4chan Declares War On Snow

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Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 13, 2010 @07:16AM from the common-enemy dept.

With all the recent hacktivism in the news, Anonymous has decided to take on a new and powerful enemy: snow. On Sunday the group announced that it will "do everything in its power to shut snow down by attacking the Weather Channel and North Face websites, boycotting outerwear, and voting for the sun as Time’s 2010 Person Of The Year." I'm sure there are a lot of people in Minneapolis right now that would wish them luck.

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Minneapolisians by mark72005 · 2010-12-13 07:17 · Score: 3, Funny

Wish these bored 14 year old nerds luck? Whatever. We eat snow for breakfast. (the Dome does too)
1. Re:Minneapolisians by phoenixwade · 2010-12-13 07:31 · Score: 2
  
  Amazing how time changes things, in the 80's we were snorting snow for breakfast, now we're eating it... I'm not sure that's progress, but maybe I'm just an old man, now.
  
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2. Re:Minneapolisians by GrBear · 2010-12-13 07:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Just don't eat the yellow snow!
  Not unless you boil the piss out of it.
3. Re:Minneapolisians by Stormwatch · 2010-12-13 08:02 · Score: 2
  
  Nanook, don't be a naughty eskimo. Save your money, don't go to the show.
  
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Damn by Dyinobal · 2010-12-13 07:18 · Score: 3, Insightful

Damn this is just dumb, I feel bad for even giving it attention by posting here.
1. Re:Damn by interval1066 · 2010-12-13 08:52 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  Actually, its kind of funny. The users on 4chan are quite an eclectic and interesting blend of anarchists once you get beyond the 14 y-o fanboys and old pederasts who troll the boards.
  
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April 1st already? by i_want_you_to_throw_ · 2010-12-13 07:20 · Score: 2, Funny

Wow the winter went by so quick.
1. Re:April 1st already? by melikamp · 2010-12-13 07:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It's the Global Quickening. The unusually high amounts of THC in the atmosphere are causing the Earth-wide time dilation effect. To compound this problem, major producers of THC are in the talks to fully legalize these emissions, which, if left unchecked for a few more decades, will certainly result in a run-away pizza-house effect, whereas the traffic grid will be flooded with pizza delivery trucks rushing to their destinations.
troll thread by EkriirkE · 2010-12-13 07:21 · Score: 2

is obvious

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Re:Where did this come from by Anonymous Coward · 2010-12-13 07:24 · Score: 5, Informative

The term "hacktivism" has been around since at least 1999, in the hacker/cracker e-zines.
I had a CD full of various e-zines, including the whole collection of PHRACK/CDC/LoD at the time, it was certainly on the CD.
(Anonymous Coward because I've forgotten my password and I CBA to try to recover it)
Would Someone Please Declare War... by RobotRunAmok · 2010-12-13 07:25 · Score: 4

...on that stupid word, "Hacktivism?"
1. Re:Would Someone Please Declare War... by pantheonwhaley · 2010-12-13 07:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I would, but I am only a slacktivist.
Anons versus GOD. by RyuuzakiTetsuya · 2010-12-13 07:27 · Score: 3, Funny

I have 3-2 odds on Anons.

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Finally by demonbug · 2010-12-13 07:32 · Score: 4, Insightful

They found something useful to do.
Seriously, with all this Wikileaks bullshit I was getting worried Anonymous might have forgotten about the lulz.
1. Re:Finally by mhelander · 2010-12-13 09:38 · Score: 2
  
  Snow-enabler!!
Good by cje · 2010-12-13 07:34 · Score: 4, Funny

I've never forgiven him for that piece of shit "Informer" song.
(a licky boom-boom down)

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Dear Slashdot, this is a joke site. by Zarf · 2010-12-13 07:35 · Score: 2, Informative

This same site is reporting the TSA has integrated full body scanners with Facebook.
Now, if Slashdot wishes to be taken as seriously as Wonder-Tonic or The ONION ...

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1. Re:Dear Slashdot, this is a joke site. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-12-13 08:04 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  ...and this is posted under Idle, where all of the silly-season articles live; if you see a story referenced in an Idle article and take it for straight reporting, rather than pure entertainment, then you deserve to be laughed at, too.
2. Re:Dear Slashdot, this is a joke site. by Zarf · 2010-12-13 08:12 · Score: 2
  
  Well, I *never* take anything on slashdot seriously myself.
  
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Re:Where did this come from by Predius · 2010-12-13 07:58 · Score: 4, Funny

“Hacktivism”. Never heard the word before today and now it’s on every second post.
I really hope it doesn’t catch on. I cringe every time I hear it.
Without Hacktivism we'd never get to experience the joy of Hacktivo. Thats right, now you'll never miss another poorly coordinated DDoS because you're too busy actually accomplishing things. Just set the Hacktivo to record your favorite troublemakers and play back the lulz when YOU'RE ready to watch, on your schedule.
Re:Where did this come from by Anonymous Coward · 2010-12-13 08:10 · Score: 3, Funny

Man, welcome to the fucking nineties.
That was the smartest move I've seen in a while by Opportunist · 2010-12-13 08:13 · Score: 4, Insightful

Seriously. No, I'm not kidding, I think this is one of the smartest things that could be done.
Why?
Because they just reduced themselves back from "a political activist platform" to "14 year olds with too much time on their hands". Before you consider the ego, consider how the powers that are (tm) will react to either.
Whether they are one or the other, what do I know? I only know that being the latter means that nobody will seriously try to bring you down, while being the former just might get you too much attention from organizations whose attention is something you don't want if you want to continue living, working and having fun in peace.

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Re:Where did this come from by adamofgreyskull · 2010-12-13 08:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Also, slightly OT, but hopefully funny enough to warm the mods' cockles: Mitchell & Webb @ 2:35

David Mitchell: I was just going to say that my eye was caught by this whole scandal in America.
Robert Webb: Oh, the scandal in America. Yeah, that is interesting. That must be the biggest scandal since Watergategate.
Mitchell: Watergategate? Isn't it just Watergate?
Webb: No. That would mean it was just about water. No, it was a scandal or "gate", add the suffix "gate", that's what you do with a scandal; involving the Watergate Hotel. So it was called the Watergate scandal, or Watergategate
Mitchell: But doesn't the term "gate" meaning scandal, come from Watergate?
Webb: What, take the last 4 letters of a previous scandal, or hotel, and add it to all future scandals? That can't be the system..
Mitchell: I think it is.
Webb: Well what if there's a scandal about water? What do you call that?
Mitchell: Well you'd call it waterga...ah I see what you mean. Aquagate?
Webb: It's not great is it?

Back on topic: I fully support Snowgate.
The great thing about "Anonymous" is... by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · 2010-12-13 08:43 · Score: 2

...anyone can claim to be the spokesman. If you have some modest Photoshop skills and an ax to grind, go ahead and declare war on something. Don't like the word "hacktivism"? Speak out as Anonymous and threaten to take down news websites. Pick a topic and have at it.

The cool thing is that with enough of these proclamations from "Anonymous" no one will be able to tell the real from the fake. Well, unless you go to 4chan/b/...in which case you can distract them with boob shots.