If you no longer have any more problems at all, sounds like you are either the next generation of humankind or you aren't pushing things enough. I suspect it's the latter.
The comic, while one of the more notable ones to me, dismissed the issue that the act is subversive, and that's what is important in the case of hackers taking down a website. Furthermore, it downplays the significance somewhat. Graffiti on the white house or pentagon would likely make it to the news.
> Graffiti on the white house or pentagon would likely make it to the news.
Still not in the same league. Tagging the white house or pentagon would mean breaching a secure perimeter, whereas this was probably just a minor inconvenience to a sysadmin somewhere for a couple of hours. Nobody would have to assure the public that the President's life was never in danger because someone took down the white house's website. Sneak close enough to touch the windows and survive and it's a different story.
Hacking the NSA website is not hacking the NSA. Hacking a website is relatively easy and not that interesting to people who deal with servers day-to-day.
Well, more to the point, it doesn't imply anything about the business end of the agency's systems being compromised. If you hacked into the actual CIA or NSA as in having similar access to an authenticated agent, that would be quite bad for them. Taking down their website is something they don't really care about.
Right, see. When you say "Relatively easy" do you mean: "it is just subtly easier that compromising the NSA itself" or: "I'm surprised it doesn't happen every day"
The point isn't whether its easier or harder to deface a website. The point is that a public facing website is a more or less static advertisement for an organization (like a poster), thus taking it or even the server that hosts it down doesn't impact the operations of the organization in any meaningful way.
+1 for scratch. It's a great way for kids to learn programming without getting bored. Show them how to make an account and share their games with the community and they'll be hooked. The same skills learned from scratch transfer over to more advanced languages.
...And (3) force people to either create a Coinbase account or lose their money. (The post wasn't very clear, but as I understand it the receiver will get a PM linking them to Coinbase where they will need to sign up to receive their money).
I don't want to just sound cynical, so I'll try to provide a solution. Perhaps there should be an option to reply to the BitTip PM with a regular Bitcoin address where all future payments will be sent.
The micro-transactions are off-blockchain (an in-network transaction between Coinbase accounts) - unfortunately that's the only way to get them for free without any miner fees (many are very small amounts). However, if you accumulate enough tips (at least 0.01 BTC) in your Coinbase account you can then send them out of Coinbase to any other bitcoin wallet and we'll even pay the fee for you. We don't want to have any lock-in there.
It would be nice to receive your tips at an external address like you mentioned, but the miner fees could be greater than the amount you receive with such small amounts.
