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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)
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Subject: Re: Viruses for the holidays & admin note
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Date: 21 Dec 90 14:58:26 GMT
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<krvw@cert.sei.cmu.edu> writes:
>While shopping for holiday gifts for my nephews and niece, I found a
>toy called Virus Warriors (I could be wrong on the exact name, but
>that's the gist of it).  I'm not making this up!  The box said
>something to the extent of, "A top secret government lab has
>accidentally released evil computer viruses.  Their goal is to take
>over all the world's computers...even YOURS!"  The toy was this
>sinister looking doll with "computer circuitry" on its back.  Again,
>I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP!

I saw them last weekend when I was out Christmas shopping. My first
response was "Some people will sink to _any_ depth to make a buck"; my
second response was "Why didn't _I_ think of that?"

 Sean Malloy                                  | I don't blame Congress. If I
 Navy Personnel Research & Development Center | had $600 billion at my
 San Diego, CA 92152-6800                     | disposal, I'd be irresponsible,
 malloy@nprdc.navy.mil                        | too.