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Canadian University to Begin Training Hackers
torok writes "According to an article at The Edmonton Journal, The University of Calgary is going to start teaching select computer science students to write software viruses in a special new disconnected lab. Will Canada be accused of training the world's next generation of cyber-terrorists... or peacekeepers?"
WHO LET THE H4X0RS OUT?
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WHO LET THE H4X0RS OUT?
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WHO LET THE H4X0RS OUT?
l33t,l337,l33t,1337
WHO LET THE H4X0RS OUT?
l33t,l337,l33t,1337
WHO LET THE H4X0RS OUT?
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Now we have a reason to invade Canadia.
will this be offered as an online course?
Will Canada be accused of training the world's next generation of cyber-terrorists... or peacekeepers?"
Oh! Oh! I Know! Is it...terrorists?
Triv
Skills:
Comment:
While I realize the above skills may not be entirely useful for the position described, I have noted that you do have an internet connection to your primary server via IP address 66.35.250.150. Would you like me to tell you your root password during an interview, or should I be ready work at 8:30am tomorrow?
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Well, I'm quite proud to be an (adopted) Canadian. I see this as just another way for us to poke the Nazi Americans...what with SARs, mad cow, and our threat to decriminalize pot...why shouldn't we just push the envelope a little more? ;-)
We also maintain a threatening lead in Zamboni technology. [This borrowed from Canadian Bacon].
where did they get the figure of $1.6-trillion of damage done by viruses
I was out sick for 2 weeks a few months ago with a virus so that explains a lot but I'm dammed if I know where they got the other half trillion from.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
Cracker, Hackers, it is all relative...It depends on which side of the cell bars you are currently on. :)
Crackers you pay for, Hackers you get for free as a M$ like bonus feature to the WWW
errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
sorry.
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cHris
This will let Bush make all those jokes about invading Canada become a reality.
Wait, I meant liberate Canada from cyber terrorists.
Outdoor digital photography, mostly in New Engl
The 'Eh?" virus coming our way.
If America and Canada got into a war, where would all the draft dodgers go?
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts."
In fact, when educated, most people will use their powers for good, not evil.. :)
Yes, until they have a power trip, turn to the dark side, turn against their former masters, then go on a wear-only-black-and-conquer-the-galaxy binge, only to be struck down by their own son, who they were trying to turn evil at the time.
Getting 0wn3d by your own son is bad enough, but it's somewhat more humiliating when you open your son's email only to get a nasty VB worm that pops up a message saying "h4x0r3d by j00r k1dd13 - l00k3".
Disgruntled Professor in said subject goes insane (but his inherent humanity remains for later purposes in the script, naturally) and writes a virus that will 'bring down the planets computing power'. Former student and star of the class is brought in (obviously from somewhere and time at which they for some reason cannot face computers (possibilities: severe RSI, Epilepsy set off miraculously by 65-85Hz screens, Blindness...) to defeat the mad professor, before the final showdown with badly executed profundities.
And all the computer scenes have to use a bizarre and unique 3D styled UI, that looks wholly unusable, and slightly, if not completely frustrating.
Geee, I can't wait *lays on the fake exuberance*. These things always happen when something becomes more mainstream.
I like pclminion (145572)'s response to this.
;-)"
From post #5336611
"Let them refer to crackers as 'hackers.' We'll just switch to referring to hackers as 'gods.'
he USA whipped your ass in curling during the 2000 summer olympics
Isn't curling a winter sport?
*looks around the computer lab*
*Removes Plastic Vulcan Ears*
*tries to think of a lecture for tonight in place of 'Hacker vs. Cracker*
-- p06 "On religious wars: They're essentially wars over whoo's imaginary friend is better"
I could prove it: http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~erik
But, looks like someone has been doing some early studying for the course; our DNS is pooched. Oh well, its after hours now - it'll have to wait until tomorrow...
No sig for you.
The first year results are held on an unpatched IIS box.
:o)
For your final exam, there's a security certified server that holds your results. If you can give yourself an A+, you probably deserve it.
Xix.
"Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
Great! If admitting to making a mistake gets you marked as Flaimbait, then I didn't do it.
Question everything.
When they're on our side, they're called Freedom Fighters!
In Soviet America the banks rob you!
Former student and star of the class is brought in (obviously from somewhere and time at which they for some reason cannot face computers (possibilities: severe RSI, Epilepsy set off miraculously by 65-85Hz screens, Blindness...) to defeat the mad professor, before the final showdown with badly executed profundities.
Nah, the former star student would be in jail and would be released a la The Jackal to catch the mad professor. Then they would let him "disappear" only to find him later at a cybercafe dead due to bloodclots in his legs...
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
Kernel hackers is a false term. Anyone who was there when the term "hackers" was invented knows that it refers to unauthorized entry to a computer system.
Ah, so you were a member of the MIT Model Railway Club back in the 1960s when the term "hacker" was invented (and long before networked computers became popular). OK then, thanks for enlightening us all.
Right. Methinks hacking is a matter of persistence rather than training. ;)
The media gets it wrong because of their limited idea of what anyone would want to do with a strange computer system. (The media doesn't get any other field "right" either
C Hacker? Right.
Unix Hacker? Right.
Kernel Hacker? Right.
PL/I Hacker? Never heard of it.
MVS Hacker? Never heard of it.
COBOL Hacker? You gotta be kidding.
Canadian University to Begin Training Hackers! They plan to be the third world largest hacker training ground, just after MIT and Berkley! Watch news at 9 pm! *sigh*
Karma: Positive (probably because of superiour intellect)
"Know your enemy, know yourself and in a hundred battles you shall not lose"
:)
Sun Tzu
Never by hatred has hatred been appeased, only by kindness - the Buddha