Visual DDoS Representation and Its Ramifications

winterbc writes "Prolexic has a report on Zombie infections that bring a visual representation of a DDoS attack. Besides being a rather cool picture, it brings to mind a possible future of personal computing. I would love to see a real-time picture of my 'net connections as my desktop picture, allowing me to change my 'net habits based on what I see. For example, I can download new images from the OPTE Project and set my desktop that way, but a more individual pathway highlighted with my favorite color could happen someday. My point is that while DDoS are painfully ubiquitous today, tomorrow visual mapping in real-time could be a path to the source of the problem."

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Grammar Cop

[Doc Ruby]

"Prolexic has a report on Zombie infections that bring a visual representation"

That would be a report, which brings a visual representation. These kinds of grammar errors come from the speaker/writer paying more attention to the last word they spoke/wrote ("infections") than to the subject of the sentence ("report") with which their next words must agree. The choice of "that/which" is a subtle style point in which few are skilled these days. But getting the plural of the subject and adjective to agree should be natural. Spoken English requires quick thinking, but written English allows a chance to reread the sentence before publishing it. The publishing effort is going to pay off a lot more when the statements are intelligible consistently by most readers.