That is fscking terrifying! I take it there wasn't any permanent damage? D:

Link!?!?

Ask a synaesthete, there must be hundreds at least on /..

"The problem is communication! Too much communication."

You need to flex your imagination. A kid fabricates a video implicating his enemy in some crime that would appeal to the barely restrained hatred of internet trolls, a hatred always ready to manifest itself. He recreates the target's bedroom, posters, etc., and makes sure the video finds its way into just the right hands, then riles his audience to a fever pitch. That kid wouldn't even have to be particularly malicious, just ignorant; he probably wouldn't even imagine it ending as badly as it could. Look, this is no different than any other kind of fraud, except that the apparent solutionâ""internet justice"â"is being lauded instead of being more aptly compared to a crowd of pitchfork-wielding racists (for instance; replace with any non-internet, real-life trolls).

Good gods, fallacy heaped upon fallacy. You speak in favor of "society." Your societyâ"the society that you believe shares your values. Just wait until that society's values change and they turn on you. You really think "today's sophisticated mob" (trying hard not to laugh at this) would last long, unrestrained, before picking up weapons? Have a nice life. Who modded this up?

The time is well nigh for a functioning deflector shield system!

Holy crap, you need to mail this back in time to the MacGuyver writers immediately!!

Got any supporting evidence? ;p

SupremoMan, I would like to buy your rock.

I was in London hanging out with a Swiss-English guy, and we were talking about health chemistry. I kept saying "carbs," and he remarked, "Boy, you Americans really do have an abbreviation for everything." I hadn't even thought about saying the entire word. No time to waste, I suppose! :p

THANK YOU. I cannot stand this irritating get-off-my-lawnism that seems to think that the only "news for nerds" is gnome-kde flamewars. I mean jesus, people even bitched about the "interesting bash commands/scripts/etc" stories. Come on, if you really hate slashdot that much, start your own site solely for stories about how websites that aren't viewable on lynx are an abomination of nature or whatever it is you people consider "real" news for nerds. Idiots.

Disclaimer: I am aware that I am metacomplaining! :p

Explain how the present interface is a "godawful Web 2.0 mess."

The only thing that will compensate for any perceived "lack of ability" is when you stop assuming you lack it, and you start practicing it. Anything can be learned. Art is not magic. Creativity is not magic. It takes practice, just like anything else.