hint: It's you guys). Attack is an attack, don't call turds chocolate candy. As far as the government is concerned, you have numerous candidates, do you not? How come in Clinton times you had a national income and after his "reign" only losses? Picking right DOES make a difference. Americans take the personal lives of celebs too much to the heart - Clinton may have been a "ladies president" but at least he was a good president. What can you tell about your other choices so far?

Hint, no it is not us. The people protesting things currently is....maybe, maybe, MAYBE 1/1000th of the entire US. Hence why someone like Bush got into office in this first place. Clinton doesn't matter. That's the past. And there's not a single good politician around anymore.

Vote for Vermin Supreme then. A vote for Vermin is a vote completely thrown away.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Fuck everything and vote for Herman Cain. Because a vote for Herman Cain is vote for Stephen Colbert.

 

[nando]

does the method really matter?

Which demonstrates more power - getting lots of people to jump up and down on a suspension bridge until it breaks, or one or two people knowing enough about how the bridge works to remove one piece and cause it to come tumbling down.

i don't think i get your analogy. getting lots of people to do anything is a higher demonstration of power. but i still don't get your analogy.

 

[Foxi4]

Fuck everything and vote for Herman Cain. Because a vote for Herman Cain is vote for Stephen Colbert.

Cain grew up in Georgia and graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. Cain pursued graduate studies at Purdue University, and graduated with a Master of Science in computer science in 1971. Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991. He was deputy chairman, from 1992 to 1994, and chairman from 1995 to 1996, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In 1995, Cain was appointed by Newt Gingrich to the Kemp Commission. In 1996, he was a senior economic advisor to the Bob Dole presidential campaign.Cain has served as a member of the board of directors of several companies, including Aquila, Inc., Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader's Digest, and AGCO.

Sounds like the perfect man for the job - educated, well-versed in technology and an exceptional economist, perfect for those turbulent times of debt.

i don't think i get your analogy. getting lots of people to do anything is a higher demonstration of power. but i still don't get your analogy.

What he meant was that you can achieve a goal either by doing something exceptionally smart or by amassing an overpowering force and doing it "effortlessly", out of which the first option is more impressive and requires actual knowledge of what you're doing.

 

[xist]

i don't think i get your analogy. getting lots of people to do anything is a higher demonstration of power. but i still don't get your analogy.

DDOS'ing a site to bring it down doesn't make you a force to be reckoned with. It just proves you can hurl lots of traffic at a site. Imagine if some random member of Anon took the site down by actually gaining access to it....that's power to worry about, not hurling lots of rocks.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Fuck everything and vote for Herman Cain. Because a vote for Herman Cain is vote for Stephen Colbert.

Cain grew up in Georgia and graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. Cain pursued graduate studies at Purdue University, and graduated with a Master of Science in computer science in 1971. Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991. He was deputy chairman, from 1992 to 1994, and chairman from 1995 to 1996, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In 1995, Cain was appointed by Newt Gingrich to the Kemp Commission. In 1996, he was a senior economic advisor to the Bob Dole presidential campaign.Cain has served as a member of the board of directors of several companies, including Aquila, Inc., Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader's Digest, and AGCO.

Sounds like the perfect man for the job - educated, well-versed in technology and an exceptional economist, perfect for those turbulent times of debt.

The man knows Pokemon exists. He should be president.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Fuck everything and vote for Herman Cain. Because a vote for Herman Cain is vote for Stephen Colbert.

Cain grew up in Georgia and graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. Cain pursued graduate studies at Purdue University, and graduated with a Master of Science in computer science in 1971. Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991. He was deputy chairman, from 1992 to 1994, and chairman from 1995 to 1996, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In 1995, Cain was appointed by Newt Gingrich to the Kemp Commission. In 1996, he was a senior economic advisor to the Bob Dole presidential campaign.Cain has served as a member of the board of directors of several companies, including Aquila, Inc., Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader's Digest, and AGCO.

Sounds like the perfect man for the job - educated, well-versed in technology and an exceptional economist, perfect for those turbulent times of debt.

The man knows Pokemon exists. He should be president.

More like his speechwriters know Pokemon exists.

 

[Foxi4]

More like his speechwriters know Pokemon exists.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

I think America needs to focus on getting this national pipeline built instead of attacking the internet. Jobs are more important than fighting against copyright infrigement which doesn't affect the job market at all. (Maybe for actors/musical artists but most of them are assholes anyway.)

 

[Nujui]

does the method really matter?

Which demonstrates more power - getting lots of people to jump up and down on a suspension bridge until it breaks, or one or two people knowing enough about how the bridge works to remove one piece and cause it to come tumbling down.

i don't think i get your analogy. getting lots of people to do anything is a higher demonstration of power. but i still don't get your analogy.

It's not about getting lots of people ddosing a site, anyone could do that if they planned it, now hacking into a site and doing things to it, is another story and shows that you/they have the know how to screw things up.

 

[nando]

What he meant was that you can achieve a goal either by doing something exceptionally smart or by amassing an overpowering force and doing it "effortlessly", out of which the first option is more impressive and requires actual knowledge of what you're doing.

i guess we differ. having power over enough people to plummet to their deaths by jumping up and down on a bridge is way more impressive than knowing which piece on the bridge is loose. it's easy to break something. knowledge is easy to acquire. you could find a "collapse a bridge by removing a single piece for dummies" book - it's not impressive.

besides. the "good hackers" or the people as you say that can do it in an "impressive demonstration of power" aren't doing shit and that's not impressive or powerful at all.

 

[Gahars]

This will be interesting to watch at the very least.