This is what we needed.

My buddy Jeff said it best - this is what we needed: I TOLD YOU SO.

Why does the media hype things like Conficker into terms such as "an unthinkable disaster". How is it unthinkable? Is Conficker going to leverage the technology of its compromised machines to transcend reality and do something beyond the scope of human comprehension? Is it going to build Skynet and go back in time looking for Sarah Conner? Is it going to use PC speakers to generate vibrations that manifest doom spores in the air that infect us and turn us into zombies?

Sure it could fuck things up. It could delete everything on the infected machines. It could steal information. It could probably wreak DoS havoc in the internet. What's so special about this beyond any other worm of mass propagation? Nothing. It has some semi-clever components, it isn't as absolutely stupid as other worms, and it has an obsession with Rivest's aglorithms. OoOOoOo It must be the end of the world.

So to everyone out there: I told you so. We're still alive. Congratulations on reliving y2k over a worm. Again don't get me wrong: it could cause a bunch of stress and rain on some parades. In fact it might still do something after April 1st. Is it worthy of the hype? Is it an unthinkable disaster? Certainly not.