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March 5th, 2002, 05:51 PM
thor

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/interne...eut/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industr....ap/index.html
March 5th, 2002, 05:57 PM
lord_darkside_x

i like the first one. a girl wrote a virus to stand against sexism... and still put shame to the name hacker...
March 5th, 2002, 06:01 PM
thor

Thats how I took it too.
March 5th, 2002, 06:05 PM
KorpDeath

Incredible. Now, how twisted do you have to be psychologically to think that writing a virus is social commentary?

So twisted you see straight.
March 5th, 2002, 06:16 PM
lord_darkside_x

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So twisted you see straight.

HAHAHAHAHA! <wiping tears from eyes> now that was funny. lol. i might have to use that one sometime, if you don't mind ;)
March 6th, 2002, 12:37 AM
Terr

ROFL... at least it wasn't released into the wild, but I still find that a very bizarre excuse for virus-writing.

As for the Microsoft one... I read it before and I'm still confused who's speaking about what and why.

Quote:

"I couldn't do what you've got here," said Allchin, suffering from a severe cold. "Forget about any business thing. Technically I just couldn't do it."

Allchin said the company has done no studies to see if it could be done.

What's he saying? At first glance it looks like he's saying that you can't (technically) remove the browser from the OS, and in the next he's saying no studies were done? I don't get it.
March 6th, 2002, 12:47 AM
gold eagle

It sounds like lawyer type talk Terr. Of course they could remove it.