subgeek's Journal: unnatural intrusion security

i submitted this, but it was rejected, as is much more common with my submissions than being accepted.

some tv station in north carolina was (sorta) hacked. they had a web app that allowed businesses to send in messages about delays and closings due to bad weather or whatever. their mistake was that they only checked the messages when they were originally submitted, but then allowed the messages to be updated, or in this case, completely changed. here's the article from securityfocus and here are screenshots of the messages.

and a poll: which ticker message is your favorite? i think i'm partial to the "windows 32 exception error" message.

This

[stoolpigeon]

got a lot of attention at Fark. Maybe why /. didn't go for it.

I have to admit that "All your base" was my favorite. Old and tired maybe but I'm just that lame.

Re:This

[subgeek]

i only scan fark sporadically, so i missed this there. that's ok; it's still funny.

the all your base joke is not any more worn out than the windows error joke. right now i'm looking at the all your base mug on my desk.

hehehe... niiice

[FortKnox]

leetspeak linguistics was funny, but how could they let Cecil's Cockring Emporium on the air? The FCC musta browned their pants when they saw that.

obscurestore . com

[mekkab]

Obscurestore had this a while ago.

Very funny.

Taco has no sense of humour

[John Harrison]

He has stated that he dislikes the "+1 Funny" moderation. Note that there are no quickies anymore. Humour would be absent from the site if it were up to Taco.

BTW, thanks, I hadn't seen that and I got a kick out of it.

Re:Taco has no sense of humour

[subgeek]

his sig is still Pants are still optional, but recommended for you. hopefully that means he still has some sense of humor. slashdot is a serious thing, though. we wouldn't want anyone messing it up with levity.

i had missed the various places this was posted as well. that's why i shared it here, hoping i wasn't the last person on earth to hear this joke.

That wins!

[curtisk]

LMAO that made my week (so far)...thanks

Colonel Angus

[red5]

Colonel Angus was my favorite. I like the comment the site owner made about taking a while to get this one. Something tells me he's still waiting.

Re:Colonel Angus

[subgeek]

well, it was broadcast in north carolina. people reading it aloud probably caught on.

Re:Colonel Angus

[red5]

I was implying that the owner of the website probably still hasn't gotten laid.

i misplaced the antecedent of "it"

[subgeek]

i'm slow like that sometimes.

Bring 'Em Young - contact R. Kelly

[memfree]

That one was is sooo wrong. Loved it.

Bring'em young,

[Ashtead]

Under the picture of the school bus.

But both the "All your base" and the "Windows Error" are howlers as well!

Strange how several of them had a comical or even surreal connection to the main picture at the time.

Great laughs! :-D