Re:Malware masked as textbooks and essays
by peter_d_sherman on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @11:02PM
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I can picture the 22nd Century...
Shakespeare, and other great works of classic literature... are now classified as "malware"...
Essays (like those of Emerson, Voltaire or Thoreau) are now classified as "malicious essays"...
And, much like a box of Cracker Jack, or bottle of Tequila, you get a free "surprise" with each one... you get a free worm... (well, it's a computer worm... but same difference...)
Well two things are for sure in this "Brave New World" (a book which is also banned by the way!)...
1) Computer virus protection companies will never go bankrupt, and
2) Perhaps old-fashioned, printed on physical paper, virus-free (well, computer-virus free, not necessarily "mind-virus" free!) books (in addition to actual education) will make a comeback!
I am not holding my breath for this, however...
(Disclaimer: I am kidding about most of the things I said above...)
Shakespeare, and other great works of classic literature... are now classified as "malware"...
Essays (like those of Emerson, Voltaire or Thoreau) are now classified as "malicious essays"...
And, much like a box of Cracker Jack, or bottle of Tequila, you get a free "surprise" with each one... you get a free worm... (well, it's a computer worm... but same difference...)
Well two things are for sure in this "Brave New World" (a book which is also banned by the way!)...
1) Computer virus protection companies will never go bankrupt, and
2) Perhaps old-fashioned, printed on physical paper, virus-free (well, computer-virus free, not necessarily "mind-virus" free!) books (in addition to actual education) will make a comeback!
I am not holding my breath for this, however...
(Disclaimer: I am kidding about most of the things I said above...)