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...What's next for you? -Randall Ford, Houston We're completing our eradication of guinea worm - we've reduced that horrible disease from 3.5 million cases to 8,000 cases so far this year - and are looking at additional diseases to undertake. In the meantime, we continue to help with elections in troubled countries...
...romance, the adventure, and the mystery.” But there is a bit more to “Donnie Darko” than just your typical coming-of-age fare. Much of the film’s confusing appeal comes from elements like space-time worm holes and jet engines crashing through the roof. Stern says he’s not too concerned about recreating these iconic moments. “To express the film’s larger visual effects, we combine small gestures with large sounds and lights, and a sense of emotional tautness...
...Wooed by a Worm Lev Grossman wrote that the Storm Worm "may be the most sophisticated" computer virus, called it "a marvel of social engineering" and further admired it for its longevity and mutability [Oct. 8]. He needs to rub the dazzle from his eyes. What if the authors of the virus are functionaries for China, Russia or a Middle Eastern country testing the efficacy of new software? Rather than praising the prowess of the worm's creators, Grossman should be admonishing the security industry to shut down the Storm Worm before it shuts down the Internet. Peter Sims...
...Wooed by a Worm Lev Grossman wrote that the Storm Worm "may be the most sophisticated" computer virus, called it "a marvel of social engineering" and further admired it for its longevity, mutability and what he called its "lively feel for the seductive come-on" [Oct. 8]. He needs to rub the dazzle from his eyes. What if the authors of the virus are functionaries for China, Russia or a Middle Eastern country testing the efficacy of new software? Rather than praising the prowess of the worm's creators, Grossman should be admonishing the security industry to shut down...
...also clear that they've been pulling their punches. Right now the Storm Worm gang controls a massive amount of computing power, as much as some of the world's largest supercomputers, and all they do with it is send out spam and conduct the occasional denial-of-service attack (bombarding a specific server with traffic until it shuts down). We're lucky: so far they haven't gone in for more lucrative, damaging activities like online gambling, stock scams and stealing passwords and credit-card information. Is it possible that even a worm can have a conscience...