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GeekNights 20100208 - Tech News Fail

AprecheApreche
edited February 2010 in GeekNights
Tonight on GeekNights we stumble through some forgotten news, and don't get much beyond that. The newses we discuss are Verizon blocking 4chan, Amazon e-book drama, and Google store view.
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  • Dr. TimoDr. Timo
    In color for Scott (from here):
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  • ......
    Scott, you're wrong. AT&T's block was from a bounced DDoS that targeted 4chan. moot &co aren't /b/tards, they aren't stupid enough to waste bandwidth on DDoS'ing other sites. There are some end-users who are capable and willing to DDoS places, but they'd just grab a random botnet or make one by just telling anons to run a script. Example, 4chan.js spam. Rym is correct in his idea that the admins don't bother DDoS'ing other places. Anonymous would more likely send black faxes than try and DDoS a fucking ISP. Also, this is just a small case. Only a small subset of the Verizon has the port 80 block, the wireless nonsense. It is most likely an outside party spoofing the packets because they know the internet will go insane over "OMGCHANBLOCKWTFBBQ", further causing trouble for their actual target.
  • ChurbaChurba
    Shit, that was fast -
    Verizon should be unblocking boards.4chan.org later tonight.

    I'll post a more detailed explanation tomorrow, but the issue is similar to the one we had with AT&T; last year.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    edited February 2010
    1) Scott, selling short doesn't imply short-term, though regulations or brokers may force you to cover the position within some period of time.

    2) Down with the middlemen! (Unless they provide awesome services)

    3) Google StoreView is probably going to hit counterfeiting hard.
    Post edited by lackofcheese on
  • ......
    Shit, that was fast -
    Also:
    on thursday, i'll be at ted2010. this year's theme is "what the world needs now."

    what does /b/ think the world needs now?

    11647 posts and 151 image replies omitted. Click Reply to view.
    True? Who knows, it'd be quite awesome and hilarious.
  • ChurbaChurba
    what does /b/ think the world needs now?
    This is the perfect plan. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
  • GeoGeo
    What was with the outtake at the end? Maybe the beginning of Outtakes Part Deux
  • VhdbloodVhdblood
    True? Who knows, it'd be quite awesome and hilarious.
    Speaker List
  • ......
    Speaker List
    Speaker list != attendees list. He didn't say he was a speaker.
  • NeitoNeito
    True? Who knows, it'd be quite awesome and hilarious.
    Probably false. Pretty much everyone on /b/ knows moot's tripcode.

    Also, check that list under "Christopher "moot" Poole". He is speaking.
  • MrRobotoMrRoboto
    I listen to the book club books at work when available.
  • ......
    Pretty much everyone on /b/ knows moot's tripcode.
    Who on 4chan doesn't? Hence why I added the doubt in my comment, since the list I had checked did not have him.
    Also, check that list under "Christopher "moot" Poole". He is speaking.
    And as is now evident, the list I checked was different (also on the ted site). Thanks for pointing that out, I should've actually checked Vhdblood's link.
  • VhdbloodVhdblood
    Hence why I added the doubt in my comment
    No-one but Mods can make stickies on /b/ right? How would it be a fake if it's stickied?
  • MarcusNobleMarcusNoble
    Hearing Gamestop being compared to a pawn shop reminded me of something. You see here in Maryland the state considers Gamestop to be a pawn shop and as a result, the staff there is required to ask for two forms of valid ID in order for someone to trade in their games. Now I haven't traded my games in there for years, even before they had to start doing that. I still prefer Ebay for selling the games I don't want any more. That or I just give them to one of my friends when I'm finished.
  • NeitoNeito
    Moot is about the farthest thing from a "4channer" there can be (which is a bit ironic). He has a tripcode (which is a grievous sin to many 4channers), he's publicly stated that he hates pretty much every board save Papercraft and Origami, and anonymouses scare him.
  • ......
    edited February 2010
    Moot is about the farthest thing from a "4channer" there can be (which is a bit ironic). He has a tripcode (which is a grievous sin to many 4channers), he's publicly stated that he hates pretty much every board save Papercraft and Origami, and anonymouses scare him.
    He also stated he liked talking to /tg/, or at least, wished he could have the same conversation on /a/.
    No-one but Mods can make stickies on /b/ right? How would it be a fake if it's stickied?
    Ugh, nvm. I forgot where I was going with it. I need sleep.
    Post edited by ... on
  • NeitoNeito
    He also stated he liked talking to /tg/, or at least, wished he could have the same conversation on /a/.
    /a/ is nothing but lolicon porn and wankfeasts about FMA and Bleach. Nothing's ever going to fix that.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    edited February 2010
    Moot is about the farthest thing from a "4channer" there can be (which is a bit ironic). He has a tripcode (which is a grievous sin to many 4channers), he's publicly stated that he hates pretty much every board save Papercraft and Origami, and anonymouses scare him.
    Tripfagging is usually tolerated (perhaps grudgingly) outside of the herpderp boards on 4chan, in my experience. There are a few fellows with tripcodes who have merit on /tg/ for instance.

