Saturday, January 26, 2013

Anonymous: Operation last resort. Pop Culture Observation.

Thanks Wil Wheaton for being the one to break this news to me.  I was sitting here looking at Comic book reviews when I was thinking of taking a break and checking out Table Top.  The Geek&Sundry Game show hosted by Wil Wheaton, when I see this "Breaking" video.

All I can say is They went Total Bat Man on that Shit.
The video is about 9 minutes long and features a break down of why it is that so many tech activists and hactivists are enraged regarding the death of Aaron Swartz. Click here if you are unfamiliar with the guy.  Anonymous uses flair and style that is evident of it's internet based culture.  I am sitting here chuckling at the phrasing and the images used to get this totally scary idea across.   I mean yeah Let's stick it to the man.  But damn when I heard the "There will be change or there will be chaos."  my first thought was: "Do I know any one with a survival bunker?"

Now granted that's a peak under the hood of a guy who loves his job at a comic book store.  What has happened so far: Anonymous has taken over, or at least when I tried to visit, taken down the United States Sentencing Commission website.  They Claim through out the video that there is an undisclosed undetermined amount of corrupted systems.  they claim to have removed all traces of how this was done.  they claim proper timing greater efficiency than the FBI and Flat out Rage fueled determination to create a change.   So what are the next targets?  How will you and I be affected?

Beyond the here and now of this event I realize that we are all witnessing history here.  That the organization of highly skilled and motivated persons on this planet have aimed to take down a Global Super Power.

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