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I work in I.T. Part of my job is after hours support of government clients. We act as the after hours call centre. I have to deal with stupid users all the time. People who refuse to educate themselves about the tool they have to use every day which sits in front of them.

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist. Why can’t people perform basic functions that just require a little thinking. Comparing a computer too a car, I’m no mechanic and I have no idea where a head gasket is. However I can change my tyres and perform rudimentary maintanance, such as checking oil and other levels of fluids in the car. I do this every two weeks or so.

People use a computer for 6 odd hours a day at work, and yet still call in with the most bizarre and retarded stuff. Something as basic as a password for instance. I had to reset a password yesterday and happened to see how many times this client has needed it reset in the Past. An awesome 17 Times!

One of my more retarded calls was a user who claimed to have pulled the power cords from all the PC’s in the room, but his was still on. Nonwithstanding I had told him to pull his from the back of his PC (the easiest solution). This gentlemen happened to be the IT manager at our hospital. Where was he standing, the main server room. Did hilarity ensue?

Oh yes, it did.

Anyway, I digress.

I found it hilariously funny to read that, yes there are hackers who have the same problems out there. Any I.T guy/gal worth his salt with know the address 127.0.0.1 Its your default home address. Certainly any Hacker out there should know what this is. Which is why I find the following so hilariously funny…

<bitchchecker> tell me your network number man then you’re dead
<Elch> Eh, it’s 129.0.0.1
<Elch> or maybe 127.0.0.1
<Elch> yes exactly that’s it: 127.0.0.1 I’m waiting for you great attack
<bitchchecker> in five minutes your hard drive is deleted
<Elch> Now I’m frightened
<bitchchecker> shut up you’ll be gone
<bitchchecker> i have a program where i enter your ip and you’re dead
<bitchchecker> say goodbye
<Elch> to whom?
<bitchchecker> to you man
<bitchchecker> buy buy
<Elch> I’m shivering thinking about such great Hack0rs like you
* bitchchecker (~java@euirc-61a2169c.dip.t-dialin.net) Quit (Ping timeout#)
What happened is clear: That guy entered his own IP address in his mighty Hack-Tool and crashed his own PC. This way, the attack on my PC was a failure.

Read part two and three of this article at http://www.electric-escape.net/node/1475. Because yes, he does come back.