The Top 10 Signs
You’re an Elite Hacker

10> You can root the Pentagon using only a Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator.

9> You’ve already hacked the Department of Homeland Security site three times, and it hasn’t even been set up yet.

8> You own the patent, trademark and copyright on your name, and have successfully sued the FBI for printing it in their subpoena.

7> You hacked your school grades to reduce them, so as not to appear such a dork.

6> Phil Zimmerman keeps bugging you with stupid questions about encryption.

5> You smile smugly as Bush carries Florida.

4> You never receive repeat spam from the same source since their servers keep mysteriously exploding.

3> You’re forbidden by law to access any technology more advanced than a butter churn.

2> Your new “Quantum Qrack” allows you to pirate software before it’s even *written*.

and the Number 1 Sign You’re an Elite Hacker…

1> Half the world leaders want you dead; the other half want to recruit you.

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Credits:

Selected from 61 submissions from 22 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Josh Sinnett, Bellingham, WA — 1
Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 2
Rane Pollock, N Richland Hills, TX — 2
Jack Scheer, Falls Church, VA — 3, 9
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 4
Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 5
Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 6
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 8, 10, List Moderator