This is an excerpt from a letter I wrote last year, my freshman year in high school, to AntiOnline, the most vile and hated of script kiddie sites, whose staff can goto hell and die slow, writing in agony not only of the rememberance of their own immaturity, selfishness, ignorance, etc., but also in the physical pain that I will introduce to them by way of my faithful Chinese Shar-Pei, Roxy. This particular part of the letter details my opinions on the profile of their readers and supporters, who strangely enough also seem to fit the profile of the people that will no doubt be interviewed/influenced/choosing to be associated with MTV's "hacker."
I attend a high school here in a suburb of one of the major cities in the united states. Almost everyone here has a computer and it is just as common for them to subscribe to an internet service provider. Lately, it seems that there are many of these teenagers (or even pre-teens) are interested in computer security. (Or so they claim.)
This in itself is not surprising. Computers have played a large role in the shaping of twentieth-century America. (If I keep talking like this they'll put me on the Discovery Channel.) Computers are everywhere. In the corner of every billboard is a world wide web address. You can not go through a box of frozen waffles without being berrated at to "Visit www.cyberwaffles.com for the digiwaffles experience pushing binary envelope!" (I do not know if it exists. If it does, please run to your local establishment of religion and _pray_!). Schools, the establishment where those of the noted age spend hours of each day, are now inseperably intertwined into the ubiquitous (Yeah, that's right kid, reach for your dictionary.) computer-culture of networks, servers and databases.
Another facet of life that teenagers often experience is rebellion. Everyone wants to be James Dean. Marilyn Manson, Korn and Ozzy Ozzbourne* are all examples of rebellious outlets. Others include shoplifting, cigarettes, and flavor crystals in Cinn*a*burst gum. I know people who will commit pointless, but incriminating feats of idiocy in school and then revel in pride when they are called to the assistant principle's office. It's a stage for most people. Most people experience it some time. Beyond this, you can read the volumes of psychiatry on adolescent rebellion ( Cheesy psychiatrist voice: Do you do this to your parent's because it makes you feel like you're getting back at them, Bobby?).
This combination breeds a special type of teenager. It is easy to tell who is and isn't. Let's see here... People of this type often...
o Claim to be "Hackers, Hax0rz, etc." o Use Microsoft Windows (And every now and then a Mac user.) o Pirate Software ("Warez") o Have simple knowledge of the way that MS-DOS and Windows systems work. (i.e. Modify Autoexec.bat, win.ini, etc.) o Have interest in "anarchy"-type information. (Jolly Roger-Anarchist cookbook, etc.) o Use AOL or SLIP/PPP type network connection. o May use viruses, trojans, etc. o Use simple "hacking" programs
Let me explain these points. First, everyone has some definition of what a hacker is. (A definition which is mostly wrong.) There is all kinds of media surrounding these misconceptions. I will list a few:
o Movies : _Hackers_ (The worst of them), _The Net_, _Masterminds_, the movie in the works by Miramax about Kevin Mitnick, many, many made-for-tv-movies. o Books: _Secrets of A Superhacker_, _The Happy Hacker's Handbook_ (please whatever you do, don't read this), _Cyberpunk_ (Kevin Mitnick has been in jail a long time unneccassarily and John Markoff helped put him there.), _The Cyberpunk Handbook_ (to the point of hilarity), and many, many "cyber-novels" (a phrase of Upright Citizen's Brigade Fame).
So everyone is pretty sure a hacker is someone who breaks into computers, right? Wrong. See the _Jargon File_ or _The New Hacker's Dictionary_. Anyway, these troubled youths choose to identify themselves as "hackers", because in their definition, "hacking" is what they do.
On to the flawed existence of Microsoft Windows. Windows is the most common operating system on the face of the earth if I am not mistaken. Real hackers, whenever remotely possible, do not concern themselves with Windows. Go get Linux. The fact that the these who claim to be "elite" are using a operating system that is the equivalent of a sanitarium with padded walls and crayons for writing letters can be used to prove that these "hackers" are really technically inept.
Software piracy, a.k.a. "warez" is a common activity of these faux "hackers" because it gives them a sense of doing something that is wrong and more importantly, illegal. This is easily attributable to their rebellious nature, which was discussed earlier. Here I will note the importance of flashy graphics. I have seen many, many "hax0r" webpages that are done entirely in Adobe Photoshop with nothing but selection and Alien Skin Software EyeCandy plugins. Most of these pages (probably yours if you used lots of EyeCandy) have *no* element of graphic design whatsoever. It is easy to impress these so-called "hackers" with this kind of design. They thrive on social support for self-confidence and attempt to impress each other with these pointless images. This is why Adobe Photoshop is a common item on "warez" pages.
