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While ip address restriction isn't foolproof, it would have probably stopped this "hacker" from gaining access. And the article says this guy was pretty good w

• epochwolf 17y ago
  One person's definition of good with computers is another person's definition of a script kiddy. :) I was called "good with computers" just because able to modify the toolbars in Word 97. (Not to mention knowing html!)
  • nitrogen 17y ago
    It gets worse. I had an acquaintance in junior high (long time ago) who found out that I was a computer programmer. One day he asked me to come over to his house and "program" his parents' computer. I thought it was cool that he wanted help learning how to program. When I got there, I found out what he really wanted was to have someone install Quicken for Windows for him. I did the dance of clicking "Next" a bunch of times, and his parents were amazed. I tried explaining that that's not what "programming" means, but it apparently didn't stick. The next week, he called me up just to brag that he had learned how to "program" computers too, and how he must be smarter than me because it took me so long to learn how to program.