Computer Extinction
from the origin-of-kernels-theory dept
With the outbreak of recent virus attacks, I got to thinking. Why have humans survived as long as we have without being completely erraticated by viruses? It’s because we all have different DNA. The problem with the current state of computers is that we for the most part all run the same software.. windows. How is our data to survive if we all have the same DNA? Could there be a virus so bad it wipes out all the computers?
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Friends of the Revolution Computer Extinction by Brian Day With the outbreak of recent virus attacks, I got to thinking. Why have humans survived as long as we have without being completely erraticated by viruses? It's because we all have different DNA. The problem with the current state of computers is that we for the most part all run the same software.. windows. How is our data to survive if we all have the same DNA? Could there be a virus so bad it wipes out all the computers? Security Through Obscurity -------------------------- My solution, I use only outdated and unpopular OS/Hardware platforms. I have an IRIX gateway! The only thing that could be better would be an Amiga gateway. I would like to see some hacker or virus attack that thing. A couple of weeks ago my wife was on the IRIX machine and was checking her mail when she turned to me and asked why the attachment wasn't doing anything? I told her that she had just been sent the Love Bug, and if she wanted to get it to work on IRIX she would have to compile it herself... and that I did not have G++ installed on the computer... and she could download it for free... but it is only available as source code... so she would have to compile the compiler. My point... there was no way she was going to launch this thing. Celebrate Diversity ------------------- The other way to survive the big outbreak is to have a large number of players in the application market. This way everyone uses different programs much like we all have different DNA. Mike Masnick recently admitted to me that he still uses his copy of Eudora from 3 years ago. Good for your Mike! I celebrate your diversity! I still use the NCSA Telnet for the Mac I downloaded 6 years ago (version 2.7B for mac). We are both survivors. Microsoft Break-up is good? ------------------------- My last point is that perhaps the breakup of Microsoft will allow other software company's to compete both on the OS and application front so that we can not only have more choice in software, but also so that our data might live to see another day.
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As for a virus that would take out mankind? Nah. Animals [dogs/fish] have been around since the beginning of time. All computers running windows? Maybe desktops, but servers [unix etc] are what keep the internet running, even then, they down, it is the routers. If someone could write a virus that rebooted/halted all routers…and just distributed it. Wow. The internet WOULD be down. EMP would wipe out alot of computers, drop one on S.Valley, poof, all startups and other .coms will be toast. Same w/ NY …major issue. Just create a biological airborne virus that attacks gold or copper, and eats it [corrode?] and then all computers would be failable.
Mr.White