Marcion - Slashdot User

Submission + - Student Posts to YouTube, shoots hangun at school (bbc.co.uk)

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Marcion

on Wednesday November 07, 2007 @02:34PM

Marcion writes: "In normally sleepy Finland, an 18-year old atheist extremist, posted violent boasts to Youtube over two weeks (since removed) and then went to school and shot the headmistress and six students, then himself. Is there anything YouTube could have done earlier? Or is the question equivalent to asking what the water company could have done?"

Submission + - How to bring down Internet Explorer in six words (commandline.org.uk) 1

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Marcion

on Tuesday August 07, 2007 @02:34PM

Marcion writes: "Some handy Japanese guy called Hamachiya discovered a bug in Internet Explorer. Under certain conditions, an asterisk when used as a wildcard can crash IE as soon as the user attempts to go to another webpage. Feel free to add the code to your stylesheet too!"

Submission + - The Linux Desktop in 2007

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Marcion

on Sunday January 07, 2007 @03:29PM

Marcion writes: "While other platforms will have to deal with upgrade issues involving Vista and OS X Jaguar, for the Linux desktop, 2007 promises to be a year of consolidation and expansion, a year where many of the long standing problems get resolved. My blog article covers 3D effects, a resurgence of Java in the open source world, improved wireless support, refugees from Windows Vista and whether Adobe will open source Flash."

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