Security Holes Found In Microsoft Easter Eggs | Written by Robert G. Werner on March 29, 2024 from the more-fake-news dept.REDMOND, WA -- It's damage control time for the Microsoft Marketing Machine. Not only have exploits been found in IE, Outlook, and even the Dancing Paper Clip, but now holes have been uncovered in Excel's Flight Simulator and Word's pinball game. Read more...
| Security Holes Found In Microsoft Easter Eggs | Written by Robert G. Werner on March 28, 2024 from the another-excuse-to-bash-microsoft dept.REDMOND, WA -- It's damage control time for the Microsoft Marketing Machine. Not only have exploits been found in IE, Outlook, and even the Dancing Paper Clip, but now holes have been uncovered in Excel's Flight Simulator and Word's pinball game. Read more...
| Welcome to Humorixia | Written by Jon Splatz, Humorix Pundit and Social Commentator, on March 27, 2024 from the The-Final-Solution dept."We the Geeks of Humorixia, in Order to form a more perfect, bullshit-free Society, establish real Justice, insure domestic Freedom, provide for the common defense of Geeks, promote the general Quality of Software, and secure the Blessings of Free Software to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this General Social License for the Nation of Humorixia..." Read more...
| Open Source Irrational Constant | Written by James Baughn on March 27, 2024 from the another-lame-humor-article dept.In a revelation that could rock the foundations of science, a researcher in Idaho has discovered that the digits of the irrational constant PI encode a version of the Linux kernel. "I can't believe it," the researcher, Morris Hensley, exclaimed. "And yet, here I am staring at what appears to be the source code for Linux kernel 4.0.0. Needless to say, my whole world-view has changed..." Read more...
| Could You Get Fired for Visiting Slashdot? | Written by James Baughn on March 27, 2024 from the stuff-to-read dept.Southopolis, CO -- Jay Ogier, an employee at quality-circles Consulting, Inc., was fired from his programming job because of his addiction to Slashdot. He typically visited Slashdot several times a day during working hours. Citing productivity problems, his boss gave him the pink slip and instituted a 'NoDot' policy -- no visiting Slashdot or related sites from the office, ever. Now Ogier has filed a lawsuit, claiming that his Slashdot addiction is protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. Read more...
| Open Source Beer Revolution | Written by James Baughn on March 27, 2024 from the another-lame-humor-article dept.Yesterday, Red Hat introduced an 'open source' beer called Red Brew. The recipes for making the beer are available for free over the Net, and microbrewery kits are available at low cost from Red Hat. Says a Red Hat spokesman, "With the proliferation of free (open source) software, it was only a matter of time before open source beer became reality. After all, the only thing hackers like more than free software is free beer!" Read more...
| Affordable Virtual Beowulf Cluster | Written by James Baughn on March 27, 2024 from the another-excuse-to-bash-microsoft dept.Every nerd drools over Beowulf clusters, but very few have even seen one, much less own one. Until now, that is. Lauren McCoy, the open source hacker famous for EviL (the dancing ASCII paperclip add-on to vi), is working on a program that will emulate Beowulf clusters on a standard desktop PC. Read more...
| Will Silicon Valley Become A Ghost Town? | Written by Robert G. Werner on March 27, 2024 from the stuff-to-laugh-at dept.Back in the 80s, businessmen hoped that computers would usher in a paperless office. Now in the 00s, businessmen are hoping that paper will usher in a computerless office. "We've lost more productivity this last decade to shoddy software," explained Mr. Lou Dight, the author of the bestselling book, "The Dotless Revolution". "By getting rid of computers and their infernal crashes, bluescreens, and worst of all, Solitaire, the US gross domestic product will soar by 20% over the next decade. It's time to banish Microsoft crapware from our corporate offices." Read more...
| Microsoft Fights Linux -- By Contributing Kernel Patches | Written by James Baughn on March 28, 2024 from the another-lame-humor-article dept.If you can't beat 'em, join 'em... and then destory 'em. That seems to be the new Microsoft strategy for dealing with Linux. Instead of fighting a FUD or patent war, Microsoft operatives are doing something totally out of character: they are contributing patches for the Linux kernel and other programs. It's all part of a massive denial of service attack against Linus Torvalds designed to bring kernel development to a standstill. By sending over 30,000 patches per minute by email to Linus and other top kernel hackers, Microsoft has exposed Linux's Achilles heel. Read more...
| Invasion of the Dancing Penguin | Written by James Baughn on March 29, 2024 from the more-filler-material dept.Those annoying, dancing cartoon characters embedded in software applications are no longer confined to Microsoft programs. They have entered the realm of Linux. A new Linux distribution under development, called LinTux, promises to provide a more "user-friendly" environment through its "Dancing Penguin" assistant. Read more...
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