Comments on: Unite - welcome to the 21st century virtual interweb http://blog.hackbash.com/2008/02/28/unite-welcome-to-the-21st-century-virtual-interweb/ wake up and smell the copy Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: handolio http://blog.hackbash.com/2008/02/28/unite-welcome-to-the-21st-century-virtual-interweb/#comment-223 handolio Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:26:00 +0000 http://blog.hackbash.com/2008/02/28/unite-welcome-to-the-21st-century-virtual-interweb/#comment-223 Dear God, it's The Times again. A couple of recent stories have made me realise how far it's fallen off the internet: "The union is effectively hijacking searches for M&S on Google" - in much the same way as Churchill are currently hijacking <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=car+insurance&meta=" rel="nofollow">searches for car insurance</a> or the WWF is <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=greenpeace&meta=" rel="nofollow">waging cyber war on Greenpeace</a>, I suppose. It's loose, web 0.5 reporting, and they need to get their head out of their arse if they want to stand a chance of catching the Telegraph or Guardian. And another thing. If a journalist ever feels compelled to take the phrase 'cyber war' for a day out from the banned words list, the least they can do is apply it to a denial of service attack, or use it for something else that actually constitutes subterfuge or skulduggery before they get shot. Dear God, it’s The Times again. A couple of recent stories have made me realise how far it’s fallen off the internet:

“The union is effectively hijacking searches for M&S on Google” - in much the same way as Churchill are currently hijacking searches for car insurance or the WWF is waging cyber war on Greenpeace, I suppose.

It’s loose, web 0.5 reporting, and they need to get their head out of their arse if they want to stand a chance of catching the Telegraph or Guardian.

And another thing. If a journalist ever feels compelled to take the phrase ‘cyber war’ for a day out from the banned words list, the least they can do is apply it to a denial of service attack, or use it for something else that actually constitutes subterfuge or skulduggery before they get shot.

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