Government (Accidentally) Seizes Schmancy Websites!
First they came for the hip hop websites, when Homeland Security seized the servers of popular websites OnSmash and RapGodfathers, due to "copyright" claims. But though that was a huge deal, the WHITE MEDIA couldn't sustain much interest or outrage. Now the government has come for the white people Internet, so attention will be paid! Last night, the FBI raided a data center that included hosting for Curbed, Eater and Instapaper, all of which cater to the iPhone and garlic scapes set, allegedly and supposedly in an attempt to grab info on some servers used by LulzSec, the "computer hacker group" who recently messed with PBS and Sony Playstation.
SO NOW THE STRUGGLE HAS COME HOME… TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE.
Upside: if any luxury brands would like to salvage some impressions of high-end inventory while Curbed is offline, do inquire within! Boom!
Does this mean I have to start reading Chowhound? I MIGHT AS WELL JOIN A YAHOO GROUP.
@davidwatts I can actually live in a world without Curbed, Eater and "Instapaper" whatever that is.
@Bryan Keller: Tsk. Is the "read later" copyright-cheater ad-defeater app we all learned about here.
@Bryan Keller Reminds me of my beloved late grandpa, whose response to being slowly driven to poverty by the oppressive regime he didn't have the life in him to fight against was "I could live in the woods if I had to". I mean, since Choire's reference was too abstract I guess…
The best part is this quote from the NYT coverage:
"DigitalOne provided all necessary information to pinpoint the servers for a specific I.P. address, Mr. Ostroumow said. However, the agents took entire server racks, perhaps because they mistakenly thought that 'one enclosure is = to one server,' he said in an e-mail."
So the FBI cyber-crimes people basically have no idea how data centers operate and just went in there and started grabbing racks of whatever hardware they wanted. These are the idiots supposedly keeping us safe from the scary e-terrorists.
@mrmcd It was 1AM and dark.
@zidaane They were in a hurry to get home and catch Game of Thrones on DVR.
Yes, basically. There is absolutely no upside to the FBI doing the right thing here. If they seize all the computers in a datacenter, one of them might be the one they need. If they are careful, they might miss it (or be accused of missing it). To paraphrase Lily Tomlin, "We don't have to care. We're the Feds."
Mmmmmm….Garlic scapes.
@Krugmanic Depressive What do you like to do with scapes? I can't really come up with anything besides cut them up small and hide them in salad.
@Legs Battaglia: Sauteed in sesame oil, with rice or noodles, or on thin sliced fish.
@Krugmanic Depressive
If you have the intestines for it I envy you. I have about 20 scapes going to waste in my back garden at the moment.
But as for cooking, I like scapes cut about a quarter inch in an egg fried rice. If only they liked me.
@Legs Battaglia dntsqz is right. Scapes are like asparagus's kicky little brother–they come up early, and you can do any of the same things with them, although, yeah, they can be ultratangy.
@All – Thanks! Eggs n' scapes for dinner!
I see that the editors of Curbed have taken to drinking margaritas in protest. Well if Greece is any indicator, such destructive act against the system is bound to be met with severe repercussions from the riot police.