[ale] OT: Pranks are out

[Christopher Fowler]

On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 18:41 -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Messing with xhost to allow nefarious access then run xroach of
> another
> grad student screen. howl with laughter.

I used to use Double Vision to take over peoples terminals without them
knowing.  That was always fun.

When I was a teenager I like to call the BBS's around Charlotte.  My mom
liked to talk on the phone.  We were like sister and brother arguing
over the phone.  When she would pick up the phone to call her friend I
would pick up and interject a number while she was dialing.  After about
10 wrong numbers she gave up and I could get back to the BBS's.  If she
did make it on the phone I would send the 'ATH' command to my modem to
pick up. It would make clicking sounds and eventually she would tell her
friend that something was wrong with the line and I could get back to
BBS's.  If she did manage to get on the line with her friend she would
talk for hours.  I had to do something.  Anyway to this day she still
does not know about those tricks.