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Techmology and Scientism / Re: HOLY FUCKING PRIVACY RAPE!

« on: April 19, 2010, 11:06:39 pm »

Would be interested to hear what the parents who opposed the lawsuit have to say for themselves now.

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Apple Zone / Re: The Dreaming LARP

« on: April 19, 2010, 12:33:55 am »

http://venturebeatprofiles.com/company/profile/ning/competitors
http://www.siterapture.com/sitesimilarsites.asp?SiteID=161

Not sure how much competition any of those are to ning, but there they are for you to decide for yourself.

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Apple Zone / Re: The Dreaming LARP

« on: April 18, 2010, 10:58:46 pm »

Also, have you seen this yet?

http://tacit.livejournal.com/325223.html

Another day, another massive computer hack attack

Ning is a personal social networking site founded by the guy who started Netscape, Marc Andreessen. It basically lets you create your own mini MySpace or LiveJournal or whatever you like--a small social networking platform aimed at whatever niche you want. It's had a checkered past, and has struggled to make money; three days ago, Ning announced that it would become pay only and would cancel its free services. It also fired 40% of its staff.

But that's not the really interesting part.

The really interesting part is that it looks like all of Ning, with all the social networks and online forums it hosts, has been pwn3d from balls to bones.

A search for some of the exact words and phrases used by the virus redirectors on nashville.net, one of Ning's social networking sites, produces 1,060,000 results...and as near as I can tell, they are all on Ning.

Now, a conspiracy theorist might come up with all kinds of conspiracies to explain this--disgruntled employees, knowing what was coming, leaving the back door open; executives of a foundering company, desperate for cash, turning a blind eye to Russian malware writers; whatever. I suspect that the reality is what it always is--incompetence, someone asleep at the switch, management that doesn't appreciate security and doesn't want to pay for it...the same sorts of things that seem to be behind this sort of thing almost every time.

But if you use Ning, or you know someone who does, my advice is to leave.

Ugh.

We decided, as a business, that our best move would be to kill our free service to 2.3 million users and see how that goes down. See what that does for our image as a company. Also, at the same time, we are firing nearly half our staff.

Unfortunately, despite running a social networking site, we're not too good at making friends.

Oh, what's that? We're being hacked and used to distribute malware? Who has reason to wish us harm?
Ohnoes, halp we fail at internets business.

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Apple Zone / Re: Pope's 2 cents Upon short-lived memborship

« on: April 17, 2010, 04:45:59 am »

OP here. Disregard that, I'm #6.

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The peanut gallery / Re: Dear Authors of the BIP: Your Book Is Shit

« on: April 17, 2010, 01:13:54 am »

Well, fuck. You almost had me convinced that you were, to some degree, a competent, functioning individual.
We're not here to be your Discordian Guides. And we're not just saying that because it's part of the game.
You can identify your flaws, but seem to make no attempt to control them when posting. Yeah, I know. That's probably one of your flaws.

We... No, fuck it. You just turned into a lame fucking troll, man.

I AM DISAPPOINT.
The End.

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Or Kill Me / Re: Pedantry

« on: April 14, 2010, 10:16:43 am »

You're right, Cain. That kind of shit isn't unexpected, so it appears that you posted this, expecting replies like that?
Did you plan ahead that you were going to get upset about it when it happened, too?

Yes, it was all secretly planned in advance.  A sociological experiment, and you did exactly what I expected.

So now I'm apparently trolling. Fuck this noise.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I said. I also basically insinuated that you don't deserve anything more than mittens and a tiny comment.
I probably said you were a dick in there somewhere, too. You can get butthurt about perceived accusations of trolling if you want, but it doesn't help your case against the suggestion that you are overreacting.
Point remains that you knew the responses to "people are too pedantic" would be lame attempts at ironically responding displaying the behaviours you criticised... You even acknowledged that this response was predictable. So you posted, with the knowledge that the responses would be like that, and then replied to those in a tone which, IMO, seems not only upset, but surprised. Whut? Fair enough, don't post if you don't want responses like that. Disappointing that we lose your rants, but an understandable reaction. It just doesn't seem that anyone is going to think you have any cause to be shocked by those responses... and getting upset further when you're told that just seems stupid.

Yeah, go on. Quote this and be upset that I called you stupid. Fucksake.

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Or Kill Me / Re: Pedantry

« on: April 14, 2010, 03:19:53 am »

I don't know why I fucking bother.

HEY, ASSHOLES!   "Ironically" carrying out the actions I criticize isn't funny, smart, cute, intelligent or even vaugely unexpected any more.  It does, however, help convince me that between the pedants and terminally unoriginal, I shouldn't actually ever waste my time writing here.

