Autorun is VERY bad

[devicerandom]

On 08/02/11 12:53, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Montag, den 07.02.2011, 19:35 +0000 schrieb devicerandom:
>> On 07/02/11 19:12, J wrote:
>> >  On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 14:04, MR ZenWiz<mrzenwiz at gmail.com  <mailto:mrzenwiz at gmail.com>>   wrote:
>> >>  On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:21 AM, kellyremo<kellyremo at zoho.com  <mailto:kellyremo at zoho.com>>   wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>  How to disable autorun? Are there any hidden autorun features on a standard
>> >>>  Ubuntu install??
>> >>>
>> >>>  http://securitytube.net/USB-Autorun-attacks-against-Linux-at-Shmoocon-2011-video.aspx
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>  RTFM
>> >
>> >  That was incredibly useful.  Thank you for taking the time to enrich
>> >  the knowledge of the community at large by providing this information.
>> >
>> >  I especially appreciate how you make a new member feel so welcome :)
>> >
>> >  Have a great and shiny day!
>> >
>>
>> Encouraging people to read documentation *is* the way to enrich the
>> knowledge of the community.
> depending on the *way* you encourage people to do that...

You haven't RTFM on RTFM yourself, did you? :)
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#rtfm

"There is an ancient and hallowed tradition: if you get a reply that 
reads “RTFM”, the person who sent it thinks you should have Read The 
Fucking Manual. He or she is almost certainly right. Go read it.

[...]

You shouldn't be offended by this; by hacker standards, your respondent 
is showing you a rough kind of respect simply by not ignoring you. You 
should instead be thankful for this grandmotherly kindness."

That said, I usually point the ESR document than simply RTFM/STFW 
people, but that's because I am especially patient. :)

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