« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3   Go Down

Author Topic: Anonymous attacks on Sony  (Read 12220 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Juju

  • Incredibly sexy mare
  • Coder Of Tomorrow
  • LV13 Extreme Addict (Next: 9001)
  • *************
  • Posts: 5730
  • Rating: +500/-19
  • Weird programmer
    • View Profile
    • juju2143's shed
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2011, 02:15:03 pm »
Yeah, that's why Anonymous is successful, it's a large sum of people together.

And that's how democracy is supposed to work too. So if everyone hates the DCMA, since the government is supposed to represent the people, they should abolish it, right?
Logged

Remember the day the walrus started to fly...

I finally cleared my sig after 4 years you're happy now?
THEGAME
This signature is ridiculously large you've been warned.

The cute mare that used to be in my avatar is Yuki Kagayaki, you can follow her on Facebook and Tumblr.

Offline AngelFish

  • Is this my custom title?
  • Administrator
  • LV12 Extreme Poster (Next: 5000)
  • ************
  • Posts: 3242
  • Rating: +270/-27
  • I'm a Fishbot
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2011, 02:24:40 pm »
It's a pity America is a representational republic and thus the public is essentially politically irrelevant.
Logged
∂²Ψ    -(2m(V(x)-E)Ψ
---  = -------------
∂x²        ℏ²Ψ

Offline DJ Omnimaga

  • Clacualters are teh gr33t
  • CoT Emeritus
  • LV15 Omnimagician (Next: --)
  • *
  • Posts: 55943
  • Rating: +3154/-232
  • CodeWalrus founder & retired Omnimaga founder
    • View Profile
    • Dream of Omnimaga Music
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2011, 02:52:05 pm »
I don't think true democracy exists anywhere really, politic-wise. Even in Canada government will do things even if the population is all against it.
Logged

Offline willrandship

  • Omnimagus of the Multi-Base.
  • LV11 Super Veteran (Next: 3000)
  • ***********
  • Posts: 2953
  • Rating: +98/-13
  • Insert sugar to begin programming subroutine.
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #18 on: April 06, 2011, 03:56:16 pm »
Democracy and Law often disagree with each other. There are problems with Democracy itself, too, as the will of the people isn't always the best choice. Direct Democracy only works i people are fully aware of the situations they are voting on, and are non-biased towards each other's welfare. In other words, pure democracy can't work, because people are corrupt.

Most "democratic" countries, including the US, are actually Republics, which are different in their function. People elect officials who are supposed to be fully aware of the situation. The only problem is that the officials people elect are all idiots. Otherwise it would work a little better :P

I disagree with Sony's actions BTW. :)
Logged

Offline Madskillz

  • LV6 Super Member (Next: 500)
  • ******
  • Posts: 488
  • Rating: +32/-2
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #19 on: April 06, 2011, 04:47:35 pm »
I agree that Sony took it too far. They are trying to set an example of what can happen if you hack their console. I also dont agree with the court system allowing for all this information to be handed over to Sony, over what seems to be rather vague arguments for doing so.

However as of late the Anonymous kiddies are getting to serious. They were asking for the kids names/information and addresses to Sony executives. The mentality that its ok to go after someone's kids is sick. Anonymous defending the people started out as a noble cause, now they seem to be taking stuff to far. A lack of maturity is evident and it's sad. I'm glad to see some of the older Anonymous people speaking up and going public with their distaste for recent acts.
Logged

Offline jnesselr

  • King Graphmastur
  • LV11 Super Veteran (Next: 3000)
  • ***********
  • Posts: 2270
  • Rating: +81/-20
  • TAO == epic
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2011, 06:37:06 pm »
Quote from: willrandship on April 06, 2011, 03:56:16 pm
Democracy and Law often disagree with each other. There are problems with Democracy itself, too, as the will of the people isn't always the best choice. Direct Democracy only works i people are fully aware of the situations they are voting on, and are non-biased towards each other's welfare. In other words, pure democracy can't work, because people are corrupt.

Most "democratic" countries, including the US, are actually Republics, which are different in their function. People elect officials who are supposed to be fully aware of the situation. The only problem is that the officials people elect are all idiots. Otherwise it would work a little better :P

I disagree with Sony's actions BTW. :)
Nicely said.  Our founders actually didn't like direct democracies at all.
Logged

Offline rcfreak0

  • Support Staff
  • LV4 Regular (Next: 200)
  • ****
  • Posts: 133
  • Rating: +7/-0
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2011, 06:50:11 pm »
Go anon <3
Logged

Offline willrandship

  • Omnimagus of the Multi-Base.
  • LV11 Super Veteran (Next: 3000)
  • ***********
  • Posts: 2953
  • Rating: +98/-13
  • Insert sugar to begin programming subroutine.
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #22 on: April 06, 2011, 07:14:29 pm »
There's an XKCD for that....http://xkcd.com/834/ :P

But yeah. No one is perfect, and Sony does have some motivations. If they really want to make peace, they could bring back OtherOS. Not kidding. And get rid of the HyperVisor sucking away SPU cores.
« Last Edit: April 06, 2011, 07:21:53 pm by willrandship »
Logged

Offline Scipi

  • Omni Kitten Meow~ =^ω^=
  • LV10 31337 u53r (Next: 2000)
  • **********
  • Posts: 1547
  • Rating: +192/-3
  • Meow :3
    • View Profile
    • ScipiSoftware
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #23 on: April 06, 2011, 07:39:30 pm »
Quote from: willrandship on April 06, 2011, 07:14:29 pm
There's an XKCD for that....http://xkcd.com/834/ :P

But yeah. No one is perfect, and Sony does have some motivations. If they really want to make peace, they could bring back OtherOS. Not kidding. And get rid of the HyperVisor sucking away SPU cores.

