April 20, 2004

Uh oh
posted by Argh 20 years ago
  • So this TCP vulnerability, it vibrates?
  • watson is finally getting the credit he deserves after being in holmes's shadow for so long
  • I, for one, welcome our new tiger overlords! *returns to being a naked monkey running through the jungle*
  • The risk was similar to Internet users "running naked through the jungle, which didn't matter until somebody released some tigers," ...but there's always the bugs... *shudders
  • hackers would understand how to begin launching attacks "within five minutes of walking out of that meeting." Oh well. I could use some vacation from my interweb addiction. It's cold turkey or it won't work. /flagpole's hands begin to fill with little pins of sweat; looks around nervously to check for fresh coffee grounds.
  • Note that it just looks like a DOS, not anything really scary.
  • I love how the headline reads like this is breaking news. Hackers cand exploit internet technology? NO WAY? I never would have guessed thats what they used.
  • this is why we have laws equating (in terms of punishment) unauthorized network penetration with child rape.
  • How will this affect my crippling porn addiction?
  • Depends on how many gigabytes you've got stashed away to tide you over, leviathan.
  • Windows has no plans to release an update. This, at least, is one source of relief.
  • *Puts on clothes - strolls through jungle looking disdainfully at tigers*
  • I love that no matter how good they get at making it secure, there will always be some antisocial little geek in his mother's basement hacking away that is so much better. ALL HAIL THE GEEKS!
  • Let the tigers come with their claws!
  • Hey look, they have the Internet on computers now!
  • So these tigers, they have claws? *looks worried, begins searching for haberdashery in jungle*
  • I propose that we select a handful of monkeys, some by merits, others by lottery, and stash them on a private, isolated LAN so that they preserve MonkeyFilter (and several gigabytes of quality pr0n) active and safe from the Internet Meltdown. We should also stockpile them with enough rifles and ammunition to fend off internet deprived mutants an mefites. Centuries latter, when the golden internetless age secedes and the humanity is ready again to indulge itself in pr0n and masturbatory bloggification the monkeys will rise as masters and holders of the RealUltimatePower(tm).
  • Z-- you've been talking to ol' Jim Loy again, am I right?
  • I can't help it :(