As others have pointed out, the facility probably has self-sufficiency measured in years.
And even if not, "cutting off the head" doesn't kill the beast. This is a distributed denial-of-service attack. The packet floods don't originate in the bunker. The botnet command-and-control is probably not in the bunker either. And even if it were, cutting it off would mean that the DDOS would continue indefinitely*, because you've removed the only "off" switch in the system.
*"indefinitely" until whitehats locate and crack the C&C network and order the botnet to stop. But that can take a long time. It happens infrequently enough that when it does, it's a huge triumph and a massive trophy. Press releases for everyone!
So, yeah. Not gonna help the DDOS. Maybe it'll accomplish Spamhaus' objective of blackholing them, but at this point I think that's Pyrrhic.
Dude. Do you mind taking off your tinfoil beanie? You're tripping the sunglint detection algorithm and invalidating the data in the pixel you're standing in.
No? You'll keep the hat on? Ok. Don't blame us if a tornado forms on top of you and no one warns you.
Sometimes, the only thing they can stick you with is tax evasion. So don't completely disregard the economic-crime angle of doing things the State doesn't approve of.
To me, if GoPro is what I need, then I'll buy it.The idiot that used the take-down has nothing to do with the actual tech.
Well, there's no law against self-delusion, so knock your self out.
And try not to remember that there is at least ONE connection between "the tech" and the "idiot that used the take-down": Your money spent on "the tech" paid for the quality legal skills of the purported idiot. That's right. You paid for the takedown. Thanks.
So, your argument is that software is a popularity contest?
Very perceptive. Market share is just popularity. And the unpopular eventually lose, every time.
So the object lesson is: if you depend of a software product, make sure you depend on a popular software product. Otherwise, expect to be inconvenienced (or worse) sooner rather than later.
Potential object lesson 2: don't depend on any one else's software product. That's the point of the Free Software movement. But that requires a degree of technical competence to provide independent support, so that's beyond realistic expectations for the majority.
I wonder how Cryptozoic feels about Blizzard firing off a "digital trading card game" when they already have a "non-digital TCG" license? There's nothing quite so sucktacular as directly competing with your licensor.
Does the phrase "absurd knee-jerk overreaction" ring a bell?
The panic spasms of a bureaucracy discovering they've facilitated espionage are so powerful you could probably do pinch-confinement fusion in their rectums.
ObLinguisticPedant: Jesus, and most Judeans of His day, would have spoken Aramaic; in His case, a Galilean (North Judean) dialect. Hebrew wouldn't have been a colloquial language, but more of a religious and scholarly one, like Latin in Medieval Europe. Most of the New Testament was written in Koine Greek, but probably based on spoken Aramaic.
Of course it's temporary. Everything in the universe is. If nothing else, the impending heat death of the universe puts a hard cap on copyright duration of no more than 10^1000 years.
The market is a big smorgasbord. But if all they're serving is overpriced shit and the service is abusive and degrading, why do you feel the need to remain in your seat and complain about the selection and the help?
You have to right to walk out. Console gaming which allows you to respect yourself is dead. You have to ask: "Is the next DLC worth my ability to look at myself in the mirror?"
And yeah, you may have to switch to PC gaming, as long as that doesn't degrade into its own bondage-and-domination freakshow, complete with surprise DRM buttsecks. After that? Maybe learn to write your own games... make your own fun.
It doesn't matter. Companies won't hear that. If their numbers don't suck, abusing the customers is vindicated. If the numbers do suck, they'll trot out their usual bogeymen and blame piracy, with healthy manure-carts full of (synthesized) market evidence.
I wouldn't predicate any action of mine on the expectation of some desirable outcome from another, especially any other which has proven to be so amoral and abusive. Instead, for your own sanity and self-satisfaction, just break it off and let them sink or swim in their own sewage. Find a game publisher that isn't abusing you--maybe a good indy, for instance--and make them a success.
Well, as stated below, right now it is an unsubstantiated rumour that Orly Taitz is a lawyer for Prenda.
It's an interesting rumor. It has the fascinating effect of lowering the credibility and reputation of both the clients and the legal team at the same time.
Lowering the reputation of either party should be impossible. Doing both simultaneously? Pure genius. Maybe they're hoping for some kind of numeric underflow where sufficient negative reputation rolls over into maximum positive reputation.
Liking anything on the former "The Learning Channel" is indisputable proof that your IQ can't go any lower. The fact that you make that liking visible in Facebook doesn't change that one way or the other.
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As others have pointed out, the facility probably has self-sufficiency measured in years.
And even if not, "cutting off the head" doesn't kill the beast. This is a distributed denial-of-service attack. The packet floods don't originate in the bunker. The botnet command-and-control is probably not in the bunker either. And even if it were, cutting it off would mean that the DDOS would continue indefinitely*, because you've removed the only "off" switch in the system.
*"indefinitely" until whitehats locate and crack the C&C network and order the botnet to stop. But that can take a long time. It happens infrequently enough that when it does, it's a huge triumph and a massive trophy. Press releases for everyone!
So, yeah. Not gonna help the DDOS. Maybe it'll accomplish Spamhaus' objective of blackholing them, but at this point I think that's Pyrrhic.
