The Coolest Computer Prank I Have Ever Seen!
Today I came across the uber-cool Newton Virus, a harmless friendly virus created by Troika, a multi-disciplinary London art & design practice. Inspired by the wit and ingenuity of early viruses which aimed to surprise and amuse rather than destroy, the Newton Virus makes for a great prank to play on your Mac friends!
From the site:
Spice up your colleagues’ day with our Newton Virus, the first virus to introduce gravity to your laptop, causing the desktop icons to fall down as if subject to the gravitational pull from the real world.
Newton Virus comes on a USB key for manual infection. Simply plug the key into a computer and the virus will automatically copy itself on the hard drive.
The virus will then hit at random, but only once. It will not replicate itself, mail itself to your friends or destroy any of your files, but instead provides you with moments of blissful surprise and magic.
March 28th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Haha yah I saw this about a week ago… I might try this on an unsuspecting family member since I have recently turned them all into Mac-heads… muahahha
Oh btw love the site!
March 28th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
This is hillarious!! I love it!
March 28th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
lol awesome.
But how do you fix it after the fun?
March 29th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
That is a concept design right?? is not possible or yes?
how can the laptop detect the rotation, it´s no ta wii xD
This wil be very fun if made xD
March 30th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Macs have a built in sensor to prepare the HD from a crash before it falls by sensing its movement. There are widgets and other stuff you can try on your mac, it’s pretty cool.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:30 am
where i can dowload this?
thanks!
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:40 am
this is an april fool right?
April 9th, 2008 at 3:51 am
Wicked!
Where can I pick one up?
April 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Yes, where can you pick one up from? I have a co-worker that is a mac user and a pain as well.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
What laptop has an accelerometer, like the iPhone? They should make this for the iPhone… someone probably is as I speak.