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UK Ministry of Defense Broken by Spoof Video

Posted by timothy on from the oopsie-daisy dept.

An anonymous reader submits "It seems that the Royal Dragoon Guards in Iraq decided to make a spoof of a Tony Christie video, which was recently re-released by Peter Kay for Comic Relief. However, the video file was over 50MB and it took out various e-mail systems, including those at RAF Strike Command. Despite the inadvertant denial of service attack, the MoD said the spoof was 'brilliant.'"

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  1. Re:Ouch by iainl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, but they _are_ getting shot at on our behalf (not that I asked them to participate in a possibly illegal invasion of a soverign nation under false pretences, but you know what I mean and /. has been over this enough times already...)

    Pissing them off because the resident BOFH doesn't want the hassle of large files moving about isn't a particularly nice thing to do.

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    "I Know You Are But What Am I?"
  2. Re:Ouch by sandwiches · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    1) They are NOT getting killed on my behalf. (Even if I were British)
    2) They volunteer to get shot at.
    3) They do get compensated for their job. Whether fairly, they agreed to it.

    So, don't give me this old story of 'I lost a leg in 'Nam for you. The least I deserve is some love.'