Histories most advanced malware attack seems to have been directed at Iran

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**Samus_aran115**

Wat? Koalas are actually dangerous? Am I missing something? I thought they were like little old ladies!

**del'Vhar**

Not exactly dangerous, as in they wont attack you unlss provoked.

But they have sizable claws that will cause pretty serious damage.

And dropbears will tear the throat out of a grizzly bear, and drink the bears blood through the detached windpipe.

**Emperors Faithful**

Samus_aran115 wrote:Wat? Koalas are actually dangerous? Am I missing something? I thought they were like little old ladies!

del'Vhar wrote:Not exactly dangerous, as in they wont attack you unlss provoked.

But they have sizable claws that will cause pretty serious damage.

And dropbears will tear the throat out of a grizzly bear, and drink the bears blood through the detached windpipe.

People often get the two mixed up. There is a huge difference, like between the Emu and the Cassowary. Koalas tend to be passive, while Drop Bears are much more aggressive and are carnivorous.

**Cheese Elemental**

Emperors Faithful wrote:
But they have sizable claws that will cause pretty serious damage.

And dropbears will tear the throat out of a grizzly bear, and drink the bears blood through the detached windpipe.

People often get the two mixed up. There is a huge difference, like between the Emu and the Cassowary. Koalas tend to be passive, while Drop Bears are much more aggressive and are carnivorous.

I've never had any real trouble with Drop Bears before. They seem to get a lot more territorial during the summer as they fight over shaded areas, so it's preferable to go bushwalking in their territory during the cooler seasons.

**Emperors Faithful**

Cheese Elemental wrote:
I've never had any real trouble with Drop Bears before. They seem to get a lot more territorial during the summer as they fight over shaded areas, so it's preferable to go bushwalking in their territory during the cooler seasons.

I personally don't see why people just don't stick to the coast. They rarely migrate except during droughts, and the walks are much nicer. What is with this constant urge by both tourist and local alike to enroach upon their territory? Maybe it's the danger factor.

**Laughing Man**

Emperors Faithful wrote:
Cheese Elemental wrote:
I've never had any real trouble with Drop Bears before. They seem to get a lot more territorial during the summer as they fight over shaded areas, so it's preferable to go bushwalking in their territory during the cooler seasons.

I personally don't see why people just don't stick to the coast. They rarely migrate except during droughts, and the walks are much nicer. What is with this constant urge by both tourist and local alike to enroach upon their territory? Maybe it's the danger factor.

Two words: Steve Irwin.

**Emperors Faithful**

Laughing Man wrote:
Emperors Faithful wrote:
Cheese Elemental wrote:
I've never had any real trouble with Drop Bears before. They seem to get a lot more territorial during the summer as they fight over shaded areas, so it's preferable to go bushwalking in their territory during the cooler seasons.

I personally don't see why people just don't stick to the coast. They rarely migrate except during droughts, and the walks are much nicer. What is with this constant urge by both tourist and local alike to enroach upon their territory? Maybe it's the danger factor.

Two words: Steve Irwin.

The true irony is that he was killed by sting ray rather than any number of dangerous Australian species.

**Arctik_Firangi**

Right, because that 'ray that hit me five years ago wasn't 'dangerous'.
I used to wonder how far it would have gone in if it hadn't had to travel through a half-inch of hardened rubber and lining first...

Then Steve Irwin happened. I stopped wondering.

**kronk**

I bet it was Russia. They're using the money that we're paying them to rent their Soyuz space capsule to write malware that will seek out and return Iranian pr0n to a server in Moscow.

Then, they'll open a website called Girls of Chabahar Gone Wild and rake in the dough...

**Samus_aran115**

That makes complete sense. While we're at it, lets say it was Oman. That little piece of nothing has GOT to be planning something horrendous.

**SilverMK2**

They may be infiltrating Iran's high tech manufacturing equipment in order to produce cyborg drop bears! :O

Or since it is Iran, their "high tech" might mean producing a drop bear efigy made out of sand

**SagesStone**

Or even mechanical nuclear powered Fraggles.

**aka_tizz**

n0t_u wrote:Or even mechanical nuclear powered Fraggles.

I don't know why, but first time i actually read "nuclear powered Frazzled" and the first image that popped in my mind was Ghazghkull...oh well...A nuclear powered Frazzled would be quite a sight to behold though...

**gorgon**

KingCracker wrote:Im going out on a limb here, and saying it was Israel backed by the US. I can explain further but youd have to get out your tinfoil hats to stay with me

That'd be my first bet, and I don't think tinfoil is exactly required for that...

**Samus_aran115**

gorgon wrote:
KingCracker wrote:Im going out on a limb here, and saying it was Israel backed by the US. I can explain further but youd have to get out your tinfoil hats to stay with me

That'd be my first bet, and I don't think tinfoil is exactly required for that...

Yeah, titanium would be better, don't you agree?

**Manchu**

Koalas are supposed to be facing extinction thanks to chlamydia.

That's right. Chlamydia.

fething Iranians.

**Samus_aran115**

Manchu wrote:Koalas are supposed to be facing extinction thanks to chlamydia.

That's right. Chlamydia.

fething Iranians.

I bet they're getting it from the scorpions. Poking their stingers everywhere....

**SilverMK2**

Manchu wrote:Koalas are supposed to be facing extinction thanks to chlamydia.

That's right. Chlamydia.

fething Iranians.

They should really learn to wrap their pork swords before going Koala hunting...

**Manchu**

And scorpions come from the desert. So . . . it's pretty clear who's behind it.

**sulla1080**

we warned them not to buy all that stuff from the russians....... just cant trust em we said. shame about that malware attack. Well hopefully theyve learned their lesson. The US is, incidentally, the words leading producer of software, so if they need some help repairing their infrastructure, I'm sure we'd be more than happy to assist....

**Samus_aran115**

Manchu wrote:And scorpions come from the desert. So . . . it's pretty clear who's behind it.

Cow-boys?

**rubiksnoob**

Samus_aran115 wrote:
Manchu wrote:And scorpions come from the desert. So . . . it's pretty clear who's behind it.

Cow-boys?

No. . . something far, far more disturbing:

**Emperors Faithful**

Samus_aran115 wrote: That makes complete sense. While we're at it, lets say it was Oman. That little piece of nothing has GOT to be planning something horrendous.

Heeey, what do you have against Oman?

Manchu wrote:And scorpions come from the desert. So . . . it's pretty clear who's behind it.

Wow. That's disturbing.