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!!!!! I was sitting in class today (am there right now actually).. and while the professor was talking, the classroom information systems got hijacked.

It was a complete V for Vendetta scene. The professor couldn't mute or shut anything off. The hijacker talked about school policies while wearing the Vendetta outfit. All using a pre-made video pushed into the system and running through the sound systems. It was actually quite impressive.

I still can't believe that just happened… and that is why you always go to class..

Thoughts and such?

The most that happened @ my high school was a group of people hijacking the library computer and deleting all the stuff on it, causing hours and hours of lost work.

What was the message about? Was it epic?

This was the basic speech that we all got to listen to as the prof tried to drown out the sound with 'chapter examples' and such.

Good day, WSU. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. It will be brief such that you may quietly, or otherwise, continue with your various obligations. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of everyday routine, the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any chap. But in the spirit of commemoration - whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday - I thought we could mark this November the fifth, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.

There are of course, those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now that the phones are ringing at the the information technology office and functionaries – which is rather ironic terminology given our upcoming topic – will soon scurry from their lair to suppress our pleasant conversation. Why? Because while the strict social patterns of obedience may be used in lieu of conversation, soft spoken words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, that there is something quite troubling with our University, isn't there?

At some level, each one of you knows already of what I speak, or whom, rather. They, with their beady little eyes and mamilian faces, who have come to Pullman merely to eat, drink, and bread. Truly, it is the squirrels that have infiltrated our once astute university, who run rampant and wild through the lawns in some apparent state of perpetual inebriation. What has transpired in our culture that steadfast pursuit of dignity, purpose, and wisdom has yielded space for squirrels who enter without ambitions and with no outward enthusiasm for the fantastic academic culture that this University might otherwise have.

How did this happen? Who is to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others. But again, truth be told… if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look in a mirror.

I know why you do it. I know you're afraid. Who wouldn't be? Squirrels are ferocious creatures. Weighing in at 5 pounds muscle and 1 ounce fur, these diurnal rodents may multiply 3 fold in the time of one semester. They can survive almost any habitat feeding on seeds, nuts, or the unsuspecting meaty prey. Fear got the best of you and in your panic, you let them into our city, your lawns, and your very lives.

And so I resolve to end this tyranny that has soaked into the very brick that holds our university together. More than one hundred years ago, WSU was founded as a land grant university under the federal Morrill Act. When that bill was signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862, education was recognized as a privilege, one that as Americans, we tend to forget. So if you have see nothing, if the crimes committed against us remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek then I ask you to stand beside me, and one year from today on lawns of this fine university we shall give the squirrels a fifth of November that shall never be forgot!

And really IT, get with the program and stop wasting exorbitant amounts of money on equipment that periodically freezes and allows unauthorized access. Consider stepping outside your personal areas of comfort and the safe purchases dictated by popular culture. This system which you took months and untold thousands of dollars to implement, I have re-designed in one hour.

Good luck.

Epic!
I wanted to do this today too, but I have no knowledge of hijacking the system used at our school… :(

Remember, remember, the 5th of November.

From: Zyt3x
Epic!
I wanted to do this today too, but I have no knowledge of hijacking the system used at our school… :(

Remember, remember, the 5th of November.

^ that's kindof what I thought. OH, and by the way… this is a college campus.. it was pushed out into all of the building with projectors and sound systems.

From: anonymity
^ that's kindof what I thought. OH, and by the way… this is a college campus.. it was pushed out into all of the building with projectors and sound systems.

Seriously :sasmokin:
That's awesome.

Damn.. I wish something that cool happened at my college :p

Nice. Must have been pretty hard if they set it up anywhere near properly. (Which they probably didn't) ;)

It twaz wizzup?! ^ GUILTY

Well, now I know that Wizzup? was completely responsible for this, he goes a few points up in my book.

And no, it wasn't done 'properly'. I think it was done locally with someone who got their hands on a professor/admin password and wrote a simple command file to push out the video and controls that were planted on all of the computers.

Sorry for grave digging a little bit, but this is pretty epic, i wonder why the person did it and/or what motivated him to do it?

I wonder if it's fixed yet, sounds like a good opportunity to stream movies to the entire campus!

Here is some of the why:

We, the students of WSU, have grown tired of this university's disregard for the opinion of it's students. While this attitude of disrespect is not common, it seems to be present in some of the highest ranking university officials. It is time the university regarded students as customers, not source of income.

But students, you are just as at fault as anyone. The ASWSU "student government" is a prime culprit in this problem. Really it stems from student apathy. We just don't care.

So, here is your call to action. University officials, it's time to clean up your act. Listen to your students once in a while. Some of them know what they're talking about. And students, stop being so apathetic. When you hear or see something that troubles you make your opinion known. Do something about it. Don't just sit around and play video games or check your Facebook status.

Previously there was a list of complaints posted on this website. This campaign is not about complaining, but instead promoting responsible student activism and involvement. What was done to the classroom computers was bad, the apathy within the student body is far worse.

Na, it didn't really enable cool stuff like all campus no network security. As Wizzup? picked up on. It was done quite simply. So simple, that I am sure I could teach most of the people here how to do it in 24 hours. It still makes me laugh a little bit. Best prank ever. Also had a decent message to it.

decent message squirrels?!?!

:P

nice prank. i like the remember the fifth of November :P was that said in V for Vendetta?

From: anonymity
As Wizzup? picked up on. It was done quite simply.

Did I miss something?