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Twitter gets twitted

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  • 06-08-2009 5:05pm
    #1
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭


    Its been DoS-ed!

    /Internet IQ rises


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    #2
    jumpguy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,962 ✭✭✭jumpguy


    ...Right. Works fine for me. :confused:

    EDIT: Ohh...you mean DOS...DNS is a completely different thing.


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    #3
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    bunch of tw*ts :rolleyes:


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    dez_warlock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭dez_warlock


    mike65 wrote: »
    Its been DNS-ed!

    /Internet QI rises


    Poor spelling remains.


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    #5
    hobochris
    Registered Users Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭hobochris


    proof that dos attacks arn't always a bad thing :D


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    #6
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Well overdue imho


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    #7
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    dez_warlock wrote: »
    Poor spelling remains.

    I had Stephen Fry on my mind, he must be dismayed


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    mike65 wrote: »
    Its been DNS-ed!

    /Internet QI rises

    I have no idea what you just said.


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    Aussie Rossie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Aussie Rossie


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    I have no idea what you just said.

    Try using this site: www.google.com

    Apparently you can find out lots of things by using it.....


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Aussie Rossie wrote: »
    Try using this site: www.google.com

    Apparently you can find out lots of things by using it.....

    After the OP's edit it makes sense. Beforehand I was confuxed about it.

    Thanks for that handy link though. Google, huh?
    Might come in useful some day even if it is spelled wrong.


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    #11
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    Internet superheros strike again


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    #12
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Feck the DOS attacks...nuke their server farm...it's the only way to be sure. :pac:


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    #13
    Mena
    Registered Users Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Mena


    Thread title fail. We all know it should be "Twitter gets Twatted"

    At any rate, this can only be a good thing. I knew there was a valid use for Denial of Service attacks.


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    Riamfada
    Registered Users Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    Think of all the little tweets that were never born because of this. You people are sick


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    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    So what does this mean in non-nerd terms?


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    #16
    A7X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭A7X


    Whats going on? :(


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    #17
    Adamcp898
    Registered Users Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭Adamcp898


    So basically there's loads of people out there struggling to tell the world they just took a dump and are now going for a ham sandwich?

    or have I got it wrong :confused:


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    A7X wrote: »
    Whats going on? :(

    Well... I read up on it on that Goggle website (which, as it turns out isn't just a swimming supply site) and I believe it goes something like this:

    A DOS attack is when someone keeps attacking the Disk Operating System of a computing device. So in this case some man named Twitter has had his computer DOSed which would be rather annoying if you were him. Although having said that, Twitter is a pretty silly nickname so he's probably used to bullying at this stage.

    Simple solution I suppose would be to stop whoever is messing with his computing device from getting into his house. I would suggest locking the door and maybe putting a security word lock mechanism on his computing device.


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    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    Adamcp898 wrote: »
    So basically there's loads of people out there struggling to tell the world they just took a dump and are now going for a ham sandwich?

    or have I got it wrong :confused:

    Oh no, how will i find out the latest on Ashton Kutcher and Paula Abdul now? :eek:


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    #20
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    I feel proud that I have no idea what any of you are talking about.


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    #21
    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Facebook apparently was down at the same time also.


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    #22
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    1....healthy dose of DoS-ed.
    2....Internet IQ rising.
    3....???????????
    4....Profit.

    where's Turd?


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    Kazuma
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Kazuma


    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    1....healthy dose of DoS-ed.
    2....Internet IQ rising.
    3....???????????
    4....Profit.

    where's Turd?
    4Chan memes? On Boards?! Are you insane?!? :O


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    #24
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    In non-nerd terms - Twitter is fucked!


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    #25
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,068 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I seen an interesting piece on Newsnight last night

    apparently during the Iran protests a few months ago, Twitter was due to be taken offline for maintainance but the US State Dept demanded that they postponed it until the protests were over

    and it's not just a theory either, Twitter's CEO is the one that said it during the interview

    wtf!


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    I'm confused.

    I thought a DOS attack is a concerted effort to flood servers with a huge level of superfluous crud?

    Isn't that just an average day of operation for Twitter?

    :confused:


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    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Kazuma wrote: »
    4Chan memes? On Boards?! Are you insane?!? :O

    I always thought that was from a weak Simpsons episode?


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    #28
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    My name is URL wrote: »
    I seen an interesting piece on Newsnight last night

    apparently during the Iran protests a few months ago, Twitter was due to be taken offline for maintainance but the US State Dept demanded that they postponed it until the protests were over

    and it's not just a theory either, Twitter's CEO is the one that said it during the interview

    wtf!

    Wasn't it because people were using Twitter as a way to get info about the elections out of Iran. Possibly it wasn't blocked or something?


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    #29
    projectmayhem
    Registered Users Posts: 9,481 ✭✭✭projectmayhem


    Posts on boards are on the rise as twitter continues to wobble after it's attack....


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    #30
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,068 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Wasn't it because people were using Twitter as a way to get info about the elections out of Iran. Possibly it wasn't blocked or something?

    Propaganda machine imho


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Wasn't it because people were using Twitter as a way to get info about the elections out of Iran. Possibly it wasn't blocked or something?

    Sample Iranian tweet:

    I'm cleaning out my ear with a cotton bud and then I'm going to have a yummy snack. Oh yeah, some boriing old election was brutally rep<runs_out_of_space>.


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