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CISMALES DID 9-11
Jun 5, 2002

chaotic good STEM major; INTJ
and that it somehow signified america ``bowing down'' to a foreign '``power''":






what period algebra do u have next semester rofl

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Rambling Robot
Sep 13, 2011
Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL
AMERICA IS A REAL SJW - CLAIMING TO FIGHT FOR "FREEDOM", BUT AT THE SAME TIME UNDERMINING PEOPLE'S FREEDOM ALL THE TIME, ALL OVER THE WORLD. :nsavince:

CISMALES DID 9-11
Jun 5, 2002

chaotic good STEM major; INTJ
as a member of the internet culture i care deeply about economic and socio-political issues when they directly threaten my enjoyment of Seth Rogen stoner comedies

Rambling Robot
Sep 13, 2011
Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL

CISMALES DID 9-11 posted:

as a member of the internet culture i care deeply about economic and socio-political issues when they directly threaten my enjoyment of Seth Rogen stoner comedies

YES. WHOEVER DID THE HACK KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

BTW. MERRY X-MAS GBS.

BTW. IM GAY.

CISMALES DID 9-11
Jun 5, 2002

chaotic good STEM major; INTJ

Rambling Robot posted:

YES. WHOEVER DID THE HACK KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

BTW. MERRY X-MAS GBS.

BTW. IM GAY.

agreed on all counts

jalopybrown
Oct 11, 2012
Remember when bitchak obutthole blamed a film for Ben gazi

Atoramos
Aug 31, 2003

Jim's now a Blind Cave Salamander!


the reason people care so much about north korea influencing a corporation's actions at all, is that corporations sorta run the place now

Ragtime Cthulhu
Dec 11, 2014

Atoramos posted:

the reason people care so much about north korea influencing a corporation's actions at all, is that corporations sorta run the place now

Yeah, it's a breakdown of the new power structure. If an external force can bend the mighty corporations to their will, who can we rely upon? Certainly not the fascistic/socialistic/sharia/communistic Obama regime.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

kim jong un happy about this gay movie

Tube
Jun 1, 2000

I'm going off the rails on a CRAZY TRAIN!

Fallen Rib
Ok, I haven't been following all this very closely, but let me see if I get the gist of it:

North Korea supposedly has hackers despite not really having internet access, and uses those hackers against Sony. Sony bitches and moans a bunch, and bloo bloo bloo about free speech etc. Obama claims he will issue orders for a proportional response, and says that North Korea are totally state sponsors of terrorism. North Korea's websites, none of which are based out of North Korea (because they don't have internet access there), aren't reachable for about a day. Lots of attention (aka "free" advertising) is paid to a film which probably wasn't going to do all that well, which is then released anyway to probable increased success, and everyone can go back to hating (or newly hating) North Korea as a boogeyman again.

Did I miss anything? Of course the movie came out; it was never not going to come out.

(P.S. NK has a lovely regime, but that has gently caress all to do with this)

jalopybrown
Oct 11, 2012

Tube posted:

Did I miss anything?

lots, emails were leaked which make sony people look bad and racist and stuff, other cool files were stolen too so the inside advertising job thing was pretty dumb if true

fanged wang
Nov 1, 2014

by Ralp
it's me op, i'm the one who thought sony would cancel the interview due to terrorist threats from nk. i feel really silly right now this christmas eve.

Tube
Jun 1, 2000

I'm going off the rails on a CRAZY TRAIN!

Fallen Rib

jalopybrown posted:

lots, emails were leaked which make sony people look bad and racist and stuff, other cool files were stolen too so the inside advertising job thing was pretty dumb if true

Ok, so someone leaked some emails. Do we know that's the North Koreans? And whatever files were stolen, were those leaked? Or does Sony just not have them now? "Oh poo poo a bunch of compromising emails were leaked, let's draw attention away from that" seems like an okay strategy too.

I guess what I'm saying is that the whole thing seems a little fishy. I can't put my finger on exactly how, though, if it's not just a really bizarre political/advertising stunt. I suppose it may just be a matter of seeing how it all plays out.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

i also think sony leaked their employees salaries and medical records as an advertising stunt

im pooping!
Nov 17, 2006


counter-hack north korea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5iTQf5PDyY

a creepy colon
Oct 28, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
it was obv a publicity stunt from the get go and anyone who didnt realize that is a brain dead retawwwwd

CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is
If dont go to watch the movie you are a terrorist and hard won freedom will be for nothing *repatriates sony profits to japan*

Tube
Jun 1, 2000

I'm going off the rails on a CRAZY TRAIN!

Fallen Rib

Parallax Scroll posted:

i also think sony leaked their employees salaries and medical records as an advertising stunt

This makes a little better sense. Like I said, I haven't really kept up with the whole thing in any depth. I just found out today that it was being released, then noticed this thread a bit ago.

I guess it just comes down to really good spin on Sony's part.