Everyone has used computers. Some people know more than others. In this case with the kids I am discussing, they may or may not know more, but by only a thin margin. It is even possible that they may know BASIC programming. Their peers see that they have (slightly) surperior knowledge and may express admiration. This is what builds up the whole "elite" attitude. No one likes an egomaniac.
Anarchy files is a simple extension of the need for rebellion. No one really needs to know how to make napalm. No one reading this, at least. Intrest such as these are purely childish and even less justifiable than software piracy. If the government ever makes an organized attempt at complete totalitarianism, the only thing you will be able to do is insert your head between your legs and kiss your sorry ass goodbye.
The single most popular isp among these wannabes is probably aol. AOL is a terrible company (although they did score points with the Netscape open-source issue) and is the least desirable access provider anywhere. I would rather live in North Korea and eat dog than show up on someone's server log as coming from an aol ip address. Aol isn't always the way modus operandi, though. But reagrdless, they will, with few exceptions, always use a SLIP/PPP networking connections. Why is this relevant? Because it shows their technical hopelessness. I garauntee you that you can sit any of these "hakz0rs" down at a bash shell and the first thing they will try to do is type "win" or maybe "dir *.exe" and finally "help". They need their precious gui interfaces because without them they will drown in their sea of bad MS-DOS syntax. This is statement can be supported by their love for cheesy graphics. Do you think most "31337 d00dz" optimize their sites for Lynx? I didn't think so.
Computer viruses. Personally, I think that anyone that has taken the time to learn assembly should write themself a microkernel so they can network their toaster ovens or electric toothbrushes or do something at least semi-productive. But alas, it appears some insist upon pointlessly annoying innocent computer users. Not that these people that are capable of producing such programs are common in "hak3r" culture. Virus distribution is just another way to feel rebellious and badass while in reality it's the equivalent of setting random people's homes on fire. Pretty cool, huh?
AOHell, WinNuke, port scanners, Back Orifice, the list goes on. It appears that every now and then one of these kids actually figures out the winsock control in Visual Basic and in a malevolent orgy of simplemindedness produces another one of these idiot machines. (My sincere apologies to the l0pht; I don't care how many CERT advisories you've caused, you still can't spell.) I program. In C. No, not Visual C++, that doesn't count. Try the GNU compiler for a real programming experience. Lost without your anarchy symbol pointer and some buttons to push, huh? All of these programs are simple to design. WinNuke is something like five winsock.dll calls, I believe. Back Orifice isn't the genius it's made out to be. Wow guys, I'm in this guys hard drive! Remote access utilities are very common. Back Orifice is not the first or the best,, by any measure. The only difference is that Back Orifice makes a few registry calls, uses datagrams and runs transparently. The people who use such programs think that their designers are really "l33t", when in truth they are just simple socket programming exercises. No magic. The vast majority of the so-called "hacking" population does not know how to program anything at all and uses these programs without caring how they work. Where's the hacker spirit at?
If you meet any two of those conditions (with possible exception to numbers two, four and six) I would immediatly seek out psychiatric help for your immaturity.