So congratulations.  You just witnessed Cain's final rant. 

I should/could have called this whole thread while I was reading the OP, which, btw, I thought was great.
You're right, Cain. That kind of shit isn't unexpected, so it appears that you posted this, expecting replies like that?
Did you plan ahead that you were going to get upset about it when it happened, too?
Just seems strange to me, is all.

If you're going to let posts like that stop you from putting time into contributing here, that's a real shame, but understandable.
IMO, the rant pretty much sums up the issue, so there's not a lot I can see to contribute besides a "Yes, all of these things he is saying are accurate" and maybe some mittens.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Crash the Tea Party

« on: April 13, 2010, 11:23:58 pm »

So the real question is... how do we hijack this movement and change it from within?
Then we can hijack our other movement and change it from within. Like chinese whispers, but with the mission statement of an organisation. What will our final goal be?

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Apple Zone / Re: Greatest Troll Thread OF ALL TIME

« on: April 13, 2010, 10:05:30 pm »

Oh man, Daruko...
"You've trolled too much, and now you can't tell the difference."

TGRR HAS GONE MAD WITH POWAH! 

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Principia Discussion / Re: Surprise Me Eris! A 30 Day Experiment in FAITH.

« on: April 13, 2010, 01:02:17 pm »

 

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The peanut gallery / Re: Unlimited Number 6 Appreciation Thread

« on: April 13, 2010, 03:53:32 am »

I imagine him sitting there staring at your profile, mumbling to himself, imagining he is talking to you. He's drawn a monocle and a moustache on the screen over your avatar, in an attempt to vent some frustration by vandalising your image... but it only serves to increase the rage at your considering yourself his superior. Look at this smarmy bastard...

The mouse and keyboard sit unused, but for the occasional movement to prevent the screensaver from obscuring the face of his nemesis.
"I will learn your secrets, Howl. Number 6 does not give in so easily..." Hands, gripping the ends of the arms of his chair. White knuckles.
He unconsciously taps his foot against the ground, quickly but rhymthically... counting out the timer on the bomb of unvented rage he is holding back. His face grows redder and redder. His mumbling grows louder until the air is filled with an unintelligible menacing hum. It sounds like the room is full of angry, retarded bees. But his eyes never leave the screen. He will have his revenge. He is, after all, a Discordian Crusader... and this is the Neo-Discordian Heresiarch.

Fantastic!

Paes, it seem ultimate fail n00bs inspire your creativity. Like the WOMP cartoon you did about Daruko.

More please!

Once, when I read all my posts, I realised the best ones were rage at JellyOfNoDoom, IANAR, Daruko etc.
I think you might be on to something.

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The peanut gallery / Re: Unlimited Number 6 Appreciation Thread

« on: April 13, 2010, 02:15:19 am »

Okay, I need to go home so I can access teh chats. Work over for teh day.

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The peanut gallery / Re: Unlimited Number 6 Appreciation Thread

« on: April 13, 2010, 02:09:42 am »

Why can't it be both?
Replace "the ends of the arms of his chair."
With "his cawk."

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The peanut gallery / Re: Unlimited Number 6 Appreciation Thread

« on: April 13, 2010, 02:04:26 am »

I imagine him sitting there staring at your profile, mumbling to himself, imagining he is talking to you. He's drawn a monocle and a moustache on the screen over your avatar, in an attempt to vent some frustration by vandalising your image... but it only serves to increase the rage at your considering yourself his superior. Look at this smarmy bastard...

The mouse and keyboard sit unused, but for the occasional movement to prevent the screensaver from obscuring the face of his nemesis.
"I will learn your secrets, Howl. Number 6 does not give in so easily..." Hands, gripping the ends of the arms of his chair. White knuckles.
He unconsciously taps his foot against the ground, quickly but rhymthically... counting out the timer on the bomb of unvented rage he is holding back. His face grows redder and redder. His mumbling grows louder until the air is filled with an unintelligible menacing hum. It sounds like the room is full of angry, retarded bees. But his eyes never leave the screen. He will have his revenge. He is, after all, a Discordian Crusader... and this is the Neo-Discordian Heresiarch.

or just fapping
 

Just fapping? I don't think this guy does anything by halves. When he decided to be a fail noob, he covered ALL his bases.
If he's fapping, he's furiously masturbating to that profile, with the intention of literally busting a nut. The thing will blowout like a punctured tire.

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The peanut gallery / Re: Unlimited Number 6 Appreciation Thread

« on: April 13, 2010, 01:59:53 am »