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Mozilla Foundation tackles Firefox bug
THE MOZARELLA FOUNDATION is investigating a cheesy Javascript flaw in Firebadger 3.5 that leaves one's computer open to a serious attack.
The critical flaw was revealed by insecurity outfit Secunia, which found that some exploit code is already available online. There have been no reports yet of the flaw being exploited in the wild, but that is likely just a matter of time.
The flaw is activated by a poisoned web page that is usually handed over by a wicked witch while the dwarfs are away at work and causes the user to fall asleep for a thousand years. [I think you have been writing too many insecurity stories. - Ed]
There is a temporary fix for the problem. It involves disabling the new Javascript processing feature in Firefox 3.5 and thus rendering the upgrade to from 3.0 to 3.5 largely pointless.
However the Mozzarella Foundation says it's close to fixing the hole and will issue an update to patch it fairly soon. We guess the race is on to see who gets there first. µ
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Ran the update, made a background check, background check on update indicates, bug supposed to be fixed.
Some of the puns are witty, and some are not.
A pun like Itanic or Internet Exploder captures in one or two words what others have to write a full page about.
The Mozzarella pun is one of the weaker ones, though.
Well said!
I've been reading L'Inq for a fair few years and possibly the other plaice even longer (going back to 1999). I love the humour of the site, it makes a change from the stuffy IT sites out there. I think the first bit of Inq slang I remember is Itanic.
I say keep the slang, I can't get enough of it myself, it keeps me smiling (and in my job, I need something to keep my smiling from supporting VoleSoft infected machines). Give me a good dollop of Open Sauce any day!
Rob
Mozarella, haahhaahahah...
I just love it when the penguin sodomizing crowd gets pissed off because of INQ slang! Keep up the good work folks!
Just wait 'til teh n00bs encounter references to the mighty Vole!
I like The Inq's unique approach to journalism vs. the PR bunny stenography so common elsewhere...
*Yet another* feather plucked from the ever balding arse of FirePheasant...
The ol' fox *is* starting to look a little mangy around the edges, yes.
Another fix would be to use Opera Browser :)
And I love the INQslang! "Firebadger" LOL!!
Why doesn't The Inquirer knock Firefox like you do with Internet Explorer.....oops sorry I believe you call it Internet Exploder
Please don't heed the words of those heretics, the articles with their mix of slang are fine the way they are!
Rich Wargo, exactly!! I was waiting for a comment like that ;-)
Oh, stop your whining, you silly little sissy boys!
Part of the reason this old timer enjoys the INQ is their use of clever puns and inside jokes. After all, I've seen it all before over and over, so the actual news content is pretty boring.
You young people today are so humourless and dull, no wonder your parents don't want you around.
So maybe you should take the hint, move out of mummy's basement and get a REAL LIFE.
Who knows? Perhaps you can use your lack of humour for the betterment of mankind? (On some other planet, of course.)
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Never been to this site, so didn't know about the slang...until I saw the second 'Mozarella Foundation'...
Sheesh, yeah right!
The problem with the INQ is the consistency of using slang VS not using slang, and it really gets ridiculous when they mix real company/web sites/hardware,etc,etc names and their slang names in the same article. For example an article on AMD GPU you might find the words AMD, ATI and Dammit, sheesh, make up your mind already! Use it or loose it!
Name consistency and using non-slang name for titles would probably improve the site and its search engine efficiency.
May I suggest the word "Foundation" be replaced by "Lostation"?
It's easy to find reasons to point and laugh at the technology news site, The Inquirer. Their main competitor, The Register, only really has Andrew Orlowski to be embarrassed about with his tediously predictable daily rants, but The Inquirer neatly shoots itself in the foot even more than average today. They have this thing about using tiresome "witty" alternatives to words and names, e.g. "Internet Exploder" for Internet Explorer, "stimulation" instead of simulation, "open sauce" for open source etc. Except today they have an article on the Mozilla Foundation (responsible for Firefox and Thunderbird), which becomes both "Mozzerella" and "Mozzeralla", but never "Mozzarella"... If you're going to be oh-so-clever, at least get it right, you fools!
It's just Inq slang....
"THE MOZARELLA FOUNDATION is investigating a cheesy Javascript flaw"
You definitely mean Mozilla Foundation, no?