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https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid...
https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/threat/encyclopedi...
Keep in mind that this is BASIC, and, as a result, is mostly targeted at people with little to no programming experience. Ideally, someone would be able to open the script up and probably learn something from it.
As Microsoft grew larger, his role became much more associated with managing the company at large than with technical mumbo jumbo, but Gates was more technically competent than you think. He co-developed Altair BASIC and (supposedly) FAT, and was well versed in some more CS-heavy stuff, also:
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~christos/papers/Bounds%20F...
Sensationalists like Alex Jones assert crazy ideas such as the government tainting our tap water to perform mass mind control and yet at the same time spread this message that they can resist against the upcoming "New World Order." With chemtrails specifically, on YouTube, you'll find videos of people spraying vinegar bottles outside when they see airplane contrails outside, believing it to be some sort of deterrent against their effects. If I believed that the government was capable of shit like super-effective mind control and all that other shit, I'd pretty much believe there's no hope for the world and recline to live the rest of my life in a bunker somewhere.
I doubt they will convince any conspiracy theorists. Often, the opposite occurs, i.e. 'the backfire effect': when they are approached with factual evidence, they end up feeling more strongly about their views than before, despite however wrong they may be.
http://en.arguman.org/fusion-is-just-a-cheap-tactic-to-make-...
Having extensive control becomes more important with longer videos. Being interrupted while watching, the desire to go back and rewatch a particular segment, etc. becomes more likely
Her touching on the loss of quality in dialogue, not just quantity, seems like the more important problem. To me, meaningful and good dialogue is important - whereas dialogue for the sake of dialogue tends to suck. I'm not saying that everything that comes out of a character's lips needs to be important plot points, but writers and producers should think more about what they're trying to accomplish in their work when a character needs to say something. I think a piece of bad dialogue hurts more than if that character were to say nothing.