Livejournal Questions

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This actually has nothing to do with the recent drama.

I have a confession to make. I'm a genius. But I'm really tragically stupid also.


-how to put on a header. And why everyone can figure it out but me.
-what a DDoS attack is. Looked it up on Wikipedia. Still really don't understand.
-where everyone gets the equipment to do all the icons and everything they do. Seems to me that stuff costs a fortune.
-how to write short fanfic.
-who Rodney is.
-Henry Jenkins.
-GIP.
-how NOT to hotlink some images. I can do it if the image is in a format Photobucket will upload, otherwise I don't understand.
-how people keep up with their flists.
-how people keep up with stuff like which new cat macro is funniest.
-how anyone keeps up with anything.
-why seraphcelene can't be here RIGHT NOW, I dunno, making pie with me.
-how people find out people are talking about them when said people are not talking to them. It's not that I don't like gossip. It's that I don't understand it. I literally seem to have trouble paying attention to anything not aimed straight at me with a missile launcher.
-why I like Harry/Draco.
-flangst.
-how people not being able to post really isn't connected to the Great Strikethrough.
-how to play most online videos, or dl the equipment.
-birthdays.
-why I didn't find a plane ticket to NYC for an earlier day so I could watch DB with a2zmom.
-Spike.
-betas.
-most emoticons.
-who Jo is.
-what Due South is.


In other news, The Sound of Music in Sparta. (link courtesy imnotacommittee.)

Comments

[lynnenne]

I don't understand what a cat macro is. *feels dumb*

DDoS attack: Denial of Service attack (I forget what the other D is for). It's what happens when an outside party, like spammers, start deluging a server, like LiveJournal's, with lots and lots of mail or other requests for connection. The server overloads and starts denying some of the requests, but it can't distinguish one request from another, and so the users get denied as often as the spammers do. That's why people can't update or post.

Rodney: One of the main characters on SGA. I don't watch, so I'm not sure which one.

How people not being able to post really isn't connected to the Great Strikethrough: See DDoS.

How people find out people are talking about them when said people are not talking to them. -- Yeah, I don't get that, either.

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I did not understand DDoS attacks either.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I only know about cat macros because of that image round up post I did, and people kept saying, "cool cat macros". Wikipedia explained to me what an image macro was, because I only knew the term "macro" as concerned keyboard macros. lolcats are macros. The first one I ever saw was that one looking out from the ceiling saying, "im in ur ceiling, watchin u masturbate."

Thanks for the explanation on DDoS. One thing I don't get though, can this outside party that spams the server be a group of individuals? And if so, why is this happening now?

I knew Rodney had something to do with Stargate. I suppose knowing specifically who he is wouldn't really help as I don't watch. And yet, for some reason I long for a mug shot and a complete write up.

Thanks for helping!

[lynnenne]

It can be a group of individuals or even just one. But usually a spamming business based out of Russia or somewhere. The LiveJournal DDoS has been going on for weeks, so it's not really a new thing.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Oh, gotcha. I knew there was trouble before, but it seems especially bad since the 31st or so, so it seemed really weird. Thanks so much for the explanation.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Cat macro: a big, funny picture of a cat. You add netspeak to it to make it seem like it's the cat speaking. Or god. I love them.

www.icanhascheezburger.com is my fave. (Also see icon for a smaller version.)