Comment Re:At Least It's Egier to Use and Less Glib (Score 3, Interesting) 565
Mod parent up, as the above are Drepper's words with a bit more context. Nothing like stirring up the pot a bit with sensational headlines.
Comment Re:OK, then... *WHO* is the official ext3 "moron"? (Score 1) 316
I completely agree; I can think of very few reasons to call someone a 'moron', especially in a public forum. I'll assume that the problem code passed some kind of peer review? If so, we have plenty of folks to 'blame'.
Comment Re:of course it did (Score 2, Informative) 301
It's harder to dispute fraudulent charges on a debit card.
Submission + - No Slashdot April Fools Jokes in 2008 8
An anonymous reader writes: Slashdot will not be participating in the April Fools jokes this year due to a lawsuit that was settled out of court with undisclosed terms stemming from the 2007 April 1st stunts. The false stories were determined to be too egregious by a yet to be named individual. Slashdot's parent company SourceForge, Inc. found it wiser to settle out of court then a lengthy battle that was obviously going to span several months.
The ponies will be missed.
The ponies will be missed.
Submission + - Cyber-attack launched from 10,000 web pages
Stony Stevenson writes: A security firm has identified over 10,000 web pages rigged by cyber-criminals to hijack the PCs of unsuspecting surfers. The web pages have been modified to silently redirect visitors to sites laden with malware that attempt to break into the user's PC. The malware cocktail attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in Windows, RealPlayer and other applications to break into the PC. A back door also allows the subsequent installation of additional malicious programs. A single entity is likely to be behind this attack, since the malicious code on all these pages came from the same server in China.
Journal Journal: Catbert doesn't understand the Internet
From Presto Vivace Blog: Need a New Situation? Check the Internet, WSJ February 12, 2008
