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BBC Links Linux To MyDoom

Posted by simoniker on from the supporting-the-cause dept.

minus_273 writes "It seems the BBC has a story on their front page titled 'Linux cyber-battle turns nasty', very specifically linking Linux users to the MyDoom virus. Some lines to note: 'If anyone's anger has no measure, it is the wrath of internet zealots who believe that code should be free to all (open source). So, it seems likely that the perpetrators of the MyDoom virus and its variants are internet vandals with a specific grudge.'"

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  1. OT: Did /. go down earlier by mcbridematt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is off topic, but can anyone confirm that /. Seriously fuckup earlier? I got 503 rejections, followed with what appears to be cached content.

    1. Re:OT: Did /. go down earlier by DigiShaman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ya, it's been jacked up for the past few hours for me. I keeped getting 503 errors depending on the link.

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    2. Re:OT: Did /. go down earlier by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah. Slashdot must run on Linux.

    3. Re:OT: Did /. go down earlier by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes, seriously offtopic (hence anon), but it was down.

    4. Re:OT: Did /. go down earlier by Hopelessness · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yes, it was definitly offline. Were they possibly updating something? All links simply displayed the main page. That is if you got past the main index, which indeed got you a 503 error.

    5. Re:OT: Did /. go down earlier by Goonie_Goo · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Yeah I got the same thing too..

      Rather weird.

      I had assumed it might be the silly firewall I am behind but it appears that's not the case...

  2. SLASHDOT = RUNNED BY INEPT IDIOT LINUX FANBOYS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell do you expect? Slashdot is the pinnacle of hypocritical zealotry, the kind of retards that turn Open Source into a religion then blame something else when the software they use fucks up (either that or they are making on-the-fly code changes on the production servers *again*). Fucking losers...

  3. Re:Research...? by rjelks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That reminds me of the "Google Traffic Takes Down Web Site" article a little while ago. I wonder if the BBC reporter read that article. It would be ironic if the BBC was slashdoted after writing such a negotive story. I think if anyone has a problem with the BBC article they should contact the BBC and let their feelings be known.

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  4. Re:Oh come off it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're an idiot too.

  5. Alternative Lyrics by gerardlt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To the music of Morcheeba's Big Calm. Feel free to make improvements. Copyright
    retained; Licensed under GPL, until someone claims I copied it from them...

    Accused by SCO,
    What are we to do?
    Darl is on another planet,
    Y'all know the truth.

    Claims our code was once his own.
    Copied? Never!! brouh!!
    Thinks we don't know our stuff, to write our own?

    Never copied.
    Freako, now blaming IBM.
    You fed up listening?
    Claims: "This code is my own", ah,
    Fuck that bullshit,
    Rather write my own.
    Are we standing on the verge of
    another suit?

    Super trojan, Novarg the great.
    And Darl McBride,
    How much more can you take?

    <sarcasm>
    It's
    Te-te-te-te-terrible,
    Te-te-te -te-terrible.
    </sarcasm>

    It's a lawsuit.
    Super Trojan, Darl is on another planet,
    Y'all know the truth.

    It's all bullshit.
    Super Trojan, Darl is from another planet,
    Y'all know the truth.

    Super trojan, Novarg the Great,
    And everyone?
    How much more can we take?
    It's
    Te-te-te-te-terrible,
    Te-te-te-te-te rrible.

    On our way to the court
    Te-te-te-te-terrible,
    Te-te-te-te-terrible .

    On our way to the court
    Te-te-te-te-terrible,
    Te-te-te-te-terrible .

    Te-te-te-te-terrible,
    Te-te-te-te-terrible.

    It's McBride's new ... 'biz' model sighted.
    It's McBride and a ... a market sighted.
    It's McBride and a ... a sellout sighted!

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  6. Re:Why I'm not surprised... by arrogance · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Have you READ ./ recently?"

    What's dotslash? Does that mean web servers are getting dot-slashed all day?

  7. Re:mod parent up (informative) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Even France, Germany and Russia all stated that Iraq had WMD before the war.

    Only Bush haters believe otherwise...

    Forget that we are looking for 80-100 drums of chemicals in a country the size of California.