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Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
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  by The Ickle Jones ( 3869681 ) writes:
  
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  Well, to begin, I'm just your average guy. But unlike your average guy, I once had everything anyone could ever want: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful two-story house, an adorable seven year old daughter, a stable job, and a nice salary. Basically, I was living the American dream. None of my needs or wants were left unfulfilled. The family always got along, and everything was perfect.
  Until one day, that is. Following one of my routine doctor appointments, my doctor informed me that I had lung cancer
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    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    Can someone please remove this spammer!
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      by Anonymous Coward writes:
      
      Why? Not only did MyCleanPC fix dudes life it could be used to weed out terrorists!
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        by Anonymous Coward writes:
        
        Why? Not only did MyCleanPC fix dudes life it could be used to weed out terrorists!
        Not only that it solves world hunger and leaves the bathroom sparkly.
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  by The Ickle Jones ( 3869681 ) writes:
  
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  Well, to begin, I'm just your average guy. But unlike your average guy, I once had everything anyone could ever want: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful two-story house, an adorable seven year old daughter, a stable job, and a nice salary. Basically, I was living the American dream. None of my needs or wants were left unfulfilled. The family always got along, and everything was perfect.
  Until one day, that is. Following one of my routine doctor appointments, my doctor informed me that I had lung cancer
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  by The Ickle Jones ( 3869681 ) writes:
  
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  Well, to begin, I'm just your average guy. But unlike your average guy, I once had everything anyone could ever want: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful two-story house, an adorable seven year old daughter, a stable job, and a nice salary. Basically, I was living the American dream. None of my needs or wants were left unfulfilled. The family always got along, and everything was perfect.
  Until one day, that is. Following one of my routine doctor appointments, my doctor informed me that I had lung cancer
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  by The Ickle Jones ( 3869681 ) writes:
  
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  Well, to begin, I'm just your average guy. But unlike your average guy, I once had everything anyone could ever want: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful two-story house, an adorable seven year old daughter, a stable job, and a nice salary. Basically, I was living the American dream. None of my needs or wants were left unfulfilled. The family always got along, and everything was perfect.
  Until one day, that is. Following one of my routine doctor appointments, my doctor informed me that I had lung cancer
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  by The Ickle Jones ( 3869681 ) writes:
  
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  Well, to begin, I'm just your average guy. But unlike your average guy, I once had everything anyone could ever want: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful two-story house, an adorable seven year old daughter, a stable job, and a nice salary. Basically, I was living the American dream. None of my needs or wants were left unfulfilled. The family always got along, and everything was perfect.
  Until one day, that is. Following one of my routine doctor appointments, my doctor informed me that I had lung cancer
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  by The Ickle Jones ( 3869681 ) writes:
  
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  Well, to begin, I'm just your average guy. But unlike your average guy, I once had everything anyone could ever want: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful two-story house, an adorable seven year old daughter, a stable job, and a nice salary. Basically, I was living the American dream. None of my needs or wants were left unfulfilled. The family always got along, and everything was perfect.
  Until one day, that is. Following one of my routine doctor appointments, my doctor informed me that I had lung cancer
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    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    You really should seek help for your condition.
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      by Anonymous Coward writes:
      
      You really should seek help for your condition.
      
      It is interesting to note that the MyCleanPC copypasta appears more frequently on stories that concern security issues. It's almost like the people behind it prefer that certain things either not be talked about, or that readers browse certain topics at +1 or above. This is, of course, obviously a coincidence. Absolutely no aspersions are being cast about why the copypasta appears more often on stories involving national security. Nope, nosirree.
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      by Anonymous Coward writes:
      
      I used MyCleanPC for the garage floors and they have never been cleaner, not only that by using it I found a new confidence taken away by incontinence.
      I love you MyCleanPC, if only the whole wide world was a clean PC then global warming would be no more.
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      by Anonymous Coward writes:
      
      she is the MyCleanPC spammer!
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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  What is TFS and who is Bennett Haselton?
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion now? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion on this? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
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Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion on this now? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion?? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion now?? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion??? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion? ? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion now? ?? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion? ?? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion?? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(clearly I still have to learn... I'm not this fast...)
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion?? ? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion?? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(Clearly I've still to learn)
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(Clearly I've still to learn)
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion?? TFS (The figure-this-word-out summary) cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(Clearly I've still to learn)
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion now?? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(Clearly I've still to learn)
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion? ? ? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(Clearly I've still to learn)
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion?.? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(Clearly I've still to learn)
Is the review done by bennett? (Score:-1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Can I finally form an opinion now?.? TFS cleary wants to imitate the frequent contributor Bennett Haselton with its length. However only Bennett can put down ALL THOUGHTS on the topic.
(Clearly I've still to learn)
Beware:spammer comments linking to "My Clean PC" (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Someone is spamming on this thread to have you go to the my clean pc site.
It is a scam.
Read this: http://www.pchell.com/reviews/mycleanpc.shtml
and then read this - Top 35 Complaints and Reviews about MyCleanPC.com ---- http://www.consumeraffairs.com/computers/mycleanpc.html
and then watch this video - mycleanpc.com IS A SCAM! ------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8E5sgsRmLo
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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  and then watch this video - mycleanpc.com IS A SCAM! ------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8E5sgsRmLo
  dont get me started on vista.
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    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    I've watched that video and the dude opened another cleaning program and compared the results. That other cleaning program has found less errors than My Clean PC, so it was worse. And he used that as explanation that My Clean PC is wrong. Then he yelled into the camera that it were a scam and he ended the video. I don't think he is reputable enough to rate My Clean PC. My Clean PC however is reputable, as there is a guy in a suit on their website. Only reputable sources add a guy in a suit to their website.
Bennett Haselton (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