Lol I remember that one.

I think that what Sony is doing is sickening. For one, the ability to run 3rd party software like that actually helps (NSpire-ndless anyone?) And two, it just goes against the "pioneering" spirit that shouldn't be blocked especially when it comes to computers and the like. It's people who figure out how to hack these things and learn how they work are the ones who will define and advance the future of computers.

They're hurting everyone by doing this.
Logged

Imma Cat! =^_^= :3 (It's an emoticon now!)
Spoiler For Things I find interesting:
Spoiler For AI Programming:
Spoiler For Shameless advertising:

Spoiler For OldSig:





Spoiler For IMPORTANT NEWS!:
Late last night, Quebec was invaded by a group calling themselves, "Omnimaga". Not much is known about these mysterious people except that they all carried calculators of some kind and they all seemed to converge on one house in particular. Experts estimate that the combined power of their fabled calculators is greater than all the worlds super computers put together. The group seems to be holding out in the home of a certain DJ_O, who the Omnimagians claim to be their founder. Such power has put the world at a standstill with everyone waiting to see what the Omnimagians will do...

Wait... This just in, the Omnimagians have sent the UN a list of demands that must be met or else the world will be "submitted to the wrath of Netham45's Lobster Army". Such demands include >9001 crates of peanuts, sacrificial blue lobsters, and a wide assortment of cherry flavored items. With such computing power stored in the hands of such people, we can only hope these demands are met.

In the wake of these events, we can only ask, Why? Why do these people make these demands, what caused them to gather, and what are their future plans...

Offline willrandship

  • Omnimagus of the Multi-Base.
  • LV11 Super Veteran (Next: 3000)
  • ***********
  • Posts: 2953
  • Rating: +98/-13
  • Insert sugar to begin programming subroutine.
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #24 on: April 06, 2011, 07:46:29 pm »
The Other-OS feature actually worked well. It got rid of the initiative of homebrew lovers to hack it, leaving only the Backup-running portion, which tends to climb all over other people's work, and it is also more frowned upon, since they don't have a legal reason anymore.
Logged

Offline DJ Omnimaga

  • Clacualters are teh gr33t
  • CoT Emeritus
  • LV15 Omnimagician (Next: --)
  • *
  • Posts: 55943
  • Rating: +3154/-232
  • CodeWalrus founder & retired Omnimaga founder
    • View Profile
    • Dream of Omnimaga Music
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #25 on: April 06, 2011, 07:54:11 pm »
Quote from: Madskillz on April 06, 2011, 04:47:35 pm
I agree that Sony took it too far. They are trying to set an example of what can happen if you hack their console. I also dont agree with the court system allowing for all this information to be handed over to Sony, over what seems to be rather vague arguments for doing so.

However as of late the Anonymous kiddies are getting to serious. They were asking for the kids names/information and addresses to Sony executives. The mentality that its ok to go after someone's kids is sick. Anonymous defending the people started out as a noble cause, now they seem to be taking stuff to far. A lack of maturity is evident and it's sad. I'm glad to see some of the older Anonymous people speaking up and going public with their distaste for recent acts.
Yeah true. The issue with them is that they often go to the extent of ruining people lives when taking actions. If you react non-stop to one of their troll, for example, or do something they hate, you're pretty much screwed. They can get your home address, phone number and all.
Logged

Offline Darl181

  • «Yo buddy, you still alive?»
  • CoT Emeritus
  • LV12 Extreme Poster (Next: 5000)
  • *
  • Posts: 3408
  • Rating: +305/-13
  • VGhlIEdhbWU=
    • View Profile
    • darl181.webuda.com
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #26 on: April 06, 2011, 08:30:38 pm »
It kind of strikes me as odd that sony didn't do this when brandonw released the ps3 jailbreaking thing...they probably didn't think a graphing calculator was anything to worry about XD
Logged
Vy'o'us pleorsdti thl'e gjaemue

Offline mikehill2003

  • LV5 Advanced (Next: 300)
  • *****
  • Posts: 279
  • Rating: +13/-4
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #27 on: April 06, 2011, 08:37:17 pm »
Quote from: Darl181 on April 06, 2011, 08:30:38 pm
It kind of strikes me as odd that sony didn't do this when brandonw released the ps3 jailbreaking thing...they probably didn't think a graphing calculator was anything to worry about XD

Because GeoHot made the jailbreak that BrandonW used, and GeoHot is far more visible. Taking GeoHot down hurts the PS3 jailbreak community more.
Logged

Offline DJ Omnimaga

  • Clacualters are teh gr33t
  • CoT Emeritus
  • LV15 Omnimagician (Next: --)
  • *
  • Posts: 55943
  • Rating: +3154/-232
  • CodeWalrus founder & retired Omnimaga founder
    • View Profile
    • Dream of Omnimaga Music
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #28 on: April 06, 2011, 08:49:00 pm »
Didn't BrandonW site get DDoS'ed, though? It might have just been a script kidding being upset that BrandonW didn't answer his question already answered in the readme, though.
Logged

Offline Snake X

  • Ancient Veteran
  • LV8 Addict (Next: 1000)
  • ********
  • Posts: 810
  • Rating: +33/-8
    • View Profile
Re: Anonymous attacks on Sony
« Reply #29 on: April 06, 2011, 09:02:33 pm »
Wait what was it that sony did that was so bad though? ???
Logged
Loved this place, still the best producers of power metal, and sparked my dreams of coding.
Pages: 1 [2] 3   Go Up
« previous next »