Promptly suspected
Apparently spurning a graphic user interface is considered suspicious activity these days:
On Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an emergency motion to quash [link goes to PDF file] and for the return of seized property on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing list identifying another student as gay. The problem? Not only is there no indication that any crime was committed, the investigating officer argued that the computer expertise of the student itself supported a finding of probable cause to seize the student’s property.
An example of the fellow’s grasp of Evil Science:
[name redacted] uses two different operating systems to hide his illegal activities. One is the regular B.C. operating system and the other is a black screen with a white font which he uses prompt commands on.
OMG, prompt commands! Obviously this man is up to no good and must be put away.
They can’t take all of us.
Spartagehee »
15 April 2009 · 6:25 pm
You may have something here.
smitty1e »
15 April 2009 · 8:52 pm
Oh for god’s sake! Next thing you know, these kids will start using Emacs!
http://www.emacswiki.org
CGHill »
15 April 2009 · 9:13 pm
Any vi fans want to chime in?
Kirk »
16 April 2009 · 8:54 am
So, would attending a Linux User Group meeting be an act in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy?
McGehee »
16 April 2009 · 9:16 am
Us lone Linux users are even more worrisome, I’d imagine. Nobody ever saw Ted Kaczsynski (sp? should I add some more consonants?) at any of the Luddite League meetings.
Old Grouch »
16 April 2009 · 2:02 pm
PAH, I still run my business on DOS 5.0.
They’ll NEVER take me ALIVE HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
(oops, sorry!)
Jeff Shaw »
16 April 2009 · 5:00 pm
HA! Can I print this to ltp1?
It gives a whole new meaning to “dir”