The Salty Peanut Gallery

Sometime yesterday our good friend, Byron, over at The No Kool Aid Zone had the misfortune of being hacked. Attempts to enter the site were met with the following message:

We have assumed control
We have assumed control
We have assumed control
We have assumed control
We have assumed control

Fortunately Webbie-Dude Paul was on top of it and was able to get things up and running in no time. Speculations as to “what the motivation of the lifeless loser(s) was who decided to create this mischief” have lead to various ideas, anything from being the work of a political left-winger to space aliens. As a public service we offer these insightful observations.

Top Ten Signs Your Co-Worker is a Computer Hacker

#10. You ticked him off once, and your next phone bill was for $20,000.

#9. He’s won the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes 3 years running.

#8. When asked for his phone number, he gives it in hex.

#7. Seems strangely calm whenever the office computer network goes down.

#6. Somehow gets HBO on his PC at work.

#5. Mumbled, “Oh, puh-leeez” 95 times during the movie “The Net”.

#4. Massive 401k contribution made in half-cent increments.

#3. His video dating profile lists “public-key encryption” among hobbies.

#2. When his computer starts up, you hear, “Good Morning, Mr. President”.

And the #1 sign your co-worker is a computer hacker:

You hear him murmur, “Let’s see you use that Visa card now, Professor I-Don’t-Give-A’s-In-Computer-Science!”