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Aug062009August 6, 2009August 6, 20090Commentby Tony Hunt

Twitter got DDoSed!! FB trips up!!

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So, according to CNN and a host of other media sources…someone dropped us the bomb on Twitter.

…consequentially, job related performance around the world improved by 30%…even at Twitter 😉

The reality of it is that someone must have been REAAALLY BORED. Now…I would like to be the first to make it clear who has to be behind such atrocities 😉

I am totally betting on the Church of Scientology. Only they could have come up with the failed logic precipitating this kind of action…well…wait..I suppose a leet group of fearless script kiddies could have been trying to find something to do…and then said…”heh…dude…watch THIS!”

…but the style is just meh.

Seriously, CNN’s link is right here…as are others…..mostly are just a bunch of media outlets jumping on the chance to speculate what happened 😉

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/06/twitter.attack/index.html
Needs grammar check BADLY.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351307,00.asp
The article is entitled “Did Koobface Cause the Twitter DDoS Attack?”, but the article’s second line start with “So far, no reasons or methodologies for the attacks have surfaced.”
Ummm…yeah…heh…buhbye.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10305241-62.html
Titled…”Denial-of-service got Twitter. Is your network next?”
I don’t know…do you have a website that gets more than 44 million uniques a month?! THEN GET SCARED!!! (not really you’re not popular enough 😉

…and….the winner is…bearing the most accuracy without grammar and unnecessary speculation is…….
THE WASHINGTON POST!!!!
“DDOS Attacks Crush Twitter, Hobble Facebook” A short, and very sweet little reminder that some 15 year olds can redefine the nature by which we define CBlocking. 😉

Have Fun, Play Hard, but not on my swingset!

Ooooohh…wait I found humor!!!
The Real Reason Twitter and FB Went Down
http://tremendousnews.com/2009/08/06/why-twitter-went-down/


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Jul222009July 22, 2009July 22, 20090Commentby Tony Hunt

The Way of the Dodos.

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Okay, to explain to everyone far to lazy to type in “dodo” on Google…seriously:

The dodo is a bird that has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history, and was directly attributable to human activity, hence the phrase “going the way of the Dodos.”

More importantly, when I am saying it…it means that in order to survive…mankind has forced X to cease existing. This methodology by us (i.e. – humans, here…on earth) could hardly be attributed to natural selection as much as our collective inability to retain knowledge and exhibit wisdom en mass.

You see, we’re pretty self destructive. We’ve got peeps that are going out and killing others for virtually any reason you can come up with. Little children think its fun to scorch ants with magnifying glasses. Bigger children light firecrackers to their pets…and even adults seem to think it’s somehow okay to shoot wild animals for nothing more than the accomplishment (to be clear, I don’t have a problem with peeps that eat what they kill, but the rest are killing for pleasure…again see the title of this little note if you’re wondering where I think those people should end up.)

You see, even I am in that mass selection. I may not see fun in game hunting, but I would find immense satisfaction (and humor) in seeing a lion or bear whip out a glock and cap some game(trophy) hunters.

So here we have it…things go the way of the Dodo all the time. Mainly because we’re a bunch of ignorant gits, but every once in a while because Mother Nature in a fit of self-awareness says “WTF?!” In the end, we’re pretty likely to make it out alive now…as a matter of fact we’re finally becoming keenly aware of our own mortality as a species. Doesn’t stop us from trying pretty hard though.

Example: We figure out that our current methodology of energy production is not only finite, but dangerous to our health. What do we do? We hoard it and act like nothings wrong. We find out that this awesome product (plastics) is useful on like 1000000000 ways and jump on the production bandwagon and don’t spend any time whatsoever one the technology to cleanly dispose of the product.

I think I want to start my own town (yeah TonyTown!) and make laws that make sense…like all retail products in town must be sold in recyclable containers/packages. Grocery stores aren’t allowed to use plastic OR paper bags (reusable cotton ones). Public transportation is 100% emission-free and in use everywhere inside the city limits. Criminals are put into forced labor and no fines would accrue, you get busted, you work for the city…period. Paper products would only be allowed if made from hemp1. People that like to shoot animals for fun are to be ridiculed by law. People that think skin color seriously makes a person different have to deliver babies of a different color for a year without screwing it up. 😉 People that think SyFy is a good replacement for SciFi are to teach science classes for 4 years to advanced students.2 People that don’t like the Transformers movies have to wear a Decepticon tattoo on their forehead for a year. Everyone that ever said something ugly to Natalie Tran (CommunityChannel) has to wear a tee shirt that says “I got owned by Natalie Tran” right near their bum.3 Everyone in the city would be required to have an iPhone handy and would be required to take lessons on usage from Alyssa Milano in hopes that some of her ethics would rub off on them.4 ISP’s would be held accountable for spam…

Wow…I kinda went on a tangent here didn’t I?

Bottom line. Don’t go the way of the Dodo…and don’t make others think you should.

