But I've never heard of a problem that could cause such widespread outage and complete failure. I mean, their webpage boasts 53 million registered domains, which brings yesterdays cumulative downtime to around 318,000,000 hours. That's more than 36,000 years of downtime.

First, there's no evidence that the dataset is actually the same. The only proof is just claims.

Second, there's no real proof that this data is not from the FBI. I doubt that it was sitting in a laptop somewhere, but I think it's silly to think that the FBI doesn't have data regarding mobile device surveillance.

Third, Blue Toad is JUST NOW coming forward with this. Think about that, if you had access to something so delicate for so many people, and you found out that a mistake you made led to a large amount of people having access to the same data that you did, what would you do? You would probably let people know, and find out if there was a way for people to protect themselves.

Fourth, the thing that people STILL don't realize about Anonymous hacking incidents, is that it's very rare for Anonymous to have actually done the deed. I could force my way into a company's server infrastructure, grab a bunch of files, and pastebin some passwords with Anonymous propaganda, and once someone sees the word Anonymous, the suspicion disappears. People already hate Anonymous, so they get blamed for a lot of shit that they just plain didn't do.

That's my take on this anyways.

Imagine walking down the street to your local Starbucks. You walk to the door, and instead of a handle, there's a touchpad. The touchpad reads "Welcome [name], would you like to come inside?" It knows your name because it has NGI built-in. You push the button labeled "Yes" and walk inside the starbucks. Inside, there's a few other customers, but there are no baristas. There's a manager in the back, but he rarely comes out unless one of the touchpads gets too dirty. You walk to the bar and are met with another touchpad. It is a graphical interface for designing your beverage. You already know what buttons to push because you've used this interface many times before. After you've completed your order, the machine reads "Hey [name], do you want to pay with cash or your visa?" You press "Visa" and the machine responds "Ok thanks, I've got it on file, your order will be ready in thirty seconds." After thirty seconds, your order slides down a conveyor belt to where you're waiting, and you leave Starbucks and head to work. To get into the parking garage, you need to complete a retina scan and fingerprint scan. To get into your office, you need to complete a retina scan and fingerprint scan. To start your car, you need to complete a retina scan and a fingerprint scan. To get into your house, you need to complete a retina scan and fingerprint scan.

If I want to watch a movie, I'll watch it. That's how things work.

I think a large part of pirates are willing to pay for the things they pirate when they really understand that their money is going to exactly who they want it to. I pirate movies all the time to watch on my own. I don't want to pay some corporation in Hollywood to watch a movie. Now, when Louis CK offered his standup DVD, I watched it, decided it was worth 15 bucks, and that's what I paid. The key is for people to know the exact route their money travels. The content has to be good as well, obviously.

4chan has always been kinda cool because it's so impermanent. This will allow someone to log all of 4chan if they were so inclined. I wouldn't be surprised if an archive was setup within 2 weeks. I mean, it's just 4chan, but it's kind of unnerving because the effect is going to be widespread across all 4chan users.

I'd do it. If QR codes are still relevant when I kick the bucket, slap one of them on my slab. I don't think it's a problem at all, because strangers can learn about you and see what a long and exciting life you lived. It could link to that person wikipedia page and spread the knowledge.

If Linux had set out to meet the majority of it's users needs like Windows did, it would be more popular. If Linux set out to be more stylish and slick than everyone else, it would be Apple. Instead, it set out to be the most functional and the most capable, so it has to sit and wait for Windows and Apple to wear themselves out. Prediction: Ubuntu will eventually eclipse Windows and Mac, but it'll take years and years of effort and development. Mint will slowly become the Mac equivalent, and other distros such as Arch and Fedora will just keep doing their own thing, with more comfortable funding and larger audiences. And hopefully they won't fuck up Crunchbang. My sweet Crunchbang.