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When Users Attack

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-came-that-way-honest dept.

AdmiralKit writes "Ever wonder how much damage some users can inflict on their computers? This site documents the cream of the crop of parts that have been returned because they are "defective" or "broken." Pretty amazing what people can do to computers in the middle of the information age."

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  1. Cache and so on and so forth by delta407 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Obligatory Google cache, though it seems to be largely a picture collection, so it's not too helpful.

    According to the news on this page, the URL posted originally belonged to jonnyguru.com. But, unfortunately, the Wayback machine's archive for that site goes back to just after it was displaced, so it appears we're SOL until the server comes back to life.

    Oh well...

  2. Re:Google cache links to the first few pages by deander2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    google caches the html, not the images...
    just FYI

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  3. Some pictures here by cperciva · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google has a few of the pictures here.

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  4. Re:When Slashdot attacks by Melmac · · Score: 5, Informative

    I sure appreciate the link....but apparently my provider didn't. The canceled my account this morning: Hello, Please be advised that your hosting account thetechboard.com is in violation of our Internet Service Agreement at http://www.webmasters.com/agreement.htm due to consistent 73% CPU usage by your website. Your CPU usage must not exceed 33%. Your website has crashed our server two times today, and this cannot continue. Due to the severity of this problem, we have decided to permanently close your account. To receive a refund of any pre-paid hosting fees, please go to https://secure.webmasters.com/cancel.php3. Sorry, our decision to terminate your account is final and cannot be appealed. If you need to arrange a time to download your files, please contact us at support@webmasters.com within 24 hours. Thank you for your understanding. Best regards, WEBMASTERS.COM Security Department That was the first e-mail. Here is the second: Hello, If it helps any, the cause of your traffic flood was a link on the front page of http://www.slashdot.org a very high traffic site probably run with multiple dedicated servers. In situations like this, it is great to get all that trafic, but you must have a dedicated server to handle the load. The amount of traffic sent to your site is equivalent to 100,000+ unique visitors per day. We are sorry to have to close your account, but we cannot take a chance of having 299 other users be down because of your domain. Thank you for your understanding. Best regards, ----Name Removed---- WEBMASTERS.COM Support Supervisor Man-oh-man. My day really sux now. :( -Melmac TheTechBoard.com Administrator/Owner