Hacker Shorts
Description: LimeWire was a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) platform that launched with its own client in 2000. LimeWire utilized the gnutella network and BitTorrent protocol to allow users share content by uploading and downloading content through the client. LimeWire offered both a free version and a paid enhanced version called LimeWire Pro, which, somewhat ironically, could be acquired through the regular LimeWire software as paid users shared their copies of Pro with the platform. LimeWire had a solid ten-year run before a lawsuit back by music industry heavyweights resulted in the company, and it's software client, being shut down in 2010.
Description: This cool design for computer hackers/programmers shows an earth globe with partial outlines of the landmasses of the Americas, Europe and Africa plus a graticule. In the center it reads "hack the planet" in capital letters surrounded by some secret code. Do you love to hack computer code and break things? Can you determine which program is the origin of the binary dump? Hint it is from a large open source project. Show the planet that you are a hacker. Great for work, tech conferences and events.
Hack the Planet - Blue Globe Design for Computer Hackers Shorts
by Geeksta - Cool and Funny IT Geek Designs
$27
Description: Perfect Tshirt whether you're a system administrator, software developer, hacker, or if you just love coding and geeky computer puns. This awesome shirt features the command "sudo rm -rf *" which will force delete all files and directories recursively. Includes the sarcastic warning statement "Don't try this at ~". This cautions the user that the command will be executed in the home / root directory of the super user. Great for engineers, coders, students, or open source fans.
Description: NCSA Mosaic, or simply Mosaic, is the web browser that popularized the World Wide Web and the Internet. It was also a client for earlier internet protocols such as File Transfer Protocol, Network News Transfer Protocol, and Gopher. The browser was named for its support of multiple internet protocols. Mosaic was also the first browser to display images inline with text instead of displaying them in a separate window and while it is often described as the first graphical web browser, though it was preceded by WorldWideWeb, the lesser-known Erwise, and ViolaWWW.
Description: If you’re old enough to remember BonziBuddy, you may recall that he was one of the web's early virtual assistants (think Clippy, but for browsing the web). BonziBuddy's virtual desktop assistant featured an on-screen avatar of a talking purple gorilla that could interact with its users and run simple utility services like text-to-speech and finding online shopping deals. Released in 1999, the application was actually pretty impressive for the time, and garnered notoriety for its early forays into what we now know as targeted advertising. This early personalizing of ad content was more akin to spyware, adware, and scareware than anything, so it's not surprising that the developer faced several lawsuits and fines from the FTC.
Description: From dial-up days to DSL dreams, LimeWire was the wild west of file sharing - music, movies, and more at your fingertips (and maybe a few viruses too). A rebellious relic of the early internet, LimeWire connected millions through decentralized p2p magic. Whether you were burning mix CDs or hunting for that rare track, LimeWire was your portal to digital freedom.
Description: Jolt Cola was a carbonated soft drink originally made by The Jolt Company of Rochester, New York. From the outset, Jolt’s marketing strategy centered on the caffeine content, billing the drink as a means to promote wakefulness, including a slogan of “All the sugar and twice the caffeine.” The highly caffeinated beverage was targeted towards students and young professionals, stressing its use as a stimulant in a similar manner as energy drinks. Jolt Cola is featured in the 1995 movie ‘Hackers’ as the hosts of a pirate television broadcast claim to be sponsored by the beverage and advertise Jolt Cola as “the soft drink of the elite hacker.”
Description: A white hat is an ethical computer hacker, or a computer security expert, who specializes in penetration testing and in other testing methodologies that ensures the security of an organization's information systems. Ethical hacking is a term meant to imply a broader category than just penetration testing
Description: Jolt Cola was a carbonated beverage initially produced by The Jolt Company, based in Rochester, New York. From its inception, the marketing approach for Jolt emphasized its high caffeine content, promoting the drink as a means to enhance alertness, encapsulated in the slogan “All the sugar and twice the caffeine.” This highly caffeinated drink was aimed at students and young professionals, highlighting its role as a stimulant akin to energy drinks. Jolt Cola made an appearance in the 1995 film ‘Hackers,’ where the hosts of a pirate television broadcast claimed sponsorship by the drink, promoting it as “the soft drink of the elite hacker.”
