Go all the way back to 1992 and read the fantastic novel "A Fire Upon The Deep" by Vernor Vinge. Among other ways to describe it, it's about a computer virus w

Go all the way back to 1992 and read the fantastic novel "A Fire Upon The Deep" by Vernor Vinge. Among other ways to describe it, it's about a computer virus with literally godlike intelligence, that tries to take over the galaxy. When implementing security stuff, I always try to imagine that's what I'm up against. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep Musical tribute by Ben Newman (lyrics and mp3): https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/lyrics/FireUponTheDeep.txt https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/lyric... https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/music/FireUponTheDeep.mp3 https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/music...