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Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by drewzero1 »

bidirectional wrote: post #71
tekromancr wrote: post #2

Ah, a classic! I remember reading this as a kid thinking it was sincere and just getting madder and madder as I read

The exact same happened to me! I was terrified this was the type of thing my parents were reading. I think ability to spot satire like this is one of the most stark differences I notice between myself as a child and as an adult.

It was all completely believable until they got to the part about demanding computer books be removed from local bookstores. Even after that I think it still echoed exaggerated versions of the fears of my parents in the late 90s/early 2000s.

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by drewzero1 »

01000010x wrote: post #189
anm89 wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems like a majority of the comments here are not aware of this.

“Linyos Torovoltos” gives a pretty solid clue it was a satirical article :’)

Not necessarily. It seems like the kind of misspelling/misunderstanding of a foreign name my parents may have had. They were especially suspicious of anything that sounded remotely Soviet in origin (like Linyus, but Torovoltos is Greek to me).

When I learned to buy things online (with my own money) and started ordering gadgets from China my mom was worried the mail carrier would think I was a communist.

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by moxvallix »

Hydraulix989 wrote: post #154
cyberpunk wrote: post #24

Ahahahaha. I remember (vaguely) pinging AOL's irc servers with hays cmdset commands and as a result my parents getting a letter to the effect that I was a computer criminal and we were on some 'blacklist' forever, fortunately this apparently blacklist didn't seem to be shared between ISPs so I was back causing chaos within days >_ And now here I am, mid thirties, children, and I wonder if I would let my kid play DOOM…

I'm not a parent (yet), but I do wonder about how I would enforce some of the double standards -- I was playing DOOM at age 8 and looking at somewhat questionable content online (my parents had no idea), and I like to think that I still turned out somewhat fine. Would I really want to use my hacker-grade computer knowledge to enforce a parental control jail on my childrens' ability to consume this meaningful informat…

Thanks to my dad attempting to restrict my internet, by installing a Disney Circle, and restricting all the streaming sites, meant that I learnt what ARP spoofing was, and how to avoid it (using the arpon tool). I learnt just a little bit more about computers and networking, by finding my way around restrictions.

(If anyone was to restrict their kids network, make it fair for them by installing lunix on their machines, so they have a fighting chance!)

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by rbg246 »

MayeulC wrote: post #163
icecap12 wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess I was hacking at a young age then. Obtaining the pak1.pak file from a friend who had the CD automatically turned the freeware version into the full version of the game. The tough part was transferring it over a 28.8 baud modem. Took all blasted night on my dads "borrowed" Pentium 90. Oof...kids with broadband these days don't know how easy they have it.

Do you recall how you transferred the file? I'm curious. You likely didn't dial each other up, or did you? Did you employ some kind of p2p utility? IP-based? I don't know much what was achievable as a kid or teen back then.

I used to use hyperterminal as a child to transfer if we didn't both have unlimited hour ISP access.

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by exciteabletom »

p1necone wrote: post #185
ro_bit wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So this is what the CPUBenchmark authors wrote before making CPUBenchmark

Userbenchmark is so bizarre. I really want to know who's running it and what their motives are for being so blatantly disingenuous. The best theory I've got is that the owners were shorting AMD stock before it became obvious that they were serious competition again, and now they're using their reach to spread as much FUD as possible to claw some of their money back. But they come off as such idiotic hacks, I'm not su…

What's even stranger is that they were actually favourable to 1st gen Ryzen processors when they came out. On their 1800x review[0] they call it: "A very welcome shake-up of the CPU market"

Then they did a complete 180 when AMD actually shook up the CPU market. Perhaps the site's owner changed?

There's a great video about the site here for those who are curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQSBj2LKkWg

0: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/AMD-Ryzen-7-1800X/Rating/3916

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by AlisdairO »

daveslash wrote: post #75
bamey wrote: post #27

>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. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never so…

Check out the link "raising him well" -- If this really is from 2001, then I'm quite surprised that link is still valid...

It definitely is, I vividly recall this from my university days.

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by nitrogen »

young_unixer wrote: post #194
aasasd wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meanwhile Windows is all too happy about overwriting any bootloader you may have with its own, if you happen to run its installation or, I think, even some disk-checking programs (don't remember if only `format` did it, or something `chkdsk`-related too).

That's why I keep Linux and Windows in completely different drives and disconnect the one that I'm not using.

But you missed out on the thrills of getting a triple-boot XP/7/Linux system working, with both XP and 7 calling their own drive "C"!

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by brutusborn »

lrvick wrote: post #181

In the early 00s my hyper conservative helicopter parents found my Livejournal where they discovered I was into "hacking" and social activities they didn't approve of. They eventually confronted me and said I must have all internet postings passed through them in the future, or shut it all down. What they didn't realize is the modem PCI card in their desktop was a LAN-over-RJ12 card hooked through the walls directly…

Thanks for sharing, it made me smile.

Makes me feel for parents with a predisposition to anxiety. I recently started telling my parents about all the times I snuck out after dark as a child and they were horrified. This is the (very sophisticated) digital equivalent.

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by rsj_hn »

meepmorp wrote: post #94
genpfault wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adequacy.org#Notable_stories

> The Adequacy authors began as trolls on Slashdot and Kuro5hin, other technology-oriented discussion sites. It is now official. Netcraft has confirmed: *BSD is dying.

either *BSD or Alan Thicke

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Post by Spivak »

nitrogen wrote: post #207
young_unixer wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's why I keep Linux and Windows in completely different drives and disconnect the one that I'm not using.

But you missed out on the thrills of getting a triple-boot XP/7/Linux system working, with both XP and 7 calling their own drive "C"!

And the joy of booting your XP and 7 systems in Linux by attaching your partitions to a VM.
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