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blaze Spinnaker

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Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

08-16-2005 20:15

Share them here!

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Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds :

"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."

Ghoti Nyak

καλλιστι

Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

08-16-2005 20:56

Win 2000 and older XP only being effected?

-Ghoti

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Hiro Pendragon

bye bye f0rums!

Join date: 22 Jan 2004

Posts: 5,905

08-16-2005 21:51

A little bird told me that SBC - the telecom company - got hit with this.

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Frostie Flora

Dilly-Dally Shilly-Shally

Join date: 27 May 2004

Posts: 526

08-16-2005 22:12

I don't really have many Worm stories, but don't get me started about haunted video cards, i'll be on it for hours,

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Eggy Lippmann

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Join date: 1 May 2003

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08-17-2005 00:42

Worm? What worm?
Is it one of those email things, I haven't used outlook for a century.

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Lora Morgan

Puts the "eek" in "geek"

Join date: 19 Mar 2004

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08-17-2005 05:49

Tapeworms kinda give me the creeps.

Jeffrey Gomez

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Join date: 11 Jun 2004

Posts: 3,522

08-17-2005 05:54

From: Eggy Lippmann

Worm? What worm?
Is it one of those email things, I haven't used outlook for a century.

The media put out some horror stories last night to the effect of "zOMG, the evil h4xx0rz made a worm that targetted Windows 2000! The sky is falling!"

Basically, Microsoft released security vulnerability notes before they had plans to patch the problem themselves. Several companies were affected, including CNN and Capital Hill. Of course, the worm involved realistically wasn't so bad from how it came off to me on the TV, basically forcing computers into a perpetual shutdown loop. It's since been patched.

The story was the usual FUD to be expected. "This is the closest to a zero day attack we've ever had, blah blah blah." Realistically, not much happened.

Honestly, if you plan to run Windows as a large corporate industry, learning to deal with these things is par for the course. Definitely not newsworthy... unless the news companies are affected.

Sad.

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blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	08-16-2005 20:15 Share them here! _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	08-16-2005 20:56 Win 2000 and older XP only being effected? -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Hiro Pendragon bye bye f0rums! Join date: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,905	08-16-2005 21:51 A little bird told me that SBC - the telecom company - got hit with this. _____________________ Hiro Pendragon ------------------ http://www.involve3d.com - Involve - Metaverse / Emerging Media Studio Visit my SL blog: http://secondtense.blogspot.com
Frostie Flora Dilly-Dally Shilly-Shally Join date: 27 May 2004 Posts: 526	08-16-2005 22:12 I don't really have many Worm stories, but don't get me started about haunted video cards, i'll be on it for hours, _____________________ (\ /) (o.o) (>< /_\|_\
Eggy Lippmann Wiktator Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 7,939	08-17-2005 00:42 Worm? What worm? Is it one of those email things, I haven't used outlook for a century. _____________________ Help us document Second Life history at http://slhistory.org!
Lora Morgan Puts the "eek" in "geek" Join date: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 779	08-17-2005 05:49 Tapeworms kinda give me the creeps.
Jeffrey Gomez Cubed™ Join date: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 3,522	08-17-2005 05:54 From: Eggy Lippmann Worm? What worm? Is it one of those email things, I haven't used outlook for a century. The media put out some horror stories last night to the effect of "zOMG, the evil h4xx0rz made a worm that targetted Windows 2000! The sky is falling!" Basically, Microsoft released security vulnerability notes before they had plans to patch the problem themselves. Several companies were affected, including CNN and Capital Hill. Of course, the worm involved realistically wasn't so bad from how it came off to me on the TV, basically forcing computers into a perpetual shutdown loop. It's since been patched. The story was the usual FUD to be expected. "This is the closest to a zero day attack we've ever had, blah blah blah." Realistically, not much happened. Honestly, if you plan to run Windows as a large corporate industry, learning to deal with these things is par for the course. Definitely not newsworthy... unless the news companies are affected. Sad. _____________________ ---