I have my first 28.8 modem from the beginning of dial-up. On 12/16/2010 4:23 PM, Jeromie Reeves wrote: > I keep one of my USR 56k modems on the wall =) > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Rick Harnish<rharn...@wispa.org> wrote: >> Our first employee was a 14 year old kid that hacked into our server shortly >> after we started a dialup business in 1995. His payment for the next couple >> years was hardware. Dang, he must be nearly 30 now. I can promise you he >> was successful! >> >> I went into the office one day and my partner said "We've been hacked". I >> looked at him dumbfounded, not knowing with "hacked" meant. He said I'm >> going to catch him next time. The next day he said "I caught him, you will >> never believe who it is, He is 14 years old and he starts work tomorrow." >> >> Ah the good ole days! 56K Frame Relay backbone and (16) 19,200 baud US >> Robotics modems. :) >> >> Rick >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Scott Lambert >>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:45 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Copyright Infringement --- TOO FUNNY!!! >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:59:23AM -0800, Mark Nash wrote: >>>> When we forward copyright notices from the entertainment industry >>>> lawyers to our customers who download illegally-obtained movies, we >>> get >>>> a variety of responses from our customers, ranging from none at all, >>>> shocked, angry, understanding, etc. >>>> >>>> This takes the cake...DEFINITELY my favorite...gettin a little >>>> wrist-slap from dad... >>>> >>>> (names have been changed to protect the guilty)... >>>> >>>> ******************* >>>> Hello this is Taylor Wisdom, Bill Wisdom's son. My father just >>> informed >>>> me of an email he received from UnwiredWest via Mark Nash regarding >>> the >>>> downloading of a film which violated copy infringement laws. The was >>>> labeled "Takers". I did download the film "Takers" from a bit torrent >>>> website and have since then deleted the film and any programs >>> affiliated >>>> with them. This sort of copyright infringement will not happen again. >>> I >>>> do apologize for the inconvenience. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Taylor Wisdom >>>> ******************* >>> Sounds like most of the conversations we used to have with the 13 >>> year old script-kiddy-wannabes in the late 90's. The parents had >>> no clue what the kids were up to, but got very serious with the >>> kids when we called them at 2am to report their mis-behaviour. >>> >>> One kid's father scared hime enough that when one of his IRC friends >>> from another state said he was going to use a password he found for >>> one of our customer's on our shell server, the kid told Dad and Dad >>> dialed the phone and handed it back to the kid. He ended up talking >>> to me. I watched the other kid log in and run a few commands. The >>> shells were all patched to log every command run to a central log >>> file we could tail -f. He gave me the location and name of the >>> other kid. We called that kids's phone number: >>> >>> Us: "Get off my server." >>> >>> Kid: "I don't know what you're talking about dude." >>> >>> Us: "You are logged in as user blah from IP address blither. The >>> last command you ran was blah blah blah." >>> >>> Kid: "I'm off." >>> >>> The change from cocky to "oh sh**" was fun for us. >>> >>> Us: "Go get your Dad." >>> >>> I think that one ended up in Juvie. It wasn't his first offence >>> and his dad had promised to send him up the river the next time he >>> did any hacking. We were the next time he got caught. Dad said >>> he had been caught messing with NASA before. >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix >>> SysAdmin >>> lamb...@lambertfam.org >>> >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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