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New Computer Viruses
  1. Paul Revere Virus
    This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack -- once if by LAN, twice if by C:
  2. Politically Correct Virus
    Never calls itself a "virus," but instead refers to itself as an "electronic microorganism."
  3. Right To Life Virus
    Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a counselor about possible alternatives.
  4. Ross Perot Virus
    Activates every component in your system, just before the whole thing quits.
  5. Mario Cuomo Virus
    It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.
  6. Ted Turner Virus
    Colorizes your monochrome monitor.
  7. Arnold Schwarzenegger Virus
    Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.
  8. Dan Quayle Virus #1
    Prevents your system from creating any new documents without joining into a binary network.
  9. Dan Quayle Virus #2
    Their is sumthing rong wit your komputer, ewe jsut cant figyour out watt!
  10. Government Economist Virus
    Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.
  11. New World Order Virus
    Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it.
  12. Federal Bureaucrat Virus
    Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of your computer.
  13. Gallup Virus
    Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 percent of the time (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin or error).
  14. Texas Virus
    Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file.
  15. Adam And Eve Virus
    Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple computer.
  16. Congressional Virus #1
    The computer locks up, screens splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem.
  17. Congressional Virus #2
    Runs every program on the hard drive simultaneously but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything.
  18. Airline Virus
    You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
  19. Freudian Virus
    Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard.
  20. PBS Virus
    Your computer stops every few minutes to ask for money.
  21. Elvis Virus
    Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self-destructs -- only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America.
  22. Ollie North Virus
    Causes your printer to become a paper shredder.
  23. Sears Virus
    Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power supply and a set of shocks.
  24. Jimmy Hoffa Virus
    Your programs can never be found again.
  25. Kevorkian Virus
    Helps your computer shut down as an act of mercy.
  26. Imelda Marcos Virus
    Sings you a song (slightly off key) on boot-up, then subtracts money from your Quicken account and spends it all on expensive shoes it purchases through Prodigy.
  27. Star Trek Virus
    Invades your system in places where no virus has gone before.
  28. Health Care Virus
    Tests your system for a day, finds nothing wrong and sends you a bill for $4,500.
  29. George Bush Virus
    It starts by boldly stating, "Read my docs ... no new files!" on the screen. It proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the Congressional Virus.
  30. Oral Roberts Virus
    Claims that if you don't send it a million dollars, its programmer will take it back.
  31. O.J. Virus
    It claims that it did not, could not and would not delete two of your files and vows to find the virus that did it.
  32. AT&T Virus
    Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.
  33. MCI Virus
    Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T virus.
  34. Pat Buchanan Virus
    Your system works fine, but it complains loudly about foreign software.
  35. Colin Powell Virus
    Makes its presence known, but doesn't do anything. Secretly, you wish it would.
  36. Hillary Clinton Virus
    Files disappear, only to reappear mysteriously a year later, in another directory.
  37. O.J. Simpson Virus
    You know it's guilty of trashing your system, but you just can't prove it.
  38. Bob Dole Virus
    Could be virulent, but it's been around too long to be much of a threat.
  39. Steve Forbes Virus
    All files are reported as the same size.
  40. Nike Virus
    Just does it.
  41. Oprah Winfrey Virus
    Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands back to 200MB.
  42. Philadelphia Phillies Virus
    Makes your 486 machine perform like a 286/AT.
  43. Chicago Cubs Virus
    Your PC makes frequent mistakes and comes in last in the reviews, but you still love it.
  44. Educational Restructuring Virus
    Renames all your *.com and *.exe files (or system files, if it's a MAC) and puts them into new subdirectories, but has no effect on the day-to-day operation of your computer.
  45. Windows 95 Virus
    Makes your 486/50 machine perform like a 286/AT
Craig Nansen, Minot Public Schools Technology Coordinator <craig.nansen@sendit.nodak.edu>