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  1. Re:Yes, I know this is off-topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Oracle Not Satisfied With Potential $150,000; Goes Against Judge's Warning

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts and sockpuppets to accuse nearly 20 people of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using his sockpuppets, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the accused in order to filter their viewpoints. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing else but criticize Google for something or praise a competitor. Many of them are subscribers who get the first post because subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations gets posted, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his sockpuppets, while Rui's posts get modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters will appear to give support and receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    The following accounts have been confirmed to be Rui Maciel, in order of activity. You'll notice that they all share a posting style and often reply to each other:

    HarrySquatter
    Galestar
    GameboyRMH
    ZeroSumHappiness
    Jeng
    scot4875
    Nerdfest
    TheNarrator
    flurp
    anonymov
    chrb
    zidium
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    forkfail
    icebike
    ilguido
    psiclops
    Toonol
    russotto
    rreyelts
    symbolset

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Macie

  2. Organized pro-Google trolling campaign on Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Court Rules NSA Doesn't Have To Confirm Or Deny Secret Relationship With Google

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts and sockpuppets to accuse nearly 20 people of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using his sockpuppets, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the accused in order to filter their viewpoints. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing else but criticize Google for something or praise a competitor. Many of them are subscribers who get the first post because subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations gets posted, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his sockpuppets, while Rui's posts get modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters will appear to give support and receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    The following accounts have been confirmed to be Rui Maciel, in order of activity. You'll notice that they all share a posting style and often reply to each other:

    HarrySquatter
    Galestar
    GameboyRMH
    ZeroSumHappiness
    Jeng
    Nerdfest
    TheNarrator
    flurp
    anonymov
    chrb
    zidium
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    forkfail
    icebike
    ilguido
    psiclops
    Toonol
    russotto
    rreyelts
    symbolset

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is waging an organ

  3. GreatBunzinni exposed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Richard Stallman Falls Ill At Conference

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    TheNarrator
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    icebike
    ilguido
    psiclops
    rreyelts
    russotto
    symbolset
    zidium

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  4. GreatBunzinni exposed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Botched Repair Likely Cause of Combusting iPhone After Flight

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    TheNarrator
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    icebike
    ilguido
    psiclops
    rreyelts
    russotto
    zidium

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  5. Mod manipulation by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Ask Slashdot: Companies That Force Employees To Join Social Networks?

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops
    rreyelts
    russotto
    zidium

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  6. Mod manipulation by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Physicists Create a Working Transistor From a Single Atom

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops
    rreyelts
    russotto
    zidium

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  7. Mod manipulation by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Google Chrome: the New Web Platform?

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops
    rreyelts
    russotto

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  8. Mod manipulation by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Google Chrome: the New Web Platform?

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops
    rreyelts

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  9. Mod manipulation by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on Google Chrome: the New Web Platform?

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  10. Mod manipulation by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll · on Canada's Online Surveillance Bill: Section 34 "Opens Door To Big Brother"

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  11. Mod manipulation by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on Space Team Reunites For John Glenn's Friendship 7

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot.

    Most of the users who Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising a competitor to Google at some point in the past. Many of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  12. Trolling campaign by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on UK Plans More Spying On Internet Users Under 'Terrorism' Pretext

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot. While trolling Slashdot, he listens to rock music like Motorhead, Fu Manchu, and Iron Maiden, but lately he's been on a big Jimi Hendrix kick, with some Bootsy Collins on the side (as you might have guessed, he has a Last.fm account). He's also a fan of strategy games like Vega Strike and Transport Tycoon.

    Most of the users Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising competitors to Google or other Linux-based products at some point in the past. Some of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  13. Trolling campaign by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on Google Working On Password Generator For Chrome

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot. While trolling Slashdot, he listens to rock music like Motorhead, Fu Manchu, and Iron Maiden, but lately he's been on a big Jimi Hendrix kick, with some Bootsy Collins on the side (as you might have guessed, he has a Last.fm account). He's also a fan of strategy games like Vega Strike and Transport Tycoon.

