Yet some people like to harm others for no reason

Doppelgangergang · Mar 30, 2008 2:36 AM

Okay... Now this is just sick. Apparently, a group of internet trolls hacked a website and forum dedicated to help people with epilepsy - a condition where flashing patterns send them into horrible, painful seizures.

The forum has been littered with animated flashing patterns and some pages have been reprogrammed (to make their screens flash with patterns) to direct helpless epileptic persons into seizures. Many had headaches, some sent to hospitals for treatment. Good thing nobody was dead. (Yes, epileptic seizures can kill, so this stupid "prank" is not to be taken lightly.)

wired.com wrote:

Fultz says the attack spawned an uncommonly bad seizure. "It was a spike of pain in my head," she says. "And the lockup, that only happens with really bad ones. I don't think I've had a seizure like that in about a year."

All the persons responsible should be banned from the internet for life.

All the persons who find this funny (on Engadget) needs to get a grip.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/29/hack … port-forum
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/ … 3/epilepsy

Ayumi_the_Dark_Wolf · Mar 30, 2008 3:13 AM

yes....i will ADMIT THE TRUTH......I have violent muscle SPASMS EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE!!!! DO YOU THINK I HAVE EPILEPSY?!

PS: sorry for all caps but this makes me rant some...

Doppelgangergang · Mar 30, 2008 3:19 AM

After seeing flashing lights?

Ayumi_the_Dark_Wolf · Mar 30, 2008 3:33 AM

no.....but.....wait......i have no idea except flashing stuff...im just sick of these muscle spasms....sometimes they hurt...:(

Doppelgangergang · Mar 30, 2008 3:40 AM

MarioMaster wrote:

The sevarity of this situation is highly blown out of proportion. Anyone who is a serious epileptic and could be badly injured by having an attack - should be nowhere near a computer due to the risk factor. Yes it's a support forum for those who have it but it's not usually the patients themselves who would be browsing it.
-my 2 cents
-MarioMaster

Good point, but I think the support forum is to give peeps moral support because they can chat with each other and not feel alone and sealed from the world.

Doppelgangergang · Mar 30, 2008 3:52 AM

MarioMaster wrote:

Doppelgangergang wrote:
Good point, but I think the support forum is to give peeps moral support because they can chat with each other and not feel alone and sealed from the world.
Yes and I still agree it's not good to have a site modified in such a way by hackers, but if an epileptic is using a computer I really hope they have a low degree of the disorder, otherwise they're just stupid for using a device that is very likely to produce many flashing patterns and effects by itself.

But it is an epilepsy forum... It should be safe for them, right?

Antr the Rolf · Mar 30, 2008 4:17 AM

People are soo cruel..And they will end up realizing that they have made it worse for everyone else around them.

Blaze the Dragon · Mar 30, 2008 12:50 PM

Well, I wouldn't really consider them doing it for no reason. If they meant to do this in order to cause seizures, to hurt them, it would be considered sadism, since they're doing it for their own enjoyment.

Lancer232 · Mar 30, 2008 1:44 PM

This makes me just want to grab some kind of mega microphone and scream: "GROW UP WORLD!" If they did mean to hurt/kill someone, then I just hope they enjoy being behind bars if they are discovered...frankly I don't care if those hackers get life sentence. (Yes this has got me mad, I can't believe how evil some people can be, they really need to grow up.)

Antr the Rolf · Mar 30, 2008 4:30 PM

*ighs*I WANT TO GET OUTTA THIS WORLD!!

DragonWithinMe · Mar 30, 2008 5:09 PM

I just hate reasonless fighting. One of my classmates just loves fighting. When there is a fight somewhere and he saws it, he just joins the battle.
If I would turn into dragon here and now, I would start changing earth to be a better place.
FOR !#!Â¤#/ sakes!!! WE ALL NEED A NEW WORLD!!! Hopefully world where we are dragons.

Antr the Rolf · Mar 30, 2008 5:15 PM

At least there are people who agree with me,like you DragonWithinMe..but DragonFireOKN has helped me the best..changed my life.

Doppelgangergang · Mar 30, 2008 11:50 PM

DragonWithinMe wrote:

I just hate reasonless fighting. One of my classmates just loves fighting. When there is a fight somewhere and he saws it, he just joins the battle.

Tsk tsk tsk.... Too much violent TV and videogames I suppose. But fighting for the hell of it? That's too far. Wars are reasonless too. The "presidents" sit in their comfy chairs and say "SEND THE FORCES!" and don't even think what's going to happen.

DragonWithinMe wrote:

If I would turn into dragon here and now, I would start changing earth to be a better place. FOR !#!Â¤#/ sakes!!! WE ALL NEED A NEW WORLD!!! Hopefully world where we are dragons.

A complete reboot of our lives. That's going to be the day. Of course we should know and recognize each other, right?

Antr the Rolf · Mar 31, 2008 12:47 AM

uhh?Just look for the dragon with gunmetal scales,and the Ankh sign on his arm..that's me.

A Guy · Mar 31, 2008 1:55 AM

Whoever did this needs to get shot and go to hell.

Doppelgangergang · Mar 31, 2008 2:04 AM

A Guy wrote:

Whoever did this needs to get shot and go to hell.

Yes... Because they assault poor hapless people.

DragonWithinMe · Mar 31, 2008 12:45 PM

Doppelgangergang wrote:

DragonWithinMe wrote:
If I would turn into dragon here and now, I would start changing earth to be a better place. FOR !#!Â¤#/ sakes!!! WE ALL NEED A NEW WORLD!!! Hopefully world where we are dragons.
A complete reboot of our lives. That's going to be the day. Of course we should know and recognize each other, right?

Recognizing would be easy if we can talk like in Spyro games big_smile

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