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From "Ivan Spadacenta" <spadacenta@galactica.it>
Date Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:49:00 +0100
Subject Re: [HaCkmEeTiNg] VIRTUAL SIT-IN SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 9-13th against the WTO-Qatar 

Ciao,
al di là dellà bintà dell'iniziativa, vorrei sapere se qualcuno ha
verificato che il "virtual sit-in", tecnicamente, funziona come descritto;
Io ho visitato le pagine, ma mi pare che non ci sia nessuna richiesta alla
pagina inesistente "people_before_profit", ma che vengano solamente
richieste automaticamente un paio di immagini a ripetizione con un
javascript che dice al browser di non prenderle dalla cache provocando cosi'
un gran sukkiamento di banda.

Ciao121

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From: "Ferry Byte" <ferry.byte@ecn.org>
To: <netstrike@autistici.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: [HaCkmEeTiNg] VIRTUAL SIT-IN SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 9-13th against
the WTO-Qatar


> VIRTUAL SIT-IN SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 9-13th against the WTO-Qatar
> http://www.geocities.com/no_wto2001/
>
> VIRTUAL
> SIT-IN SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 9-13th
> WELCOMEto
> the Virtual Sit-In against the WTO-Qatar. Before you proceed, please read
> the following description of the action to be sure you know what your
> participation
> means.
> Why
> a Virtual Sit-In? To add our virtual bodies to the presence
> of the physical bodies of people who are taking to the streets around the
> world to denounce corporate globalization.  To attract media attention
> by engaging in a new form of protest action. To send a message to the WTO
> that we will not stop until people take priority over profit.
>
> How
> does it work?The WTO-Qatar Virtual Sit-In is simply a web page
> that repeatedly asks the WTO website (www.wto.org) for a nonexistent page
> called 'people_before_profit.' It does this for
> as long as you leave the Virtual Sit-In page open. With each request the
> WTO server takes note; If enough people join the Virtual Sit-In,
administrators
> will realize that thousands of requests are being made for
people_before_profit
> but that people_before_profit is not found at the WTO.
>
> Can
> it hurt the WTO computers? Possible
> but unlikely.  If many thousands of people around the world simultaneously
> join the Virtual Sit-In it might slow the WTO servers down, but they
> are very sophisticated and it would be difficult to crash them with this
> kind of action.  However, the purpose  of the action is not destructive,
> it is primarily symbolic.
> Can
> it hurt my computer?No. It's just a web page. The Virtual Sit-In
> page itself looks like a tic-tac-toe board, with each square filled by
> a 'File Not Found' message from the WTO.
> If you do not feel comfortable
> participating in the Virtual Sit-In, please return to
> http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/qatar/
> to find out about other ways you can participate.  If you are ready
> to begin, just . . .
> CLICK
> HERE TO JOIN THE VIRTUAL SIT-IN!
> Want more? To
> download another tool you can use to amplify the electronic
> action:http://www.geocities.com/dohan10/
> NUMBERS
> from November 10th -
> PARTICIPANTS:
> 238
> MESSAGES
> SENT TO WTO: 6,954
> contact: no_wto@graffiti.net
>
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