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Looking Back At the Other Kind of Virus
Slatterz writes "All this panic over a strain of flu got these people thinking about some of the more virulent computer pandemics that have hit in recent years. While a computer virus pales in seriousness to a human outbreak, malware attacks can still take a huge toll on businesses throughout the world. This list of the top ten worst viruses includes some interesting trivia, including ARPANET's Creeper virus in 1971, how early attempts at copy protection resulted in Brain, and MyDoom's denial of service attack on SCO."
this talk about virii reminds me of a a mail I got once...
this is the manual virus, based on the code of honour.
for every of your disk drive
for every folder
delete contents
type the following, in capitals: you've been owned :)
Never antropomorphize computers, they do not like that
They're waiting for slashdot readers to enumerate the last two. They'll read all the "They forgot xxx virus" comments and by tomorrow, they'll wrap up #2 and #1.
My girlfriend told me i got herpies from using her laptop
The real worry is that a computer virus will make the leap into the human population.
Just because you are paranoid does not mean that no-one is out to get you.
Top ten incomplete top ten lists:
10) That virus one
9) This one
No, actually, I wasn't. That might explain all this trouble I've been having. No... wait... that's just windows.
Scientists point out problems, engineers fix them
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I'm trying to think of what the word would be, but I can't come up with a word to mean "I have free pizza and the entire star trek series recorded on VHS tapes in my apartment."
I bet that there's something in klingon or lojban to embody the nerd's mating call...
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
I get the strange impression that the authors aren't terribly clear on the difference between an Apple II and a modern Mac.
That's because he couldn't finish the article: the author just got the other two, coolwebsearch and xrenoder, and between the pop-ups and the pr0n links, he's fux0red. His home page now says "In Soviet Russia, computer surfs YOU!"
It made me instantly think of this strip.
There's nothing like $HOME
It's OK... I understand. I got modded redundant because "swine flu" was actually mentioned in TFA, which I didn't read.
So, although I was just joking, it was a redundant joke.
I wish I had said something witty like "frist post"
Karma: Excellent. 15 moderator points expire sometime.
After reading your post, I got infected by your virus, but fortunately I am safe, because I am running Li JK%$#%43543535435j43kjkl ***NO CARRIER***
after #3. MyDoom, there's no jump, no next page, just the copy right notice, am i missing something?
On #2 there is a virus so secretive, that any mention of it's name deletes the entire paragraph on any webpage.
On #1 thWHERE paragraphId=254369;