The Long Haul

Well, I suppose I got a reaction, as my one reader requested. The problem with flooding is that it doesn’t do any real damage (some negligible bandwidth issues, but they are quickly resolved). Flooding is psychological warfare and the only way to use it to a victory would be filling a forum with something illegal (Not worth a ride in the FBI partyvan) or simply exhausting the members to the point of surrender. Regrettably, a one-man flood is not going to achieve that kind of power. I would appeal to Anonymous, but they are currently all occupied in the war against Scientology (A noble cause I would not think of interrupting. 2/10/08 is on my calendar.) I suppose I will have to retreat to get more support. I've renewed the fear, I suppose. Let me chronicle what happened:

When I returned back to the site, I found that they were celebrating their 6th year anniversary. I found the opportunity too much to pass up. And so, using a few tools and a couple of pre-generated user accounts, I managed to flood the site with this congratulatory message:

"Hmmm… it is your 6^th anniversary, I see. May I be the first to congratulate you on this auspicious occasion, for your continuing to persevere in the face of common sense. Apparently listening is not your strong point. I would have thought that you would have learned before that there is a reason for the destructive activities I peruse. I admit there is the factor of it being entertaining, but this is truly for your own good. EMG [The Admin] does not have the testicles to admit that he is charging you obscenely large amounts of money for what should be free. He would prefer to mind-rape you into becoming a money source for his perversion. Apparently, you no longer have free will to resist this temptation, so I have to take it on myself to make you leave. I stand by my previous statements: no one on this site has any sort of professional training in hypnotism, hypnotism is extremely dangerous in unprofessional hands, untrained hypnotism can lead to psychological problems and can also reduce free willpower. Thus, if you continue using these files, I can almost assure you that you will find yourself less and less able to as time goes on. Also, you will most likely find yourself more and more absorbed in this practice to the point where more important things (like family, friends, work and general morality) will become less and less important. Try this: ask someone you know what they think of your fetish. Be sure to explain it in excruciating detail. Very likely, they will run away from you very quickly.

And EMG, there is a very special place for people like you. Cult leaders would be proud to have such a following of mindless servants, ready to give you money. Of course, this doesn’t bother you one bit, does it? Afterall, you are a god in your own mind.

Well, guess what? You aren’t. You are a disgusting human being who profits on the suffering of others.

YOU CANNOT SILENCE THE TRUTH

Oh yeah… it’s spam time! Enjoy!"

And following it, I made sure to insert my 1000 spam pictures.

What made this adventure the most enjoyable was the admin. I don't think this raid would have been nearly as successful if he had any sort of competence in technology. He apparently was under the impression that if he removed my account (Well, one of them anyway), that the problem would go away. Now, to give some history, I have been on and off of the site before in the previous raid and removing my account failed completely. Apparently on the third account, he got wise on what he was dealing with and unleashed the banhammer.


Now, let me dispel a myth that any script kiddie can inform you on (assuming they aren't sticking gay pornography on your myspace): BANS DO NOT WORK. Anyone who does a little research (as I have), will find that bans are extremely easy to get around. Of course, this simple mindrapist has little idea of this fact. So, imagine his surprise when I showed up ten seconds later, flooding the message: "Banned? I think not!"

I am rather sure that this scared the ever-loving crap out of him, along with his entire collective. Observe his concessionary/threatening message:



Wow, talk about butthurt. The threat still remains the most hilarious part. "RAR! I WILL SEND A "PROFESSIONAL" ON YOU!" Simply astonishing. I think my spammed response speaks for itself:

"You have to hire a "professional"? A “professional” what? You have no idea how to use your technology. Certainly, you can delete my posts, but guess what? It takes me much less energy to flood your site than it does for you to fix it. This is a war of attrition and I have the advantage. You cannot threaten me, I know the law. I know that I am in my right to free speech, something that you can never silence. Do you know how many law cases have been won over petty internet disputes? I can count them on one finger. And my next point, you have more to fear from the law than I do. There are people who will see what you are doing. They will see how you are manipulating people. Tell me, have you made any mistakes on your taxes recently?"

I'm working on that tax thing, I just need a little time to find the right information. God bless the internet, and its wonderful freedom of information. When he tried to compliment me with the "above average hacker" line, I really could not stop laughing. Really, I feel like that is an insult to hackers everywhere. "GASP! HE MUST HAVE L33T HAXXORZ SKILLZ! OMGBBQ!" Of course this compliment comes from someone whose site design was done by someone else (I found the coding appallingly simple) and from someone who has problems booting up his own toaster, so I really can't get cocky about it. His line on free speech is rather ironic as well, considering any dissenters on the site (And there have been some aside from myself) who try to raise a point on the grounds of common sense have been driven into the ground by flames. Never mind that such practice is against site policy and his response to MY free speech (admittedly with a little "echo" effect) is the banhammer. He apparently missed the point of the attack, considering his response to every post is "BALEETED!" What he doesn't know is that I really didn't do much. I spent most of the attack watching TV, reading a book and grabbing a soda now and again. Whereas someone with his technical level has to clean up the mess by hand every time. It's like a maid trying to clean up after a machine gun turret filled with infinite paintballs. Eventually, they are going to get tired. But his brag, "This community has value"? Yes of course it does to an admin who makes obscene profit margins from his site. And yes it has value for people who like to avoid the real world and live in make-believe land. But does it have value in the real world, where these people are losing money due to brain-washing? (L Ron Hubbard would be proud).

So, the battle continues. In the meantime, I will be charging my lazers and waiting for the partyvan. Tune in next time. Be sure to [The rest of this section has been removed due to a copyright violation with the Church of Scientology International.]