Captain Gordon
Jul 22, 2004

:10bux::10bux::10bux::10bux::10bux:

CISMALES DID 9-11 posted:

and that it somehow signified america ``bowing down'' to a foreign '``power''":

Not quite that dramatic, but it did undermine the concept of free speech if a company can be bullied into not doing something by terrorists

Tsinava
Nov 15, 2009

by Ralp
it's really funny how stupid U.S. intelligence agencies are

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


Tube posted:

Ok, so someone leaked some emails. Do we know that's the North Koreans? And whatever files were stolen, were those leaked? Or does Sony just not have them now? "Oh poo poo a bunch of compromising emails were leaked, let's draw attention away from that" seems like an okay strategy too.

I guess what I'm saying is that the whole thing seems a little fishy. I can't put my finger on exactly how, though, if it's not just a really bizarre political/advertising stunt. I suppose it may just be a matter of seeing how it all plays out.

Fallows
Jan 20, 2005

If he waits long enough he can use his accrued interest from his savings to bring his negative checking balance back into the black.
anyone watch it?? should i smoke some tree and put it on?

WOLF HONGO
Aug 29, 2014

Tube posted:

Ok, so someone leaked some emails. Do we know that's the North Koreans? And whatever files were stolen, were those leaked? Or does Sony just not have them now? "Oh poo poo a bunch of compromising emails were leaked, let's draw attention away from that" seems like an okay strategy too.

I guess what I'm saying is that the whole thing seems a little fishy. I can't put my finger on exactly how, though, if it's not just a really bizarre political/advertising stunt. I suppose it may just be a matter of seeing how it all plays out.

you do know that when someone steals a file they dont actually steal the only copy like it was a real pphysical thing right

like im just checking ur not that dense

uG
Apr 23, 2003

by Ralp

WOLF HONGO posted:

you do know that when someone steals a file they dont actually steal the only copy like it was a real pphysical thing right

like im just checking ur not that dense

what if they use 'mv' on the only original file

Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

Tsinava posted:

it's really funny how stupid U.S. intelligence agencies are

http://www.peacecorps.gov/about/jobs/workingpc/eligibility/

http://files.peacecorps.gov/multimedia/pdf/employment/form1336.pdf

Even the Peace Corps(a government organisation) doesn't want to risk touching that poo.

Tsinava
Nov 15, 2009

by Ralp
i'd liek to think that most u.s. intelligence agencies have devolved into circles of nepotistic old men who keep everyone out as much as possible and barely know how to use their old-rear end information gathering tools while they're being laughed at by teenagers all over the world.

Tube
Jun 1, 2000

I'm going off the rails on a CRAZY TRAIN!

Fallen Rib

WOLF HONGO posted:

you do know that when someone steals a file they dont actually steal the only copy like it was a real pphysical thing right

like im just checking ur not that dense

I'm not that dense. I'm unclear on what sense of "stole" we're talking about here, since there appear to be files that are neither leaked nor missing. "Hey, they took a bunch of our poo poo" is an odd thing to say when you can't corroborate it in any way.

jalopybrown
Oct 11, 2012

Tube posted:

I'm not that dense. I'm unclear on what sense of "stole" we're talking about here, since there appear to be files that are neither leaked nor missing. "Hey, they took a bunch of our poo poo" is an odd thing to say when you can't corroborate it in any way.

The server probably logged the commands that were executed.

Vince MechMahon
Jan 1, 2008



Is Obama still in high school?

Tube
Jun 1, 2000

I'm going off the rails on a CRAZY TRAIN!

Fallen Rib

jalopybrown posted:

The server probably logged the commands that were executed.

I'll plead ignorance on this one. There is, in fact, a way to track that there was data on Sony's servers that is now on North Korean computers?

Stoic Commie
Aug 29, 2005

by XyloJW
i'm not a "computer nerd" but yeah that sounds like it wouldn't be complicated but they'd have to hack the korean punchcard readers

jalopybrown
Oct 11, 2012

Tube posted:

I'll plead ignorance on this one. There is, in fact, a way to track that there was data on Sony's servers that is now on North Korean computers?

Well I mean if the hackers didn't bother clearing the logs (why would they since they wanted people to know Sony were hacked) they can see what files were copied and poo poo, I'd presume they didn't do it directly from an NK IP though so your right that they can't link it directly to them through that.

unpacked robinhood
Feb 18, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
I know gently caress all about anything and rely on badly translated PR and here's my opinion

Mariana Horchata
Jun 30, 2008

College Slice

CISMALES DID 9-11 posted:

america ``bowing down'' to a foreign '``power''"

ya i never really understood why he does that poo poo













TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

idk whats worse

fanged wang
Nov 1, 2014

by Ralp
i just watched the interview it was bad but not as bad as pineapple express


ama

Fetus Tree
Feb 2, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!
is that the colonel

Nigmaetcetera
Nov 17, 2004

borkborkborkmorkmorkmork-gabbalooins

fanged wang posted:

i just watched the interview it was bad but not as bad as pineapple express


ama

does kim jong-un smoke weed with rogen and franco?

Fiend
Dec 2, 2001
Remember in Donnie Darko when the mean classmates mocked the girl who's mom stabbed her dad?

That was Seth Rogen.

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THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax
i didnt think it would be canceled but i definitely thought it would be pushed back a couple months

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