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Yokohama Accidentally Tweets That NK Missile Is Inbound

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-a-drill dept.

ForgedArtificer writes "Earlier today, the Crisis Management Office Affairs Bureau for the city of Yokohama, Japan had some startling news for its followers; to wit, a North Korean missile was on its way to Japan. The tweet stayed up for about 20 minutes before being removed and replaced with an apology. The city reports that a pre-written tweet was released due to a malfunction in the 'mechanism' that would have released the tweet at the appropriate time."

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  1. Apparently by netwarerip · · Score: 5, Funny

    They wanted to be first to tweet the news.
    Must be a Slashdot user.

    1. Re:Apparently by pixelpusher220 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Note to self: Maybe that RaspberryPi Tweet monitoring Nuke launcher was a bad idea...

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    2. Re:Apparently by serviscope_minor · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe.

      Though being twitter, I'd expect it to be something more like:

      missile coming were all going to die lol

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    3. Re:Apparently by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      #ohshit

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  2. joshua what are you doing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    joshua what are you doing?

  3. Wow, talk about being eager for "First Post" by kannibal_klown · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, I thought the first-post messages on Slashdot were bad.

    At least the incorrect messages on slashdot won't incite World War III

  4. This business will get out of control... by BMOC · · Score: 1, Funny

    It will get out of control and we'll be lucking to live through it.

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  5. My fellow Americans by Alranor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

  6. Retaliation tweet by sl4shd0rk · · Score: 4, Funny

    lol whops... sry Kim my bad. -Obama

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  7. Re:Pre-written? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Depends who operates that "mechanism". If it's a government employee, a few hours to days after the impact. If it's a 14 year old girl with an iphone, about 42ms after the missle was launched...

  8. Re:Of course, here's the thing... by Dan+Dankleton · · Score: 3, Funny

    A more appropriate time would be, y'know, when a North Korean missile is inbound.

  9. Re:Oblig: by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nuclear launch cancelled. Not enough minerals.

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  10. Re:Pre-written? by the_other_chewey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Given the proximity of North and South, ahem, Korea. Me thinks you don't get much lead time...

    Good thing then that Yokohama is in, ahem, neither.

  11. Re:Pre-written? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    She'd also include an instagram picture of the missile with some pretty effects to boot.