On Sun, 14 May 2000, you wrote:
> On Sun, 14 May 2000, rice su wrote:
> ..
> > i resent the fact that a lot of people, including reputable newspapers
> > even, regard the alleged virus authors as whiz kids or geniuses. it
> > doesn't take much for someone to create a script like that once he
> > sets aside time for it. maybe if he used a true programming language
> > like C or C++, then maybe....but then again, script kiddies are just
> > that...script kiddies.
teka nga muna. what's a script kiddie? isn't IT someone who takes another's
work and uses it without totally understanding how it works? ano connect sa
iloveyou virus? ah...kasi vbscript ginamit...kaya nitawag na script kiddie?
does it really matter what language he used? hmmm...lemme see if i follow the
logic.
the authors are not whiz kids or geniuses because they did not use a true
programming language. instead they used a script.
ergo, 1.) vbscript is not a true programming language, 2.) real whiz kids and
geniuses use true programming languages like C and C++. 3.) vbscript is easy
since u dont have to be a whiz kid nor a genius to be able to use it, and 4.) it
doesn't take a genius or a whiz kid to be able to render thousands(??) of
computers in the Internet useless, and slow down networks, and exploit one of
the core services of the Information Superhighway.
makes you wonder how could we, despite the advances in our industry, be so much
forgetful of the basics of connectivity and trust, and how much do we take
things for granted. many say this shows a flaw in the design of Windows, that
it makes things so easy for us. too easy it seems. but then again, is making
things easy for people wrong? *shrugs*
vince.
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