Being a "Hacker" myself, that is, dealing with crypto programming, tcp/ip, firewalls and other means of securing computers and networks, I'd just like to say that either your post is a very humorous creative essay, or you have a teenage son who likes to play games, be social with online friends, and educate himself in a very lucrative potential career in programming. If your post is for real, you need to do some serious research into the programs and Operating Systems that you mentioned above. While they "can" be used by hackers, 99.999999% of the time they are used by legitimate computer users.
Quake as a hacker tool? Give me a break! It is one of the greatest games of all time, and thousands fo avid gamers play and talk online every day.
It sounds to me like you found an anti-hacker article on AOL (Stands for "Always Off-Line") by another concerned parent that didn't do his research either.
I commend you on being watchful of your childrens computer habits, and being concerned for their welfare; it means you are responsible and truly care, but do some more research before you go off on a rant. From what you said, it sounds to me like your son is a typical teenager and not a hacker.
Note: "Hackers" are good. "Crackers" are bad.
If the satellite companies can get three or six month subscriptions added to every car sold with the sat radios standard (think DELL and MSN),
AND
local coverage is available within a short timeframe (Local weather, traffic reports, etc.), you will see Sat Radio become as big as cable, and the media giants will be buying these companies in droves.
Someone else said, "Ease of availability for consumers." They are right! Putting these radios in autos is a no-brainer. Adding this capability to your stereo receiver is also a no-brainer. Hopefully the technology can get past the music industry's stranglehold on new formats.
Either way, it'll be interesting to watch the paths taken in developing and marketing this technology.
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Being a "Hacker" myself, that is, dealing with crypto programming, tcp/ip, firewalls and other means of securing computers and networks, I'd just like to say that either your post is a very humorous creative essay, or you have a teenage son who likes to play games, be social with online friends, and educate himself in a very lucrative potential career in programming. If your post is for real, you need to do some serious research into the programs and Operating Systems that you mentioned above. While they "can" be used by hackers, 99.999999% of the time they are used by legitimate computer users. Quake as a hacker tool? Give me a break! It is one of the greatest games of all time, and thousands fo avid gamers play and talk online every day. It sounds to me like you found an anti-hacker article on AOL (Stands for "Always Off-Line") by another concerned parent that didn't do his research either. I commend you on being watchful of your childrens computer habits, and being concerned for their welfare; it means you are responsible and truly care, but do some more research before you go off on a rant. From what you said, it sounds to me like your son is a typical teenager and not a hacker. Note: "Hackers" are good. "Crackers" are bad.
Amen, brothers and sisters!
If the satellite companies can get three or six month subscriptions added to every car sold with the sat radios standard (think DELL and MSN),
AND
local coverage is available within a short timeframe (Local weather, traffic reports, etc.), you will see Sat Radio become as big as cable, and the media giants will be buying these companies in droves.
Someone else said, "Ease of availability for consumers." They are right! Putting these radios in autos is a no-brainer. Adding this capability to your stereo receiver is also a no-brainer. Hopefully the technology can get past the music industry's stranglehold on new formats.
Either way, it'll be interesting to watch the paths taken in developing and marketing this technology.