I coded an OS in assembly in 24 hours one time on Crystal Meth. When I sobered up the next day I looked back at the code and realized it was just the words "push" and "pop" over and over again in a 36 Meg text file. The p button quit working on my keyboard the next day.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris DeVoney Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 1:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Meth and hacking? On Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:44 AM, Steven Alexander wrote: > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4460349/ > > "The drugs and the crime fit neatly together; addicts strung > out on meth can stay awake and focused for days at a time, > making them expert hackers and mailbox thieves. And ID theft > is easy money, the perfect income for drug addicts who have > no other way to fund their habit." > > Expert hackers? WTF? Depends on how you define "expert" but I could accept Bob Sullivan's defintion (although his idiot editor at MSNBC could have changed the wording). According to the article, the theft doesn't start with an online activity; it starts by stealing US Mail. The information is then successfully exploited online. No, the person isn't an expert hacker, per sa; they become expert at exploiting identify theft, just a fancy name for a thief. But concentration and long, continuous effort working at a craft can improve anyone's skills.<grin> cdv _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
