Advanced Computers #2, Wednesday Afternoon 7/19

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Abby stood at the front of the computer lab, holding a gong and mallet. The seating arrangement had each student facing another at tables with space for their laptops in between.

"Today we're going to dig deep and discover the inner hacker in all of us. You're going to race to hack into a specific site and insert a code. Whoever gets the code dropped first wins." Abby leaned forward eagerly and grinned at the students. "But that would be too boring. So you're going to pair up and fight against each other at the same time. Trace your enemy's presence in the computer system, track them and fight them. Either kick them out of the system or keep them occupied long enough that you can win."

"Rules are simple and few. The battleground is in cyberspace, it's not fair if you try to hamper your partner by throwing something at his head or giving him a wedgie. The sites that you're going to be hacking are sorta important...let's try not to bring them down. Third rule: the code you're dropping is basically my signature. It's harmless. I would prefer if that's all you left in the computer systems."

Abby sat back up on her desk and smacked the gong with the mallet. "Bang a gong, it's on!"

[ooc: This class is about interaction more than computer terminology, so handwavey computer terms are fine. It's a fight between you and your partner, so regular fight rules apply. You can direct an attack...not an outcome. If Willow throws a virus at Mac, it's up to Mac to decide whether she got kicked offline. If you want your character to get info from the sites, that's fine. Abby doesn't mind if you snoop, just don't break the system...she'll be watching out for that.]

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Re: Sign In

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack Addy.

Re: Sign In

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow Rosenberg

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[likethegun]

Sam Winchester

Partner Up

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Pick a partner and then choose which site you're going to hack.

Re: Partner Up

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack looked around for a partner.

Re: Partner Up

[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

"Not the FBI." Broots introduced himself.

Re: Partner Up

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

For the fun of it, Willow looked to see if Bridge felt like partnering up with her.

Re: Partner Up

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge gives Willow a thumbs-up. "So, which site should we go after?"

Re: Partner Up

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

Cally sits patiently, hoping someone will offer to partner up with her.

[ooc: Worky slow play, as always]

Re: Partner Up

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner had his new laptop with him today, and hadn't yet checked his loaner back in. Upon hearing the assignment, though, he decided to stick with the loaner until the end of class. Sliding the case with his shiny new laptop under his desk, he booted up the loaner and considered his options as far as someone to work with. He was really distracted today, though.

CIA

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Spooks! (https://www.cia.gov/)

Re: CIA

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack opened up his laptop and cracked his knuckles.

Re: CIA

[dorky-broots.livejournal.com]

Broots smirked over his laptop and began furiously typing away. If his coding went right, Zack is going to have some trouble getting near the CIA site.

FBI

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Feds! (http://www.fbi.gov/)

NSA

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Umm...whatever the NSA (http://www.nsa.gov/) is called!

US Army

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Grunts! (http://www.army.mil/)

NASA

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Nerds! (http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/sts-121_front/index.html)

NCIS

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Me! (http://www.ncis.navy.mil/)

Re: NCIS

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow geared up to take Bridge and NCIS on in a BATTLE TO THE DEATH.

Or hacker war. Whatever.

Re: NCIS

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge rubs his hands together. He's not gonna do that thing where you spit on them, though, because 1) gross and 2) wearing gloves anyway. "Ready?" he asks.

Talk with Abby

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

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OOC

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Seriously...what do you call those who work for NSA?

Re: OOC

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

Like Ninja, John steals into the class, using his powers of teenager to blend in to the crowd as he hacks Skynet and replaces it with the potterpotterpotter flash.

You can't call 'em anything, cuz they don't exist! *rimshot*

Re: OOC

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

According to the Wiki site on Military slang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_slang):

Spook
(US, UK) A spy. Used for anyone in the CIA, NSA, NRO, DIA, MI5 or MI6. In the military, one who deals with the gathering of electronic intelligence.

So now you know. And knowing is half the battle!