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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12:07 AM

    In reply to Official Bing App Hits the iPhone
    I'm sorry, maybe it's just a personal thing, but Microsoft, could you please stop making inspiring landscapes your trademark? We get it. You have a photographer friend who gets to go to some cool places.

    Design something! For crying out loud. I mean, that guy who did your Windows 7 wallpapers did a great job (and trippy, I might add). Your Win7 loading screens and logos look good. It's not like you can't do this. Now. How's about you wrap all of that up in a nice, all-inclusive package? Maybe wrap all of your Windows-related products together? Why, exactly, is Bing blue and orange when Windows is red, green, blue, and yellow? I'd almost accept "they're two separate brands" as an answer, except they still have one major design element in common: generic landscape shots!

    If you phone in WinMo 7*, if you make the default backgrounds just some crappy landscapes, we're gonna have some issues (as an aside, same goes for you Android).

    *Disclaimer: That pun was completely unintentional. Upon discovery, I am choosing to leave it.
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12/15/09

    In reply to Official Bing App Hits the iPhone
    i personally like going to google.com/bing.com from safari better. I really cant find reason to add a useless app it to access something i can access on the safari app easily...

    On second though... 98% of my apps are useless.
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    Image of BleekBleek BleekBleek
    12/15/09

    @PN - gooapplesoft: but the UI is awesome, maybe you should download this and try it before you knock it.
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    Image of samhudson333 samhudson333
    12:02 AM

    @PN - gooapplesoft: theres no point in downloading a search engine app, even with voice search. it just takes up space
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12:21 AM

    @BleekBleek: I did... wasnt disappointed but wasn't "Wowed" either. Still functionally useless though (my opinion).
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    Edited by PN - gooapplesoft at 12/16/09 12:22 AM PN - gooapplesoft was starred PN - gooapplesoft was unstarred
    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    12:24 AM

    @samhudson333: dont get what the voice search is good for (except handicapped people)... can you imagine your self at the library binging and saying: "best porn website" and having to repeat it 10 times b/c the computer didnt understand?
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    They should've called it 'Chicken-Chokehold'.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    The obvious analogy here would be to compare this to critical mass. However, I think this idea has much more merit. If cellular networks are built only to handle the average amount of data, what happens during an event that generates above average usage? The system fails. Such an event could be an earthquake, a terrorist attack, or some other catastrophe where being in contact is very, very important. AT&T needs to build out their network to handle usage peaks precisely BECAUSE 80 million customers depend on it. If it can't handle normal traffic, good luck to you when something bad happens.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    "We know that the vast majority of customers will see this action for what it is: an irresponsible and pointless scheme to draw attention to a blog."

    I know that the vast majority of customers will see this action for what it is: a responsible and point proving scheme to draw attention to AT&Ts shitty service and high prices.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/15/09

    @Ryanraven: *Addendum: At least, among those who are aware that such an operation is going on.

    The population of the world that doesn't read Fake Steve's blog (or Gizmodo) will simply be having a worse-than-usual day with their cell phones.
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    Image of Deckard Deckard
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    Every morning is Operation Chokehold.
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    We were going to partake in Operation Chokehold at work, but we don't get AT&T's signal inside the building.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    Actually, here is what will happen -

    If the network has a hiccup, AT&T will blame Operation Chokehold

    If nothing out of the ordinary happens, AT&T will declare victory and proclaim that its network could withstand the DDoS.

    Either way, Operation Chokehold is a cute joke and a dumb idea.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Agreed.
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    Image of 10pound 10pound
    12/15/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Double True
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    If every iPhone user were in on this, then yes AT&T should be scared. But the amount of techies that actually have heard about this ploy make up such a tiny percentage of the iPhone users, I couldn't imagine we would even put the tiniest strain on the network.

    Only a tiny percentage of users have heard about this and an ever smaller percentage will participate. And I don't think this statement is a "please don't do this because were scared of you crashing our network" but more of a "you're a fucking idiot for even trying".
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    "We know that the vast majority of customers will see this action [as] an irresponsible and pointless scheme..."

