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2008 Pwnie Award Nominees Announced

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-little-pwnie dept.

ruphus13 writes "The Pwnie Awards, an 'annual awards ceremony celebrating and making fun of the achievements and failures of security researchers and the wider security community' announced their 2008 nominees. From their site, 'The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is finally published. We've received some really good submissions and it was not an easy task to narrow them down to five nominees per category, but we hope that we've done a good job. The next step for the Pwnie Awards judges will gather in an undisclosed location prior to the award ceremony and vote on the winners.'"

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  1. Obligatory.. by nathan+s · · Score: 5, Funny

    OMG PWNIESS!!!

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    1. Re:Obligatory.. by Nerdfest · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can't believe I haven't heard that before. Maybe it's because I pronounce the P as an O ... I always thought 'pwn' was just the way it was spelled.

    2. Re:Obligatory.. by pwnies · · Score: 5, Funny

      You called?

    3. Re:Obligatory.. by aldo.gs · · Score: 3, Funny

      Reminds me of that comment when someone wrote "*Shakes little fist*" and then Little fist replied with "cut it out". Very surreal stuff, heh.

  2. Pwned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their web server has been pwned.

    1. Re:Pwned by xouumalperxe · · Score: 3, Funny

      We're programmers here, we start at the zero-th decade, you noob.

  3. Slashdotted in under 10 minutes! by russlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did we just set some sort of record?

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    1. Re:Slashdotted in under 10 minutes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      no

  4. does social hacking count? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft sure pwned the ISO when they got OOXML 'accepted' as a 'standard.'

  5. Re:coral cache link by russlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can we nominate you for a Pwnie Award for hosting a server on a DSL line?

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  6. Re:coral cache link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can we nominate you for a Pwnie Award for hosting a server on a DSL line?

    Sure, but I doubt you'll be able to get to the site to submit the nomination :-)

    I didn't expect to get Slashdotted. Last year I submitted a link to the awards and it didn't even make it to the front page, so I figured that nobody outside of the security industry cared.

    Alexander Sotirov
    Pwnie Awards

  7. Re:Site seems to be PWNED by jorgevillalobos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Concern? Their collapsed server is now more secure than it has ever been!

  8. Do I win? by pwnies · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do I win?

    1. Re:Do I win? by CRiyl · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, you need 2007 more of you to count. ;-)

  9. Re:Most EPIC fail, Windows Vista? by Geak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Very poorly implemented. The majority of people who use computers are completely computer illiterate. Most times I'm suprised they can figure out how to do something as technical as breathing. Anyway, what I'm getting at is they wouldn't know WTF "privileged" means in computer terms, even after consulting a dictionary.

    The dialog should just say, "You are about to give a program permission to do whatever the fuck it wants to your computer, including INFECT IT WITH A VIRUS if it so chooses!!!! Unless you know 100% that the program is safe to run, or at least know how to fix ANY problem if it occurs, I strongly suggest you PROMPTLY CLICK NO!!!!". If they click the yes button they should be prompted for their windows product key, twice.

    This might discourage people from clicking yes to everything. It may also discourage software companies from writing software that requires admin access. Better yet, it may encourage people who don't know how to use a computer to not use one. Then they can go back to using crayons, paper, envelopes and stamps to send an email.