[nettime-lat] Fw: [webartery] Paris Connection chat cancelled

[Regina Célia Pinto <regvampi@iis.com.br>]

I am sorry people of nettime, but ...

> The chat server has, unfortunately, been under a DoS attack, or a 'denial
of service' attack by
> a teenager. See http://liveharmony.org for details. What this means is
that the chat server has
> been inundated and is not available for use at the moment. Following the
> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/1/8/21252/34852 link from
liveharmony.org, it seems that this
> is not exactly an isolated incident.
>
> I looked around, on short notice, for alternatives but they all had lots
of advertisement pop-up
> windows and generally were not appropriate for anything other than a sales
pitch.
>
> So, unfortunately, the chat is cancelled. Nor do I see any point in
rescheduling it if the
> server is being attacked as often as it is. This is a pity. What can one
say? Boys will be boys?
> Technology that can be so easily disabled by teenagers needs work? The
Internet is still young.
> That is good. But most of the technology is also immature. The Internet
was made to withstand a
> nuking but IRC can't withstand a few teenagers? This can also be said of
Web sites, which also
> are subject to DoS. And they can't track the kids down, either.
>
> In the meantime, I encourage you to subscribe to the Paris Connection
email list at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParisConnection/ . It looks like discussion
of the project will
> have to proceed via email, not IRC. So discussion of the project will be a
gradual thing that
> develops in a more considered fashion over time.
>
> And I hope you enjoy Paris Connection. Also, check out the press the
project has received in
> Libération at http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=90604 and The New
York Times at
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/17/arts/design/17MIRA.html .
>
> Regards,
> Jim Andrews
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>


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