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>> the 90s was a time of the top would be nickelodeon. "rug rats," "blues clues." conspiracies. and the internet was starting to >> dont you know cartoons will ruin your mind? spread beyond just like >> "ren and stimpy" had some hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. very surreal, high-concept humor to it. this is the beginnin...

Dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. >> to alt.tv/xfiles. and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure science fiction. thats probably what i lik...

>> the 90s was a time of conspiracies, and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard core computer users, so you could have message boards and use net user groups, and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and bees, and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. and go to at tv.x-files, and people were so nuts for the show. >> its pure science fiction. thats probably what i like most about it. >> i definitely think the x-files influenced nerd culture and nerds taking over c...

Conspiracy, the internet was starting to spread beyond like hard core computer users so you can have message board and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and boulder easter and what street smoky man was up to. people were so nuts for the show. >> it is pure science-fiction. i think the "x-files" influenced nerds culture and nerds taking over culture. people realized this is not just programming. this is an opportunity to reach a wide audience. and so it did lead to shows l...

Of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just hardcore computer users. so you could have message boards and usenet newsgroups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and what the cigarette smoking man was up to. i would go to alt.tv.x-files and people were so nuts for this show. >> its just pure science fiction. thats probably what i like most about it. >> it changed ...

Stick it to the man ethos. dont trust the government or big business or anybody but yourself and your friends and family, i guess. its a message thats somewhat dark and cynical, but was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies. and the internet was starting to spread beyond just like hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups. and everybody wanted to talk about the black oil and the bees and mulders sister and w...

Lack of a better way to put it, its stick-it-the-the-man ethos. dont trust the government or big business, dont trust anybody but yourself and your friend and family, i guess. its a message thats somewhat dark and cynical, but it was kind of a breath of fresh air in the early 90s. >> the 90s was a time of conspiracies, and the internet was starting to spread beyond just hard-core computer users. so you could have message boards and use net news groups and everybody wanted to talk about black oil...

Advantage of this situation for example they sometimes portray themselves as i.t. support staff and offer to help solve a computer problem all the user has to do is download some software but that software often contains mold where that allows the crooks to take over the computer . criminals also use phishing emails for example they contact online banking customers and ask them to authenticate their bank account details otherwise the account will be blocked those who provide this information are...

A pattern. these patterns include brute force attacks in which hackers try to crack a computer users passwords they simply track through vast quantities of character combinations until they find the right one thats why experts advise people to use passwords that are as complex as possible. another method involves using a digital form to automatically infect computers that are using outdated software some kinds of worms contain mall where that locks up the computer and orders the user to pay mone...