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25,000-Ton Amphibious Spam Relay
hormiga writes "The amphibious transport dock ship
San Antonio
incorporates the latest quality of life standards for the embarked Marines and sailors, including the sit-up berth, ship services mall, a fitness center and learning resource center/electronic classroom and
Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail. Now the Chinese can relay
their spam through U.S. military naval vessels." Well, Chinese spammers, anyhow.
I hope http://www.news.navy.mil has a sense of humor about the dreaded /. DDOS attack that they're under!!! /lamer
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
who pictured a giant, floating, can of Hormel's spicy meat concoction, peeling back it's top to release aircraft and attack vehicles? My GI Joe collection never had one of those...
SOYLENT SPAM IS FROGS!!!
2000 gung-ho, pissed of marines with landing craft, naval support and air support vs pasty chinese spammer with goverment welfare support.
Hate me!
Obviously, instead of sealing of ports, some poor yoeman went and sealed portholes...
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Somebody's watched to many Cold-War-era action movies.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
...I just don't even know what to say
Perhaps we need to create a 'great firewall' of our own.
And to think that our tax dollars are being subverted to send spam.
Hey! come on! try dividing it by anything!
Perhaps the spamming facilities on the ship are part of a US initiative to disable enemy email infrastructure?
In the event of Taiwan's declaring independence from the mainland, we can instantly flood Beijing with ads for penis enlargement!
That will slow down the PRC armies long enough for us to convince them that they don't really need Tawian and should focus on switching over to an economy based on turkey guts.
Evangelizing turkey guts since mid-2003.
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Of spam in a Can, but never spam in a boat.
-Certified TechnoWeinie
...because they certainly aren't relaying webpages very good at the moment.
Someone want to post the article?
I can count to 1023 on my hands. Ask me about #132.
"Cos it's all Bush's fault. Personally his fault, that is. Right?"
Didn't Truman have a sign on his desk saying "The buck stops here"? I assume he wasn't refering to deer.
After all, this *is* the Navy.
It's true, women prefer men with LARGE GOVERNMENTS. Communism can help you regrow hair, and in communist societies there's no reason to spam!
You'd end up with 2000 Marines busy churning through hundreds of penis enlargement, bigger boobs, refinancing, debt-free, horny teens, etc ads. I expect they'd resent the penis enlargement ads the most.
Sure they wouldn't attack Nigeria though? After all, they'd want to collect on those millions they were promised by Mr Sebeko, cousin of the ex-Finance Minister.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
I have my spam filter set to bounce all Tomahawk missles. If one does happen to get through, abuse@navy.mil is going to be hearing from me.
I hate to destroy part of a good story.
I think the proper terminology in this case would be, "I hate to torpedo part of a good story."
Then again... maybe not.
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
>Reminds me of the slew of buzzwords used in the movie Swordfish.
The tv show 24 really basterizes computer terms.
"Mount the filter to my screen so I can route it through the log files."
Still a good show.
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
You sound like a typical "I installed ipchains on my Linux box so I am a firewall admin" n00b. Ever hear of proxy firewalls? Sheesh.
25,000 tons?! I'm sure I could build an unsolicated bulk email server that weighs less than 1 ton.
---Okay, so it wouldn't be amphibious.
Sometimes I worry that I'll develop Alzheimer's disease, but no one will notice.
I do not like it from a boat
I do not like it from a goat
I don't need a huge torpedo
I don't need help with my libido
I do not like it from Chinese
I do not like it, stop it, please!
I do not like unsolicited Spam,
So please REMOVE ME Sam I Am!
have I got a deal on a bridge for you!
:o)
Bridges are passe - tell him it's a router
It's actualy a new node for warboaters...
You are more than the sum of what you consume. Desire is not an occupation.
ISS? Their sites are based on the space station now?! I had heard it was running the mythical WinNT4 SP6...
Why not just buy a scooter from the guy - then they will stop emailing you.
Seriously though, it seems to be questionable if any military network was actually compromised...
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."--Benjamin Franklin
The amphibious transport dock ship San Antonio incorporates the latest quality of life standards for the embarked Marines and sailors, including the sit-up berth, ship services mall, a fitness center and learning resource center/electronic classroom
What about skanky HOs? Marines & sailors are not satisfied without skanky ho service.
Good to see the Navy centralizes control of their boondoggle projects.
The Tomahawk's warhead does make for (if you will pardon the clicheed phrase) the 'mother of all DOS attacks', though...
See...just one day after Bush signs the dma spam law and the spammers have gone and moved their operations off-shore.
They'll want bigger faster spam relays!!
I take no responsibility for what I say. Even though I'm never wrong
Better be careful... this is one access point that can fight back...
It never fails to amaze me how many former navy seals, marines, snipers, covert operatives, counter-terrorist agents and military officers frequent internet forums which are otherwise used mostly by nerds.
Unless some of us veterans did computers before in the military, which would lead me to say that nerd stuff is no longer nerdy. It finally has been found to be what it is - Intelligence. Disclaimer: This is meant in NO WAY to denote that the millitary is intelligent. Sometimes they have the best deals on frontal labotomies.
> Technical accuracy is boring to most theatre-goers.
--I find your lack of faith in theatre-goers... Disturbing.
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== WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??