author of black hawk down and you probably also know was the basis for a 2001 movie directed by ridley scott. mark was a journalist first from 1979 to 2003. he was at the philadelphia inquirer, and for three seasons he covered football, is that right? >> that's correct. >> she is written for the new yorker, men's journal atlantic, sports illustrated, rolling stone. i have to mention that would pianos that he was aspiring to embark on a journalistic career reading the electric kool-aid acid test. i was inspired as well. and in addition we of one of the characters from his new book, t.j. campana, who, to my mind, is as close as you can get to a digital sherlock holmes. he is also the senior manager for investigations of microsoft it's a crime unit, and he just gave me his cradle sticker, may he as an extra one. he has many tales to tell. so i just -- before they talk alike to talk a little bit about our subjects. the history of the worm, the term probably most of you're familiar with colleges let me set it out. it originally came from a wonderful science fiction novel written by john brodeur i