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Boing Boing Founder Warns of "Internet AIDS" 154

An anonymous reader writes "Cory Doctorow, founder of Boing Boing, says he doesn't have a problem in principle with the automated network defense systems that guard the Internet against malware, spamigation bots, and other network nasties. However, in his article 'The Future of Internet Immune Systems,' he bemoans the problems caused by 'Internet autoimmune disorder' — where the network defenses designed to block network attacks are automated and instantaneous, but the systems in place to reverse erroneous lockdowns are manual and unresponsive."

Comment To paraphrase the entire internet (Score -1) 66

"lol ps3 sux nintendo 4 lyfe" With that out of the way, would it be unreasonable to ask why it took this long for the PS3 to have a "hit" like this? They had such a strong showing pre-release. Did the games just not live up to the hype?(I do not have a PS3 nor have I played one, so I wouldn't know how the games actually are.)

Comment O/P (Score 1) 177

"In addition to their continuing scientific observations, they are now testing four new skills included in revised flight software uploaded to their onboard computers."

Anyone else read this and think of an RPG? I was half expecting to find the comments filled with demands of nerfing and buffing the new skills.

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