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It does one HTTP request for each comment in a thread, it looks like. Kind of irresponsible coding, I think.
by henning 17y ago
It does one HTTP request for each comment in a thread, it looks like.
Kind of irresponsible coding, I think.
- javanix 17y agoHeh, I think the person who wrote it needs to read more HN.
- algorias 17y agoKind of? sounds almost like a DOS attack to me...
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, that's why the IP is blocked -- it looks like a DoS attack to the server software as well. Are there different terms for intentional DoS attacks, as opposed to incidental ones like this? I have the impression that two separate terms might have made your meaning clearer. :)
- keyist 17y agoIrresponsible usage as well. Those who used the script should really have at least eyeballed the source first. [EDIT: This is HN. Surely I don't have to explain the pitfalls of downloading a Greasemonkey script and running it in your browser without checking what it does? It's even worse than uneducated users tricked into running malware since you're knowingly installing a script.]
- PieSquared 17y agoWhoa, what?!
- PieSquared 17y agoTrue, I guess, but it seems a bit extreme to say that anyone downloading a Greasemonkey script should be examining the javascript inside it to figure out what it does. That's all I meant by my 'Wait, what' comment. Should've elaborated, then.
- jwecker 17y agoLooking at the karma there, it seems your explanation is exactly adequate.