According to slashdot.org

http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/12/28/1322240/4chan-Has-Been-DDOSed

12/28/2010 9:14:33 AM

k

12/28/2010 9:16:36 AM

JOKE'S ON THEM

12/28/2010 9:21:45 AM

12/28/2010 10:10:30 AM

what does DDoS'd mean?

12/28/2010 10:11:14 AM

distributed denial-of-service attack

12/28/2010 10:13:18 AM

This happens every few weeks

12/28/2010 10:13:55 AM

^^haha ok, pretend I'm a super n00b and explain that to me further

12/28/2010 10:15:44 AM

Overloading their system by constantly accessing the website, causing their website to crash from the overload.

12/28/2010 10:17:30 AM

A shitload of machines all make requests to a server at the same time, essentially bringing it down because it can't handle all of them at once.

12/28/2010 10:17:34 AM

Oh shit. You got learned by a girl! Shameful.

12/28/2010 10:18:14 AM

12/28/2010 10:18:42 AM

Any group other than fourchan using ddos as a means of making a point is shameful

I'm astraladvent and I approved this message

12/28/2010 11:19:44 AM