Hulleye Comes By!

aleem give’s a glimpse of the future along with a disclaimer…”it’s closer than you think.”

well congrats to all pakistani’s. it is the 20th anniversary today of a proud moment in our history. (note sarcasm) 20 years ago today, the first computer virus was born to the credit of lahori’s, basit and amjad alvi. they successfully crippled computers all across the united states as computer screens in the US read:

“Welcome to the Dungeon (c) 1986 Basit * Amjad (pvt) Ltd. BRAIN COMPUTER SERVICES 730 NIZAM BLOCK ALLAMA IQBAL TOWN LAHORE-PAKISTAN PHONE: 430791,443248,280530. Beware of this VIRUS…. Contact us for vaccination…”

when the brothers began to recieve a large number of phone calls from people in USA, Britain, and elsewhere, demanding them to disinfect their machines, the brothers were stunned and tried to explain to the outraged callers that their motivation had not been malicious. they ended up having to get their phone lines cut off and regretted that they had revealed their contact info in the first place.

still semi-successful in business today, the brothers run a popular ISP and VoIP service via Brain.Net today.

F-Secure has some amusing comments.

so the man who created the internet and did remarkable other thinks like noticing changing spots on zebra’s, al gore, has just recently BLASTED the bush administration back to texas.

we’re all aware there are issues surrounding president bush’s recent wiretapping authorizations. al gore has written an intelligent, stirring, and comprehensive speech to the legislature that addresses these matters directly and in a way that may serve to wake up even the most staunch supporters of the president.