On 5 may 2000, millions of computers around the world were attacked by the ILOVEYOU virus. This worm exactly 16 years ago sent to mailboxes of the Philippines in the night of 4 to 5 may. The subject line contained the innocuous phrase “ILoveYou”, but the shipment was attached malicious script “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs”. As soon as the user ran the file, the virus then sent a copy of itself to all the contacts from the address book of Microsoft Outlook. By default in Windows hidden system file extensions, so even though it was a script with the extension “.vbs”, many saw it as a file with the “.txt” on the end and was not afraid to open a plain text document. Influenced the psychological moment, after all, who would refuse to open the letter with a Declaration of love, even from a stranger?
The mail with the ILOVEYOU virus
The virus is notable for the fact that it affects more than three million computers (of all letters received about 45 million people) and caused damage to the global economy in 10-15 billion dollars, and got in the Guinness Book of records as the most destructive virus. In 2011, about this worm even made a film with the straightforward title “I love you”.
And in this day…
5 may 1951 represented the first computer, created specifically for the game. The company Ferranti for the exhibition “Festival of Britain” has developed on the basis of the computer Ferranti Mark I machine to play it and called it Nimrod. The device consisted of 480 tubes, 120 control relay displays and a few germanium diodes that produce the logical OR operation.
The Nimrod computer to play it
It is a classic mathematical game for two in which players take turns picking items from several groups, but one move can take any number from just one set. The player who takes the last object. By the way, there are two versions of the origin of the name him (NIM): the German verb “Nimm” — “to take”, from the English verb “WIN” upside down.
5 may, 1927 at the Volkhov hydroelectric station launched the first Soviet generator. The first projects of the Volkhov river to generate electricity was in 1902. However, the construction of hydroelectric power began only after the inclusion of HPPs in the plan of electrification in 1921. By 1927, the project was completed and the launch of the first Soviet units made at the Leningrad Metal plant. At that time capacity was 58 MW, and the beginning of the great Patriotic war the plant was given to 66 MW.
The modern look of the Volkhov hydroelectric station
Volkhov hydroelectric station during the war was supplying electricity to besieged Leningrad through a cable laid at the bottom of lake Ladoga. The station operates to this day, it is one of the oldest HPP in Russia. Some of the machines at station have been working for over 80 years, and its capacity is 86 MW (planned increase to 98 MW).