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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Netquisition
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At first it was laughable. Guffawable even, a "point at it and
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bellylaugh" phenomenon. As time passed, it became a chuckling matter,
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and "at least *I* know better" giggle. Now I am insulted, and you should
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be too.
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People are terrified of us, that much is clear. And I'm not
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sure I like it anymore. It used to be a good feeling, to be able to sit
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down at a keyboard and "fix it" while awestruck computer fools kowtowed
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and offered money and prizes. It was admirable to know what you were
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doing at the keyboard, like you possessed some sort of magic that was rare
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and wonderful. Now we are all being burned at the stake by journalists,
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movie makers, and talk show hosts, and the witch hunt is far from over.
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It began, rather innocently, with a movie about a little kid
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who hacked NORAD and started a globalthermonuclear war. _Wargames_ had
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America thinking "Get a little geek behind a keyboard and he can kill us
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all." But they laughed and they liked it, and hell, so did we. Then came
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_Sneakers_, another hacker flick with a good, entertaining plot. America
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liked this one too. The hackers helped those NSA guys in the white hats
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and were given money and prizes for their wizardry. But still, there was
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that nagging paranoia - America thought "Can people *really* do this stuff?"
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But everything was still OK. We were still wizards and America was still
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computer ignorant. So all was well.
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But then things began to change. The Internet grew up. PCs were
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becoming more standard, a part of the family. Commercial online services
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exploded. And hackers made more and more headlines. Suddenly we weren't
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wizards anymore. Commands turned into rodents, DOS turned into Windows,
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and the Internet became America's playground. What did America need the
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wizards for? Burn them.
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_The Net_. Evil computer people got poor Angela's information and
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killed her cyberfriends all because of a stupid little icon that
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automatically hacks government systems at random. _Copycat_. A serial
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killer uses computers and the Internet to stalk a poor housebound
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expert on serial killers. _Hackers_. A bunch of kids that look like
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fools "get the bad guy" after they destroy a Secret Service Agent's life.
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Coming soon on NBC. _Deadly Web_. A poor young girl is stalked online
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by some computer guru using e-mail and chat.
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I see a pattern forming. If you can use a computer, you are either
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an unsuspecting victim or an evil computer wizard. Now, most of you are
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thinking that this is only the movies, that none of this has no bearing
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on real life. Ok. Let's look at the media. There are two types of
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computer coverage on the news and in the papers. There is the new technology
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coverage, including software, hardware, and company news. Then there is
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the "cyberporn ring caught" coverage. You know the type. This hype allowed
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the editor of Time Magazine to publish the results of the Rimm study,
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later found to be improperly executed and reported. This hype allows
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the media to report improper and incorrect information on a daily basis.
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Take the cyberporn ring busted on AOL. Every article I saw about that
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said it was an "Internet ring". Now, the last time I checked I couldn't
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use AOL services without being a member. Does the media care? I have
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seen incorrect information published about people I know. Does the media
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care? And let's not forget the CDA. I did not see *one* reporter
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mention the fact that the CDA could be unconstitutional until President
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Clinton himself said that it was. Does the media care? Nope. Burn them.
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Burn the wizards.
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And now the talk-shows are taking the reins. Mike n' Maty spent
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an entire week featuring the Internet. There was the inevitable story
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about the two innocent teens that were abused in e-mail by cyberperverts on
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the Internet. Where did it really happen? In an AOL chat room. How do
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I know that? Not because Mike n' Maty said so. Because I watched the
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little innocent teens chat in an AOL chatroom. I have seen topics
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ranging from "I was kidnapped by an Internet guy" all the way to "I met
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my boyfriend online and he was married". Again, the pattern is apparant.
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Nothing good comes from computers, because the wizards abuse them. Burn
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them.
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When are we going to see the stories about the kids who *learn*
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on the Internet? The paralyzed guy who falls in love on IRC and gets the
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girl? The people who share resources and ideas on the Internet? The books
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that are written? The services provided? I think I know. Burn them.
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DeMoNiKa
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demonika@netcom.com
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= Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... =
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= Internet : jericho@netcom.com (Mail is welcomed) =
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= gote land +27.31.441115 =
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= Arrested Development +31.77.3547477 =
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= Global Chaos +61.2.681.2837 =
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= Chemical Persuasion 203.324.0894 Undrgrnd Indust/Inc. 207.490.2158 =
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= Damnation 212.861.0580 that stupid place 215.985.0462 =
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= Hacker's Haven 303.343.4053 PheedbacK 303.782.0893 =
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= E.L.F. (NUP) 314.272.3426 Misery 318.625.4532 =
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= Dungeon Sys. Inc. 410.263.2258 Psykodelik Images 407.834.4576 =
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= Paradise Lost 414.476.3181 Black SunShine 513.891.3465 =
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= underworld_1995.com 514.683.1894 Digital Fallout 516.378.6640 =
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= PSYCHOSiS 613.836.7211 Bad Trip 615.870.8805 =
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= Plan 9 716.881.3663 suicidal chaos 718.592.1083 =
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= Damaged 801.944.7353 The Death Star Bar 805.872.3151 =
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= Purple Hell 806.791.0747 Atrocity Exhibition 905.796.3385 =
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= Phoenix Modernz 908.830.8265 The Keg 914.234.9674 =
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= Files through Anon FTP: FTP.NETCOM.COM - /pub/je/jericho/FUCK =
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= FTP.PRISM.NET - /pub/users/mercuri/zines/fuck =
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= FTP.WINTERNET.COM - /users/craigb/fuck =
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= FTP.GIGA.OR.AT - /pub/hackers/zines/FUCK =
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= ETEXT.ARCHIVE.UMICH.EDU - /pub/Zines/FUCK =
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= FTP.DIMENSIONAL.COM - /users/rage/zines/fuck =
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= Files through WWW: http://command.com.inter.net (DisordeR's User Page) =
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= ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/je/jericho/jericho.html =
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= http://www.prism.net/zineworld/fuck/ =
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