Two nights ago (or maybe it was last night, all that caffeine blurs lines between distinct time periods) I was reading the responses to Microsoft's "Linux Myths" publication. I read the top scoring comments and found that almost all of them were based on undeniably cold, hard information. Where backing information became ambiguous, such as our "anecdotal stories" about NT's uptime, slashdot writers comprimised, even when they knew they were right, in order to keep the overall validity of their arguments strong and impenetrable. I thought to myself, "Nearly everything Microsoft claimed in their paper has been proved false or invalid by very scientific observations, and the more opinionated statements Microsoft made has been responded to intelligently. I could take this statement from this comment, and this paragraph from this one and create an entire rebuttal report by compiling snippets of these comments.". Such a "compiled" (if I may use the term in a non-technical sense (; ) paper would certaintly be considered "Community Written" and would basically take one person's additional effort to construct. If a number of these compilations could be produced, we could put the "Slashdot Community Publication Repository" online. Few issues: Who would do the compiling? Would lots of people make them, and then moderators (possibly those with highest scores on comments?) would vote on them? Would the moderators themselves do that? Would the slashdot admins compile them? Would each comment's outline contain an identifier for each specific point he or she makes (Slashdot HTML tags?) and then would those clearly defined points be voted on? Lack of sources. (Not to be confused with source code.) For a formal report to be compiled, saying things like "NT only gets C2 classification when not connected to a network." require specific proofs. Where did this information come from? All that stuff needs to have links to its original source whether it be AP Newswire, a Bugtraq report, or just a few steps of math to show what 99.9% annual uptime is. Even saying that 2 GB has been the swap file size limit should have a link to a man page somewhere (so it can be immediatly victimized by The Slashdot Effect). Time. This compiling will take time. (Until AI Beowulf clusters of a thousand Linux boxes do it for us.) Will we care about this issue by the time we have a publication. Should we vote on which issues to pubish? Rob's Ego. Should we let him bask in his own creation's glory? Should we have him keep a skull on his desk like Shakespeare did to remind him he is only mortal? Should he be required to take psychoactive medications? Should he, like the Pope (Pontifex Maximus (; ), be required to bequeeth all his worldly possessions to his orginization to keep him humble? (Dibs on server.) Also, no doubt this change would effect our beloved Slashdot. I can see a few possible effects: Reduction of stupid unneccassary, unintelligent comments due to motivations to have part of his comment cited in Compilation. I'm capitalizing it now... exiting!.(i.e., the writer would know that "Micr0$oft Sucks!" wouldn't be considered for publication.). Community recognition. If we had such Compilations with citations and such, notable media would start refering to Slashdot Compilations for information and viewpoints on topics. (More often then they are now, even.) Slashdot's notoriety would grow, and so would its user base. Slashdot Compilation Archives cds could be sold to accomodate the larger user base and traffic. We would need Rob to make his taxes public so we could make sure he isn't spending the Compilation Archives cds on his well-known crack habit.
In closing, I believe Community Writing could really enhance Slashdot as a whole. LOTS of places would have discussions forums, and Slashdot still would be. People would still debate, flame, respond, email and DoS each other based on their posted opinions. But Slashdot being the first to actually produce such valuable publications based on the knowledge base of its user would be a very first. [It is really too damn late and I have too damn much to do for school, etc. so I have not grammar/spell/content checked this. Deal with it.]
Are you all beyond believing that big and mighty Amazon.com cannot possibly have security holes? Your credit card number will be a)in transit b) in a database on a server for a thousand years. Oh, and choose a damn good password. Brute forcing passwords from Amazon using form submits is easy.
From Salon: "Using discarded credit-card receipts, he started ordering computer equipment from pay phones, having the merchandise overnighted to vacant houses."
Well, I remember from the sixth grade when I was an 31337 hax0r that this is exactly the way the infamous Jolly Roger/Anarchist Cookbook describes credit card fraud. This should give everybody an excellent idea of the kind of Associates and bulletin boards he was dealing with. Did he leard anything when he was living in the Cult of Jesus Christ the Holy Father Saint Martyr Person or whatever. I started the article with an open mind but now I'm pretty sure of the kind of "hacker" he thinks he is.
The average uptime before reboot onw www.windows2000test.com was 14.4 hours as of 12:00 lst night. This does not even count the nameserver problems, etc.
I thought the "cyber-nation" (apologies to Mr. Gibson) idea that CY was pretty cool until I read this! These people are obviously not aware of the institutional strictness they are imposing on their "citizens" by depending on Microsoft on the "nation's" most crucial and fundamental level! In the spirit of freedom and revoloutionary ideas, the operating platform for this project should be
*BSD! (Thought I was gonna say "Linux"?) Let's say there was a SlashNation....
Uhm... really? I'll look for the Microsoft "VirtuaNation" software any minute now. Six weeks thereafter I will begin looking for the knockoff "@Nation" and "CyberState" virtual country starter kits. FOQNE anybody?
Slashdot Mirror
This particular part of the letter details my opinions on the profile of their readers and supporters, who strangely enough also seem to fit the profile of the people that will no doubt be interviewed/influenced/choosing to be associated with MTV's "hacker."
I attend a high school here in a suburb of one of the major cities in the united states. Almost everyone here has a computer and it is just as common for them to subscribe to an internet service provider. Lately, it seems that there are many of these teenagers (or even pre-teens) are interested in computer security. (Or so they claim.)
