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NEWS: 30-Year-Old Man Implicated for 'Remote Control Virus'


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GhostOfSide3



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:46 pm Reply with quote
This is pretty silly. An entertaining news article though.
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Banjo



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:34 pm Reply with quote
so case solved, I hope the Gundam guy return to work normally
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Some mother's do have 'em.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:33 pm Reply with quote
Wow, this whole series of events with this story have been strange. Hopefully it'll finally be over now.
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evilkorpse



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:41 pm Reply with quote
I don't know but did anyone else get a familiarity to the story line of DeathNote? when I was reading the article on how the case was solved, DeathNote just popped in my head.... Very Happy Question Question Question Question Question
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:41 am Reply with quote
Hopefully this situation ends here. This weird scenario is just unbelievable like that rogue ex LA cop that is putting revenge on his fellow cop in California by murdering them on a spree killing.
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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:06 am Reply with quote
mdo7 wrote:
Hopefully this situation ends here. This weird scenario is just unbelievable like that rogue ex LA cop that is putting revenge on his fellow cop in California by murdering them on a spree killing.


Nothing unbelievable about revenge. Revenge is what happens when people feel they have no other option. Cops are no different than any other human being. Sad situation, but nothing unbelievable.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:17 am Reply with quote
Let's see if this is the real culprit...................
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Balut



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:11 am Reply with quote
Sounds like an anime storyline.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:32 am Reply with quote
TarsTarkas wrote:
mdo7 wrote:
Hopefully this situation ends here. This weird scenario is just unbelievable like that rogue ex LA cop that is putting revenge on his fellow cop in California by murdering them on a spree killing.


Nothing unbelievable about revenge. Revenge is what happens when people feel they have no other option. Cops are no different than any other human being. Sad situation, but nothing unbelievable.


I know but the ex-cop declaring a one-man war against his comrades is unbelievable to me. It's like something out of an episode of Criminal Minds, and it's acting out in real life and as Balut said this hacker with remote control virus is like something out of a anime storyline.
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vanfanel



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:36 am Reply with quote
So this guy designs software to implicate others, but later on apparently can't stand his victims getting all the attention, and starts talking to the media and giving out clues which he knows will be handed over to the very police he humiliated? Um, yeah, way to go.

Oh well, good thing they caught the guy before he went and invented Nerve Gear or something. (That's assuming this person isn't yet another fall guy, of course.)
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:12 pm Reply with quote
Somebody mentioned Laughing Man:

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KradvonWeiss



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:30 pm Reply with quote
Balut wrote:
Sounds like an anime storyline.


Agreed. Which is what makes this so interesting.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:46 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
Somebody mentioned Laughing Man:



So how long until a Japanese equivalent of Jack Thompson blame Ghost in the Shell for causing this person to do this act (kinda like how they blame violent video game for school shooting).
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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:59 pm Reply with quote
mdo7 wrote:
TarsTarkas wrote:
mdo7 wrote:
Hopefully this situation ends here. This weird scenario is just unbelievable like that rogue ex LA cop that is putting revenge on his fellow cop in California by murdering them on a spree killing.


Nothing unbelievable about revenge. Revenge is what happens when people feel they have no other option. Cops are no different than any other human being. Sad situation, but nothing unbelievable.


I know but the ex-cop declaring a one-man war against his comrades is unbelievable to me. It's like something out of an episode of Criminal Minds, and it's acting out in real life and as Balut said this hacker with remote control virus is like something out of a anime storyline.


Perhaps I watch too many crime reenactments, but revenge killings are nothing new, after all that is where the term 'going postal' came from. This one just made the news because it is the LAPD, and they are not exactly known for being kind and friendly.

Though I do agree about the remote control virus, but even then should we be all that surprised in the age of the botnet.
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