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[7/28/12] - HF News - Oak - Jul 28, 2012

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The edition you are currently reading is the 102nd full edition. To read any older editions of HF News, please go here.

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Update on Omniscient's Injury
As many would be aware, Omniscient recently broke a bone in his hand, which subsequently led to it being put in a cast. Omniscient announced a few days back on Twitter, that the cast will be removed in a week, and replaced with something less interfering (finger splint or open-hand cast). You can see his tweet here.

New Total Members Online Record
Earlier this week, Hack Forums' most online members online within a single moment reached a stunning record of 2,885. This is a grand milestone for the continuous development of the forums we know and love, and I have no doubt we will soon break this record again. As the forum continues to grow, so does the possibility that even more of these kinds of records will be broken.

Illuminati Userbar Change
The popular, if not secretive, invite only usergroup known as the "Illuminati" recently changed their userbar. While the general opinion of the change is diverse, many agree with it, as it's easier to read. While others disagree, as they enjoyed the original style and look. See more: http://goo.gl/O0Ocp

Coders Now Known as Logic
After the whole fiasco involving the "Coders," and its resale, the point has finally come where they have changed their name and associated topic. Thus, leaving all of the drama and problems behind, starting anew. As of now they are invite only, but recruitment may occur soon. See more: http://goo.gl/fXdsK

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User News
php, Grammar Rays, and adampelletgun reached 10,000 posts.
-BoodyE- is now a Mentor. Congratulations.
Dan. is now a moderator of the Minecraft forum and Griefing sub-forum.

Repfucks
Bans
Awards
Group Leadership Changes
  • Yellows is now a group leader of Rhythm.
  • Diabolic is now a group leader of Rhythm.

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Argoi - Do you think intelligent people are less happy?

Diji - Why do you do drugs?

Mr. Anderson - Odds are you don't care.

Apathy - Should the Colorado Shooter Recieve the Death Penalty?
 

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Interview - Positive
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Interview - MarkMare (Click to View)

* - Oak - Jul 28, 2012

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Olympics
This week was the start of the 2012 London Olympics. The opening ceremony of the games was on Friday July 28 that over 47 million people watched on NBC. Here are a few interesting stories from todays Olympics action.
Michael Phelps barely qualifying for the 400 meter individual medley by 0.07 seconds and then losing in the finals of the 400 meter to Ryan Locke. Another story from todays Olympics action is that Alexandre Vinokourov from Kazakhstan upset  of the British cycling team in the road race championship.

Mississippi church
This week there was outrage over the fact that a paster at a church in Mississippi said that they could not get married there because they were black. The couple Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson had been planning there wedding at that church for months and the day before they were scheduled to get married the paster at the church told them they could not get married some members of the church objected so much to letting a black couple get married for the first time in church they threatened to have the paster fired from the church.

New Solar System
This week researchers at MIT have discovered a new solar system. The researchers say that this newly detected solar system looks a lot like our solar system. The middle of this solar system also has a large star like our solar system does this star is named Kepler-30. There are three planets that are currently orbiting this large star. The new solar system is the only other solar system currently known to exist that also has an aligned orbit between their sun and the 3 planets.

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Google
Google has released its new Internet service known as "Google Fiber". Google has been working on this project for about a year and a half. "Google Fiber starts at a speed 100 times faster than most Americans have today," said Milo Medin, the Vice-President of access services. Google Fiber has aimed to give an Internet connection with speed of about 1,000 MB per second. This is indeed a fiber-optic cable-type connection. At this speed, web browsing, downloading, uploading and live streaming would be very smooth. They also offer a TV connection with the most expensive plan, using Google's tablet, "Nexus 7", as an included remote control.

Kodak
A new report says that the world's leading companies like Microsoft and Apple could join forces to bid on some patents from Kodak. The Wall Street Journal says that these companies along with Nathan Muhrvold's ventures are going to work together to quickly seize up some or all of Kodak's patent portfolio.

Microsoft
Microsoft has announced publicly that its Surface tablet is aimed to compete with iPad and all other Android tablets that are being flooded into the market. Not only are they aimed to compete against iPad and other Android tabs, but also against their own other windows 8 tablets. During the past week, Microsoft has admitted that, "[their] Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to […Microsoft's] platform." in an annual report.

Facebook
Assaults on Facebook's stock have pulled off a few billion dollars from the Facebook's rich founders. Once the trading was closed this last Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, had lost almost $3 billion as an average per paper. His total stake is still worth $11.8 billion. Since Facebook's botched IPO on May 18, Facebook has been really struggling with its stock. Ever since they went public at $38 dollars a share and also briefly reaching $45 on their opening day, it's been an odd ride down.

Twitter
According to TGDaily.com, Twitter went offline for about two hours on Thursday, this past week. It was said that the downtime was because the site was overloaded from Olympics-related traffic. Twitter said that the outage wasn't related to increase in usage, but that didn't stop some reporters including the Associated Press' from wondering about the overload of Twitter.

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This is basically my own little corner to type up my thoughts and some standpoints on different topics.
I've always thought the idea that it is easier to ask forgiveness rather than request permission was an interesting one. While, in many cases, it may be true, it's still just an odd idea. You know that what you're going to do wouldn't be accepted by the governing hands, so you do it, and ask that your actions be forgiven. It just inspires people to do wrong, and justify it. I'm not saying I've never followed this, but I'm saying that it's something that shouldn't be used often. If we continually ask forgiveness, we may not receive it again.

