A decent cracker rant

[Shatter]

Anyone who can remember the pre-1996 Internet can attest to how it was not something as usable as what we have today. I got my first full-time 'net access in 1992; I can remember things like hosts files and uucp routing charts circulating as late as 1995 - these were intended for use on the public Internet in order to get around certain routing issues.

I sometimes miss using TIA on the school dialup with WinSOCK Trumpet local to get the win 3.11 connected to the net so I could run netscape v0.95 from home.

Forged SLIP connections.

Good times.

[skroo]

It's funny he talks about the 80's when I would be suprised if he was even past the point of sucking on his momma's tit, then.

Possibly. To be honest, though, having read the piece I think he probably was old enough to have lived through it. And I basically agree with most of what he's saying. But to be equally honest, it's not presenting anything that hasn't been said before. I sympathise with the point of view, but it's something we've known for years.

Also, one other thing that never gets mentioned in rants like this: yes, MS operating systems are responsible for a wide amount of misery on the Internet - but they're also the number-one cause of it being as ubiquitous as it is today.

Windows 95 made it possible for any moron with the ability to click through a few 'Next' prompts to get on the 'net. This had both good and bad effects: the good was that it prompted widespread Internet commerce, which in turn spawned better infrastructure; the bad was that it put a bunch of clicky-clicky AOL idiots behind a keyboard on on the Internet.

Anyone who can remember the pre-1996 Internet can attest to how it was not something as usable as what we have today. I got my first full-time 'net access in 1992; I can remember things like hosts files and uucp routing charts circulating as late as 1995 - these were intended for use on the public Internet in order to get around certain routing issues.

And the bandwidth... Oh, Lord, the bandiwdth. 9600-baud leased lines in and out of a lot of places were still common then, and it was worse (sometimes) if they had several of them aggregated.

So while I agree... Let's not look at the past with glasses that are a tad too rose-tinted.

[noid]

It's funny he talks about the 80's when I would be suprised if he was even past the point of sucking on his momma's tit, then.

That was the vibe I got. He talks like he's 'old school', but overall the thing screams 'I'm an angsty 18 year old'. Now if you want to hear a great cracker rant, listen to Chris Rock's 'Cracka ass Cracka' bit.

The paragraphs... WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PARAGRAPHS?

It's funny he talks about the 80's when I would be suprised if he was even past the point of sucking on his momma's tit, then.

[skroo]

I think he meant this link
http://www.geocities.com/co_barbaria...e/hackers.html

The paragraphs... WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PARAGRAPHS?

[noid]

ya, it was apparently too leet for my eyes..I got a 404 too..

[jesse]

it 404s, someone must have HACKED it!

[decco19]

Take a look at this if you've got time on your hands. http://www.geocities.com/co_barbaria...s/hackers.html