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Mon 01/09/03 at 10:12
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"Infantalised Forums"
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This virus that's being doing the rounds and the kid that's been caught.
Virus writers/hackers.

There is a cliche of computer users, especially those that are "133t" and "haxxor" etc as being fat loners with monitor tans and a sheen of unhealthy perspiration that covers their pasty face.
Think a fat Gollum that likes Star Trek and you're not far off.
Basement dwellers that pick holes in sci-fi movies and are frightened of women, sociopaths that want to strike down people's computers to make up for the fact that they were bullied at school for being...well...nerdlingers with no social grace.

But that's not true is it? I mean, we're not like that so why should these uber-geeks that spend time creating viruses right?
Wrong:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3190799.stm

Sorry to say that one glance at his pic makes me realise just how spot-on our preconceptions of hackers/virus writers are. I can hear him clicking send and chortling “Worst Virus ever”, before his basement door is opened and a shaft of light is thrown down, whereupon he throws his arm across his eyes and hisses “it burns usss” and scuttling under his bed.
Fat Geek causes chaos to make up for being a…well…fat geek.
And I bet you he loves The Darkness.
Mon 01/09/03 at 13:17
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"twothousandandtits"
Posts: 11,024
"Under house arrest"

The whole point is he needs to get out of the house a bit more.
Mon 01/09/03 at 12:49
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"Well hit on me..."
Posts: 1,169
Poor chap.

He should sue MacDonalds for not labelling there food 'contains fat' and 'eating 15 of these a day will make you a bloater'.

That way he can get all the money back to pay his fine.

However being allergic to girls I believe he will find prison very widening, sorry enlightening.

as for the Bend over fatbouy remarks, all I can think of is him quoting the southpark movie.

Why do you always have to make love from behind, is because your thinking of someone else?

'relaaaax satan, your a$$ is big and red, who else could I think of?'
Mon 01/09/03 at 12:30
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"Excommunicated"
Posts: 23,284
He looks about 40
Mon 01/09/03 at 12:26
Regular
"Infantalised Forums"
Posts: 23,089
"Whatchoo in here fowah boy?"
"Virus on the web"
"Das a damn shame, now give it up doughboy"
"Er..."
Mon 01/09/03 at 12:16
"Darth Vader 3442321"
Posts: 4,031
How would he explain what he is in for to other inmates?

"Watcha do fatboy?"

"I wrote a virus and then released it on the internet".

"My mum uses the internet!"

*THUMP*
Mon 01/09/03 at 10:17
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"Pouch Ape"
Posts: 14,499
He he, saw this the other day and I had exactly the same thoughts. He's hardly Angelina Jolie in Hackers now, is he? Imagine if the Cops crew turned up and he did a runner: "Chief, he's getting away...very, very slowly". big fatso sits all day and types. If they just rounded up every lardo in the US and put them away at Fat Camp, cyber crime would go down by about 90%.
Mon 01/09/03 at 10:12
Regular
"Infantalised Forums"
Posts: 23,089
This virus that's being doing the rounds and the kid that's been caught.
Virus writers/hackers.

There is a cliche of computer users, especially those that are "133t" and "haxxor" etc as being fat loners with monitor tans and a sheen of unhealthy perspiration that covers their pasty face.
Think a fat Gollum that likes Star Trek and you're not far off.
Basement dwellers that pick holes in sci-fi movies and are frightened of women, sociopaths that want to strike down people's computers to make up for the fact that they were bullied at school for being...well...nerdlingers with no social grace.

But that's not true is it? I mean, we're not like that so why should these uber-geeks that spend time creating viruses right?
Wrong:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3190799.stm

Sorry to say that one glance at his pic makes me realise just how spot-on our preconceptions of hackers/virus writers are. I can hear him clicking send and chortling “Worst Virus ever”, before his basement door is opened and a shaft of light is thrown down, whereupon he throws his arm across his eyes and hisses “it burns usss” and scuttling under his bed.
Fat Geek causes chaos to make up for being a…well…fat geek.
And I bet you he loves The Darkness.

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