Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?

Adequacy - News For Grown-ups ^ | Dec 02, 2001 | T Reginald Gibbons

[Androcles]

I haven't laughed so much in years. Thank you for the finest jest on a serious topic I could ever have asked for. The reading list alone, or the clothing descriptions....

[neodad]

Ten clues that you're son's a Freeper:
10. All the cats start wearing horns.
9. He stays up all night laughing for no reason.
8. He won't let you watch the Nightly News in peace.
7. Complains about "trolls" constantly.
6. Pays homage to "the mods"
5. Begs to change from dial-up to broadband.
4. Jim Robinson is his hero.
3. Ann Coulter posters everywhere.
2. Says that CZJ is way hotter than Modo.
1. Computer desktop is "Belly Girl"

[MarkeyD]

Try plugging it into a 220 socket. You may have to change the plug on your computer. Try Radio Shack.

[_Jim]

9. Has your son radically changed his appearance?

If your son has undergone a sudden change in his style of dress, you may have a hacker on your hands. Hackers tend to dress in bright, day-glo colors.

To funny!

'bright, day-glo colors'!

[linear]

If you follow the link, you can see it is a parody.

[theymakemesick]

"AMD... They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops..."

It must be because kids have smaller fingers than adults and can make the chips smaller, bwahahahaha!! What ap-cray.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/Careers/0,,51_82_628_502,00.html

[Charles H. (The_r0nin)]

This important story brought to you by your friends at AOL ("When you need an ISP that can make even the speed of light seem slow."), Intel ("64-bit addressing for desktops? Never happen..."), and Microsoft ("Building a better future by buying out all of the good ideas or, barring that, crushing them.").

This story had better be a parody...

[Wormwood]

I understand it was satire.

Sadly, it just wasn't good satire.

[Hank Rearden]

1. Computer desktop is "Belly Girl"

Tried it.

She wouldn't hold still.

[reformedliberal]

11) Is the screen flashing bright red with a siren coming from the speakers, while your son yells:"YES! LOOK! I am in the Department of Defense!"

This is something that actually happened, according to my daughter-in-law, who is not in the habit of telling stories.

But then, my son is 40 and an IT professional.

Another true story: back in the 70s, several friends of my then-husband were students at MIT. They were what was known as phone phreaks and had what was called a black box, which allowed free long distance telephone calls.

They were all offered security positions by the FBI before they graduated.

[Hank Rearden]

You may have to change the plug on your computer. Try Radio Shack.

Can't dooo it, mannnnn. I inhaled.

[puppypusher]

I beg to differ with the author of this artical as he does not know what he is talking about. AMD Advanced Micro Devices does sell its CPU's in retail stores I know that for a fact because I built a Powerfull System using their newest processor which I purchased from COMPUSA along with the rest of the hardware he needed.

I think the author should learn that Intel is not the only manufacturer of Central Processing Unit chips because thats just Not so.

[Balding_Eagle]

8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?

That would describe a number of Freepers

[Right Wing Assault]

If you follow the link, you can see it is a parody.

I know. I SAID it was a joke and I was joking when I said it might be written by the most uninformed dude. The person who wrote this knows enough about computers and hackers to be able to make a nice parody.

Stealing music off stereos! NO parent is THAT clueless! Well...

[SolarisRocks]

Well anyone who uses Unix already has a few screws loose. :)

[Right Wing Assault]

I might not be good satire but I thought it was funny.

[upchuck]

If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips.

I have always preferred Intel chips, but this slam against AMD is 100% bull squeeze!

[Starwolf]

It was also posted in 2001.

Clearly it is sarcasm, because not even a liar or an idiot would consider AOL a "responsible ISP"

[Wormwood]

It was also posted in 2001.

Wonderful. Not only is it crap...it's old crap as well.

[DesertSapper]

This article is a pack of lies.

AMD isn't a 3rd world company - it's based in Sunnyvale, CA. I also love "Lunix". Ha ha.

Who comes up with this crap?