Comments on: We were Hacked

Knowledge is Power!
Get Some . . . FAST!

Style has everything to do with it. If you want your point to be UNDERSTOOD, and not just HEARD, then HOW you do it means a great deal. Take for example street corner preaching. Some preacher stand on the corner and scream at you, while others try and speak to you. Which one would you listen to?

The hacker obviously chose to scream his message. So, yes, he did get his message out, but how many people really listened? Seriously. Yes, it got some splash and now many people who could care less know of the name "Pimpshiz," but I seriously doubt that he changed anyone's mind.

Secondly, you obviously have some respect for "them," whoever "them" is, even though you hide your name in secrecy. They exploited a security hole, big deal. My point was, if "Pimpshiz" had the skills, he would have hacked the RIAA site. THAT would have been impressive and I would have applauded it. Why? Because it strikes at the heart of one of the key players and THAT would have been a statement. Adn I do know what I'm talking about. Pimpshiz can't hack the RIAA site, so he picks on other innocent sites instead. In my book, that's lame.

Now, for your final comment. Because I choose to voice my opinions in a public forum and do so in a legal manner, I should fear Pimpshiz will retaliate against me? Why? By your rationale, he's able to deface any web site he chooses, yet I'm unable to express my opinions?

You, sir are a child and should think before you type. Just because your nose is so deep in his ass that you know what he had for breakfast, by no means makes you an expert, nor a knowledgable party. You are a sycophant. Click here to look it up (http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=sycophant)

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Ok, now that that rant is done, I'd like to say that I do think that Pimpshiz was being nice by only changing the front page. That IS to be commended. I don't agree with what he did, but I respect that he limited himself to his message.

Bill

But thanks.

And there are definitely ways to get your point across without hacking this awesome site which doesn't have anything to do with music (neither did many of the other sites), which is where he really should have focased. Why, for example, did he hack the Aboriginal People's Television Network???

I have to say, being an ex hacker and a newly found computer consultant because of it, that I don' repect that guy. I *love* Napster and I *hate* Metallica and Lars, especially after that skit in the MTV Video Music Awards about sharing. The guy has a good cause, but when it violates me and my way of doing things (Coming here often) then it really pisses me off.

Did you notice how the first time he hacked the site, he left an aol email address, and the second he left another? He can't be that smart, as I'm almost positive AOL shut down his account. And he's really dumb if he used a real credit card to set up the account.