A Correction: Another Innocent Editor Falls Prey to Sarah Lane
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Late yesterday, you may have seen something approaching a genuine news article on theTAPIR; this is not our typical approach and for this we are deeply sorry. Not only did Ashley Holland misunderstand the facts at hand, he completely misrepresented them to you, and we apologise. Further details — and the truth! — have been brought to light and we present them to you now as we hope you have come to expect from us.
Hackers and terrorists ruthlessly, callously and without mercy attacked the Smashing Magazine website. These hackers represented the evil and malicious Sarah Lane who (as I’m sure our educated and well adjusted readership will know) likes nothing better than humiliating editors of popular weblogs to provide herself with material for This Week in Fun, her latest web presenting escapade (although she does have very good taste in shoes). These hackers placed a picture — taken under unknown but possibly threatening circumstances — of Vitaly Friedman playing golf, naked but for a strawberry beret and a false Mexican moustache, on the homepage of Smashing Magazine. The techniques (which theTAPIR certainly does not condone) employed by the hackers were sophisticated enough that the only solution Smashing Magazine could find to this emergency was to redirect the entire site to another page.
Never one to miss an opportunity, Vitaly astutely placed an ad on this replacement site for a book he had invented only moments before for this very circumstance. Sadly, this book did not yet exist except in Vitaly’s ingenious mind, so users were met with error after error if they tried to place an order for it. Friedman, in his infinite wisdom, knew this would only create further publicity for Smashing Magazine, and tens of thousands of extra hits were logged whilst potential advertisers rubbed their hands together in glee. Sarah Lane cursed his very existence and prepared new and more devilish plans against Jeffrey Zeldman and Erin Kissane (and also purchased a fantastic new strapless evening gown which really brings out her eyes).
Having skilfully avoided personal embarrassment, Vitaly signed on ten more talented writers to underpay, and tripped over his own piles of money on the way to the bar.
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