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The Tiger Effect and Internet DDoS

Posted by timothy on from the aka-the-kenn-starr-steamroller dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Many US and Canadian ISPs thought they were under a massive denial of service attack yesterday — traffic spiked by hundreds of gigabits across North America. Turns out that the traffic was due to live streaming of the U.S. Open and Tiger Woods nail-biting victory."

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  1. You learn something new every day by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who knew that there was a professional nail-biter's competition, let alone that Tiger Woods won it?

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  2. Tiger effect? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haven't most users updated to Leopard by now?

    1. Re:Tiger effect? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Haven't most users updated to Leopard by now?
      Oh, FSCKING JEBUS. Why does some nitwit have to make everything about Apple?!

      Hint to Steve Jobs genuflecting tards: No, life is not all about Apple. No go outside and get some fresh air. Now.
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  3. Nail-biting victory? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it hard to believe that there's anything that can possibly be nail-biting about watching golf.

    1. Re:Nail-biting victory? by drew · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, you don't get it. By watching in HD you can actually watch the grass grow while watching the golf game, so you get double the enjoyment.

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  4. Re:Not Firefox? by truthsearch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Joke --------> *whoosh*
              O <--- You
            --|--
              |
            / \
     

    (Credit and credit)

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  5. Re:naming this effect? by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 5, Funny

    What does Final Fantasy 3 have to do with this? You leave that ragtag crew out of it!

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  6. Re:Oops. by Da+Fokka · · Score: 5, Funny

    The kiloclit