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."

Comments

Re:Another terror alert?

[bitrott]

I smell the work of another humor-less conservative wank boo-hooing over a mildly amusing joke. Get off the fucking cross, we need the wood. How is terrorism of any form NOT political in nature, especially post 9/11? /. is not a 'liberals only' club. That's a stupid generalization. It's the kind of stupid that we expect from Trolls and that also make it totally irresistable to refrain from replying to.

Re:Interesting timing..

[itchy92]

Was it really necessary to make a joke at their expense (and, rather sickeningly, to mod it up to +5 as well)?

Yes, yes it was.

I'm sorry, but I've never understood how people get upset when people make light of a situation like this. I mean, yeah, it's tragic, I guess, that we lost 89 people in a plane crash. 89 people. Out of 6.3 billion. Will we ever recover?

And this is certainly not meant to devalue human life; I believe all life is sacred, and understnand that these people had families and loved ones and whatnot. But to make such an issue out of something like this-- as if they were the only 89 people to die today, because society's perfect, and no one dies from violence, starvation, disease, or any other cause except for Russian plane crashes...

I'm sorry, I don't know where that came from. It just really bothers me. Feel free to mod me down...