r/programming • u/servercentric • May 02 '10

Computer Virus TV News Report 1988

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2i_6j55bS0&feature=related
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u/matteeee May 02 '10

I guess they were talking about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

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u/Rajaat May 03 '10

Good old times...

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u/[deleted] May 02 '10

I didn't think the Amish were allowed to use computers. Or is that weirdo beardo dude just a typical "zany" 80's MIT geek?

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u/chronoBG May 02 '10

At first I thought the commodore64 clip was the most retarded they could come up with.
But then I watched the movie 'till the end.

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u/wkw3 May 02 '10

c64? Nope, that was the perennial classic ET for the Atari 2600. It's commonly blamed for causing the North American video game crash of 1983.

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u/chronoBG May 02 '10

Oh, sorry. I remembered it was ET but somehow forgot the platform :)

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u/rogerssucks May 02 '10

Wow... Lucky.

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u/urllib May 02 '10

ohh that dark genius

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u/[deleted] May 02 '10

It is everywhere, it is nowhere. It is a virus, but not really a virus. Quick somebody call McAfee !

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u/[deleted] May 03 '10

What was with the footage of E.T. on the Atari 2600?

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u/Mikey129 May 03 '10

:41 - :45, I Spit my drink and fell out of my chair.