We're talking about a "criminality detector" and politicians, right?
Sending the measurement "off-scale high" isn't really a good calibration.
Dude. Do you mind taking off your tinfoil beanie? You're tripping the sunglint detection algorithm and invalidating the data in the pixel you're standing in.
No? You'll keep the hat on? Ok. Don't blame us if a tornado forms on top of you and no one warns you.
Sometimes, the only thing they can stick you with is tax evasion. So don't completely disregard the economic-crime angle of doing things the State doesn't approve of.
You do realize that every crank has proclaimed that his or her particular brand of crankery is a revolution, right?
The jury's still out. We'll let reality make its own pronouncement.
To me, if GoPro is what I need, then I'll buy it.The idiot that used the take-down has nothing to do with the actual tech.
Well, there's no law against self-delusion, so knock your self out.
And try not to remember that there is at least ONE connection between "the tech" and the "idiot that used the take-down": Your money spent on "the tech" paid for the quality legal skills of the purported idiot. That's right. You paid for the takedown. Thanks.
You know, some friendship isn't worth buying.
Frankly, if necessary, I'd pay good money to keep both GoPro and Sony the hell away from me.
I CCD what you did there.
So, your argument is that software is a popularity contest?
Very perceptive. Market share is just popularity. And the unpopular eventually lose, every time.
So the object lesson is: if you depend of a software product, make sure you depend on a popular software product. Otherwise, expect to be inconvenienced (or worse) sooner rather than later.
Potential object lesson 2: don't depend on any one else's software product. That's the point of the Free Software movement. But that requires a degree of technical competence to provide independent support, so that's beyond realistic expectations for the majority.
I wonder how Cryptozoic feels about Blizzard firing off a "digital trading card game" when they already have a "non-digital TCG" license? There's nothing quite so sucktacular as directly competing with your licensor.
Does the phrase "absurd knee-jerk overreaction" ring a bell?
The panic spasms of a bureaucracy discovering they've facilitated espionage are so powerful you could probably do pinch-confinement fusion in their rectums.
Jesus would have spoken in hebrew
ObLinguisticPedant: Jesus, and most Judeans of His day, would have spoken Aramaic; in His case, a Galilean (North Judean) dialect. Hebrew wouldn't have been a colloquial language, but more of a religious and scholarly one, like Latin in Medieval Europe. Most of the New Testament was written in Koine Greek, but probably based on spoken Aramaic.
Democratic does not necessary equal right, or just, or fair.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
You're right. A gun is not speech. It's even more elemental: self-defense, and the fundamental right to defend your own life.
Fail harder.
identifying folks that can pass "Google" muster, hook them on some debt and then pump them out to high-paying elite clients.
I think you misspelled "pimp".
In addition to getting a placement fee they get a percentage of what that client pays over 7-10 years.
In fact, I'm sure you misspelled "pimp", because that's quintessentially the pimpin' business model.
F that noise.
If it's no longer twitching, it's overdone and ruined. Feed it to the cat, assuming she'll tolerate overdone meat too.
Of course it's temporary. Everything in the universe is. If nothing else, the impending heat death of the universe puts a hard cap on copyright duration of no more than 10^1000 years.
The market is a big smorgasbord. But if all they're serving is overpriced shit and the service is abusive and degrading, why do you feel the need to remain in your seat and complain about the selection and the help?
You have to right to walk out. Console gaming which allows you to respect yourself is dead. You have to ask: "Is the next DLC worth my ability to look at myself in the mirror?"
And yeah, you may have to switch to PC gaming, as long as that doesn't degrade into its own bondage-and-domination freakshow, complete with surprise DRM buttsecks. After that? Maybe learn to write your own games... make your own fun.
It doesn't matter. Companies won't hear that. If their numbers don't suck, abusing the customers is vindicated. If the numbers do suck, they'll trot out their usual bogeymen and blame piracy, with healthy manure-carts full of (synthesized) market evidence.
I wouldn't predicate any action of mine on the expectation of some desirable outcome from another, especially any other which has proven to be so amoral and abusive. Instead, for your own sanity and self-satisfaction, just break it off and let them sink or swim in their own sewage. Find a game publisher that isn't abusing you--maybe a good indy, for instance--and make them a success.
Yo Dawg, I heard you like billable hours...
Well, as stated below, right now it is an unsubstantiated rumour that Orly Taitz is a lawyer for Prenda.
It's an interesting rumor. It has the fascinating effect of lowering the credibility and reputation of both the clients and the legal team at the same time.
Lowering the reputation of either party should be impossible. Doing both simultaneously? Pure genius. Maybe they're hoping for some kind of numeric underflow where sufficient negative reputation rolls over into maximum positive reputation.
Sure, highlight the inherent gender bias in the title "Junior".
Junior could be a girl, and named after her mom, but for some irrational reason, that doesn't count as "Junior".
Gibbeting for the 21st Century.
Liking anything on the former "The Learning Channel" is indisputable proof that your IQ can't go any lower. The fact that you make that liking visible in Facebook doesn't change that one way or the other.
You'sre right, you can'st possibly use an apostrophe without a following "S".