I'm catching up on some past news and found some stuff about a kid who was suspended from school for using NET SEND. Yes, the NET SEND that was part of DOS (and still exists in Windows today I believe) is considered hacking.
Hey! Where's the problem?
Hey!
On its face, that expression is neither offensive nor disturbing. "Hey!" is an informal way to say hello. It indicates kindness, simple courtesy and an economy of words.
But a 13-year-old boy at Richland Middle School in Richland Hills was suspended for three days in December because he sent that simple message to every computer in the school using an archaic form of instant messaging. The software was created years ago in the old disk operating system used in earlier versions of personal computers. [Star-Telegram]
The boy's dad has put up a site covering the whole incident, it's pretty funny (and sad). All I could think of as I read off of this is that I'd be so screwed if I was going through school these days.
