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Bagle/Beagle Variant Includes Source Code

Posted by timothy on from the let's-call-it-shared-source dept.

NASAdude writes "Sunday brought a lot of fireworks... and the release of two new Bagle/Beagle variants. One of the variants includes a copy of its source code as an attachment as it spreads via email. It is expected the inclusion of the source will result in numerous variants. It's been dubbed Beagle.Y and Beagle.Z by Symantec and Bagle.ad and Bagle.ae by McAfee. ZDNet ran a story that covers these new variants."

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  1. Re:Title by nwbvt · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Offtopic, I know...

    "a) sorry to disapoint you but NASA uses metric too, infact in all sciences metric is used is is only the general population of the US that uses the other system."

    Lockheed Martin didn't, which caused some problems with the Mars orbiter a couple of years ago.

    "And speaking as a US citizen when well we learn and drop our current system for the metric, a much better system."

    I want to know when we will drop that whole stupid decimal system for a better binary or at least hexadecimal system. What, people are used to the base 10 system and changing now would cause mass confusion and major conversion problems? Oh I'm sorry I think I just shot down your idea as well as mine. Oh well, better luck next time.

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    Mathematics is made of 50 percent formulas, 50 percent proofs, and 50 percent imagination.
  2. Re:Title by mpost4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am refuring to constancy, metric is based on 10.
    the imerical system is based on some long dead kings foot size.

    question
    how many in's in a ft
    ft in a mile
    in in a mile
    ft in a yard
    in in a yard
    yard in a mile

    in metric it is all based on 10 you just have to move the decimal point.