“But men at whiles are sober / And think by fits and starts, / And if they think, they fasten / Their hands upon their hearts.” --A E Housman
Who in the fuck downvoted this?!
An Open Letter To LulzSec
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#52I don't get it... why does a Fresh Prince reference make him a troll?
It's a practice that I assume started on 4chan where you get roped in to a serious sounding story only to have fresh prince lyrics busted out at the end. The story is always made up in these cases. It's kind of the rick rolling of wall of texts as in that if you'd never heard of it and saw a link like that you might assume it was a mistake or just random but of course it isn't.
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#53I don't get it... why does a Fresh Prince reference make him a troll?
It's a practice that I assume started on 4chan where you get roped in to a serious sounding story only to have fresh prince lyrics busted out at the end. The story is always made up in these cases. It's kind of the rick rolling of wall of texts as in that if you'd never heard of it and saw a link like that you might assume it was a mistake or just random but of course it isn't.
Ah, thanks. My childhood was spent on MUDs and learning photoshop and programming. Now all these darn whippersnappers do is get on /b/. Now if I can just perfect my "get off my lawn" yell...
Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec
#54An Open Letter to LulzSec
1. Dear Boys and Girls,
2. Do you remember what it was like when the bullies picked on you and your friends during lunch in the canteen? Broke your spectacles, stuck their filthy fingers in your food?
3. Do you remember what it was like before you really discovered the internets? The lonely empty darkness inside you that matched the lonely darkness that surrounded you?
4. Do you remember how you felt when the cool kids had fun stuff to do of an evening and all you had was a night of MMOs and online chat?
5. Do you remember thinking that you and your brain were capable of big things. Great things. Terrible things and the world would be sorry for underestimating you?
6. Do you remember a life before Lulz?
7. I'm guessing you do. I'm guessing it wasn't that long ago. I'm guessing that you are still stinging.
8. Then the lulz began.
9. We have to admit that when you were picking on the internets's big kids we had a moment of guilty lulz. When it looked like you were teaching them an important lesson we lulled along. But you changed.
10. Just because you have a pain inside doesn't mean that you you should inflict pain. Just because the big kids shit on you doesn't mean you should shit on the little kids.
11. The power has infected your young head, Child. You've gone to the Dark Side.
12. But. Wait. Shhh! Baby. It's OK. I promise.
13. The big, real world it full of lulz. Real lulz. The kind of amazing lulz that you can touch. Lulz you can taste and smell. Warm lulz, soft lulz. Hard lulz.
14. You have a big brain in your young head. A brain capable of good things, clever things, important things. Once you discover the power of real lulz you will soon put this behind you.
15. But do it fast before the bullies return and your life returns to being nothing more than a high-school cafeteria on repeat loop for 2-4 years with good behaviour.
16. The lulz aren't worth it.
17. Yours, Concerned.
Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
W̰̬̦͉̻̭e̘̻͚̳͖'̫̻̞̞̭l̠̥̲̗͚̻̗̝l͓̙̺̫͙̫̲ ͓n͖̳̥͍e͚̙̗̺v̭̼͓̗̭͙̦e̟̱͇͓͙͇r̘̙̥̘̤ ͕r̪̣̩̺̻͇͎ͅe̗̞̺a̻͚l̻̩͉͕͉̝ͅl̺y͍̭̰͍ ̺̱̗̟̝̥k͍͎̺̖̤n̳̰̰͔̩̯̥̻̼o̱ͅw̭͓̦͓͈͇͈̤͖.͙̮̳̖̞̱̹͙ ͕̝̤̹Y͎o̭̜u̮̖̩̳̤ ͖̳̭̼̦͍c̪̰͈̞a̘̜̠̗̘̥ͅn̟̤̫͉̰̟ͅ ̳͈̰̗̳̩̘͓̥n̲̤̙̙͕̖͖͕e͕v͈e̦̹͖r̭͙̘̺͉̥ͅ ̫̘̳̹̰͙r̹̳̬̳̞ͅͅe͚̞̺̺̠̤̝̳͚a̞̭̫̲͎͕̭l̼̮̭̳̩l̙̰̣̘̯̩͖̰y̦̰͕̬̲̘̰̻ ̰k͎͎n͖̤̗̬͙̠̥̦ͅo̪͔͙̯̹͓w͈̱̭ ͍͈̠̞̣̰ͅw̼̳͍͉͓̼̫h͍̟̬̟̱a͎͉͔̘̝̫̤̖ͅṯ̥͓̲̜̩̗̼'̩͎̣s̠͍̳̫͈̺͖̠ ̦̮͔͙͇̣̘g̜̰̻o̩̭i͚̯ṉ̝̻̹̫̗̹̖̗g̲͔͍͈̦ ̗̝̼̪̦̖o͉͈͇͓̯̗̥̥̼ṋ̘̮̠ͅ…
What are those crazy characters under your comment?
I thought it was a video card issue! I even refreshed the page. Tsc, tsc...
Re: An Open Letter To LulzSec
#56“But men at whiles are sober / And think by fits and starts, / And if they think, they fasten / Their hands upon their hearts.” --A E Housman
Who in the fuck downvoted this?!
Thanks, I was afraid that very few got the message. It's been one of the more powerful quotes I've come upon in my life. So many of us, virtually all of us at times, try to get ourselves so wrapped up in whatever it is that keeps us distracted, but, as the quote communicates, the deeper issues at some point or another enter into everyone's mind, even those who try the hardest to proverbally 'stay drunk.'
At some point the seriousness of this life hits us all. I've had the best luck when I've faced it head on. When I can be not merely self critical but act on that criticism. When I confront my own ignorance and nothingness then I'm far less likely to squander my time/life and for more likely to remember to respect and revere others and their rights and claims to the chaos, confusion and wonder that is this life.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Getting the machines to DDOS everyone took a while.
Given that I frequently hear about renting botnets, that's not necessarily the case - to acquire a botnet, one does not have to go out and compromise a bunch of computers. Of course, your phrasing suggests that you are presenting yourself as a primary source, as if you were a member of LulzSec speaking from experience. If that's the case, disregard this comment.
That was pure sarcasm, in reference to the OP's statement that "their recent hacks were _not_ kiddie stuff". Most of the crap they pulled last week were merely DDOS attacks, where the only real coordination required is getting everyone on an IRC channel at the same time to hit a button when someone says "Go".