ScrumblesPAbernathy comments on In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?

[–] ScrumblesPAbernathy@readit.buzz 12 points 3 years ago (4 children)

IRC is so rad. I learned to touch type by hanging out in IRC channels in the dark on a stolen shell account in 93. I felt like a hacker, really I was a goofball talking about rollerblading on a shell account that no one cared about because they got it for free with their SLIP account.

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[–] gabereal451@beehaw.org 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

If I learned nothing from the movie 'Hackers', it's that all hackers need to know how to rollerblade. It's like, if you don't know how to rollerblade, are you really a hacker?

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[–] ScrumblesPAbernathy@readit.buzz 5 points 3 years ago*

u c4nt b3 l33t w1th0ut fru1tb00t5 0n yr f33t

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[–] DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

If you can't rollerblade to a public phone to use your bluebox so you can call your granny for free, are you really a phreaker?

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

core memory unlocked.

except replace blue with beige and granny with a running a pirate BBS

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