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From: ryan mooney
Date: 11 Jan 2000 00:42:42
Message: <38797371.958E6E4A@earthlink.net>
I wouldn't mind reading that paper if you could ... ???

Jan Danielsson wrote:

> My father asked me to read a document about trojans and viruses to find any
> possible errors in it. In it I found something I hadn't heard of before: Borg
> Trojans.
>
> "The Borg" is a race in the series StarTrek which work collectively. The Borg
> Trojans spread around (since they are trojans I guess they are hidden in
> other applications) and work collectively to flood internet servers and other
> bad things.
>
> Since I was quite impressed with the idea, I told a friend about it. He asked
> me if I could write such a trojan for him. I was stunned and asked "What?,
> Why?". "But make it render povray scenes instead. I want a PoV-Ray
> renderfarm!"
>
> [end true story]
>
> So beware all Linux users... If you notice your system is heavily loaded, you
> might be rendering my friends scenes. :-)
>
>  /j


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