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. :rolleyes:
What are your views on this article? And accordingly, in which ways are you considered to be a “hacker”?
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. :ahh: hangs head in shame
Uh, yeah…That’s such nonsense. :rolleyes:
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 
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And…
I think they mean Linux?
that is the most ridiculous and yet hilarious thing ever
I love them talking about stuff they have no idea about
Lunix???
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)
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.
I’d bet 25 cents (American) that it is a parody. Pretty funny one, too.
Thanks for sharing that! My son must be a hacker! And I have hacker tendencies! :eek:
The usage of “Lunix” was just too much!!!
Cynette
Heh. I guess the two of us are automatically exempt from being hackers, being females and all… 
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…
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…
I feel so bad for whoever’s parents took this article seriously.
And if you notice, the description of the physical appearance of a “hacker” is actually that of a candy raver. I think this guy should be concerned about some other issues his son may have. :rolleyes:
Another article on that site said the government should outlaw linux computers and that Microsoft should turn off the internet from 10PM to 7AM every day. 
And you’ve gotta love those wonderful Comet Cursor and Bonzi Buddy hacking programs. ROFL (they are actually spyware, make sure you don’t have them).
Oh no! How would I be able to surf Chief Delphi during the build season if Microsoft turned off the Internet every day at night? Ohh the humanity! But maybe since I use illegal “open source” software like Mozilla Firefox and listen to these evil “mp3” music programs I won’t have to worry about surfing Chief Delphi when I am in grounded for using the Internet for more than thirty minutes a day. :eek:
N-n-not Mozilla! I wonder if that was perhaps created by Castro. :ahh:
I hope the kopzorz don’t find CD. We’ll all be taken away in handcuffs!
sigh The whole website is pretty amusing, actually.
- Note: This post has been found by the State of California to be a complete joke. Use as directed.
Ah, but we all know that The Internet Is Serious Business.
I am honestly not sure whether to believe this or not.
If this is a joke, it is probably one of the funniest nerd jokes I have seen in a good while. If it is serious, it mkaes me want to cry myslf to sleep at night. every night. until I am forty. nine
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! 
i only qualify for spending hours on the computer (especially on the internet) and installing odd music programs to try them out. ^^;; girls can be hackers too! >> <<
Look at http://shelleytherepublican.com/ some time. That one made me think for a while. (About whether he was serious.)