    AT&T...how could you have had a run-in with 4chan earlier this year and still manage to miss it: irresponsible and pointless schemes are what the internet is all about! Come on, AT&T, don't you remember? Or should 4chan try to get another nazi symbol up to the top of Google Trends? Perhaps Stephen Colbert should call for his followers to insert him into a bible wiki again? Or someone should get on one of Oprah's message boards and warn her of the over 9000 penises ready to rape all of her viewers children. I bet she'd report that on television with a dead-serious face immediately!

    Ooh! You know what would be good? We could invent an annoying redirection prank and consequently give Rick Astley his career back, eventually leading to a gig in the Macy's Day Parade! Oh, what's that? Already been done?

    Yeah. Yeah, that's what I thought.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/15/09

    @OCEntertainment: "Simpsons did it..."
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    Image of clR3vv clR3vv
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    If at noon I see an iphone user not using a data intensive app. I might kill him.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/15/09

    @clR3vv: You sayin', you wanna piece of me? Bring it on sucka!
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    Image of yule-and-bellow yule-and-bellow
    12/15/09

    @clR3vv: If I see someone with an iPhone, my Droid might jump out of my pants and kill them
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    Image of clR3vv clR3vv
    12/15/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Hey we all die by 2012 anyways, it just starts with at&t. Jump on the end of the world bandwagon.
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    12/15/09

    @clR3vv: Step 1: Punch him (or her, let's not be sexist now) in the head, take that iphone and utorrent on there.

    Step 2: Download lots and lots of porn.

    They have a utorrent app for their iphones, don't they? I'm not really too sure.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/15/09

    @yule-and-bellow: Is that a Droid in your pants or are you just happy to see me?
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    Image of clR3vv clR3vv
    12/15/09

    @mattycakes: whatt mattycakes has a gizmodo account??? But yes there was a utorrent app made but wait for it... the app store denied it. Im sure its on cydia. There are other command line based clients too.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    I'll be interested to see if this thing actually takes off. Collective action is a lot harder to organize than most people realize. If it does work, hopefully it cause AT&T to listen to its customers for once, but I highly doubt that a single act of collective action will cause them to act.

    That said, if it does succeed and AT&Ts service does come to a crawl or crap out all together, could the guy behind fakesteve be charged with organizing a DDOS attack?
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    12/15/09

    @Nathan Obbards: *Looks at /b/*

    Eh? I mean, their efforts are rare, but when they work together, they really work together.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/15/09

    @sonicsurge: Well /b/ works because they have a strong user base with a strong sense of community. When individuals are on the fringes and have strong solidarity, it becomes much easier for them to act collectively. Add to that the anonymous nature of /b/ and it becomes far easier for them to act collectively as the cost of action is dramatically lowered. When you have a large network of disconnected individuals who do not necessarily feel that sense of solidarity and who fail to see the effect of what they are doing or any potential ramifications, they are far less likely to act.
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    Image of The n00b The n00b
    12/15/09

    @Nathan Obbards: If everyone turns thier lights on at 9pm and the power company fizzles out, is that a DDOS?
    If we all go out on wing night and order wings, and the place runs out. Is that a DDOS? If we all flush the toilet at midnight, and we change the direction of the earths rotation, Is that....
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/15/09

    @The n00b: "A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely."

    From Wikipedia. There's also a government definition here: [www.us-cert.gov] [www.secretservice.gov] [sanfrancisco.fbi.gov]

    The difference between your examples and the one by fakesteve is that his is a deliberate, organized attack. As such, it could fall under the definition of a DOS or DDOS attack. If everyone organized to deliberately overload the electrical grid by turning on everything in their house that was electrical at the same time, I could see a charge being levied against the organizers. Their is a distinct difference between intentionally denying a service and doing so accidentally or because of insufficient infrastructure.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    "As you can see, my young apprentice, your friends have failed. Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Battle Station!"
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    Image of Robusto68 Robusto68
    12/15/09

    In reply to AT&T Dismisses Operation Chokehold as an "Irresponsible and Pointless Scheme"
    If AT&T cared about the "critical communications services for more than 80 million customers." they'd upgrade their network.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/15/09

    In reply to Microsoft: Maybe We Should've Paid More Attention to That iPhone Thingamabob
    New company slogan..

    Microsoft: Caught with our pants down
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