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Hardly a hack!

bh42 16y ago
There doesn't have to be Knuth level computering for it to be a fun or easy, or simple, or elegant hack. And sadly the comment about the FBI is completely true. Any script kiddies reading this better keep that in mind.
rubyrescue 16y ago
it's a hack in the Bruce Schneier "easiest way to steal pancakes has nothing to do with where money changes hands" sense... Our goal is to eat, without paying, at the local restaurant. And we've got a lot of options. We can eat and run. We can pay with a fake credit card, a fake check, or counterfiet cash. We can persuade another patron to leave the restraunt without eating and eat his food. We can impersonate (or actually become) a cook, a waiter, a manage, or the restraunt owner (who might actually be someone that few workers have ever met). We could snatch a plate off someone's table before he eats it, or from under the heat lamps before the waiter could get to it. We can wait at the dumpster for the busboy to throw away the leftovers. We can pull the fire alarm and sneak in after everyone evacuates. We can even try to persuade the manager that we're some kind of celebrity who deserves a free breakfast, or maybe we can find a gullible patron and tal her into paying for our food. We could mug someone, nowhere near the restraunt, and buy the pancakes. We could forge a coupon for free pancakes. And there's always the time-honored tradition of pulling a gun and shouting, "Give me all your pancakes".
- jbrennan 16y ago
  You've made this celiac crave pancakes again. Bad.
  - xinsight 16y ago
    You can't tolerate glutin and you've never tried buckwheat pancakes? I find them superior to normal wheat pancakes in every way.
    - jbrennan 16y ago
      Don't judge me.
      - xinsight 16y ago
        Sorry, my tone might have been off. What I meant was: Buckwheat pancakes don't have glutin and are amazing. If you don't know about them, give 'em a try!
  - btilly 16y ago
    You can make decent pancakes with oat flour. Try http://www.recipefiles.org/view_recipe.php?id=548 http://www.recipefiles.org/view_recipe.php?id=548 out.
harshpotatoes 16y ago
True, but opening an unlocked door is hardly breaking into a house, yet you'd still get in trouble for it.
- jasongullickson 16y ago
  Locked or not it's still trespass, which is illegal, in most places.
  - harshpotatoes 16y ago
    Right, that's what I was going for.
  - 3pt14159 16y ago
    Not in some parts of Canada. Trespass is only once you've told someone to leave (or have a sign saying "no trespassing). Otherwise you are free to walk on anyone's property (this is Canada wide) and sometimes enter their house (this is specific to certain areas). If a door is locked then obviously you arn't allowed in, but in the North you are granted "implicit" permission to go into someone's house if you would be in pain or otherwise discomforted. In an emergency (threat of death, lifelong pain, bear/wolf/moose attack (seriously) you are allowed to break into a house and stay there until you can leave. You are supposed to get in touch with the owner as soon as you can find him, though, and replace food, windows, other damage. If you don't it is considered break and entering.
    - jonah 16y ago
      That's a very sane law. Have you heard of any problems with it in practice?
      - 3pt14159 16y ago
        Never. I've only heard of someone I know (a family member) using it once though. She left more than enough money and a note in the fridge and was very grateful she didn't have to continue driving in whiteout conditions.

Hardly a hack!

bh42 16y ago

There doesn't have to be Knuth level computering for it to be a fun or easy, or simple, or elegant hack. And sadly the comment about the FBI is completely true. Any script kiddies reading this better keep that in mind.

rubyrescue 16y ago

it's a hack in the Bruce Schneier "easiest way to steal pancakes has nothing to do with where money changes hands" sense... Our goal is to eat, without paying, at the local restaurant. And we've got a lot of options. We can eat and run. We can pay with a fake credit card, a fake check, or counterfiet cash. We can persuade another patron to leave the restraunt without eating and eat his food. We can impersonate (or actually become) a cook, a waiter, a manage, or the restraunt owner (who might actually be someone that few workers have ever met). We could snatch a plate off someone's table before he eats it, or from under the heat lamps before the waiter could get to it. We can wait at the dumpster for the busboy to throw away the leftovers. We can pull the fire alarm and sneak in after everyone evacuates. We can even try to persuade the manager that we're some kind of celebrity who deserves a free breakfast, or maybe we can find a gullible patron and tal her into paying for our food. We could mug someone, nowhere near the restraunt, and buy the pancakes. We could forge a coupon for free pancakes. And there's always the time-honored tradition of pulling a gun and shouting, "Give me all your pancakes".

jbrennan 16y ago
You've made this celiac crave pancakes again. Bad.
- xinsight 16y ago
  You can't tolerate glutin and you've never tried buckwheat pancakes? I find them superior to normal wheat pancakes in every way.
  - jbrennan 16y ago
    Don't judge me.
    - xinsight 16y ago
      Sorry, my tone might have been off. What I meant was: Buckwheat pancakes don't have glutin and are amazing. If you don't know about them, give 'em a try!
- btilly 16y ago
  You can make decent pancakes with oat flour. Try http://www.recipefiles.org/view_recipe.php?id=548 http://www.recipefiles.org/view_recipe.php?id=548 out.

harshpotatoes 16y ago

True, but opening an unlocked door is hardly breaking into a house, yet you'd still get in trouble for it.

jasongullickson 16y ago
Locked or not it's still trespass, which is illegal, in most places.
- harshpotatoes 16y ago
  Right, that's what I was going for.
- 3pt14159 16y ago
  Not in some parts of Canada. Trespass is only once you've told someone to leave (or have a sign saying "no trespassing). Otherwise you are free to walk on anyone's property (this is Canada wide) and sometimes enter their house (this is specific to certain areas). If a door is locked then obviously you arn't allowed in, but in the North you are granted "implicit" permission to go into someone's house if you would be in pain or otherwise discomforted. In an emergency (threat of death, lifelong pain, bear/wolf/moose attack (seriously) you are allowed to break into a house and stay there until you can leave. You are supposed to get in touch with the owner as soon as you can find him, though, and replace food, windows, other damage. If you don't it is considered break and entering.
  - jonah 16y ago
    That's a very sane law. Have you heard of any problems with it in practice?
    - 3pt14159 16y ago
      Never. I've only heard of someone I know (a family member) using it once though. She left more than enough money and a note in the fridge and was very grateful she didn't have to continue driving in whiteout conditions.