1st January 2001 Archive

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• Kid hacks school comp on teacher's dare

  And guess who's been punished

  Fifteen-year-old Washington State high school student Aaron Lutes defeated filtering/security software on a school computer system after his teacher dared the class to try it. Elma High School computer science teacher Giovanni Colombo issued the dare in class, joking that the students might get a reward from the software maker …

  Music and Media 1 Jan 2001, 15:39

• Flame of the Year: the craziest of the crazy

  Utter fury and madness in words. Pure class

  That's right folks: what you've all been waiting for - a flame showdown. One of the greatest aspects of the Internet is that anyone, anywhere in the world can look at a Web site at anytime (as long as they have a connection). However, if you actually post something on the Net, you'll soon realise there is a flipside to this. …

  Flame of the Week 1 Jan 2001, 22:31