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UK Ministry of Defense Broken by Spoof Video
An anonymous reader submits "It seems that the Royal Dragoon Guards in Iraq decided to make a spoof of a Tony Christie video, which was recently re-released by Peter Kay for Comic Relief. However, the video file was over 50MB and it took out various e-mail systems, including those at RAF Strike Command. Despite the inadvertant denial of service attack, the MoD said the spoof was 'brilliant.'"
Given the media coverage some poor sysadmin is going to get completely screwed...
It was pretty funny to. Lots of squaddies waving captured Iraqi AK47s in time to Tony Christie is always funny IMHO.
No one fell over though. (joke that americans wont get)
another Roadkill on the Information Superhighway
Doctor says, "That's OK, every cunts singing that at the moment."
"the MoD said the spoof was 'brilliant.'"
Which can not be said about the person who put a 50Mb attachment in his email.
Boy goes to mum "can I have a scouring pad?"
She gives him one, and he throws it on the floor and starts stamping on it and singing "is this the way to harm a Brillo"
Why is the thread spammed by nazi proxies?
Well, imagine for a moment that you're an angry male teenager midway through puberty. And imagine that you're too spineless to become a real vandal, or a skate punk or something.
One option that is open to you is to join an IRC channel and prattle on about how 31337 you are and how you will h4x0r t3h w3b.
Unfortunately, you don't have any coding skills. You can, however, download some network scanner with instructions on how to scan for ports that web proxies like squid use. Normally these should be closed to everything but internal networks, but nobody's perfect.
Once you've found one you update your browser settings to use said proxy and post stupid messages on slashdot. Since they're all coming from the ip address of the proxy server, the ip will be banned along with all the people who connect to the web with that proxy server. Then you go back to your IRC channel where you are the toast of the town for the next five minutes.
Sadly, deep down you feel sad and unfufilled and, as the months go by, you realise that you are unlikley to ever have sex in your entire life.
:wq
I got this in an e-mail, should clear some things up
1. Start at London Heathrow Airport.
2. Catch flight from London Heathrow to Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
3. Hire car at Dallas Fort Worth Airport.
4. Start going toward the "Airport Exit" on "International Parkway South" - follow for 0.2 miles.
5. Bear left onto the highway toward "Terminal East Parking" - follow for 0.3 miles.
6. Bear left onto "International Parkway North" toward "North Airport Exit" - follow for 2.9 miles.
7. Take the "Highway 114 west" exit toward "Fort Worth" - follow for 29.2 miles
8. Then continue on "US 287 North" - follow for 91.1 miles
9."US 287 North" becomes "Interstate-44 east" - follow for 0.7 miles
10. Take left fork onto "US-287 North" toward "Vernon" - follow for 104.0 miles
11."US 287 north" becomes "Avenue F (US-287)" - follow for 2.8 miles
12. Continue to follow "US 287 North" - follow for 104.9 miles
13. Take left ramp onto "Interstate 40 west" toward "Dumas" - follow for 7.8 miles
14. Take "Exit 70" onto "US 60 east" toward "Dumas" - follow for 0.5 miles
15. Take the "Buchanan Street" exit toward "Dumas/Pampa" - follow for 1.7 miles
16. Turn right onto "Old Route 66 (Interstate 40)" - follow for 0.1 miles
17. Arrive at the centre of "Amarillo, Texas"
That's the f*cking way to Amarillo
SO CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STOP SINGING IT NOW!!!!!!!
Yeah, that tears it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. From now on it's Pearl Harbour.... you hear me yanks... Pearl HARBOUR.
Slashdotting something before having it posted to Slashdot. Always be a step ahead your enemy!
I like Amarillo, TX. It's a good place to live, but it's not nearly as hick'ish anymore as folks in England want it to be when they get here after winning one of those radio station contests. I mean most duallys don't even have a 5th wheel hitch anymore, the belt buckles have shrunk well below the 8 inch radius, heck we only bury Caddilacs half way now.
It's the "UK Ministry of DefenCe", not "Defense".
Don't be so poduntic.
At least the Message of the Day wasn't lost!
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
-- Pablo Picasso
It's called respecting other cultures, you know?
Yup, it's all about respect. Good thing nobody in Britain would every do that.
From ruling the waves to whining about disrespectful spelling. How the mighty have fallen...
Kill, Tux, kill!
That cane is probably used for carefully probing the ground so he doesn't become a Spread All Over The Landscape soldier. I did notice the ones with cigarettes. Don't they know that's dangerous?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Maybe they were just so relieved that the video didn't involve naked Iraqis having their genitals pointed at, eh?
From "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" to carpet bombing innocent women and children. From New World to a Brave New World.
Please, don't start the "my country is better than your country" shit. It's a game that neither of us can truly win.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
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http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/25/
retrorocket.o not found, launch anyway?
Perhaps those manning Abhu Ghraib should have been spoofing pop videos as well?
Er ... Can I suggest perhaps one or more of the following ...
Hit Me Baby, One More Time
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
These Boots Are Made For Walking
Flash Bang Wallop What A Picture
Girls On Film
Stayin' Alive
Eclectic beats from Leeds, UK
handmadehands.co.uk
There you go again! It's spelt felching!
Eclectic beats from Leeds, UK
handmadehands.co.uk
Forget that, this is slashdot. It's Perl Harbour
However, I wonder if the MPAA/RIAA will sue the MoD for using and distributing a copyrighted work without financial compensation... That would be fun to watch.
Thanks. Now I have the mental image of a squad of SAS storming the RIAA building.
Actually, that's a movie I'd like to see :)