-T 😉

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  1. Just so you know. Originally hemp production initiatives in the states weren’t obstructed by drug enforcement, but by textile industries that didn’t have the lands necessary to compete with strong hemp farming. You see, hemp doesn’t deplete soil(tree farming does), hemp produces roughly 4x the amount of raw paper material that trees do per acre. This allows a farmer to cultivate a dual crop, paper and food if they like. Bottom line, I am not interested in smoking it in the least, but it’s readily as usable as cotton and easier to grow. ↩
  2. I have an opinion about “SyFy” right HERE. ↩
  3. Natalie Tran is a rather popular VLogger. I am a big fan, she has the absolute best sense of humor in the world…watch her vids HERE. Unfortunately, a huge amount of people have what is known as keyboard courage and say some pretty mean things to her…those guys get the afformentioned forced labor 😉 ↩
  4. Sounds silly, but I think everyone should be following Alyssa Milano on Twitter, they might learn a thing or two about being a good person 😉 ↩

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Jul072009July 7, 2009July 7, 20091Commentby Tony Hunt

Bad Twittermonkey!!

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So…someone has posted on their blog…a list of things that annoy people on Twitter1
10 Stupid Mistakes On Twitter

There is a sort of unspoken line drawn in the sand it seems…and he’s found a decent amount of things done of Twitter that manage to annoy people when used too much.

I find that these types of lists are sometimes just content fillers, but this wasn’t…it was pretty legitimate , so I’ve linked back to him.

Here’s my comment – to start…

The Devils Advocate says,

“If you don’t like my music, my interesting quotes, my retweets of interesting news in Dallas and around the world, and most importantly a note telling my friends that I posted yet another rant about people that need to stop existing…save yourself some trouble and annoyances…don’t follow me. I am not tweeting for your particular brand of entertainment. ”

The Sympathizer says,

“…heh..I couldn’t think of anything to really sympathize on. I don’t follow people unless they are friends, news, or people I find interesting. If my tweets aren’t entertaining enough for you…well…there is a button for that ;)”

Don’t get me wrong, I understand the notion, I just find it a waste of my time to spend more than the time it takes to write this considering it.

-Tony

Now, rather that concern myself with what everyone else likes about my tweets…I will comprise a list of things the Twitter user might do to enhance their experience on Twitter.

1. Decide what you want out of Twitter.
Are you looking to receive news or disseminate it…or both? Why? Well if you’re just using it to keep tabs on what friends are up to and get the latest news on your favorite hockey team…that’s easy…follow them. If you want to be able to send your updates only to those you chose to allow, then log into your Twitter account on the website, go to Settings, and near the bottom of the form you will see a check box labeled “Protect My Updates”. If you put a check-mark in there, then click on the “Save” button, from this point forward, your Twitter feed is subscribed to by permission only and not publicly advertised on the website. However, If your like me, and have a blog that you have fun writing in, and have even more fun since your friends actually read it…well..there’s a usefulness that Twitter really fills…it’s an awesome syndication feed…seriously. If I post to my blog, you can bet your grandma’s stinky socks thats I am going to auto-tweet the subject and a link to the article. This is my hobby, and people do actually follow me. Maybe not on a serious level but enough news feeds follow me that I am not going to stop.

2. Do not follow everything in the world immediately after signing up.
If you’re like me, and already very well versed in RSS2, you’re going to see Twitter as something just like a Feedburner, but cracked up and on ‘roids. If you don’t know what I am talking about…think of every feed on Twitter and a newspaper…now consider this…exactly how many newspapers do you really need to subscribe to? Me, I have a couple local news people subscribed, a few friends…and a couple people that do a really good job of keeping me from getting bored at work 😉 No need for more. Since I don’t really have conversations directly with friends via Twitter (text messaging, IM, and cell phone usage galore), it’s easy for me to just post things I find interesting and let my friends IM or text me directly if they need more info or whatever. Anyhow I digress…if you add a hundred Twitter-Maniacs to your follow list the first day you’re going to really unhappy…we’re talking a-thousand-fleas-in-the-jockstrap unhappy.

3. Look for your favorite newscaster, or sports team, or public figure on Twitter. It’s best to find out their public twitter from their official website, as there are a TON of people on their way to being serial stalkers trying to be someone they are most definitely not. Read their feed first, then decide to subscribe to them…or not. I kindof lucked out and am subscribed to a few people that are amazingly good about posting things I am likely to be interested in reading about. I guess it gives me a feeling that I am a little bit more aware of the world.

4. Do not use Twitter tied in with other services or social networking websites – unless this functionality is specifically what you want. Reasoning? Simple, Facebook is a great example. If you Tweet a lot, you’re going to flood your friends NewsFeed on FB. This can go vice versa if you’re following a bunch of other people using twitter to update…you’re getting flooded.

5. Report abusive users actively. Unsolicited advertisers are my big pet peeve and get blocked and reported every single time I see them.

Anyhow, these things keep me pretty happy on Twitter. Enjoy.

-Tony

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  1. Per the Wiki monster, Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others’ updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to other users – known as followers – who have subscribed to them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.. ↩
  2. RSS is an very widely used syndication in use by publishers on the internet. It follows a clear communication formula so that anyone with access to it can “subscribe” to it’s feed and thus receive updates based on the criteria bound in the URL and/or page the subscription points to. Essentially…it lets you follow subjects, authors, etc from any page or reader that supports it (most venues of subscription readers do). ↩

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