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Monthly Archives: June 2016
Mere 265 Bitcoin Sell Causes Flashcrash At Coinbase, Chronically Thin Orderbook To Blame
The reported price at fiat/Bitcoin interface Coinbase almost exactly one hundred United States dollars per Bitcoin after a single sell of 265 Bitcoins demolished their orderbook. The Coinbase "exchange" like the Winkelvii (WOT:nonpeople, possibly arbuscular mycorrhizal organisms) operated Gemini exchange manifests a hypothesis made famous by the late American philosopher Yogi Berra that a venue can be so popular no one patronizes it. Coinbase exchange and anything the Winkelvii touch generate substantial lamestream attention creating an appearance of popularity, but incidents where people actually try to use these platforms to trade seriously reveal that there actually isn't anyone using the places to conduct their business.
Remains Of Hewlett Packard Go All In On Remains Of Syfy Franchise
In a press release today Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a venture cast off from printer ink scam and former technology powerhouse Hewlett Packard1 in 2015, announced it had bought the plotline to "Star Trek Beyond" from producers of the film as a marketing vehicle for an upcoming product launch. Created by Gene Roddenberry (WOT:nonperson) the Star Trek Syfy franchise helped to kickstart Hollywood's shift to an annuitized business model2 which allows for a predictable return on investment by telling audiences "STFU, these stories are connected." The product driving the plot of the film is yet another Unix machine produced by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (TM)(R) running with an odd build of Linux3 instead of HP-UX and a novel form of memory together united in the way the marketing department imagines it will work after 250 years of bug fixes.
The piece of the historical Hewlett Packard's corpse which most closely carries out the original's work was severed in 1999 and now goes by the name Agilient Technologies. ↩
At present the outwardly healthiest of these motion picture annuities is operated by Disney utilizing their acquired comic book properties. ↩
Correction: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (TM)(R) scrapped their oddball Linux portion of this product in favor of running a less peculiar flavor of Linux ↩
High Profile Likely Hilary Voter Arrested For DUI In California
Roger Clinton (WOT:nonperson); the brother of America's first black president Bill Clinton (WOT:nonperson), Brother in Law of Hilary Rodham-Clinton (WOT:nonperson), and related through shared New York values to Donald Trump-Clinton (WOT:nonperson) was arrested for driving under the influence. Roger refused blood alcohol testing leaving what he was under the influence of a mystery. In the past Roger was arrested for crimes involving cocaine. Bill pardoned Roger under the Clinton "family and friends" package. Perhaps Ross Ulbricht (WOT:nonperson) ought to do some searching on his family tree. Sorry for your loss.
Africa Travel Entrepreneur Arrested
Cameroon national Eric Donys Simeu (WOT:nonperson) has been charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud and access device fraud by US Authorities after being arrested in France for his role in an airline ticket scam. Simeu used phishing emails and social engineering techniques to persuade employees of Global Distribution Systems to hand over their login details. He then used this information to issue tickets at will, selling them for cash or using them for personal travel, eventually raking in almost $2 million USD. Simeu was arrested while using one of his fake tickets to travel from Morocco to Paris using a fraudulent UK passport in 2014, and was only extradited to U.S. last week.
VK Falls To Peace
Peace, the social media warrior who broke LinkedIn and Myspace has also apparently liberated substiantial amounts of data from Russia centric social media site VK. Him in our time.
Zuck's Social Media Accounts Fucked
PCWorld has reported that Mark Zuckerberg's (WOT:nonperson) Twitter and Pintrest accounts were hacked this weekend, which the hackers claim was the result of the LinkedIn data breach that occurred a few weeks ago. Although Zuckerberg apparently did not use either account, a hacking group known as OurMine Team was able to post messages to both accounts, asking the Facebook CEO to direct message them. Twitter quickly suspended the account, and apparently access to both sites were brought back under Zuckerberg's control – hopefully with improved passwords.
Egyptian Dentist Arrested For Having Money
Police in Egypt report they have arrested a dentist for the crime of having money.
DoctorClu Gets 8 Years In Prison
DoctorClu, slave name Brian Farrell (WOT:nonperson), ended up getting sentenced to 8 years in prison, a sentence that both prosecutors and "his"1 own lawyers agreed to lobby the judge for.
If your own lawyers agree to argue the merits of sending you to prison for nearly a decade, they can scarcely be considered your lawyers. ↩
Phishing Industry Shifts To Ransomware
A group calling itself PhishMe issued a report stating that 93% phishing emails now include ransomware in place of, or in addition to other payloads. News on the ransomware industry typically come in isolation due to the newness and novelty attached to the subject, but it isn't so new anymore. This news also shows that it isn't particularly novel either any more with Phishers overwhelmingly favoring it due to the income potential it presents. Sorry for your loss.