Archive for December, 2007

4chan Owned by the Lulz

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by
Fingel
on December 15, 2007
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Thought I would stop by 4chan this fine Friday night to see if I could discover something new and disgusting, but instead of the front page, this is what I found:
Welcome To Did It For The Lulz!
Looks like 4chand has become a victim of the of the Lulz it is so famous for. I have to admit the sight did give me lulz, which made the 4chanless night all worth it.

Update: 12/14/07
Looks like 4chan is still gone, but there is a new page in place:
Suspeneded Page. It appears that 4chan’s servers were not compromisd, but the site was a victim of domain name hijacking. Its surprising how such a huge site is still unacessable after so long a time. Maybe the admin, Moot, just doesn’t care and would like the weekend off anyways.

Update: 12/15/07
Suspended page has been updated again, with the text at the bottom reading:
Glexia is in constant contact with Moot and other 4chan executives and we are working both with them and the FBI to resolve this situation as soon as possible.
(Last Edit: 15/12/2007 @ 1:48 PM Eastern)
I went onto Lulz’s IRC channel (irc.diditforthelulz.com) to see what the whole “FBI” deal was about. They told me that some 4channer’s posted cp on the diditforthelulz site as retribution. Talk about a LOL when I heard that one. Anyways, 4chan.org still points to the suspended page, but you can access the site by going to the ip address.
God I love the internet.

Issac Asimov’s MultiVax

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Fingel
on December 4, 2007
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Hey all, just wanted to share an awesome story written by one of my alltime favorite authors, Isaac Asimov. Its called
multiVAX
Here is was Mr. Asimov had to say about it:

“This is by far my favorite story of all those I have written. After all, I undertook to tell several trillion years of human history in the space of a short story and I leave it to you as to how well I succeeded. I also undertook another task, but I won’t tell you what that was lest l spoil the story for you. It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything — and I’m satisfied that it should.” –Isaac Asimov

Take the time to read it, you won’t regret it.