Quote :

"Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support message board last weekend and used JavaScript code and flashing computer animation to trigger migraine headaches and seizures in some users."

Quote :

"The incident, possibly the first computer attack to inflict physical harm on the victims, began Saturday, March 22, when attackers used a script to post hundreds of messages embedded with flashing animated gifs. The attackers turned to a more effective tactic on Sunday, injecting JavaScript into some posts that redirected users' browsers to a page with a more complex image designed to trigger seizures in both photosensitive and pattern-sensitive epileptics. "

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy

My side... it is hurting...

3/31/2008 1:52:50 PM

this is the funniest shit I have ever heard

3/31/2008 1:53:38 PM

ahahahahahha

3/31/2008 1:53:42 PM

wrong, but funny

3/31/2008 1:54:45 PM

why did we not think of this sooner....

3/31/2008 1:55:18 PM

damn

3/31/2008 1:55:33 PM

still waiting for the script that makes the background flash rainbow... *disables javascript*

3/31/2008 1:56:47 PM

If this happened on a cartoon or something it would be funny, but since it happened in real life it's just douchey.

3/31/2008 1:56:51 PM

L O L

3/31/2008 1:57:13 PM

Quote :

"why did we not think of this sooner.... "

haha, i know...i was thinking the same thing

3/31/2008 1:57:27 PM

that is some cold blooded shit
whomever did that deserves jail time

3/31/2008 1:58:11 PM

yeah, that is just fucked up, not funny.

3/31/2008 1:59:43 PM

This shit it not funny at all

3/31/2008 2:00:02 PM

3/31/2008 2:01:06 PM

Quote :

"RyAnne Fultz, a 33-year-old woman who suffers from pattern-sensitive epilepsy, says she clicked on a forum post with a legitimate-sounding title on Sunday. Her browser window resized to fill her screen, which was then taken over by a pattern of squares rapidly flashing in different colors. Fultz says she "locked up." "I don't fall over and convulse, but it hurts," says Fultz, an IT worker in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. "I was on the phone when it happened, and I couldn't move and couldn't speak." "

They think it was Anonymous

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM. Reason : ..]

3/31/2008 2:01:38 PM

now that ^^

that is funny

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM. Reason : because it is ok to make fun of Asian cartoons]

3/31/2008 2:01:42 PM

lulz

3/31/2008 2:04:57 PM

seizurerolled

3/31/2008 2:06:57 PM

Scrolling rainbow? Is that the best you got?

3/31/2008 2:11:15 PM

yeah that's kinda weak

3/31/2008 2:12:27 PM

What's up Ben?

3/31/2008 2:13:06 PM

There's an epilepsy support message board?

3/31/2008 2:13:08 PM

3/31/2008 2:13:33 PM

nm david.

just bored in texas.

^that's the one i wanted to see as the background

3/31/2008 2:15:36 PM

Why would you want to pick on epileptics? Not funny at all.

3/31/2008 2:17:13 PM

legatic I was watching that!

3/31/2008 2:18:06 PM

How's the weather there?

You should drive to Vegas.

3/31/2008 2:18:25 PM

dammit, put it back in

^85 and light rain in the morning, supposed to burn off.

pretty nice, but humid.

better than at home, where we had a frost this weekend.

yeah if i get a day or two off i may

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 2:19 PM. Reason : e]

yeah ok fuck that i forgot im on the east side of south texas and it'd be like a 1600 mile drive

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 2:20 PM. Reason : e ]

[Edited on March 31, 2008 at 2:21 PM. Reason : e]

3/31/2008 2:18:29 PM

HAHAHAHA

3/31/2008 2:19:35 PM

what happened to the background?

3/31/2008 2:19:55 PM

Haha. That sucks. Stupid big states. You could always go to Mexico next weekend...

3/31/2008 2:21:43 PM

yeah there's some pretty sweet stuff right on the water, and i may go to the nasa stuff saturday.

3/31/2008 2:22:38 PM

Ah cool. I have a buddy that works at Boeing down there.

3/31/2008 2:24:44 PM

yeah from what i understand i think i have an uncle in houston

we're not exactly a close family.

3/31/2008 2:26:17 PM

it's a shame karma doesn't exist

3/31/2008 2:29:04 PM

looks like those dumbass epileptics didnt read the fine print

Quote :

"hang out, socialize, and just generally screw around! May be seizure-inducing (without warning)."

3/31/2008 2:34:34 PM

reading the initial post with the sounds and lights made this thread comedy gold

3/31/2008 2:38:26 PM

ttt

3/31/2008 7:06:11 PM

Quote :

"With great power, comes great responsibility."

- spiderman

3/31/2008 7:18:56 PM

THAT is pretty fucking shitty


there really are no words to describe how shitty they are for doing that

3/31/2008 7:46:04 PM