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Good God...

NZ_TexanNZ_Texan Registered User regular
edited March 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7274377.stm]

It's fantastic to know that this is what our governing bodies have time for these days....

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  • UnknownUnknown
    edited March 2008
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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    This might not be as loony as it sounds. Wasn't someone recently busted for money laundering through Second Life?

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  • RodricRodric Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Good god man! Those Orcs raided Stormwind they must be latent terrorists! No I digress... how about they spend their money on things that matter huh? And get off of video games already jeez keep beating a dead horse and he still won't walk.

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Maybe it'll cut down on ganking?

    It's slightly different when the lvl 30 your just corpse camped can have you indited.

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  • NZ_TexanNZ_Texan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Rodric wrote: »
    Good god man! Those Orcs raided Stormwind they must be latent terrorists! No I digress... how about they spend their money on things that matter huh? And get off of video games already jeez keep beating a dead horse and he still won't walk.
    Yeah, that whole people starving and living in poverty bit seems to just miss making the list year to year.

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  • JamesKeenanJamesKeenan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I could argue that the OP is an over-minimalist, uninformative link-dump. Also, I could argue that this has been quite discussed and the article is quite old.

    Instead I'll say these morons are ripping off an episode of Bones, and they're the reason the government catches so much flak for incompetence.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    Hachface wrote: »
    This might not be as loony as it sounds. Wasn't someone recently busted for money laundering through Second Life?
    Anything that causes trouble for Second Life is good, up to and including nuclear war.

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  • NZ_TexanNZ_Texan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    JamesKeenan wrote: »
    I could argue that the OP is an over-minimalist, uninformative link-dump. Also, I could argue that this has been quite discussed and the article is quite old.

    Instead I'll say these morons are ripping off an episode of Bones, and they're the reason the government catches so much flak for incompetence.

    I suggest you do so then. I have no issue with discussing this in detail.

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  • JamesKeenanJamesKeenan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    NZ_Texan wrote: »
    JamesKeenan wrote: »
    I could argue that the OP is an over-minimalist, uninformative link-dump. Also, I could argue that this has been quite discussed and the article is quite old.

    Instead I'll say these morons are ripping off an episode of Bones, and they're the reason the government catches so much flak for incompetence.

    I suggest you do so then. I have no issue with discussing this in detail.

    I did, tough. I was kidding mostly. Their idea is seriously retarded. What are they hoping to find? They're going to track down ever 11 yr old with a 70 who likes to gank lowbies?

    They're fucking retarded with no concept of reality and they just see something weird and different to them and assume they know what they can do with it.

    What the fuck is terrorist behavior in WoW anyway? Run your priest/Warlock/Warrior in the middle of a crowd and use your AoE fear?

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  • HachfaceHachface Not the Minister Farrakhan you're thinking of Dammit, Shepard!Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    NZ_Texan wrote: »
    JamesKeenan wrote: »
    I could argue that the OP is an over-minimalist, uninformative link-dump. Also, I could argue that this has been quite discussed and the article is quite old.

    Instead I'll say these morons are ripping off an episode of Bones, and they're the reason the government catches so much flak for incompetence.

    I suggest you do so then. I have no issue with discussing this in detail.

    Well, if you read the rules thread, it kind of indicates that you were supposed to start discussing in detail in the OP. If you don't edit it, the mods might lock this.

    Edit: After reading the article again, I admit that I really have no idea what they think they're looking for.

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  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    No one ever seems to read the original report linked to this story - there are all sorts of other stuff they want to investigate - sneaky databases for one!

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  • NZ_TexanNZ_Texan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Hachface wrote: »
    Well, if you read the rules thread, it kind of indicates that you were supposed to start discussing in detail in the OP. If you don't edit it, the mods might lock this.

    Edit: After reading the article again, I admit that I really have no idea what they think they're looking for.
    Fair enough, and yeah...I didn't read the rules thread.

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  • JamesKeenanJamesKeenan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    New threads, in fact, are pretty much discouraged on your first day, or else you'll end up posting shit that's been discussed. Like two weeks ago. You also look silly.

    And your OP sucks. Just saying.

    What if I were at work and couldn't open new links, or school? What if I'm paranoid? Wtf is this about? The title certainly isn't informative.
    NZ_Texan wrote: »
    Hachface wrote: »
    Well, if you read the rules thread, it kind of indicates that you were supposed to start discussing in detail in the OP. If you don't edit it, the mods might lock this.

    Edit: After reading the article again, I admit that I really have no idea what they think they're looking for.
    Fair enough, and yeah...I didn't read the rules thread.

    rtfm.png

    Think of it this way, but with a forum and your thread.

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  • NZ_TexanNZ_Texan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Kalkino wrote: »
    No one ever seems to read the original report linked to this story - there are all sorts of other stuff they want to investigate - sneaky databases for one!
    Which makes sense, but branching out into the bahavior patters of MMO players seems to lean towards the realm of paranoid stuffed shirts having no access to a medium they dont understand and thus feeling the need to shit up yet another aspect of our personal lives.

    The idea that our government is behind the ball when it comes to web related crime is not far fetched, and I understand the need to beef up that aspect of security, but the rest seems like an excuse to wrap a tendril around something they have no viable excuse to be involved in.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2008
    A slightly better thread about this subject was created a few days ago. It's recommended that you lurk before posting, definitely lurk before creating a thread (since if you'd been around a few days you would've seen that this topic has been covered), and if you can't do that, at least search the forum before making a thread.

    Also, please use more descriptive thread titles.

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  • NZ_TexanNZ_Texan Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    JamesKeenan wrote: »
    New threads, in fact, are pretty much discouraged on your first day, or else you'll end up posting shit that's been discussed. Like two weeks ago. You also look silly.

    And your OP sucks. Just saying.

    What if I were at work and couldn't open new links, or school? What if I'm paranoid? Wtf is this about? The title certainly isn't informative.
    NZ_Texan wrote: »
    Hachface wrote: »
    Well, if you read the rules thread, it kind of indicates that you were supposed to start discussing in detail in the OP. If you don't edit it, the mods might lock this.

    Edit: After reading the article again, I admit that I really have no idea what they think they're looking for.
    Fair enough, and yeah...I didn't read the rules thread.

    rtfm.png

    Think of it this way, but with a forum and your thread.


    So I take it you're the resident smarmy douche?

    Noted.

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