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Post number 6098

lbergstr — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:21:46 -0800

MSNBC hacked. That faith-based missle defense thing again. Check it out, good-looking hack. I might put up a mirror if it gets changed.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:28:01 -0800

Being not-too-familiar with Slate and its possible connections with MSNBC or with the writer of the piece which I assume is satire, how is this a hack? Is it a hack? How did you become aware of it? Would this piece ever naturally show up on MSNBC?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:31:10 -0800

It's a syndicated Slate column, with a new graphic, how is that a hack?

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:38:10 -0800

Well, that's what I'm thinking too, Matt. Hacks don't usually slide so seamlessly into existing databases.

By: salsamander

salsamander — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:43:41 -0800

Maybe it's more appropriately stated as: "MSNBC has been 0w|\|> by the evil hackers in the M$ cross-marketing department. ReedrZ b3w@r!!" And I'm kind of glad that Slate's wanting to make us laugh a little about how loosely thrown around this "faith-based assistance" idea of Bush's is.

By: physics

physics — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:59:52 -0800

look at the paragraphs on the left of the page in red text...that's a clue

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:05:14 -0800

physics, those are pull quotes from the article, not mad hax0r skillz.

By: holloway

holloway — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:26:42 -0800

Well some hacks do use the existing database to mock the publisher's style. It goes undetected longer than a blatant "j00lz from c4nn0nfodd3r 0wns j00". The original article on Slate.

By: physics

physics — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:37:53 -0800

hahaha, those are my 1114d h4x012 5k1llz....red text, get it? bah...i'm crazy

By: lbergstr

lbergstr — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:40:35 -0800

oops. thanks to holloway for making me look slightly less stupid.

By: darren

darren — Thu, 01 Mar 2001 07:25:49 -0800

I guess it's so rare for Slate to get any buzz that we assumed it must be a hack...

By: beth

beth — Thu, 01 Mar 2001 12:37:55 -0800

I'm sure that somewhere in this is a deep lesson about the state of the media today. When you can't tell a mocking hack from a genuinely-produced story, something is... er... something.

By: joebighead

joebighead — Thu, 01 Mar 2001 18:40:50 -0800

hehehehe that's what i need every now and then. a good hacking to check out....especially when they don't realize it for a while... what would be funnier was if the damn thing wasn't a hack, and MSNBC is swaying on the opinion pole. so damn funny.

By: pnevares

pnevares — Tue, 06 Mar 2001 03:08:43 -0800

daddy, joebighead is confusing me.