LiveJournal

Prologue: Musashi meets the Meme Katas
or how I crashed LiveJournal in 2006

The Meme Katas

The meme kata treats the meme as a total weapon

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Musashi

Musashi musings

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I was at the DEFCON conference in Vegas. Those guys can be a rabid dog if tossed the right bone. And Dominique provided plenty of bone and annoyance (more on that outcome later).

I simply juxtaposed one knowledge domain with another at the right time with the right information. I didn't crash LiveJournal. Hackers at DEFCON did it because I gave their egos a target and an excuse.

Cue Trump now.

Hubris

Hubris is the deadliest sin because it often masquerades as virtue. The hysterical reaction of anti-Trumpers was predictable and I foreshadowed it here for over two years. Companies like Demcast created a mental timebomb through their dishonest strategies (from August 16, 2022): Media ManipulationNo doubt these people believe they’re

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It was mostly an experiment driven by some annoyance, like when I crashed Saleslogix in 2000. I was quite surprised that not only did it work, they crippled LiveJournal for several days.

Those were the Seattle witch days.

Now Dominique is dead, Lady Blue dead, Kendra retreated back to Kansas, Lena retired to a quiet safe place in Oregon and the others scattered to the wind. I destroyed their coven but not exactly on purpose. I also bankrupted the Vogue and Phoenix Underground in Seattle through the same social hubris infection. I don't really understand the mechanics, like Sandow and Shimbo. But give me a break, I left the Mercury standing because nobody there ever fucked with me, at least not directly.

I didn't bankrupt the Fez in Portland, either, although I admit that the appearance of an apparent dark master may have freaked a few people out and it did shut down two weeks later. One of the strangest Shimbo-ish experiences in my life. The goth community has an emotional honesty which appeals to me, though. Believe it or not.

So. I confirm your long-held suspicions.
They were already faltering and I gave them a push.

I came here, now, to alter outcomes.
I'm not stopping.
A Seattle redux, perhaps.
And I don't even understand it all, really.