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Can we change the thread title to reference ILOVEYOU instead? I thought the article was about "Herbie", the TV show about a Volkswagen.

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I assumed we were going to hear about the mechanic who maintained Herbie and is now making a living in a small car repair shop somewhere. Definitely a strange title.

I have to admit I was slightly disappointed it wasn't that. But this is an interesting story too.

It was called Love Bug by newspapers at the time: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/736080.stm

Maybe: "Creator of Love-Bug computer virus (2000) tracked down..."

The Love Bug was actually a _film_ with multiple sequels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Bug#Story_and_develop... It did get a lot of television play, though.

Herbie was also in several movies titled The Love Bug e.g. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/

Well, since we’re on the topic I read the word ‘repair’ as a verb.

I thought a shop in Manila had tracked down the bug’s creator to repair their computers.

Ok, we've added a worm to the bug above. Maybe that will work.

ILOVEYOU would probably trigger OWMYEYES complaints. Not the global minimum.

Maybe try "iloveyou worm"? Although it's admittedly less recognizable without the SHOUTINGCASE letters.

The best way to get this done is to mail hn@ycombintaor.com, the link at the bottom of the page. They are quite responsive.

Me too. I was very confused.

I’m not sure I would’ve recognized it if it said “ILOVEYOU”. “Love Bug” was how the media referred to it at the time, and I immediately knew what the title was referencing. It sounds like I’m a minority here; I have no idea what “Herbie” is.

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That doesn't work. You have to email hn@ycombinator.com to be sure that we'll see a message.

Well, relatively sure, anyhow. We sift through the spam bin pretty carefully.

You know, for years I was under the impression you had a script that grepped for references to @dang because I'd done this before to excellent effect.

Don't know where I got the idea.

Me too

I thought it was about A Bug's Life(Pixar)

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