* - Oak - Jul 28, 2012

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"What do you think is the world's biggest problem? Why?"

"The world has many problems but since this is Hackforums and this is
Hack Forums News this is what I think is one of the biggest Hack Forums
problems. Logic seemed to have copied Serenity and it's a downfall to the
group which seems kind of sad. Saw a screenshot of Logics threads and
70% of them were about debating now the last time I recalled Serenity was
based on debating and I’m sure a couple of them debates were also posted
in both groups."
-Dan.

"Well the worlds biggest problem is terrorism because terrorism
takes lives of people , it causes mass destructions , it makes people go racist
like after the incident of 9/11 many non americans / South Asians are suffering
just because of terrorism . Osama bin Laden is dead but Al Qaeda and different
Terrorist Groups are still there. Hence if there would be no terrorism than there
would be no fear and no murders robberies etc. In some countries there is 0%
crime rate such as UAE, UAE has control over there crime rate because they have
passed a LAW that if someone commits a crime his hands will be cut. And UAE
doesnt have any fights or issues with terrorist groups."
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"The worlds biggest problem, in my opinion, is money. Some people have too
little and some people have loads. People that have no money are people that
are downtrodden in society and never really get a say in what is going on, and
yet the people with the money can easily get their opinions put forward. Money
makes the world go round, it's obvious! People can get out of trouble with money,
for example, in a lot of countries, people would pay for their crimes to 'disappear'.
Money gets you pretty much everything in this world, and some people treasure it,
while others just see it as another 'given' thing."
-Jack_Rocker

"The worlds biggest problem? That's a tough one. There are so many
things wrong with the world, terrorism, the energy crisis, child labor... The list could
go on and on. I think that the biggest problem is not something physical, but a problem
with the people themselves. If people today weren't so obsessed with money and
power, then so much more could be accomplished. If people today were to live by the
same morals and values that they did back in the days where pilgrims first came to America
then the world would be excelling at a much higher pace."
-Zihv

"Personally, I think that religion is the worlds worst problem. I find it okay for others
to have their beliefs but the topic can bring out the worst in people. Countless wars have
been fought over religion, countless people have been killed because of their religion,
countless people TODAY are discrimated just because of what they chose to believe. If the
world could just get over it and accept people beliefs, the world would be a better place."
-Actually Is Dolan

"I think that the world's biggest problem is that there are not enough good
people in this world. After reading Mr.Anderson's "I Am Disgusted At Humanity" thread, It finally
hit me, He's right. Even in small towns where everyone and I mean EVERYONE knows each other,
people don't care to help. After witnessing this generation of humans, and hearing stories of my
grandparents generation, I just wish it was like it was back then, complete strangers helping each
other. Now-A-Days only certain people have what it takes to actually help someone in serious need.
If any of you have heard of the story in New York about the MTA worker saving the girl that jumped
out the window, I wish there were more people like that in this generation, people that will risk their
lives just to save another."
-ThatCatchyName

The topic for next week is "How do you feel about the Olympics?"

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HF News Team

* - Vinnie - Jul 28, 2012

F5F5F5F5F5. Lets see what we have this week. I chose the music video and I think it's definitely worthy, also I agree with Dan on 100%.

* - TheHackersLove - Jul 28, 2012

Good addition Sir, keep up the good work.

* - Tetrahedra - Jul 28, 2012

HF just went down for a few minutes. :( Another great edition.

* - Mr Kewl - Jul 28, 2012

Will be reviewing the News maybe soon.

* - Uriel - Jul 28, 2012

I just got my Cute and Cuddly award, so you can remove that it will be added soon.

Great edition btw.

* - Tangy - Jul 28, 2012

Wanted to check this edition and hf went down. Thank god it went back up! Reading it now

* - Sync™ - Jul 28, 2012

Great news. Especially the comics one. Indeed funny.

* - Cubs - Jul 28, 2012

Thanks for any other amazing news letter!

Hopefully the US gets tons of gold medals as usual!

* - ThatCatchyName - Jul 28, 2012

Amazing edition as always Sir and the reset of the News Team.
I honestly can't believe my quote made it in the news! Thanks for including it :)

* - Phytrix - Jul 28, 2012

Great edition, once again. The interview with MarkMare was a great one.
Comics were decent as always.
One thing though. I'm a bit mindfucked about the headlines. Did Daring fill-in, or...?
(Jul 28, 2012 11:34 PM)Cubs Wrote:  Thanks for any other amazing news letter!

Hopefully the US gets tons of gold medals as usual!

Considering their population, the amount of gold medals they receive are quite miniscule. Look at Australia, Korea, New Zealand.

* - Grammar Rays - Jul 28, 2012

Quote:php, Grammar Rays, and adampelletgun reached 10,000 posts.
Congratulations to the other 2 users actually! Great effort.

Nice edition, I love seeing myself in them. :)
I'll probably appear next week too! Hehe.

* - Douchebag # 145 - Jul 28, 2012

Anderson does the Notable account changes, correct? If so, I would like to tell him personally what an AMAZING job he does with it. It seriously looks fantastic.

Good news.