Hacker takes North Korea Internet down

An American hacker ‘in his pajamas’ has taken down North Korea’s internet in revenge for a cyberattack carried out against him by Pyongyang. The hacker, who has been named only as P4x, launched repeated ‘distributed denial of service’ (DDoS) attacks against the communist state, crippling the country’s few government-operated public-access websites and slowing email traffic. DDoS attacks flood a system with fake traffic, consuming available … Continue reading Hacker takes North Korea Internet down

What is Webtoon

Webtoons are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. Webtoons may be referred to as manhwa — a term used to characterize Korean comics. While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of South Korea for the first 10 years of their inception since 2004, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks in great part … Continue reading What is Webtoon

How the the X-men (comics) where created

X-Men is an American comic strip team consisting of a rotating ensemble cast of mutants born with superhuman powers. Created in 1963 by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the team became one of Marvel Comics’ most successful properties. The original version of the X-Men was a group of teenagers (never exclusively male, despite the name) who attended Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. By … Continue reading How the the X-men (comics) where created

How fire tornadoes are formed

Fire Tornadoes form when very intense heat from a fire rises and surrounding air rushes in to replace it. This creates a spinning column of air and fire that we call a  fire tornado. Fire tornadoes can toss around embers and more fire causing the fire to grow even more rapidly. This is exactly what happened to the Loyalton FIre this last weekend. The National … Continue reading How fire tornadoes are formed

What’s It like to Graduate High School

Graduation represents the culmination of a journey and the attainment of a goal. It is an exciting period in a person’s life and an array of feelings will surface for the graduate. Most people think of graduation as an exciting and wonderful marketing event, many fail to recognize the other emotions evoked by this transition time. Graduation not only can bring up feelings of excitement, … Continue reading What’s It like to Graduate High School

Who was the Greatest king in Europe

The greatest king in all of Europe was Charlemagne, also known as Karl and Charles the Great. He was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814. In 771, Charlemagne became king of the Franks, a Germanic kingdom in present-day Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and western Germany. He would later go on a journey to unite all the Germanic … Continue reading Who was the Greatest king in Europe

What is the SCP Foundation

The SCP foundation is a collaborative wikipedia for horror writers across the internet, which was made on January 13, 2008.  In the universe of the SCP foundation, there is a fictional secret organization, tasked by the government with the mission to “secure, contain and protect”all creatures and objects, and study them. The creatures that they contain and protect are dubbed as “SCPs.” Despite its secretive … Continue reading What is the SCP Foundation

What is Pangea

Pangea, also spelled Pangaea, in early geologic time, was a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth. Pangea was surrounded by a global ocean called Panthalassa, and it was fully assembled by the Early Permian Epoch. The supercontinent began to break apart about 200 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic Epoch (201 million to 174 million years ago), eventually forming the modern … Continue reading What is Pangea

Origin of the Internet

The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The Internet is at once a worldwide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location. The Internet represents … Continue reading Origin of the Internet