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From: mhw@wittsend.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Michael H. Warfield)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Virus in the future?
Keywords: viruses of the past
Message-ID: <6470@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM>
Date: 8 Nov 88 21:43:07 GMT
References: <74@dsoft.UUCP>
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Reply-To: mhw@wittsend.UUCP (Michael H. Warfield)
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In article <74@dsoft.UUCP> root@dsoft.UUCP (Super user) writes:
>.....  People are going to see this and some brilliant
>idiot is going to think "Wow, what an easy way to get public recognition!"
>No matter that he's going to screw someone over royally and take down systems
>all over the world. He wants the prestige, he wants the audience, he wants
>to be able to say he pulled something over on the bigshots.

     Agreed!  And all the more reason to roast this guy over slow coals.  I
others see him get away with it (and probably end up with a good job in computer
security to boot) they will definitly get the idea that this is the "in" thing
to do.  Lock him away but good, and they might think a bit before risking a
20 year sentence for a "prank".

BTW: For mtr@mace.cc.purdue.edu:
     I'm not in favor of public executions either, but there are always
exceptions.  Although, unless you can get it past the network censors (Boob
Tube not ours) it won't get the coverage it deserves :-).

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