This in itself is not surprising. Computers have played a large role in the shaping of twentieth-century America. (If I keep talking like this they'll put me on the Discovery Channel.) Computers are everywhere. In the corner of every billboard is a world wide web address. You can not go through a box of frozen waffles without being berrated at to "Visit www.cyberwaffles.com for the digiwaffles experience pushing binary envelope!" (I do not know if it exists. If it does, please run to your local establishment of religion and _pray_!). Schools, the establishment where those of the noted age spend hours of each day, are now inseperably intertwined into the ubiquitous (Yeah, that's right kid, reach for your dictionary.) computer-culture of networks, servers and databases.
Another facet of life that teenagers often experience is rebellion. Everyone wants to be James Dean. Marilyn Manson, Korn and Ozzy Ozzbourne* are all examples of rebellious outlets. Others include shoplifting, cigarettes, and flavor crystals in Cinn*a*burst gum. I know people who will commit pointless, but incriminating feats of idiocy in school and then revel in pride when they are called to the assistant principle's office. It's a stage for most people. Most people experience it some time. Beyond this, you can read the volumes of psychiatry on adolescent rebellion ( Cheesy psychiatrist voice: Do you do this to your parent's because it makes you feel like you're getting back at them, Bobby?).
This combination breeds a special type of teenager. It is easy to tell who is and isn't. Let's see here... People of this type often...
o Claim to be "Hackers, Hax0rz, etc."
o Use Microsoft Windows (And every now and then a Mac user.)
o Pirate Software ("Warez")
o Have simple knowledge of the way that MS-DOS and Windows systems work. (i.e. Modify Autoexec.bat, win.ini, etc.)
o Have interest in "anarchy"-type information. (Jolly Roger-Anarchist cookbook, etc.)
o Use AOL or SLIP/PPP type network connection.
o May use viruses, trojans, etc.
o Use simple "hacking" programs
Let me explain these points. First, everyone has some definition of what a hacker is. (A definition which is mostly wrong.) There is all kinds of media surrounding these misconceptions. I will list a few:
o Movies : _Hackers_ (The worst of them), _The Net_, _Masterminds_, the movie in the works by Miramax about Kevin Mitnick, many, many made-for-tv-movies.
o Books: _Secrets of A Superhacker_, _The Happy Hacker's Handbook_ (please whatever you do, don't read this), _Cyberpunk_ (Kevin Mitnick has been in jail a long time unneccassarily and John Markoff helped put him there.), _The Cyberpunk Handbook_ (to the point of hilarity), and many, many "cyber-novels" (a phrase of Upright Citizen's Brigade Fame).
So everyone is pretty sure a hacker is someone who breaks into computers, right? Wrong. See the _Jargon File_ or _The New Hacker's Dictionary_. Anyway, these troubled youths choose to identify themselves as "hackers", because in their definition, "hacking" is what they do.
On to the flawed existence of Microsoft Windows. Windows is the most common operating system on the face of the earth if I am not mistaken. Real hackers, whenever remotely possible, do not concern themselves with Windows. Go get Linux. The fact that the these who claim to be "elite" are using a operating system that is the equivalent of a sanitarium with padded walls and crayons for writing letters can be used to prove that these "hackers" are really technically inept.
Software piracy, a.k.a. "warez" is a common activity of these faux "hackers" because it gives them a sense of doing something that is wrong and more importantly, illegal. This is easily attributable to their rebellious nature, which was discussed earlier. Here I will note the importance of flashy graphics. I have seen many, many "hax0r" webpages that are done entirely in Adobe Photoshop with nothing but selection and Alien Skin Software EyeCandy plugins. Most of these pages (probably yours if you used lots of EyeCandy) have *no* element of graphic design whatsoever. It is easy to impress these so-called "hackers" with this kind of design. They thrive on social support for self-confidence and attempt to impress each other with these pointless images. This is why Adobe Photoshop is a common item on "warez" pages.
Everyone has used computers. Some people know more than others. In this case with the kids I am discussing, they may or may not know more, but by only a thin margin. It is even possible that they may know BASIC programming. Their peers see that they have (slightly) surperior knowledge and may express admiration. This is what builds up the whole "elite" attitude. No one likes an egomaniac.
