Maybe this is the kinda thing we need more of?
An anonymous hacker who calls himself "V" hijacked the projector systems in more than two dozen classrooms at Washington State University (WSU) last week. The hacker asked students to stand up to administrators and then invited them to meet on November Fifth, in one year, to take action on campus.
In V for Vendetta, V broadcasts a video message calling the British public to take action on November 5. "Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November." According to Wikipedia, November Fifth commemorates the anniversary of when Guy Fawkes's tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
According to WSU 1812 on Facebook, Google offered the hacker a job. Will the hacker's video have any lasting impact at the university or be remembered as only a prank? We'll find out what happens next November Fifth.
so what does the hacker do?
ReplyDeleteaha! a hacker is someone who beaks into a computer system and causes some mischief. sometimes they are bad people who just break in to cause damage, and we call those "crackers," while the original hackers were/are guys who like to tweak the nose of those in power, to challenge them, to point out what's wrong with the world, and to hopefully end up causing real change to a corrupt system
ReplyDeletethe original Guy Fawkes wanted to destroy Parliament (the British version of our Congress), and while I'm opposed to the violent overthrow of anything, sometimes you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet...
probitas verus honor
ReplyDeleteVery Cool Elizabeth! You hit back, not only with a concise and correct witticism, but nailed it in Latin!
ReplyDeleteYou are queen of the lab, baby!
OH, BTW, is this Elizabeth N?
Peace,
JG