The funny thing is, catching this guy is the kind of thing that some of the people who visit 4chan would normally be really good at. Too bad they site's collective resources have been crippled in the past couple days.

@battra92: Yes, obviously magic is fake as well. I'm not saying its not entertainment, but to call it "real" is somewhere between silly and stupid depending on your meaning.

Pretty sure my boss would fire someone for submitting an RFI, SOW, or SLA in this format.

@battra92: So by your standards, movies aren't fake either?

@ps61318: I do not think this was a harmless prank.

@SkyLab: The way the site is being vilified it was in need of some serious defense.

@oops_jo: Alright, let's say that you're right. Why stop with 4chan? Clearly we should shut down the internet in its entirety.

@philophile: There's a reason you typically don't try kids as adults. Also, I'm guessing your memories of your 16 year old self are colored by some pretty thick rose-colored glasses. ;)

@ps61318: Congratulations. You are a member of the rarest and luckiest subset of human beings on the planet, if everything you said about your upbringing is accurate.

Guys, please stop with the underhanded attacks on 4Chan. No matter what your stance is on this kid or on "hacktivism", neither is representative of what 4Chan actually is.

@oops_jo: Your conviction in your opinion is unwarranted considering how apparently misinformed you are.

@rewind: I meant that the action was similar, not the outcome.

@crazycaveman eats the whales: I'm not terribly familiar with the Dutch legal system, but I imagine being their equivalent of a convicted felon carries with it some pretty serious, lifelong implications.

@Gordonium has W blue sky lives: I didn't mean to imply that it was as harmless as throwing eggs, just that from the perpetrators perspective it's similar.

@Luis Saravia: If everyone used the same proxy, sure. Remember, the traffic from one LOIC firing won't crash a server.

Guys, some important things to keep in mind here:

@cormack: Used correctly, relatively low risk (though still very illegal). Using it incorrectly? Do not pass go, do not collect $200, etc.

@jmcm: You just made me literally laugh out loud at work. On behalf of my bewildered cube-mates — Thank you.

@ps61318: Out of curiosity, how old are you?

@MifuneT: This kid made several crucial mistakes (in addition to committing a felony).