    I'm on the wagon, though. Haven't been to 4chan in almost a week.
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • GeoGeo
    He also stated he liked talking to /tg/, or at least, wished he could have the same conversation on /a/.
    /a/ is nothing but lolicon porn and wankfeasts about FMA and Bleach. Nothing's ever going to fix that.
    I don't ever go to 4chan, but out of curiosity, what is the most decent board on 4chan?
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    edited February 2010
    >decent board
    >4chan
    image
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • theknoxinatortheknoxinator
    I don't ever go to 4chan
    You should probably keep it that way. It only took me a couple visits to realize I had better things to do with my time.
  • NeitoNeito
    He also stated he liked talking to /tg/, or at least, wished he could have the same conversation on /a/.
    /a/ is nothing but lolicon porn and wankfeasts about FMA and Bleach. Nothing's ever going to fix that.
    I don't ever go to 4chan, but out of curiosity, what is the most decent board on 4chan?
    /tg/, /sci/, /lit/, and /m/ are all fairly decent.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    /mu/ is good for finding new shit to listen to. Lots of metal recommendations.
  • SailSail
    /po/ is the best papercraft site on the net.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    edited February 2010
    /tg/, /sci/, /lit/, and /m/ are all fairly decent.
    These, /mu/ like Pete said, and /ck/ if you want some cooking tips. Avoid /b/ like the plague; one click on a deceptive image is all it takes to see something impossibly horrific.
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • NeitoNeito
    /b/ is pretty much the only truly terrible board on 4chan.
  • YoshoKatanaYoshoKatana
    edited February 2010
    /b/ is pretty much the only truly terrible board on 4chan.
    Interesting argument. My counterpoint; /d/.
    Post edited by YoshoKatana on
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    edited February 2010
    /b/ is pretty much the only truly terrible board on 4chan.
    Of course, most people don't figure it out until they go for themselves and see mutilated corpses, Zippocat, or, y'know, whatever filth any enterprising young /b/tard feels like putting on the internet. And even if they don't, /b/ has no substance anyway, so the board itself is all reposts and old memes.

    You will truly never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
    Interesting argument. My counterpoint; /d/.
    Go to /b/. Start clicking images. Eventually monstergirls will look tame.

    EDIT: I should note that I have never visited /d/, but I have experienced the overflow such images onto /tg/.
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • YoshoKatanaYoshoKatana
    Go to /b/. Start clicking images. Eventually monstergirls will look tame.
    Fair enough. Excellent counter-retort.
  • ChurbaChurba
    I don't ever go to 4chan, but out of curiosity, what is the most decent board on 4chan?
    Everything except /b/, and the explicitly porn boards. Unless you're looking for porn, in which case, Go hence and sally forth, young man.
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