Meh... it's not that bad. I haven't been on the internet now for months, and I don't miss it one bit. :p

And not just any dead - EVIL DEAD! <Ash> Shop smart - shop at S(CO)-Mart! </Ash>

You've been "mostly dead" all day...

Sure, you say that now, but you'll appreciate the DHS when they protect you from whatever unthinkable things come forth from R'lyeh...

For the record, in Debian this can also be found in /etc/debian_version as well.

Reports like this, where fairly old records are referenced, always make me wonder about the accounting that we keep regarding current events. To what degree will our own stories be available to future generations? We have an ever-growing dependency on a computerized-only storage monoculture, and frankly all this may just be a good $CATASTROPHE$ away from being made into doorstops.

I'm not suggesting we transfer the contents of Slashdot to cave paintings, or transcribe $CELEBRITY_DU_JOUR$'s Tweets to stone tablets, but does anyone know of projects underway to preserve the highlights of modern history in some sort of permanent medium? Is anyone taking down the top x significant stories in a year and sticking them in a jar in a cave somewhere?
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...or is that too soon?

You're absolutely right. I have prod, dev, and UAT instances of Captain Morgan, and they all seem equally potent.

The choice of words in this post is interesting.

Instead of being scared or frightened, check if you have a vulnerable device in a vulnerable configuration. If you do, change the password, or better yet, flash the firmware. Monitor your other systems for signs of compromise. Fix any issues you find in the manner that makes the most sense.

I don't see where the implications of this botnet are any more or less scary than any other botnet based on the affected population. I imagine for most OpenWRT users, their device is their main gateway to the internet and once they have the device configured the way they want, they don't have much of a need to mess with it unless their needs change, and out of sight, out of mind.

We have enough manufactured fear being thrown at us as it is.

This is my opinion, please feel free to disagree.

I don't mind your flawed logic, but dude. I had to friggin sit through Latin in school, the last year it was required (lucky me) so now I get to be a self-righteous poindexter grammar asshole on slashdot. The plural of fetus is "fetuses". Not "feti", and sure as hell not "fetii". Now get off my lawn and turn off that damn swing music, damn kids...

The old adage works here - never ascribe to malice that which can be easily explained by incompetence.

So... this has nothing at all to do with Tungsten then?