Anonymous and DDoS attacks: I predict a riot

Is this is the new revolution? Are online protests happening on a huge scale, involving tens of thousands of volunteers? I am talking about the actions taken by Anonymous, the loose online collective and its growing army of hangers-on and coattail-riders.
Something that began on message boards such as the infamous 4chan, for the purposes of attacking the Church of Scientology, has with generous media coverage evolved into a bigger deal. Tens of thousands of volunteers are downloading tools that enable them to participate in the global assault on businesses with which they feel personally aggrieved.
The latest version of this tool includes functionality that means the user can hand of control of their weaponised computer to a central authority to direct and control the attacks.
In addition to the Low Orbit Ion Cannon, or Loic, other variants are being developed and released, including JS-Loic, a JavaScript version ;a completely rewritten version called Loic-2, which supports alternative command-and-control methods such as RSS, Twitter and Facebook; and the Hoic and Goic versions that support more sophisticated attack methods, designed for simultaneous attacks on multiple victims and a plug-in architecture...

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Once the fourth-largest metropolis in America—some have called it the Death of the American Dream. Today, the young people of the Motor City are making it their own DIY paradise where rules are second to passion and creativity. They are creating the new Detroit on their own terms, against real adversity. We put our boots on and went exploring.
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Dustin O'Halloran - Vorleben by sonic pieces
Considering the number of people in the world who know how to play the piano, it is amazing that a solo piano work can still come across as so striking and original. This is because it is not only the notes that matter, but also the performance. O'Halloran's live set on the night in which he suffered a personal loss is amazing, not just in the very fact of its execution, but in the tenderness with which it is delivered as well. The spaces between the notes are just as important as the notes themselves. O'Halloran has a strong sense of spacing, knowing exactly when to hold back when other pianists might have plowed forward, afraid that the tones might drift too long in the empty air. As a document of place and time, Vorleben is a remarkable achievement, one that will long echo in the hearts of its listeners like the notes drenching the stained glass of the church in which it was recorded. (Nayt Keane)

Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise

Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise by GvsB
Minimal techno is almost something of an oxymoron. Since why would anyone in the ravey, entrancing, maximalist pill-popping world of techno music ever want any of that indulgence minimized? I pose that question rhetorically, but if one were to force an answer, then the closest thing lies with Hendrik Weber, a.k.a. Pantha du Prince. Album three on his CV, Black Noise is the culmination of Weber’s adherence to a simple artistic ethic that single-handedly restores relevance to the "minimal techno" label: to treat all excess in dance music as precisely that—excess, superfluity, luxuriance, waste. Instead, the German native opts for economy, trading in thumping beats for a rhythmic sea of pulsation, abrasive thumping variety for loop utilization to its fullest effect, and big catchy hooks for the subtlety of a woven palette of melodic coloring. Black Noise is as intoxicating as it is intellectual, and most remarkably, as pure dance music, the euphoric yield remains utterly undiminished. (Mac Nguyen)

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I found a video of the speech:

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1. Bon Jovi $201 million
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