Anarchy files is a simple extension of the need for rebellion. No one really needs to know how to make napalm. No one reading this, at least. Intrest such as these are purely childish and even less justifiable than software piracy. If the government ever makes an organized attempt at complete totalitarianism, the only thing you will be able to do is insert your head between your legs and kiss your sorry ass goodbye.
The single most popular isp among these wannabes is probably aol. AOL is a terrible company (although they did score points with the Netscape open-source issue) and is the least desirable access provider anywhere. I would rather live in North Korea and eat dog than show up on someone's server log as coming from an aol ip address. Aol isn't always the way modus operandi, though. But reagrdless, they will, with few exceptions, always use a SLIP/PPP networking connections. Why is this relevant? Because it shows their technical hopelessness. I garauntee you that you can sit any of these "hakz0rs" down at a bash shell and the first thing they will try to do is type "win" or maybe "dir *.exe" and finally "help". They need their precious gui interfaces because without them they will drown in their sea of bad MS-DOS syntax. This is statement can be supported by their love for cheesy graphics. Do you think most "31337 d00dz" optimize their sites for Lynx? I didn't think so.
Computer viruses. Personally, I think that anyone that has taken the time to learn assembly should write themself a microkernel so they can network their toaster ovens or electric toothbrushes or do something at least semi-productive. But alas, it appears some insist upon pointlessly annoying innocent computer users. Not that these people that are capable of producing such programs are common in "hak3r" culture. Virus distribution is just another way to feel rebellious and badass while in reality it's the equivalent of setting random people's homes on fire. Pretty cool, huh?
AOHell, WinNuke, port scanners, Back Orifice, the list goes on. It appears that every now and then one of these kids actually figures out the winsock control in Visual Basic and in a malevolent orgy of simplemindedness produces another one of these idiot machines. (My sincere apologies to the l0pht; I don't care how many CERT advisories you've caused, you still can't spell.) I program. In C. No, not Visual C++, that doesn't count. Try the GNU compiler for a real programming experience. Lost without your anarchy symbol pointer and some buttons to push, huh? All of these programs are simple to design. WinNuke is something like five winsock.dll calls, I believe. Back Orifice isn't the genius it's made out to be. Wow guys, I'm in this guys hard drive! Remote access utilities are very common. Back Orifice is not the first or the best,, by any measure. The only difference is that Back Orifice makes a few registry calls, uses datagrams and runs transparently. The people who use such programs think that their designers are really "l33t", when in truth they are just simple socket programming exercises. No magic. The vast majority of the so-called "hacking" population does not know how to program anything at all and uses these programs without caring how they work. Where's the hacker spirit at?
If you meet any two of those conditions (with possible exception to numbers two, four and six) I would immediatly seek out psychiatric help for your immaturity.
Kspett
Two nights ago (or maybe it was last night, all that caffeine blurs lines between distinct time periods) I was reading the responses to Microsoft's "Linux Myths" publication. I read the top scoring comments and found that almost all of them were based on undeniably cold, hard information. Where backing information became ambiguous, such as our "anecdotal stories" about NT's uptime, slashdot writers comprimised, even when they knew they were right, in order to keep the overall validity of their arguments strong and impenetrable. I thought to myself, "Nearly everything Microsoft claimed in their paper has been proved false or invalid by very scientific observations, and the more opinionated statements Microsoft made has been responded to intelligently. I could take this statement from this comment, and this paragraph from this one and create an entire rebuttal report by compiling snippets of these comments.". Such a "compiled" (if I may use the term in a non-technical sense (; ) paper would certaintly be considered "Community Written" and would basically take one person's additional effort to construct. If a number of these compilations could be produced, we could put the "Slashdot Community Publication Repository" online.
Few issues:
Who would do the compiling? Would lots of people make them, and then moderators (possibly those with highest scores on comments?) would vote on them? Would the moderators themselves do that? Would the slashdot admins compile them? Would each comment's outline contain an identifier for each specific point he or she makes (Slashdot HTML tags?) and then would those clearly defined points be voted on?
Lack of sources. (Not to be confused with source code.) For a formal report to be compiled, saying things like "NT only gets C2 classification when not connected to a network." require specific proofs. Where did this information come from? All that stuff needs to have links to its original source whether it be AP Newswire, a Bugtraq report, or just a few steps of math to show what 99.9% annual uptime is. Even saying that 2 GB has been the swap file size limit should have a link to a man page somewhere (so it can be immediatly victimized by The Slashdot Effect).
