So apparently Watch_Dogs teaches people how to hack in real life

[shootthebandit]

Then again, the USA also has Bill Maher, a man so funny and passionate I feel like the UK should steal him. Can't wait to see what he has to say about this!

I really like bill but I think he can be the other side of the coin and the liberal equivalent to these guys. If he toned it down just a little id like him even more but sometimes he can be a bit full-on

Its only fair that they keep him because weve already subjected them to piers morgan and one direction recently. We cant expect their good people if we send them our crap

 

[Elvis Starburst]

I tested it. I pressed X to hack the pentagon and I accidentally launched a nuke. FML.

So that's why I found the city beside me in ruins. Thanks Obama

OT: Silly remarks aside, yeah, everyone has said it. This might give a slight interest in hacking, but it doesn't teach you HOW to. The guy clearly hasn't played the damn thing. Maybe not even a recent video game in his life. If he has, I wanna know which

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Hoooooo boy. Imagine if he ever saw THIS gem.

http://www.introversion.co.uk/uplink/screenshots/nakatomi1.gif

Even worse, it's by the same guys who made this:

Spoiler

Just think what these sick people are capable of!

 

[Frezzato]

"Glenn Back"

Well thats the problem right there.

If there's anything that might be a detriment to kids, it's games like Bioshock Infinite encouraging kids to eat sandwiches out of the trash [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lyqEGcNAU].

Nooooo, I'm having flashbacks to "Hey, listen!"

That doesn't sound familiar. Is that from...a Zelda game? I found a sound clip of that just now and the thought of it repeating endlessly over a 40-hour game makes me repentant. I REPENT!!!

 

[vallorn]

First, I'd ask "What's wrong with hacking stuff?" but then I am immediately reminded of Is Your Son A Computer Hacker? [http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html] and now, I'd rather ask that instead.

Oh dear God thank you for linking this I am physically in distress from laughing so hard. (I cracked up completely when they started saying Flash was a hacker program and nearly fell over when they mentioned Quake)

On the subject, Politicians and political commentators don't understand science or technology. In other news the sun shines, grass grows, birds fly and the scout has an obnoxious accent.

 

[Vigormortis]

First, I'd ask "What's wrong with hacking stuff?" but then I am immediately reminded of Is Your Son A Computer Hacker? [http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html] and now, I'd rather ask that instead.

Please....please...for the love of all that is rational and logical....please tell me that's a joke site. Please tell me it's meant as a perpetual parody of suburban religious pseudo-morals and ignorance.

I...don't think my sanity can withstand the alternative.

 

[sidewinder fang]

*groans as I hold my head in my hands* Why... why do I have to share a planet with these people.

 

[sXeth]

I'm not done the game yet, but does Aiden even ever hack something himself? He seems to just use phone apps he got from the real hackers all the time. I guess that could hypothetically work in real life, in theory, taking much longer and with less success rate.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

If porn teaches me how to fuck, Call of Duty can teach me all the ins and outs of weapons and how to handle recoil, let alone handle the guns themselves, or how NCIS can tell me I can have the highest 'score' in every MMO that ever existed and will exist by using a supercomputer equipped with a "16-core CPU and a 10-meg pipe", have a full-time job that pays enough money to afford a lavish apartment and not-Ramen and hot pocket foods and still get enough sleep to focus on just about anything, I'm sure Watch Dogs can teach me how to hack by pressing X. /sarcasm

Seriously, why are we giving this Omega-level nutjob any attention whatsoever?

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

OT: The dude is so far to the right that even Fox News cut him loose. We care about his opinion... because?

Because there is still a wide swath of ignoramuses in this country who take every word that Beck breathes as gospel truth. And these people vote for whoever promises to "protect" them from these "dangers".

 

[DoPo]

First, I'd ask "What's wrong with hacking stuff?" but then I am immediately reminded of Is Your Son A Computer Hacker? [http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html] and now, I'd rather ask that instead.

Please....please...for the love of all that is rational and logical....please tell me that's a joke site. Please tell me it's meant as a perpetual parody of suburban religious pseudo-morals and ignorance.

I...don't think my sanity can withstand the alternative.

The website? I don't actually know, to be honest, but I think it's pretty serious. That article, however, is filed under Internet Idiocy and there is the poll, as well

I'm scared of hackers because...
They hack into NASA 5%
They steal things 4%
They are violent sociopaths 4%
They use amphetamines and speed 7%
They help Osama Bin Laden 14%
They're un-American 5%
They smell bad 58%

I think that article was posted somewhere else before - oh, very, very serious, too. It's just been memorialised over there on that website. I know it was at one point referred to on the Wikipedia page on trolling, if that helps.

 

[Barbas]

Woah, woah, woah. Steady on now, chaps. Let's get one thing sorted straight away:

Glenn Beck is still employed??? Well...why?! Why would you do this thing?

First, I'd ask "What's wrong with hacking stuff?" but then I am immediately reminded of Is Your Son A Computer Hacker? [http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.12.2.42056.2147.html] and now, I'd rather ask that instead.

Please....please...for the love of all that is rational and logical....please tell me that's a joke site. Please tell me it's meant as a perpetual parody of suburban religious pseudo-morals and ignorance.

I...don't think my sanity can withstand the alternative.

I found a website that listed all sorts of pictures of various dictators, villains and such throughout history, then tries to link them to the Jews somehow. I found it all strangely fascinating, like watching an dazed owl rolling around on the floor, because all the time I was scrolling down that bottomless page, I never knew what he was going to say next!

 

[Vigormortis]

snip

I mean, I know some people are that incredibly stupid and ignorant, but for the sake of my sanity I'm going to assume that site, or at least the article and poll, are meant as a parody.

 

[Terminal Blue]

Does it teach you how to hack in the same way that other games teach you how to avoid death by pressing a button (or sequence of buttons) in a limited amount of time?

See, I was never very good at those and OH GOD A RAT IS SUDDENLY EATING MY FACE! IF ONLY I HAD HAD FASTER REACTIONS! MUST.. PRESS... X.. NOT.. TO.....

 

[Hagi]

Gives me a good idea for a new badge.

The X Button.

Replaces everyone's name and avatar with your own.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Yeah, and Fallout/Skyrim teaches you how to pick locks for robberies
Example

Trust no one

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

That's the biggest joke I've ever heard and Glenn Beck is an idiot. I think that about sums it up.

Personally I've tried pressing x around my house and to be honest, I haven't had much luck.

 

[JourneyManRick]

The only thing I have to say about this is that it's one of those topics that just make me facepalm, rub my head, and weep while questioning how far humanity has fallen.