10 Signs that your son is a hacker.

[Kristian Calhoun]

I just read this article, and found it to be somewhat ridiculous... 10 signs that your son is a computer hacker

According to this list, I'm a computer hacker because I use Optimum Online instead of AOL, asked my parents to purchase me an AMD processor, which they did, and spend way more than 30 minutes a day online.

What are your views on this article? And accordingly, in which ways are you considered to be a "hacker"?

[Alexa Stott]

Oh noes!!11!!!

I *must* be a drrrty haxor. I have mp3's on my computer! And my ISP is Optimum Online. I also have Flash on my computer. *hangs head in shame*

Uh, yeah...That's such nonsense.

[Michelle Celio]

That's just ...odd. It kind of reminds me of this one list, "Your child might be a goth if.." or something. I dunno.

Accoring to that, I've been a "hacker" since I was..10? (Minus the fact that I'm not a male )

And..

Originally Posted by 10 Signs that your son is a hacker.

8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?

I think they mean Linux?

[Bill_Hancoc]

now that i got my laugh in for the day...if we could only give useful tips to help stop the hackers that go around deleting other students school projects and the like ( this happened to a person i know a few days ago)

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by Fruity Pebbles

Accoring to that, I've been a "hacker" since I was..10? (Minus the fact that I'm not a male )

Heh. I guess the two of us are automatically exempt from being hackers, being females and all...

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Fruity Pebbles

That's just ...odd. It kind of reminds me of this one list, "Your child might be a goth if.."

I thought the same thing! I remember a "symptom" of being "goth" was ... eating Count Chocula cereal! ... and it was a "serious" article.

I like this: "Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour?"

... that's part of becoming a teenager!

[Tiix]

Originally Posted by Michelle Celio

That's just ...odd. It kind of reminds me of this one list, "Your child might be a goth if.." or something. I dunno.

Accoring to that, I've been a "hacker" since I was..10? (Minus the fact that I'm not a male )

Amen to that!!! they all think its the Guys who are doing all the hacking... heh thats why females get away with so much!!! but i asked for half that stuff and im innocent!!

[EricH]

Hah. The ones that fit me are:

Time on computer. (I'm online, unless I'm in class or sleeping or eating.)
Non-AOL. (Is it a bad sign that I don't know what ISP I'm on?)

The sad part is, I'm at a tech school. That isn't on the list, but should be.

[Molten]

I think the guy is way off on the stereo-type of hackers. When is the last time anyone has seen someone with a pacifier? Also, most of the people I see at my school with weird hair colors don't know a thing about computers.

[anna~marie]

that is the most ridiculous and yet hilarious thing ever
I love them talking about stuff they have no idea about

[ChuckDickerson]

Lunix???????????

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Lunix???????????

my thoughts at first too, but heres the results from a wikipedia search...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUnix, but i do believe that they mean Linux.

[Rick TYler]

I'd bet 25 cents (American) that it is a parody. Pretty funny one, too.

[Conor Ryan]

I love this at the bottom of the page:
The Adequacy.org name, logo, symbol, and taglines "News for Grown-Ups", "Most Controversial Site on the Internet", "Linux Zealot", and "He just loves Open Source Software"

ROFL, wanna know something funny, if this is true I've been a hacker since about age 8, my little brother is 7 and he loves to use Ubuntu, and complains about the slow computer. I love the internet sometimes.........

[Jaine Perotti]

After browsing around and reading other articles, I find the whole entire website ridiculous. At first I thought it was all a joke, but apparently the people who write articles on there are serious. I find it frightening, actually.

The article itself made me laugh though. Especially the mispelling of Linux as "Lunix." What isn't funny is the fact that whoever wrote it was dead serious.

[EDIT] I'm not really sure if the site is real or a joke, as I read through more of it. oww... my brain hurts... surely such ludicrous people do not really populate this planet...