Executive Override - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Hacking vs Cracking (Score 1) 213

by Executive Override on Wednesday June 15 2011, @04:44PM (#36455006) Attached to: Is This the Golden Age of Hacking?

It'll be easier to make a new term for "person who messes with computer systems for fun".

I know, let's call it 'cracker'!

Comment: Wow (Score 1) 129

by Executive Override on Tuesday February 01 2011, @11:30AM (#35067980) Attached to: Julia Meets HTML5

Almost as slow as the new slashdot interface!

Slashdot References in Popular Culture? 1

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The Living Fractal

on Friday July 27 2007, @10:04PM

The Living Fractal writes "So I'm reading Century Rain, a great SF book by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds, and at about page 80 or so I stumble onto a hidden Slashdot reference. Reynolds' character "Niagara" runs a finger diagonally across his chest then 'dots' next to the slash, then goes on to talk about a community of progressive thinkers on one of the earliest computer networks (today's internet) who eventually founded his society. They're even called Slashers! Maybe old news to some of you, but a nice surprise for me nevertheless.
Does anyone else have /. easter eggs they've found that they can share with us?"