Comments on: Researchers Find Code Connecting "Stuxnet" and "Flame" Computer Viruses http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/12/researchers-find-code-connecting-stuxnet-and-flame-computer-viruses/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Brian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/12/researchers-find-code-connecting-stuxnet-and-flame-computer-viruses/#comment-33258 Brian Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:31:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37706#comment-33258 I don't recall who said it, but the one thing SF didn't predict is computers. The early writers had mechanical devices but they never predicted electric based computing. I don’t recall who said it, but the one thing SF didn’t predict is computers. The early writers had mechanical devices but they never predicted electric based computing.

]]> By: floodmouse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/12/researchers-find-code-connecting-stuxnet-and-flame-computer-viruses/#comment-33257 floodmouse Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:44:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37706#comment-33257 @ Iain: LOL . . . . Read Jules Verne, who wrote about some amazingly modern stuff back in the 19th century, when most people were getting to work in horse-drawn carriages. I'm continually amazed by how good science fiction is at predicting the future, even if you're jaded. Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that maybe the Stuxnet people saw the same movie I did. @ Iain:

LOL . . . . Read Jules Verne, who wrote about some amazingly modern stuff back in the 19th century, when most people were getting to work in horse-drawn carriages. I’m continually amazed by how good science fiction is at predicting the future, even if you’re jaded. Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that maybe the Stuxnet people saw the same movie I did.

]]> By: Iain http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/12/researchers-find-code-connecting-stuxnet-and-flame-computer-viruses/#comment-33255 Iain Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:54:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37706#comment-33255 The idea of human flight predated the internal combustion engine by tens of thousands of years. Any other wise observations for us? The idea of human flight predated the internal combustion engine by tens of thousands of years. Any other wise observations for us?

]]> By: floodmouse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/12/researchers-find-code-connecting-stuxnet-and-flame-computer-viruses/#comment-33254 floodmouse Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:10:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=37706#comment-33254 I just watched a science fiction movie called "Gog" from around 1950. The nuclear reactor was sabotaged by a robot that got its instructions from the mainframe computer, which had been programmed with malware at the factory. What really amused me was how the malware was apparently activated by some kind of wireless technology, based on signals from a plane flying overhead. The idea of having wireless networks and malware is apparently much older than the actual implementation. I just watched a science fiction movie called “Gog” from around 1950. The nuclear reactor was sabotaged by a robot that got its instructions from the mainframe computer, which had been programmed with malware at the factory. What really amused me was how the malware was apparently activated by some kind of wireless technology, based on signals from a plane flying overhead. The idea of having wireless networks and malware is apparently much older than the actual implementation.

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