Amazing Furor Over an Article

Lost User

Marc Clifton

Rob Manderson wrote:

I used the power for what I think was good

I can't even find it in the google cache! Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

Daniel Turini

Marc Clifton wrote:

I can't even find it in the google cache!

And I think I was the only one who tried this. Google probably never indexed the article as it was posted this weekend. I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

Binary Boy

Gone. What did it say about hacking XP? Was it a security flaw of some kind?

Jim Crafton

The article provided, supposedly, ways to create a fake user account, access/recover the Admin password, as well other utilities like this. I posted a comment about the article that prompted some of the "you're a lier" responses by noting the "article" as submitted was not an article by CP standards. The guy had put together a few sentences in poorly written english mentioning his article and how he'd been rejected by some other code site. The meat of the article was in his link to a PDF. If you opened the PDF, the content is there, albeit in below average english, and it *is* somewhat interesting, however that's not how we do articles at CP :) (IMHO) Also in the PDF are what appear to be hacked BIOS passwords, which I mentioned was an uncool thing to publish. Apparently this pissed people off, our friend and hero Bill S steps in with his usually witty offerings, and we're off to the race course after that! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!

Nish Nishant

Jim Crafton wrote:

Apparently this pissed people off, our friend and hero Bill S steps in with his usually witty offerings, and we're off to the race course after that!

Or in short, it's all your fault, Jim! Shame on you. :rolleyes: Regards, Nish

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Michael Dunn

The author also openly admitted that he asked friends to sign up and comment positively on the article. :rolleyes:

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Christian Graus

Wow - I can't believe I missed it... Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

Neville Franks

Michael Dunn wrote:

The author also openly admitted that he asked friends to sign up and comment positively on the article.

I very much doubt they were friends, more like clones.:omg: One even wanted to rate the article 10 out of 5. It was rating around 1.6 at the time. He did a great job of shooting the messengers. I was looking forward to seeing more comments this morning.:-D Neville Franks, Author of Surfulater www.surfulater.com "Save what you Surf" and ED for Windows www.getsoft.com

Michael Dunn

Well, whether they were friends or sock puppets, it was still pretty bad behavior all around (even before He Who Shall Not Be Named jumped in).

--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

Jim Crafton

You have NO idea how much it took to not respond to him. Oooohhh, it was so tempting.... ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!

RaviBee

Marc, it's there. See this[^] screenshot (contents of article not revealed). /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

Member 96

The only troubling thing about this is proof of the continuing presence of BillS