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Morris Worm Turning 20
netbuzz writes "The Internet will mark an infamous anniversary Sunday, when the Morris worm turns 20. Considered the first major attack on the 'Net, Morris served as a wake-up call about the risk of software bugs, and it set the stage for network security to become an important area of computer science. It was also the first time many non-techies heard of the 'Net, as the mainstream media covered the story extensively."
Reader maximus1 contributes a brief ITWorld story about Robert Morris himself.
oh for the love of god, here's some text
*watches hurricane Katrine footage* Hey, these hiccups help make the floodplanes a better and safer place!...Right?
Everyone's a potential terrorist, if you define terrorism as broadly as the Bush Administration does. And, given six degrees of separation, everyone on the planet associates with "known terrorists."
Unwinnable wars (and I'm not talking ones involving military intervention), unwarranted accusations of affiliation with enemies, and heightened paranoid states have become hallmarks of modern Western government. We hold THESE truths to be self-evident.
So, persons convicted of computer security crimes have become part of The Establishemt. Yay. I feel neither less secure nor more.
Another decade goes by with powerful Microsoft pretending to be helpless facing the dreaded teenager-in-Tahiti scenario. Threats from the Justice Department: Not a problem. Threats from Sybase? Steal their code. Anyone else? Buy'em out or burn'em out, whichever's cheapest. They fear nothing: they want the danger.
Now, I'm a Conservative; neither Bush makes me smile...they're far too much like Liberals spending and taxing like they're on crack. But what does your knee-jerk hatred of the Bush Administration got to do with the 20-year milestone of a computer prank?
I keep hearing the Left curse Bush for every cause known to man;
- Katria, because he didn't sign Kyoto (Clinton didn't either)
- Aiming it at New Orleans because he hates Negroes (though the actual body count was 253 to 254 just after the storm).
- It's even Bush's fault because while a dozen-or-more intelligence departments (as well as Clinton, Kerry, and other Democrats) said there was WMDs in there, it turns out there were few.
None of these were his fault. But you're programmed to believe it; you're letting your TV think for you. It chose McCain, too: I nearly wretched! Still, he's not a Marxist, nor does he consort with racists nor terrorists.
But show me ONE guy, minding his own business who's put up on charges and spent so much as a single night in Guantanmo Bay for being a terrorist. No one seems able.
Like in the Democrat Mortgage Scandal. America "Had to pay!" about a TRILLION dollars to keep the banking system open after Democrats forced them to make loans to people who couldn't pay. Surprise! They didn't pay. So this is a both-sides issue? No. Name me ONE Republican who stood before Congress as did Barney Frank and told them not to investigate Frannie & Freddie. Not one Republican. Maybe it, too, was because Bush didn't sign Kyoto....hmm... Oh, and BTW: the banks who "needed" this money to stay open are now paying bonuses with it. Thanks, Congress.
I'm sorry, but the propaganda is leaking from your ears. Conservatives are fair-market and fair-minded people; they're not bigots, homophobes or haters of any kind. But we *are* tired of being given the labels better fitting Democrats:
- Democrats needed Republican votes to pass the Civil Rights bill of '64.
- Al Gore's dad voted against it.
- Bull Shannon, in a famous video clip was the guy who ordered attack dogs and fire hoses to be used on Negroes: Democrat
- George Wallace, standing in the door of that school in Forest Gump: Democrat.
And at no time has this changed. The color blind party is STILL the one that freed them in the first place. If we weren't the first to end slavery, we were among the first: we have no reason to feel guilty.
Conservatives don't want to pick your car, your food, your light bulbs, or your pockets by way of taxes, to spread the wealth around. These are each Democratic/Liberal causes. Start asking critical questions: think for yourself.
(Yeah, I'll get modded down for trolling or whatever, but this needless brainwashing has got to stop!)
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