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Can we change the thread title to reference ILOVEYOU instead? I thought the article was about "Herbie", the TV show about a Volkswagen.

by bdg 6y ago

wmeredith 6y ago
Me too. I was very confused.
hadrien01 6y ago
It was called Love Bug by newspapers at the time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/736080.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/736080.stm
- lisper 6y ago
  Maybe: "Creator of Love-Bug computer virus (2000) tracked down..."
themihai 6y ago
I thought it was about A Bug's Life(Pixar)
eganist 6y ago
cc @dang
- dang 6y ago
  That doesn't work. You have to email hn@ycombinator.com to be sure that we'll see a message. Well, relatively sure, anyhow. We sift through the spam bin pretty carefully.
  - eganist 6y ago
    You know, for years I was under the impression you had a script that grepped for references to @dang because I'd done this before to excellent effect. Don't know where I got the idea.
frogpelt 6y ago
Well, since we’re on the topic I read the word ‘repair’ as a verb. I thought a shop in Manila had tracked down the bug’s creator to repair their computers.
Corvus 6y ago
Herbie was also in several movies titled The Love Bug e.g. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/
bredren 6y ago
The Love Bug was actually a _film_ with multiple sequels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Bug#Story_and_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Bug#Story_and_develop... It did get a lot of television play, though.
geerlingguy 6y ago
I assumed we were going to hear about the mechanic who maintained Herbie and is now making a living in a small car repair shop somewhere. Definitely a strange title.
- macinjosh 6y ago
  I have to admit I was slightly disappointed it wasn't that. But this is an interesting story too.
wglb 6y ago
The best way to get this done is to mail hn@ycombintaor.com, the link at the bottom of the page. They are quite responsive.
beamatronic 6y ago
Me too
zenexer 6y ago
I’m not sure I would’ve recognized it if it said “ILOVEYOU”. “Love Bug” was how the media referred to it at the time, and I immediately knew what the title was referencing. It sounds like I’m a minority here; I have no idea what “Herbie” is.
dang 6y ago
Ok, we've added a worm to the bug above. Maybe that will work. ILOVEYOU would probably trigger OWMYEYES complaints. Not the global minimum.
- a1369209993 6y ago
  Maybe try "iloveyou worm"? Although it's admittedly less recognizable without the SHOUTINGCASE letters.

Can we change the thread title to reference ILOVEYOU instead? I thought the article was about "Herbie", the TV show about a Volkswagen.

by bdg 6y ago

Can we change the thread title to reference ILOVEYOU instead? I thought the article was about "Herbie", the TV show about a Volkswagen.

wmeredith 6y ago

Me too. I was very confused.

hadrien01 6y ago

It was called Love Bug by newspapers at the time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/736080.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/736080.stm

lisper 6y ago
Maybe: "Creator of Love-Bug computer virus (2000) tracked down..."

themihai 6y ago

I thought it was about A Bug's Life(Pixar)

eganist 6y ago

cc @dang

dang 6y ago
That doesn't work. You have to email hn@ycombinator.com to be sure that we'll see a message. Well, relatively sure, anyhow. We sift through the spam bin pretty carefully.
- eganist 6y ago
  You know, for years I was under the impression you had a script that grepped for references to @dang because I'd done this before to excellent effect. Don't know where I got the idea.

frogpelt 6y ago

Well, since we’re on the topic I read the word ‘repair’ as a verb. I thought a shop in Manila had tracked down the bug’s creator to repair their computers.

Corvus 6y ago

Herbie was also in several movies titled The Love Bug e.g. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/

bredren 6y ago

The Love Bug was actually a _film_ with multiple sequels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Bug#Story_and_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Bug#Story_and_develop... It did get a lot of television play, though.

geerlingguy 6y ago

I assumed we were going to hear about the mechanic who maintained Herbie and is now making a living in a small car repair shop somewhere. Definitely a strange title.

macinjosh 6y ago
I have to admit I was slightly disappointed it wasn't that. But this is an interesting story too.

wglb 6y ago

The best way to get this done is to mail hn@ycombintaor.com, the link at the bottom of the page. They are quite responsive.

beamatronic 6y ago

Me too

zenexer 6y ago

I’m not sure I would’ve recognized it if it said “ILOVEYOU”. “Love Bug” was how the media referred to it at the time, and I immediately knew what the title was referencing. It sounds like I’m a minority here; I have no idea what “Herbie” is.

dang 6y ago

Ok, we've added a worm to the bug above. Maybe that will work. ILOVEYOU would probably trigger OWMYEYES complaints. Not the global minimum.

a1369209993 6y ago
Maybe try "iloveyou worm"? Although it's admittedly less recognizable without the SHOUTINGCASE letters.