    Most of the users Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising competitors to Google or other Linux-based products at some point in the past. Some of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    Toonol
    anonymov
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  14. Trolling campaign by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Google Working On Password Generator For Chrome

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot. While trolling Slashdot, he listens to rock music like Motorhead, Fu Manchu, and Iron Maiden, but lately he's been on a big Jimi Hendrix kick, with some Bootsy Collins on the side (as you might have guessed, he has a Last.fm account). He's also a fan of strategy games like Vega Strike and Transport Tycoon.

    Most of the users Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising competitors to Google or other Linux-based products at some point in the past. Some of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: http://www.programmersheaven.com/user/GreatBunzinni/contributions

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar

    NicknameOne

    Nicknamename

    Nerdfest

    Toonol

    anonymov

    chrb

    flurp

    forkfail

    psiclops

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  15. Trolling campaign by GreatBunzinni, aka Rui Maciel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1 · on Google Working On Password Generator For Chrome

    GreatBunzinni, real name Rui Maciel, has been using anonymous posts to accuse almost 20 accounts of being employed by a PR firm to astroturf Slashdot, without any evidence. Using multiple puppet accounts, he mods up these anonymous posts while modding down the target accounts in order to censor their viewpoints off of Slashdot. GreatBunzinni accidentally outed himself as the anonymous troll who has been posting these accusations to every Slashdot story. For example, he wrote the same post almost verbatim, first using his logged-in account followed by an anonymous post days later. Note the use of the same script and wording.

    It turns out GreatBunzinni is actually a 31-year-old C++/Java programmer from Almada, Portugal named Rui Maciel, with a civil engineering degree from Instituto Superior Técnico and a hobby working with electronics. He runs Kubuntu and is active on the KDE mailing list. Rui Maciel has accounts at OSNews, Launchpad, ProgrammersHeaven, the Ubuntu forums, and of course Slashdot. While trolling Slashdot, he listens rock music like Motorhead, Fu Manchu, and Iron Maiden, but lately he's been on a big Jimi Hendrix kick, with some Bootsy Collins on the side (as you might have guessed, he has a Last.fm account). He's also a fan of strategy games like Vega Strike and Transport Tycoon.

    Most of the users Rui targets have done nothing more than commit the sin of praising competitors to Google or other Linux-based products at some point in the past. Some of them are subscribers who often get the first post, since subscribers see stories earlier than non-subscribers. After one of Rui's accusations is posted as a reply, the original post receives a surge of "Troll" and "Overrated" moderations from his puppet accounts, while the accusatory post gets modded up. Often, additional anonymous posters suddenly pop up to give support, which also receive upmods. At the same time, accused users who defend themselves are modded down as "Offtopic."

    Rui Maciel's contact information
    Email: greatbunzinni@gmail.com, greatbunzinni@engineer.com, or rui.maciel@gmail.com
    IM: greatbunzinni@jabber.org (the same Jabber account currently listed on his Slashdot account)
    Blog: http://rui_maciel.users.sourceforge.net/
    Programming projects: ProgrammersHeaven page

    Known puppet accounts used by Rui Maciel
    Galestar
    NicknameOne
    Nicknamename
    Nerdfest
    chrb
    flurp
    forkfail
    psiclops

    tl;dr: An Ubuntu fan named Rui Maciel is actively trolling Slashdot with multiple moderator accounts in an attempt to filter dissenting opinions off the site.

  16. limitations by grue23 · · Score: 1 · on New TLDs On The Way From ICANN
    I would frankly rather see a limitation on the number of domains (not TLDs) that any single entity (person/company) can register. It drives me up a wall to see companies getting .com, .org, and .net, all with the same first name. Don't even get me started on the ones that ate all kind of good names in order to sell them, or to allow people to have a variety of email addresses (e.g. see iName.)

    My suspicion is that if TLDs are added, the companies will just start blanket registering in the new spaces and nothing useful will be accomplished. I know /. folks hate to hear this, but I think domains need to be handled by a heavy handed single entity (while allowing countries to manage stuff inside their own country TLDs).