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Internet Meltdown Predicted for Tomorrow
Kobalt writes "A few news services are reporting that Russian computer expert, Aleksandr Gostev from Kaspersky Labs, has predicted that a large chunk of the Internet will be shut down tomorrow by cyber terrorists."
as long as google dosen't go down we can live on the caches!!!!!
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Could they be a bit clearer on which TZ they're basing the attack? For me, it's already "tomorrow" in Japan.
I smell the work of the GOP trying to get the geek vote.
Drill baby drill - on Mars
How will I be so productive at work ?
oh... wait..
My blog
Evil bits! There is still time to mend your ways! Repent, evil bits, for the hour of your doom is at hand!
SAILING MISHAP
We're going to slashdot the entire internet?
Chris Knight is my hero.
NO! don't let them anywhere NEAR the internet's power switch!
> Is it someone who makes threats using electronic media?
no thats the RIAA isn't it?
---- There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't
Productivity tomorrow is expected to rise to levels not seen since the 1980's.
But I can predict with 100% certainty that my eyes will meltdown in their sockets if they don't change the IT section color scheme soon.
A coordinated online strike against Internet servers by terrorists, dubbed "electronic jihad," may or may not strike this week, security experts said.
Well, I may or may not be concerned then.
Moo.
e-had - a purely electronic holy war
i-had - much like an e-had, but it's portable
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
I was supposed to do a major network re-configuration tomorrow, damn, now I'll get the blame for bringing down the whole internet!
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Its that jackass that won't get off the mic in counter-strike, unreal tournament, and any other game in which they can spam endless chatter without a chance of retribution.
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I guess I'll have to stay up extra late tonight then in order to finish downloading the entire Internet onto my laptop...
Gentoo Linux - another day, another USE flag.
Doesn't XP Service Pack 2 finally make its way onto Windows Auto-update tomorrow?
Don't Crease the Weasel!
Thanks in advance!
Maybe the passengers upset with the terrorists' plans to crash them into the Internet.
Also, why tomorrow?
Obviously it's because August 26 is Macaulay Culkin's birthday. Everyone knows terrorists are big fans of the Home Alone movies, though not the third one.
It's what happens if you put your swimsuit in the dryer for too long on high heat.
(S(SKK)(SKK))(S(SKK)(SKK))
The sky, she is falling! The sky, she is falling!
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
>one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.
If a fire fighter fights fires, and a crime fighter fights crime, what is a "freedom fighter"?
Yeah. A cyber terrorist is some teenage geek that messages you all the time with "ASL? R U HORNY?" so much and so often that you can't get anything done.
People say I'm crazy, I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes...
As Reagan said; one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.
I always mess that one up. I thought he said "one mans terrorist is another mans customer."
Donald Rumsfeld seems to fit into your progression.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
I have developed a program to download Google to my hard disk. I have two (yes, two) ISDN lines, so I'll be fine to support the web for a week or so.
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Since about midnight last night, Earthlink appears to be ahead of this "internet meltdown" curve. Their DSL service has been slow when it's working at all.
What a service provider!
Maybe he is referring to the Windows Update release of XP SP2?
a man, a plan, a canal, panama
and it need not be limited to five.
A goal is a dream with a deadline
Screw the net! I spend all my time on teh intarweb!
My strategy will consist of a different approach:
1) Do absolutely nothing.
2) If anything happens tomorrow pull the plug on the DSL router we use for Internet access.
3) Plug the router back in after a few hours.
4) Repeat step 1.
They made a THIRD one?! Jesus, no wonder they hate us.
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A story on /. that doesn't require you to RTFA! I think the headline on this site contained almost as much information as the linked stories did.
With the AK, wouldn't you, technically, be playing a FPS, but with better graphics and sound?
Careful, you're playing hardcore mode.
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ECHELON is a government program to find words like bomb, jihad, plutonium, assassinate, and anarchy.
Shhh, you might reveal the pointlessness of the Department of Homeland Security!
We HAVE to have the term terrorist, we aren't allowed to call everyone who disagrees with us "nazi" anymore.
And if you don't agree, that's because you are a friggin terro-nazi.
I like the Internet Storm Center's comment about this "news". From today's
diary:
"The ISC would like to go out on a limb and predict that the Internet will not vaporize into a cloud of nothingness this Thursday, but if it does, it's been our pleasure to help stave off its inevitable annihilation this long."
---- join dshield.org Distributed Intrusion Detec
It's just the stupid XP SP2 upgrade through Windows Auto Update. How somebody could confuse a Windows update with cyber terrorism is beyond me!
Excuse me, I spilled coffee all over myself laughing. Hmm- read our web site, download our trojan, which will ENABLE US to conduct our 'predicted attack' !!!
If you lined up all of the economists in the world, you still wouldn't reach a conclusion.
Economists have successfully predicted nine of the last seven recessions.
#!/usr/bin/english
Someone has found This....
No DON'T push that button...
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If he's right, it's not like your comments will be modded up anyways.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
A *RUSSIAN* scientist spreading homeland security propaganda for an *AMERICAN* political party. You really put a lot of thought into that assertion, didn't you?
One word: outsourcing.
Given a choice between free speech and free beer, most people will take the beer.
Or better yet... hundreds of thousands of software developers, engineers and scientists will stop reading slashdot and will put in a full day of work, leading to incredible breakthroughs and soaring productivity.
Ahhh, screw that! Let's have giant toga party instead.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
Sounds to me like someone's had a bit too much vodka. Put the bottle down, Boris!
Must-not-watch TV!