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posted by LaminatorX on Thursday February 20 2014, @04:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the Fistfull-of-Euros dept.

Open4D writes:

"The BBC reports that a bounty of 10,000 Euro ($13,700) is 'being offered to catch the people who took the online multiplayer game Wurm offline.' A blog entry on their website says, 'we can offer 10,000 Euro for any tips or evidence leading to a conviction of the person responsible for this attack.'

For those unfamiliar, Wurm Online is, according to Wikipedia, a 3D MMORPG from Sweden that came out in 2006. The client 'is developed in Java and uses OpenGL.'

Presumably they're hoping someone with inside knowledge of the attack will be tempted to inform on the main culprits. Or maybe Microsoft's commendable botnet-fighting unit has a chance to claim the money?"

 
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  • (Score: 1) by buswolley on Thursday February 20 2014, @05:44PM

    by buswolley (848) on Thursday February 20 2014, @05:44PM (#3589)

    My slashdot sig for a decade was, "A good troll is better than a bad human."

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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by buswolley on Thursday February 20 2014, @05:46PM

    by buswolley (848) on Thursday February 20 2014, @05:46PM (#3591)

    Feature for improved grammar: Edit post button.

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Open4D on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:25PM

      by Open4D (371) on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:25PM (#3616) Journal

      Editing posts? Wouldn't that also necessitate code to handle re-moderation? And meta-re-moderation?

      That's quite a lot of complexity just to deal with problems that could be caught using the preview feature.

      Possibly though, there could be an option available in the preferences, for users who don't feel well enough protected at the moment, to have a 2nd preview. This 2nd preview would show your comment on screen, nested below all its 'ancestor' comments. There would be almost nothing else on that screen, except "Are you really sure you want to post this?" and buttons "Yes" and "No, go back and edit it further".

      • (Score: 2, Funny) by buswolley on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:59PM

        by buswolley (848) on Thursday February 20 2014, @06:59PM (#3635)

        :) Preview?
        Who does that?

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      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by TheRaven on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:13PM

        by TheRaven (270) on Thursday February 20 2014, @07:13PM (#3643) Journal
        To properly handle editing posts, you need proper versioning for posts. It would be okay to just invalidate moderation, but you really want to be able to have every user see older versions of posts to see if a reply changes meaning based on what was said earlier. There are also some legal implications: if you can't edit your own posts then you can't be compelled by a court (or C&D letter) to do so, they have to go through the hosting site, which may be in a completely different jurisdiction.
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