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From: legrand@tesla.mbi.ucla.edu (Scott Le Grand)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: doom2 a bomb?
Date: 4 Sep 1994 00:06:57 GMT
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In article <34adok$1pj@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, gburton@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Garland O Burton) writes:
> is it possible that doom 2 is a bomb that might go off someday? (pirate version)
That rumor has been floating around for several days... It's a perfect
opportunity for widespread damage on the fateful day it is set for
detonation if true... The way this thing is spreading, it would
make the Morris Internet Virus/Worm look like the sniffles. The only difference
is that for the most part, this will affect the guilty rather than
the innocent...
Of course, places like CMU with their network full of Doom II will
be SOL... It'd be a real kick if the CERT machines got infected though...
And who will they be able to prosecute? ID certainly would not have put
the virus in: the story I've heard is that some lamer magazine editor
is the one who leaked it, but betting on a pirated copy being clean is kind
of like betting on Madonna's virginity... The opportunity for widespread chaos
is really big here...
Oh flame flame flame me way... I'm waiting for my safe registered copy...
Two weeks of waitingis more than worth the trouble of restoring my hard
drive, and I will laugh at anyone whose hard drive crashes in the event that the
Doom II Virus is a reality...
Scott
"Will October 10th be DoomsDay in more ways than one? Tune in and find out..."