August 20, 2004 / For immediate release TROLLITERATI CHALLENGES GNAA, CLAIMS REPONSIBILITY FOR 1998 PWN1NG
Durham, NC--Some six years after the fact, Trolliterati has claimed responsibility for a 1998
r00ting of numerous Solaris machines located at Clemson University in South Carolina.
"Clemson were pwnnw3d," declared Commodius Jones, Minister of Rooting for Trolliterati.
"Indeed," added president Puer Magnus. "For three months in the summer of 1998, Trolliterati
had root access to about half a dozen engineering machines, forty or so fake accounts, and numerous
illegally operating MUDs and IRC bots. The breathtaking lack of basic security--or any network
oversight at all, for that matter--at Clemson allowed us to pwn these machines and establish a firm
base of operations in the very early days of our organization."
Jones, speaking in broken, unidiomatic l33t with a heavy American accent, then detailed how
Trolliterati had later secretly planted a Linux PC in a biology lab, setting it up as a major MP3
server. The server, Magnus said, became so heavily used that its outbound traffic consumed all of
Clemson's meager bandwidth, alerting the network administrators to its presence and precipitating the
termination of Trolliterati activities at Clemson.
Magnus, answering questions about the timing of this revelation, explained that Trolliterati
finally accepted responsibility in order to challenge the skillz of GNAA, which, he said, has never
illegally planted a machine, saturated the bandwidth of an entire university without resorting to
"puerile" DDOS attacks, or rooted even one computer.
"It should now be clear that Trolliterati > GNAA in every respect," Magnus concluded. "Anyone
can crapflood Slashdot. But nobody--least of all GNAA--can match the elite exploits of Trolliterati."
About Trolliterati
Trolliterati is a trolling organization devoted to producing quality trolls for publication on
Slashdot, kuro5hin, Macslash, Macrumors, and other "news" sites. Based in Durham, NC, Trolliterati
enjoys a booming membership, consistent profitability, and, as of August 19, a 51% stake in Google, Inc.
(Nasdaq:GOOG). Trolliterati also participates in real-life trolling and prankz0rs on university
campuses. For additional information, please visit your local Trolliterati chapter.
Durham, NC--Nascent trolling organization Trolliterati (TLI) initiated a troll-war of
international
proportions today in the form of an official diss addressed to rival organization GNAA (the Gay Nigger
Association of America).
"Your whole crew is whack," the diss read in full.
Acknowledging the terse, incisive nature of this allegation, Trolliterati president Puer
Magnus expounded upon the diss during a press conference held at TLI headquarters in Durham, NC.
"I realize that our diss is short, but there's really little more to say: GNAA is whack," Magnus
explained. "Also, their headquarters are located on the west coast, while ours are not only on the
east coast but also in the Dirty South. The intractable conflicts engendered by this geographic
difference have finally come to a head. Dissing is the only reasonable action at this point."
Pressed for additional comments, Magnus made a provocative suggestion: "lol, gnaa did wtc."
Tensions between the GNAA and Trolliterati have reached extremes in recent days, with each
organization vying for frist pst0s of story comments on the popular news site Slashdot.org, known for
its general lack of journalistic integrity and its editors' poor grammar. The scramble for fristag3
ps0tty is only one aspect of a larger struggle, however. Angry GNAA members have recently expressed
frustration at the superiorquality of Trolliteratitrolls, exacerbating an
already-heated rivalry.
Following the diss, Trolliterati resumed normal business activities, including flamewar
instigation and pimping.
About Trolliterati
Trolliterati is a trolling organization devoted to producing quality trolls for publication on
Slashdot, kuro5hin, Macslash, Macrumors, and other "news" sites. Based in Durham, NC, Trolliterati
enjoys a booming membership, consistent profitability, and, as of August 19, a 51% stake in Google,
Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG). Trolliterati also participates in real-life trolling and prankz0rs on university
campuses. For additional information, please visit your local Trolliterati chapter.
