RSSDear Time Magazine: Know when you're pwned
By Angela Gunn | Published April 28, 2009, 3:29 AM
The editors of Time's current "World's Most Influential Person" poll would like you to think that their online poll wasn't owned hard by the denizens of 4chan's /b/ realm: "TIME.com's technical team did detect and extinguish several attempts to hack the vote," says the overview. Maybe, if by "extinguish" they mean "were kitten-helpless against." If you doubt the power of /b/, check out the first letters of the first 21 entries on the list.
Maybe the editors were making a meta-statement about the power of creative hacking, because the collection of exploits run against the poll are a nifty little set. Music Machinery's got a nice overview of how the multipart effort came off. So was Time asking for it by including 4chan founder moot (Christopher Poole) on their nominees list and implementing such slack security, or did they just include him for the lulz and get the excitement as a big /b/onus?
kittens /must/ be acquired in pairs for safety reasons....
better to have them abuse each other than the curtains, pants, hands....
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|You know this site has really gone down the crapper when crap like this is shown on the front page.
Pretty sad....
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|lighten the &*#! up
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|I take pride in the fact that I know nothing about 4chan. As for Time being pwned, they did that to themselves in their latest issue. It has an Obama centerfold.
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|An Obama centerfold? For real?
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|Yes..for real. But it gets worse. The Democrat's control of the media wasn't enough: Arlen Specter, the liberal in Republican clothing, has finally made his move and switched parties. This gives the Democrats absolute power. Nothing can stop the fascists now except the impending revolution. Its gonna be a bumpy ride back to sanity. I strongly advise the stockpiling of non-perishable foods, batteries and other items essential during a period of civil disorder. You might also want to consider a firearm if you can find ammunition for it (you won't need much..it usually only takes a few rounds to discourage most looters and home invaders).
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|@psycros Good lord man, you've been at the mercury again, haven't you.
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|You are a very angry and paranoid individual, aren't you, and you are so close to bringing about an instance of Godwin's law here by throwing the F word around.
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|@psycros:
So....*you* are the reason conservatives are being called "radical extremists"...
Apparently the DHS can't tell the difference between dangerous individuals and basement-dwelling trolls. Good to know. ;-)
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|Hahaha. My favourite subversion of a poll was Greenpeace having to name a dolphin "Mr. Splashy Pants"
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|"were kitten-helpless against."
Have you never owned a kitten (owned, not pwned), Angela?
Evil, clawed, sharp-toothed devils, every one.
As for the results, as stated in the article, it's an internet poll, dubious results are the norm, and whomever exerts the most "influence" wins. Fitting, isn't it?
Actually kind of surprised CmdrTaco wasn't on the list. *shudders*
(-13...someone really has the time to mod down a post about kittens 13 times... That's just hilarious on *so* many levels....)
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|Hah. That's probably true too. The most influential person has won.
As for kittins, how can you not love the fluffeh balls of purring wonderfulness?
Though people shouldn't be allowed to have more than 2 at a time at the very most.
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|Maximum reasonable cat ownership = n+1, where n is the number of resident humans in the household. Okay to fly below that number -- my cat has expressed an emphatic preference to remain a solitary beast, which is fine by me -- but beware of values exceeding.
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|gotta love 4chan, sometimes
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|LOL.... #1 at the time of the check: MOOT, with 16.7m+ votes.
Ummm, yep... That's some hardcore 4Chan pwnerage.
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