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Clever New Windows Worm
freakboy303 sent in linkage to a new worm
that will no doubt be cluttering our inboxes soon. Clever bits include running its own SMTP
service to increase chance of success, as well as using a bunch of spaces
to disguise the true extension of the executable. No doubt countless copycats
will soon follow and our inboxes will be cluttered by countless copies
of the thing. Not that there's a problem with windows security.
I simply assumed that people on Slashdot are above those biases. We are (mostly) computer and science enthusiasts, and, generally, those types are able to make well-informed decisions about things. And, decisions of that sort are best made without the influence of bias. Some would argue that if bias is a factor, those decisions are no longer well-informed - they are inherently ill-formed.
I could be wrong, but I thought that most of the users of Slashdot were above bias. I may have been wrong. Please excuse me if I was.
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.
I'd prefer it if they just wouldn't post anything about MS unless its related to Linux. Fact is, bad publicity is still publicity. If they wanted to be mature about MS vs. Linux, they wouldn't post this stuff.
/. are kids fresh out of school, without any business tact (not that I've shown much, but I'm not being paid to be here...).
The key word is in the above paragraph is "mature". Its like I always say about elitests and linux. They like being able to put other OSs (in this case) down, that is why you find people bashing Linux newbies instead of helping them out. Cause if everyone used Linux, they wouldn't be "special" and be able to insult the "average man".
Remember, the men behind
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!