Posted by Arsenalist on April 12, 2007
OK, so JavaRss.com isn’t the most creative site of all, it just contains RSS feeds from all the major Java websites like java.net, javaworld.com and so on. Still, it’s a nice enough site to go to if you’re looking to do some reading about the latest trash being produced by the OS community, self-righteous articles, half thought-out ideas and the occasional worthy read. It is the first hit on Google for “java articles”. It’s hardly a professional venture but that didn’t stop me from being surprised when the entire website was hacked by what appears to be a lonely Persian hacker infatuated with the demon.
The hacker is beyond a reasonable doubt taunting the administrator of the website to do something about the hairy situation he finds himself in. He is even kind enough to specify three emails where he can be reached at. Now this is going on for a few days now - long enough for the hackers text to be cached by Google - and I’m wondering what the folks at JavaRss.com are actually thinking. Either they should just take the site entirely down (assuming their username/password combo is still working) or they pay Mr. Lucifer X amount of dollars so this embarrassing situation is quickly brought to a peaceful end.
But I must say the picture of the devil chosen by the hackers is somewhat weak. It’s just a girl with goth makeup. If she washes her face and maybe puts some lipstick on, she might even pass for cute. If you really want to put the fear of the devil in somebody, you should probably try going with a picture like this. Otherwise, you’re just wasting your time and you’re better off giving your hack a humorous theme. I’m also surprised at JavaRSS being a target of hackers seeing how it’s not a money-making venture or a site worth hacking. I can almost go through the thought process of the hacker: Let’s bring down google.com….well, that didn’t work…how about yahoo.com…no, nothing….flowers.com…damn it…joes-hardware.com…..shit man……..java.net…crap…javaworld.com…no…aah, javarss.com - that’s the one, we’ll show them who’s boss!!!
Seriously guys, WTF, give the poor admins access to their website so they can steal content from other websites.
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Posted by Arsenalist on April 12, 2007
I wasn’t the least bit surprised when I read Craig Forrest is trying out for Toronto FC to be a backup for Sutton. It was more amusing than surprising. He was apparently itching during the Chivas game when he was unfortunately calling the match instead of playing in it. I say go for it Craig, there’s no point in not doing so. This is Toronto FC, an expansion team in the MLS and the standard for a backup goalie is fairly low so what better litmus test than this. He wasn’t a half-bad player as a pro and has some great European experience which can undoubtedly help the club. Forrest retired five years after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. He’s had 56 caps for Canada and is probably our best goalie ever.
The Toronto FC blog seems to think that this might be a PR stunt for Sportsnet to which I say, how? We don’t need PR stunts and this one would qualify as one of the worst ever. This is Craig Forrest coming to play for TFC, not David Beckham.
Whether he can actually play is a different story but according to the Toronto MLS FC Blog (pick a better name please) Forrest was very impressive in training until he strained his calf. He’ll be turning 40 this year which isn’t old for a goalie and if he does regain fitness he could conceivably play a couple years as a backup and fulfill his wish of playing professional football in North America. Either that or he’s just doing it to get those really hard to find TFC jerseys. You could tell during the game last week that he really does care for this team, some of his reactions to sloppy TFC plays were pretty much, “Oh no man WTF??”, of course I’m paraphrasing but you get the point.
The man who stands to lose the most from all this is Gerry Dobson, he loses his best buddy. Picture this: In his first game back Forrest lets in a howler in a tie game in injury time - what does Dobson say? It would be awkward. In all seriousness, I hope he’s good enough to play in a few games and maybe take part in the Gold Cup if anything. I also pray he doesn’t get injured, after a day of training he’s already started tweaking muscles and at that age the healing process can be painfully slow and frustrating. If it doesn’t work out, he can always come back to the studio and tell us how to play the goalie position rather than actually play it.
The other reason I like Craig Forrest is because he appreciates Arsenal, he’s always praising them even when they blow 25 chances in a game by saying, “They play the right way” and that kind of apologetic nonsense in defense of the Gunners.
In another news, there’s finally an official TV deal for Toronto FC. CBC, Rogers Sportsnet and The Score get in on the action. Thanks for reading.
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