The past few days according to LJ (approximately)

[azurelunatic]

[Edited to add: The Alliance of Readers' Keyboards, Monitors, Housemates & Pets have advised that food and/or beverages be put to the side before reading.

Перевод на русский mcmartyn ]


Malicious Security Crackers: "We used to take an account and try out about 40,000 passwords on it in about 5 seconds to see if it would unlock. LJ doesn't let us do that anymore. Damn that LJ! We'll show them! Here, have a malicious script!"
Malicious script: *takes 5 most commonly used passwords, tries them on 40,000 different accounts*
4000 LJ accounts: *unlock*
Malicious Security Crackers: "Score!"
LJ Geeks: "O RLY."
LJ: *stops allowing even remotely easy passwords*
4000 LJ users: "Hey! That was a perfectly good password! Why'd you make me change it?"
LJ Support: *facepalm*

LJ Geeks: *write more code*
LJ Admin: "Release the code!" *pokes server*
LJ Server: *falls over* "Error 500! Ow!" *can't get up*
LJ Admin: *blush*
LJ Addicts: "OMG ERROR 500!!"
LJ Support: "We know."

Bantown Crackers: "Hey, cool security flaws in Javascript, IE, and Firefox!"
Security Flaws: "How are you gentlemen?!"
LJ: "What happen?"
Bantown Crackers: "All your base are belong to us."
LJ Admin: "Subdomains for everybody! Fuck off, craxx0rbitches."
Free Users: "Yaaaay!"
Paid Users: "...no fair. Like we ever use voice post."
Permanent Users: "STFU, n00bs."
LJ Admin: "What they said. Suck it. Security reasons. Plenty of other sites out there."
Early Adopters: "Where's the LOVE?"
brad: "STFU, n00bs."
_____xo_so_em0_x_xx_____: "MY UNDERSCORES! WTF!"
LJ Support: "You got a rename token, so suck it."
so__________gratuitous_x_x_x: "WTF? They got a free rename token and I didn't?"
LJ Support: "It's called restrictions on what subdomains can be named. Your username still works. Deal."
so__________gratuitous_x_x_x: "OMG THE HYPHENS!"
note_to_cat maintainer volunteering in Support: "Suck it."

Bantown Crackers: "We still got cookies, yo."
LJ Admins: "Oh no you don't."
All login cookies: *expire*
Bantown Crackers: "Well, fuck. Eh, more suckers to hack out there."
All previously logged-in users: "WTF? We're logged out!"
LJ Support: "Big frickin' deal. Log in again. Duh."

The half of LJ that wasn't paying attention: "...Dude. What did they do with the passwords and URLs and shit? How come I got logged out? Somebody? Anybody? Bueller?"
LJ Support: "OMG HEADACHE."

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

(here via friendsfriends page)

*ROFL and falls off the floor*

May I link this?

[azurelunatic]

Certainly!

(And. Goodness. All that yelling about hyphens.)

[conscience.livejournal.com]

*warning*
Do not read The Lunatic at 0630 with REALLY hot coffee in mouth.

[azurelunatic]

Never advised, that one.

Sticky stuff that's hard to get off the monitor isn't recommended either.

But sailorjim has more of a screenspew warning. Not on a regular basis, but when his life takes a turn for the surreal, he puts my poor efforts to shame.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Here via conscience. Good summary!

[crystalrowan.livejournal.com]

Got here via conscience - mind if I link to this and friend you? That was priceless. :)

[azurelunatic]

Perfectly all right. :)

[azurelunatic]

Thanks.

I keep repeating "Nasal fixation. Nasal fixation!" to myself when I see trollage nowadays, but perhaps unfortunately that makes trolls seem more like two-year-olds in need of a nap.

[crystalrowan.livejournal.com]

Groovy! :)

[newroticgirl.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

conscience is pimping you hardcore... I'm here from her too. :)

[azurelunatic]

Thanks!

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

Here via redaxe. This was priceless!

[azurelunatic]

Thanks!

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Here via redaxe and spreading the love.
Most excellent.

[azurelunatic]

Thanks. :)

[purpleallison.livejournal.com]

Oh, too too funny! Spreading the love more. You're going to be famous ;)

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Darn you. Darn you to heck.

I laughed my ass off. Now I have no ass.

My ass! My ass!

Do you know how hard it is to sit at a computer and read LJ without an ass?

[azurelunatic]

Eeep!

[azurelunatic]

Assuredly difficult!

[jacquilynne.livejournal.com]

I came via mscongeniality. Personally, I was amongst the clueless...

me: "Huh. An error." *reloads*
me: "Oh, well, it's gone."
Time: *passes*
me: "Huh. An error." *reloads*
me: "Oh, well, it's gone."
Time: *passes*
me: "Huh. An error." *reloads*
me: "Well, it's gone, but man, a lot of errors this weekend. "
Time: *passes*
me: "Huh. I'm logged out." *relogs*
Time: *passes*
me: "Huh. I'm logged out." *relogs*
Time: *passes*
me: "A summary of what's been going on on LJ? Something's been going on?" *reads*
me: "Oh, interesting. Who knew?"
me: "I should say something to her about this being funny."
me: *relogs*
me: "I came via mscongeniality. Personally, I was amongst the clueless..."

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Best explanation I've seen of what's going on. Thanks!

[bekijane.livejournal.com]

That needed a C&C warning. The cat is wearing my coffee, and the keyboard's part covered in egg roll.

Very very funny :-)

[azurelunatic]

*grin*

One of my friends was among the clueless (away from LJ, not technical, etc.) so I explained it to her in brief, and then when I hit the shower, my mind kept expanding on it in the familiar script-involving-things-that-shouldn't-be-speaking fashion, so I caved to the inevitable, wrote it up, and posted it.

[azurelunatic]

You're welcome! It sort of needed explaining, and then the sense of humor/muse/hour of the night got away from me.

[azurelunatic]

Poor cat! Poor keyboard!

Speaking of which, how's the hardware/software/wetware situation progressing? Anything?