Time. This compiling will take time. (Until AI Beowulf clusters of a thousand Linux boxes do it for us.) Will we care about this issue by the time we have a publication. Should we vote on which issues to pubish?
Rob's Ego. Should we let him bask in his own creation's glory? Should we have him keep a skull on his desk like Shakespeare did to remind him he is only mortal? Should he be required to take psychoactive medications? Should he, like the Pope (Pontifex Maximus (; ), be required to bequeeth all his worldly possessions to his orginization to keep him humble? (Dibs on server.)
Also, no doubt this change would effect our beloved Slashdot. I can see a few possible effects:
Reduction of stupid unneccassary, unintelligent comments due to motivations to have part of his comment cited in Compilation. I'm capitalizing it now... exiting!.(i.e., the writer would know that "Micr0$oft Sucks!" wouldn't be considered for publication.).
Community recognition. If we had such Compilations with citations and such, notable media would start refering to Slashdot Compilations for information and viewpoints on topics. (More often then they are now, even.) Slashdot's notoriety would grow, and so would its user base.
Slashdot Compilation Archives cds could be sold to accomodate the larger user base and traffic. We would need Rob to make his taxes public so we could make sure he isn't spending the Compilation Archives cds on his well-known crack habit.
In closing, I believe Community Writing could really enhance Slashdot as a whole. LOTS of places would have discussions forums, and Slashdot still would be. People would still debate, flame, respond, email and DoS each other based on their posted opinions. But Slashdot being the first to actually produce such valuable publications based on the knowledge base of its user would be a very first. [It is really too damn late and I have too damn much to do for school, etc. so I have not grammar/spell/content checked this. Deal with it.]
Kspett
Assuming 99.9% Annual Uptime and Ten Minute Reboot period... .999) = 525.6
Min_Per_Year = 60 * 24 * 365 = 525600;
Minutes_Down = Min_Per_Year - (Min_Per_Year *
Reboot_Periods = Minutes_Down / 10 = 52.56
Reboot_Periods_Per_Week = Reboot_Periods / 52 = 1.01...
Just the hard numbers, to provide a more intuitive calculation enviorment:
60*24*368 = 525600
525600-(525600*.999) = 525.6
525.6/10 = 52.56
52.56/52 = 1.01...
Of course, Microsoft would point out that on leap years when hell is freezing over and Jesus is returning to claim the open-source market....
Kspett
What Linux community? I use FreeBSD.
Kspett
Are you all beyond believing that big and mighty Amazon.com cannot possibly have security holes? Your credit card number will be a)in transit b) in a database on a server for a thousand years. Oh, and choose a damn good password. Brute forcing passwords from Amazon using form submits is easy.
Kspett
From Salon:
"Using discarded credit-card receipts, he started ordering computer equipment from pay phones, having the merchandise overnighted to vacant houses."
Well, I remember from the sixth grade when I was an 31337 hax0r that this is exactly the way the infamous Jolly Roger/Anarchist Cookbook describes credit card fraud. This should give everybody an excellent idea of the kind of Associates and bulletin boards he was dealing with. Did he leard anything when he was living in the Cult of Jesus Christ the Holy Father Saint Martyr Person or whatever. I started the article with an open mind but now I'm pretty sure of the kind of "hacker" he thinks he is.
Kspett
The average uptime before reboot onw www.windows2000test.com was 14.4 hours as of 12:00 lst night. This does not even count the nameserver problems, etc.
Kspett
The average uptime before reboot on www.windows2000test.com is 14.4 hours.
This does not even count the router failings due to poor star and astral body alignments.
Kspett
The average uptime before reboot on www.windows2000test.com is 14.4 hours.
This does not even count the router failings due to poor star and astral body alignments.
Kspett
I thought the "cyber-nation" (apologies to Mr. Gibson) idea that CY was pretty cool until I read this! These people are obviously not aware of the institutional strictness they are imposing on their "citizens" by depending on Microsoft on the "nation's" most crucial and fundamental level! In the spirit of freedom and revoloutionary ideas, the operating platform for this project should be
*BSD! (Thought I was gonna say "Linux"?) Let's say there was a SlashNation....
Kspett
Uhm... really? I'll look for the Microsoft "VirtuaNation" software any minute now. Six weeks thereafter I will begin looking for the knockoff "@Nation" and "CyberState" virtual country starter kits. FOQNE anybody?
Kspett