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TROLLITERATI CHALLENGES GNAA, CLAIMS REPONSIBILITY FOR 1998 PWN1NG
Durham, NC--Some six years after the fact, Trolliterati has claimed responsibility for a 1998 r00ting of numerous Solaris machines located at Clemson University in South Carolina.
"Clemson were pwnnw3d," declared Commodius Jones, Minister of Rooting for Trolliterati.
"Indeed," added president Puer Magnus. "For three months in the summer of 1998, Trolliterati had root access to about half a dozen engineering machines, forty or so fake accounts, and numerous illegally operating MUDs and IRC bots. The breathtaking lack of basic security--or any network oversight at all, for that matter--at Clemson allowed us to pwn these machines and establish a firm base of operations in the very early days of our organization."
Jones, speaking in broken, unidiomatic l33t with a heavy American accent, then detailed how Trolliterati had later secretly planted a Linux PC in a biology lab, setting it up as a major MP3 server. The server, Magnus said, became so heavily used that its outbound traffic consumed all of Clemson's meager bandwidth, alerting the network administrators to its presence and precipitating the termination of Trolliterati activities at Clemson.
Magnus, answering questions about the timing of this revelation, explained that Trolliterati finally accepted responsibility in order to challenge the skillz of GNAA, which, he said, has never illegally planted a machine, saturated the bandwidth of an entire university without resorting to "puerile" DDOS attacks, or rooted even one computer.
"It should now be clear that Trolliterati > GNAA in every respect," Magnus concluded. "Anyone can crapflood Slashdot. But nobody--least of all GNAA--can match the elite exploits of Trolliterati."
About Trolliterati
Trolliterati is a trolling organization devoted to producing quality trolls for publication on Slashdot, kuro5hin, Macslash, Macrumors, and other "news" sites. Based in Durham, NC, Trolliterati enjoys a booming membership, consistent profitability, and, as of August 19, a 51% stake in Google, Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG). Trolliterati also participates in real-life trolling and prankz0rs on university campuses. For additional information, please visit your local Trolliterati chapter.
For immediate release
TROLLITERATI TO GNAA: "YOUR WHOLE CREW IS WHACK"
Durham, NC--Nascent trolling organization Trolliterati (TLI) initiated a troll-war of international proportions today in the form of an official diss addressed to rival organization GNAA (the Gay Nigger Association of America).
"Your whole crew is whack," the diss read in full.
Acknowledging the terse, incisive nature of this allegation, Trolliterati president Puer Magnus expounded upon the diss during a press conference held at TLI headquarters in Durham, NC. "I realize that our diss is short, but there's really little more to say: GNAA is whack," Magnus explained. "Also, their headquarters are located on the west coast, while ours are not only on the east coast but also in the Dirty South. The intractable conflicts engendered by this geographic difference have finally come to a head. Dissing is the only reasonable action at this point."
Pressed for additional comments, Magnus made a provocative suggestion: "lol, gnaa did wtc."
Tensions between the GNAA and Trolliterati have reached extremes in recent days, with each organization vying for frist pst0s of story comments on the popular news site Slashdot.org, known for its general lack of journalistic integrity and its editors' poor grammar. The scramble for fristag3 ps0tty is only one aspect of a larger struggle, however. Angry GNAA members have recently expressed frustration at the superior quality of Trolliterati trolls, exacerbating an already-heated rivalry.
Following the diss, Trolliterati resumed normal business activities, including flamewar instigation and pimping.
About Trolliterati
Trolliterati is a trolling organization devoted to producing quality trolls for publication on Slashdot, kuro5hin, Macslash, Macrumors, and other "news" sites. Based in Durham, NC, Trolliterati enjoys a booming membership, consistent profitability, and, as of August 19, a 51% stake in Google, Inc. (Nasdaq:GOOG). Trolliterati also participates in real-life trolling and prankz0rs on university campuses. For additional information, please visit your local Trolliterati chapter.