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Posted: Sep 24 2007 06:44 pm

http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html

I just can't believe this fucking moron. Here's my favorite part:

"6. Does your son use Quake?

Quake is an online virtual reality used by hackers. It is a popular meeting place and training ground, where they discuss hacking and train in the use of various firearms. Many hackers develop anti-social tendencies due to the use of this virtual world, and it may cause erratic behaviour at home and at school.

If your son is using Quake, you should make hime understand that this is not acceptable to you. You should ensure all the firearms in your house are carefully locked away, and have trigger locks installed. You should also bring your concerns to the attention of his school. "

T. Reginald Gibbons, some overbearing fucktard of a parent whose Nazi-like control over his kids has now extended to the computer.

EDIT: I'm gullible. It's a joke.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 06:50 pm

I remember reading about that on ED

Posted: Sep 24 2007 06:53 pm

This was indeed writen as a satire year ago. The author was trying to make a point on how people didn't know anything about hackers, and you could tell them anything and they would belive it. Everyone thought that hackers had strange "magical like" powers. The sad thing was that, even still today, most people only know anything about hackers through television and movies. (Johnny Neumonic, Hackers, Wargames, The Lawnmower Man, and now Die Hard 4.)

People don't realize that "hacking" is acually quite tedious and boring. It mostly crunching numbers and writing code. It's not putting on your VR gear and manipulating "Cyberspace" to hack into the Government to bring down civilization.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 06:55 pm

Well, I feel dumb. I figured it was a joke, but I wasn't quite sure. Still, it's too close to what people like Jack Thompson spout everyday.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:00 pm

There was quite a stir about this when it was originally written. Because anyone who read it, had one of two reactions:

(If they knew anything about computers and their use.) - Laughed at it.
(Everyone Else.) - Believed it to be fact, and starting using it as a guide to keep an eye on thier kids.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:17 pm

Wait, someone actually used this as a guide for kids and computers?

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:18 pm

Well, im glad to hear it is a joke. I only read the first couple of paragraphs but I couldnt finish reading that tripe.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:25 pm

Paragraphs 3, 6, and 8 should be dead givaways.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:53 pm

Yeah, but you never know these days. Fox news called 4chan a "secret hacker website".

Posted: Sep 24 2007 08:15 pm

Char Aznable wrote:

Yeah, but you never know these days. Fox news called 4chan a "secret hacker website".

HACKERS ON STEROIDS.

Oh man, way to go Fox. Way to fucking go.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 09:02 pm

When I hear Hacker I think of this book.

It's an intersting and sometimes entertaining book.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 11:20 pm

Blackout Boy wrote:

When I hear Hacker I think of this book.

It's an interesting and sometimes entertaining book.

Actually, I usually think of the movie with Angelina Jolie.

Posted: Sep 25 2007 12:42 am

AHAHAHA I kept imagining Dr. Phil writing that. That was really funny. And hey, if your child is asking to switch from AOL and wants a faster video card and more memory, maybe it's cuz your computer, and AOL, fucking suck

Joined: Oct 08 2007 Posts: 108

ross_rifle113 wrote:

AHAHAHA I kept imagining Dr. Phil writing that. That was really funny. And hey, if your child is asking to switch from AOL and wants a faster video card and more memory, maybe it's cuz your computer, and AOL, fucking suck

These are the very first things I thought.

My initial thought was "fuck you American dad!"

followed by "Why in the fuck did you buy a compaq?"

followed by "What the fuck?"

Posted: Oct 11 2007 10:51 pm

Oh my gosh, if Quake is this bad, is Specialists some kind of Rapist Trainer Cool

I used to say that jokingly about Unreal Tournament 2004. I called it Sexual Predator Profiler 2004, and when you get a bunch of kills it goes "RRRRRRRAPIST", because clearly only a sex offender would practice that much at a violent game.

Posted: Oct 11 2007 11:08 pm

TS is an online community for hackers and terrorists, where they learn to unlock the inherent bullet-time powers within all humans but suppressed by Xenu when he chose to implant the Thetans into the human population.

Title: Hugh Joined: Sep 23 2007 Posts: 1591

Quote:

...but even booksellers have to bow to community pressure.

That was the absolute funniest part in the entire thing. It blew my mind too because I thought the mighty booksellers were above all that but even they have to bow down, wow.