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The World of Virus Writers

Posted by michael on from the underachiever dept.

No_Weak_Heart writes "Looking for a little weekend reading? You might try the cover story from this week's NY Times Magazine. It's titled The Virus Underground, and it takes a look at the world of malware scripters, virus writers and worm designers."

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  1. NYTimes? by selfabuse · · Score: 2, Troll

    As this is slashdot, I haven't read the article, however, I find it very hard to believe that a mainstream news outlet would really describe this accurately. I mean, look at how bad the press tends to botch up tech stories on things that aren't "underground". Why would I trust that they know about things that aren't common knowledge, when they can't even get stories on simple tech issues correct?

  2. virus haiku by AyeFly · · Score: 0, Troll

    my evil software
    a bare landscape of sorrow
    no computer lives

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  3. Re:Reporters.. by GirTheRobot · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's not so much the OS as the email client: *cough* Outbreak *cough*

  4. What a bunch of turds!! ROTF by Da_Weasel · · Score: 0, Troll

    [quote]
    Three girls sat on the floor, rolling another girl's hair into thick dreadlocks, the hairstyle of choice among the crowd. Philet0ast3r himself -- a 21-year-old with a small silver hoop piercing his lower lip -- wears his brown hair in thick dreads.

    A tall blond friend in a jacket festooned with anti-Nike logos put his arm around Philet0ast3r and beamed.

    "This guy," he proclaimed, "is the best at Visual Basic."
    [/quote]

    ROTF!!! LOOOOOOOSER!!!

    [quote]
    he works as an assistant in a home for the mentally disabled
    [/quote]
    Are they sure he doesn't live there?!

    LoooOoOoOOoOOser!!!

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAH!!!

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    If you must!