First PC Virus Spreads to Humans 231
Davidlost writes "A PC-to-human virus, known as Malwarlaria.B is spreading in humans after a mass spamming in the early hours of Friday morning. It spreads through contact with keyboards on infected PCs. Be afraid, be very afraid."
Oh, tee-hee, it is to laugh (Score:5, Insightful)
Note to staff: The thing about April 1st jokes is that they should be subtle enough to catch the reader unawares. There's nothing subtle or clever about a constant slew of joke stories, most of which wouldn't fool even my PHB. Consider trying for a ratio of about 5 real stories to 1 "fool" story next year.
(Yeah, I'm being a curmudgeon, so fsck'ing mod me. I like a good April Fool story as much as the next geek, but it stops being funny after a barrage.)
Mox
The things I worry about this hoax (Score:5, Insightful)
B) Eventually some jerk will make a real (even if just computer) virus of that same name.
C'est la vie....
Zzz..... (Score:2, Insightful)
Er? (Score:3, Insightful)
Is it fatal? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Fatal Virus Spreads to /. editors (Score:5, Insightful)
Most boring day on slashdot (Score:1, Insightful)
I couldn't have said it better myself. (Score:4, Insightful)
But when you try to do it over and over like this it's really stupid and takes away all the fun of it.
Slashdotters are lame (Score:4, Insightful)
Way too much april fools crap... (Score:1, Insightful)
Here's how it works (Score:3, Insightful)
If you lack the skill to fool other people another alternative is to say stuff that's untrue but funny. I've always felt this was a poor substitute for playing a joke on someone else but it is generally considered an acceptable form of April Fool's Day behavior.
Anyway, now you're ready and armed to properly enjoy this special day that's granted to us but once a year.
It's about the same as usual (Score:3, Insightful)
And yes, I'll agree. This doesn't even get up to the PHB level! Slashdot needs science editors with a clue!
Note to self. (Score:3, Insightful)
2 Probably best to skip April 2nd too (that's when the dupes will appear)
Honestly one well written, slightly believable, story would have been great (maybe two at a push) but today Slashdot smelled worse than a dead Tramps feet dipped in dogshit.
Stuff like this makes baby Jebus cry...