He is, after all, a frequent contributor.
comments are all messed up..no spam (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

watch out..spammers r loose.
Why are comments banned for this book??? (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Political comments are being stopped; why?
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  by _merlin ( 160982 ) writes:
  
  Anything pointing out that the only substantial act of cyberwar was perpetrated by US/Israel supports terrorists, I guess. Can't let people actually have a discussion about it, have to bury it in a crapflood. Yeah, it's odd that this particular story has attracted such a storm of MyCleanPC and Bennet copypasta. What are the odds that it's actually a coincidence?
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    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    >>What are the odds that it's actually a coincidence?
    why would any one do that?
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    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    Inflated ego much? Slashdot is an irrelevant tech site. If this was happening on Reddit or Hacker News you might have a point.
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    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    I've just thought, oh there is some bennett (the frequent contributor one) fan around with mod points, so let him burn them for good. The choice was mere coincidence. You can start making theories and so on and so on, but I simply guess that mycleanpc dude saw what I was doing, and made their own crapflood to show me how good and fast he could bla bla. In fact, he could crapflood faster, I've pointed that out in one of my comments. Also note that every comment is unique, so you can call it crapflood but ple
Free, Kevin Mitnick! (Score:3)

by MrKaos ( 858439 ) writes: on Monday November 10, 2014 @08:01PM (#48355511) Journal

I remember when Mitnick was held in jail for 5 years by the FBI without a charge and that they were so scared of the guy they refused him a phone call because they believed he would be able to call in a nuclear bomb strike.
I read his book, "The Art of Deception" - an excellent read, yet despite all his recommendations we see all of the holes still present for the modern intelligencia to take advantage of. Kevin was to be the poster boy for 21st Century human rights abuse and the FBI didn't care how many bumper stickers people bought.

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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  in this interview on the colbert report.... mitnick talks about that:
  http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/1yhudu/kevin-mitnick
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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  fbi is still at it...check this one out:
  Fbi Agents Impersonate Repairmen As Part Of Las Vegas Gambling Bust
  Published on Oct 30, 2014
  In "Ocean's Eleven," Danny Ocean's crew plans a ruse to steal money inside a Las Vegas casino. It includes cutting the city's power. The FBI has now been accused of a planning a real-life ruse inside luxury villas at Caesars Palace.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F38zQBo8W0
Huh? (Score:1)

by Threni ( 635302 ) writes:

I don't understand the point of the reference to Takedown, nor the irony of Mitnick commenting on another book.
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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Zero-Day-Stuxnet-Digital/dp/077043617X
  “Part detective story, part scary-brilliant treatise on the future of warfarean ambitious, comprehensive, and engrossing book that should be required reading for anyone who cares about the threats that America—and the world—are sure to be facing over the coming years.”
  —Kevin Mitnick, New York Times bestselling author of Ghost in the Wires and The Art of Intrusion
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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  free advertising!!!
  might be one auithor being nice to another author.....
Kevin Mitnick : The Stuxnet References (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Honestly what the referential fuck? Kevin Mitnick wrote Stuxnet, I knew it! Bastard.
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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  yet not a Anonymous Coward..yer a jerk.
Beware of:My Clean PC (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

some spammer is getting his wack off writing and spamming about My Clean PC.
Google My Clean PC and u can see it's malware...it will rip you off cold.
avoid it....
can some admin here please delete the threads about My Clean PC!~~~
except this one of course!
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  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  Are you wearing a suit? Are you a frequent contributor? Are you a frequent contributor wearing a suit? If you can answer yes to all three questions, then this thread is clearly... oh sorry forget this one please. GNAA stinks out of the goatse ass.
My Clean PC is for clueless idiots! (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

anyone who would be sooo stupid to install and use My Clean PC deserves all the malware it serves up.
if u r that stoopid...u derserve My Clean PC !!
tuff luv but thats wat it iz.
How much fact vs speculation? (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Almost all the information on Stuxnet I ever saw was speculative and not based in fact. Does this book have verifiable facts, or does it just repeat the story that has been spun the past few years based on anonymous sources, scaremongering "cyber" experts, and reporters all quoting each other's stories?
Stuxnut authors are our heroes! (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Iran is evil.
to you who wrote the stuxnet. thank you.
this just out about Iran:
AP Interview: Nobel laureate Ebadi says human rights in Iran have not improved under Rouhani
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/11/11/ap-interview-nobel-laureate-ebadi-says-human-rights-in-iran-have-not-improved/
iran must be stopped!!
Nobel prize for Stuxnet author please (Score:0)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

A Nobel prize for Stuxnet author please. i would like to nominate.
iran is responsible for the deaths of many innocents, including many americans.
Nobel laureate Ebadi says human rights in Iran have not improved - http://globalnews.ca/news/1666349/nobel-laureate-ebadi-says-human-rights-in-iran-have-not-improved/
i wish I could hug the team who wrote the stuxnet.
they are good people saving the lives of us in iran.

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