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> 1. Has your son asked you to change ISPs? > 2. Are you finding programs on your computer that you don't remember installing? > 3. Has your child asked for n
by heartbeats 7y ago
> 1. Has your son asked you to change ISPs?
> 2. Are you finding programs on your computer that you don't remember installing?
> 3. Has your child asked for new hardware?
> 4. Does your child read hacking manuals?
> 5. How much time does your child spend using the computer each day?
> 6. Does your son use Quake?
> 7. Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour?
> 8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?
> 9. Has your son radically changed his appearance?
> 10. Is your son struggling academically?
The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?
- loopz 7y agoIs your 8-year old playing Left4Dead2? Please tell'em to turn off mic, rq, log off and delete game. This a game for mature adult playing!
- 0xcde4c3db 7y agoFor the uninitiated: "Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?" [1] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20191111044139/http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html https://web.archive.org/web/20191111044139/http://www.adequa...
- big_chungus 7y agoWow. I honestly can't tell; is this satire? The sad thing is that this remains many people's view of computers. The first thing this person is missing is the ingenuity of people who want to get around stuff; some crummy filter or lower-powered hardware won't dissuade anyone who's curious.
- smhenderson 7y agoI felt the same, and still am not sure but if it wasn't, just wow. It felt like just a naive parent not knowing what they're talking about but this one had me really scratching my head... If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well.
- mendelmaleh 7y ago> and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking This aged well...
- homonculus1 7y agoI thought it was real at first but "Linyos Torovoltos" is just too silly. In retrospect the sections on AMD and the extensive list of hacker literature are also tells, people who think like this generally wouldn't delve into that kind of detail.
- AlisdairO 7y agoIt was definitely satire. Adequacy.org as a whole was generally in that vein. It caught a lot of bait on the Lunix article though :-)
- ducaale 7y agoProbably a satire https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adequacy.org https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adequacy.org
- kossae 7y ago> Quake is an online virtual reality used by hackers. This is GOLD!
- 0xCMP 7y ago"I'm scared of hackers because..." 58% - "They smell bad"
- craftinator 7y ago65% - "I've seen the movie Hackers, and it contains bad language and cookies"
- RealStickman 7y agoThis is Gold, though I'm not sure if this is satire. Especially point 8 sounds like satire, but maybe that's just my Linux-infected brain and not what normal people think.
- _bxg1 7y ago"Your son may be involved in Fortnite"
- Aeolun 7y agoThis is to determine if your son is a teenager?