Slashdot was created to tell the world about the fabulous world of super efficient solar cells that never make it to market, not security silly bunny.

I don't mind the hyperbole, it's the bathos I fear!

It's like watching a poor soul on life support begging to be let go. Slashdotters, do the right thing, pull the plug and move on with your lives. Sticking to the topic though, I'm very interested in seeing this movie.

I've seen these lines of inquiry turn violent!

hehe, I have trouble looking at the changelogs let alone the code :). I guess ignorance is bliss, I was thinking openssl was a nice simple protocol that made everything 100% secure. It's nice living in my bubble where nothing can harm me! :). P.S. I always thought the arc of the Covenant was in AtheOs. :P

Is this a remote exploit? Does this mean my client can be overrun if a server throws me a bad packet or two? I guess my other question is, how can the most utilized utility on a system still have unchecked overflows? It has to have been audited about a trillion times? Please help, half assed linux admins want to know!

Like a speaker saying "Heeeeeeeeeeeeey Watch Your ASS!!!" repeating until you shut the car down.

and water. The question is is implicitly answered and thus moot ... next!

Sounds like a typical holywood movie premis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

Something like node.js, narwhal with wsgi or ringo.js? On a really basic level, coding the front and backend in the same language has really saved my little brain quite a bit of frustration, especially when I'm using plus's to concatinate in php and dots in javascript. I work with node and know that a properly architected event driven server can be wicked fast (not just fast, but WICKED FAST!). There is quite a bit of middle ware available and why not work with mongodb in the backend to create a perfect trifecta of javascript? node is really simple to setup and test with apache bench (ab), narwhal and ringo took a bit longer for me (I was trying to run them in google apps engine though). Curious what you end up going with.

If the word "supercomputer" wasn't there, the article wouldn't be modded up. The point of the post is otherOS++. It's great to get the capability to run linux again AND be able to go online, frag some friends and get all your personal information stolen. Supercomputer, probably not, super cool hack, for sure!

Or at least the slashdot crowd would be intelligent enough to not mod them up ... hehe, I used "slashdot crowd" and "intelligent" in the same sentence.

Lunch is a break, time to get away from the hustle and bustle of work. When at work, you get 100% of me during work hours, the rest is legally mine (at least in my mind :)).

I can't believe this guy is so naive he can't get his free laptop dialed in d00d! Throwing in the emacs quip can only be classified as troll bait. Speaking of troll bait, is it me, or does that guy need a serious de-lousing?