Ok, here's my review:
Quote: "use trusted and responsible Internet Service Providers, such as AOL"
Aol sucks. Anyone who uses it doesn't know any better, gets it for free, or is forced to use it.
Quote: "These providers have a strict "No Hacking" policy"
Big woop.
Quote: "If your child is becoming a hacker, one of his first steps will be to request a change to a more hacker friendly provider."
Or maybe he/she just hates AOL because it sucks and wants a faster and better ISP. You don't know any better because you don't use the computer more often.
Quote: "I would advise all parents to refuse this request."
I would advise you to learn more about computers, and realize that AOL sucks.
Quote: "One of the reasons your son is interested in switching providers is to get away from AOL's child safety filter."
Hmmm... maybe because it sucks also?
Quote: "This filter is vital to any parent who wants his son to enjoy the internet without the endangering him through exposure to "adult" content."
Get rid of the enjoy part. I'm sure it blocks anything someone who knows nothing about you might think will offend somebody(them).
Quote: "It is best to stick with the protection AOL provides, rather than using a home-based solution."
Wrong.
Quote: "Your son will probably try to install some hacker software."
Or most likely something else, like a game.
Quote: "but you can usually find any new programs by reading through the programs listed under "Install/Remove Programs" in your control panel."
This proves you know very little about computers. That uses the registry, and a program does not have to list itself under the registry. If your some/daughter is a hacker, he would remove the refrence, unless he/she can't hack.
Quote: ""Flash"."
A program that develops interactive web animations, interesting. Why not use batch or C++ when hacking something?
Comet cursor is a cursor changer utility. It probably sucks. It will never help you hack, but it will help you to download an image and make it your cursor. You can't hack anyone with .cur files if you can upload.
Bonzi Buddy is spyware and adware that finds ads for you. Yippie! It won't help you hack.
Quote: "The best option is to confront your son with the evidence,"
Which you don't have.
Quote: "if your machine offers to "download" one of the hacker applications"
That will happen once, when he/she downloads it. You probably won't be there.
Quote: "They may request "faster" video cards, and larger hard drives, or even more memory."
To play games. What would a video card do to help you hack?!?!
Quote: "You can best ensure that you are buying legal, trustworthy hardware by only buying replacement parts from your computer's manufacturer."
From a thrid party that ownz.
Quote: "If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm."
No. They are sold in stores. People claim they are faster. I use Intel. AMD is cheaper also. HOW would a CPU affect rasing your chile well?!?!?!?
Quote: "4. Does your child read hacking manuals?"
No need to point out the obious. That's like saying your child is a hacker if he/she hacks. And still, "Programming with Perl"?!?!
Quote: "If your son spends more than thirty minutes each day on the computer, he may be using it to DOS other peoples sites."
Keyword: may. What can you do on the computer for 30 minutes? Why? Most likely, he'll be doing something else. And by most, I mean 99.9999999999% of the time. Even more than that. If your child does DOS sites, he/she has no idea of what's right and wrong, and likes to cause others misery. It's your fault.
Quote: "The safest policy is to limit your children's access to the computer to a maximum of forty-five minutes each day."
My a**. Perhaps what you limit your time on the computer to.
Quote: "Quake is an online virtual reality used by hackers."
..or a fun game where you kill people. Why not just ban access to the internet? Your son can't hack if he's not on the internet(in case you don't know anything(about hacking)). You can go to any chatroom or use any game to discuss hacking.
Quote: "Is your son becoming argumentative and surly in his social behaviour?"
Doesn't mean he's a hacker.
Quote: "Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"?"
Linux ownz. It is good. It is legal. You are not good. And, haha. Good job spelling it wrong and linking to a site with photos. HOW COULD YOU NOT NOTICE A NEW OS?!??!? When you boot up, and it sais "Windows", you know you're using Windows.
Quote: "your son may damage your computer"
No.
Quote: "and even break it completely by deleting Windows"
Why do you think computers rely on Windows? You know nothing about computers. You have no respect for your son by doing this, and he has a reason for hacking.
Quote: "at which point you will have to have your computer repaired by a professional."
JUST POP IN THE WINDOWS CD AND INSTALL WINDOWS!!!!!!!!! Set your BIOS to boot from CD. If you don't know how, look it up. You probably don't even know what Google is.
Quote: "In order to get rid of it, you will have to send your computer back to the manufacturer, and have them fit a new hard drive."
LOOK IT UP.
Quote: "Lunix is extremely dangerous software, and cannot be removed without destroying part of your hard disk surface."
IT's an OPERATING SYSTEM! JUST BOOT FROM CD AND INSERT THE WINDOWS CD!
Quote: "Has your son radically changed his appearance?"
^Has nothing to do with hacking.^
Quote: "Is your son struggling academically?"
It's your child's body! Not yours! Guess who wants to use the computer?! I've been using the computer since I was 5, maybe. All day. IT'S FUN!!!!!!! I don't have a desise. I'm not fat. My eyes are bad at seeing at long ranges but that's good because MY EYES ADAPT!! JUST LIKE THE REST OF MY BODY!!! THIS IS SO THEY DO THIER JOB THE BEST MOST OF THE TIME!!!!!!!
Quote: "I've seen the word programming and I'm not sure what it means. Anybody please explain?"
Quote: "We shouldn't sacrifice the truth to preserve "balance"."
