As anyone who can access YouTube can attest, San Diego's July 4th fireworks went off all at once, causing a 17 minute show to be condensed into about 20 seconds.
Apparently it was caused by a computer virus. Or, then again, maybe not. According to the reports at: http://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=17503 http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2012/07/san_diego_fireworks_malfunct io.html somebody at the company said "because of a glitch or virus in the computer firing system, they all went off with one command." So, just like always, anything that goes wrong and is connected to a computer is the result of a "virus" ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org Jack shook his head and staggered backwards, his hand falling on to the shaft of an axe that was resting in a block of wood. He knew what had to be done. He hobbled into the shed, rummaged under the broken wood and found his father's old chainsaw. - `The Big Over Easy,' Jasper Fforde victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
