[olug] FUD at its worst

[David Walker]

What an unusual site.  It appears to be filled with articles written as 
either outright lies or by the severely uninformed.

I found this quote interesting from their "Who" page, "Adequacy.org is 
frankly unlikely to become a part of the Open Source Developers Network any 
time soon." 
They run Apache as their web server.  Chances are they have other open source 
products in their as well.

I don't know who they are but their site is like the twilight zone of the 
internet.

On Tuesday 08 January 2002 10:03 am, you wrote:
> One of my co-workers pointed me to this web site.  This is both very funny
> and very scary.  To think that this guy is serious.
>
> http://www.adequacy.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2001/12/2/42056/2147
>
> I cut out a few, but there are a lot more that are just as bad.
>
> Let me repeat the following comments are NOT mine.  They are from the above
> link, I just thought those on this list would get a good laugh.
> So here goes...
>
> To this end, I have decided to publish the top ten signs that your son is a
> hacker. I advise any parents to read this list carefully and if their son
> matches the profile, they should take action. A smart parent will first try
> to reason with their son, before resorting to groundings, or even spanking.
> I pride myself that I have never had to spank a child, and I hope this
> guide will help other parents to put a halt to their son's misbehaviour
> before a spanking becomes necessary.
>
> Does your child read hacking manuals? ; "Programming with Perl" by Timothy
> O'Reilly;
>
> 8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?
>
> BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker
> operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos
> Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program
> called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These
> programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems
> to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's
> stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a
> notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as
> "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet
> without using a telephone.
>
> Your son may try to install "lunix" on your hard drive. If he is careful,
> you may not notice its presence, however, lunix is a capricious beast, and
> if handled incorrectly, your son may damage your computer, and even break
> it completely by deleting Windows, at which point you will have to have
> your computer repaired by a professional.
>
> If you see the word "LILO" during your windows startup (just after you turn
> the machine on), your son has installed lunix. In order to get rid of it,
> you will have to send your computer back to the manufacturer, and have them
> fit a new hard drive. Lunix is extremely dangerous software, and cannot be
> removed without destroying part of your hard disk surface.
>
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