Mike Ritland

Uh, not like hands-on keyboard. I like to watch those. So for most of my time, like any of the hacking stuff, that was me... I kind of viewed it as, like, entertainment. Like, it wasn't, like, power, money, or anything like that for me. It was just, like, have some fun, right? Yeah, you can mess around. Like, I would do stuff in, like, some of the communities as well.

Like, I knew the people who would run the servers, so, you know, you can mess around in there. What kind of stuff? I mean, okay, for instance... I've got to remember all the complexities here, but... This community was like very liberal with like temporary bans and stuff like that. So, you know, I got myself banned and I'm like, get around that, right?

Like, I knew the people who would run the servers, so, you know, you can mess around in there. What kind of stuff? I mean, okay, for instance... I've got to remember all the complexities here, but... This community was like very liberal with like temporary bans and stuff like that. So, you know, I got myself banned and I'm like, get around that, right?

Like, I knew the people who would run the servers, so, you know, you can mess around in there. What kind of stuff? I mean, okay, for instance... I've got to remember all the complexities here, but... This community was like very liberal with like temporary bans and stuff like that. So, you know, I got myself banned and I'm like, get around that, right?

And then they could not get me banned in this environment because they had some add-ons that they were using for this vBulletin. I think it was vBulletin. It might have been phpbbb. Anyway, one of the large platforms at the time just had a lot of plugins that just... gave me raw write access to the database effectively. And, you know, I could post through that.

And then they could not get me banned in this environment because they had some add-ons that they were using for this vBulletin. I think it was vBulletin. It might have been phpbbb. Anyway, one of the large platforms at the time just had a lot of plugins that just... gave me raw write access to the database effectively. And, you know, I could post through that.

And then they could not get me banned in this environment because they had some add-ons that they were using for this vBulletin. I think it was vBulletin. It might have been phpbbb. Anyway, one of the large platforms at the time just had a lot of plugins that just... gave me raw write access to the database effectively. And, you know, I could post through that.

And, you know, they had a lot of fun chasing me down in that situation. I'm just like, how are you still here? So very, you know, lighthearted in that instance. You know, they were more interested in how it was done than like, oh, you're breaking into my stuff. So...

And, you know, they had a lot of fun chasing me down in that situation. I'm just like, how are you still here? So very, you know, lighthearted in that instance. You know, they were more interested in how it was done than like, oh, you're breaking into my stuff. So...

And, you know, they had a lot of fun chasing me down in that situation. I'm just like, how are you still here? So very, you know, lighthearted in that instance. You know, they were more interested in how it was done than like, oh, you're breaking into my stuff. So...

Yeah, definitely. And actually, you know, going back into the youth for a little bit, something probably important, I had a phase where I was really into magic, right?

Yeah, definitely. And actually, you know, going back into the youth for a little bit, something probably important, I had a phase where I was really into magic, right?

Yeah, definitely. And actually, you know, going back into the youth for a little bit, something probably important, I had a phase where I was really into magic, right?

Sleight of hand, deception, that type of stuff. I think that was middle school, right? Actually, got my first taste of authority not being super ideal for me. Brought in a... a fake cigarette to middle school, right? And it's the peak of the dare situation, right? It looked perfect.

Sleight of hand, deception, that type of stuff. I think that was middle school, right? Actually, got my first taste of authority not being super ideal for me. Brought in a... a fake cigarette to middle school, right? And it's the peak of the dare situation, right? It looked perfect.

Sleight of hand, deception, that type of stuff. I think that was middle school, right? Actually, got my first taste of authority not being super ideal for me. Brought in a... a fake cigarette to middle school, right? And it's the peak of the dare situation, right? It looked perfect.

It looked like it was actively lit and you blow on it and like, you know, talc, I think powder came out, but it looked like smoke. That got confiscated. We got, friend and I got pulled down to the principal's office. I don't know. I think I got suspended for not taking the situation seriously enough. I'm like, I don't know. I don't even take this seriously. It's a fake cigarette.

It looked like it was actively lit and you blow on it and like, you know, talc, I think powder came out, but it looked like smoke. That got confiscated. We got, friend and I got pulled down to the principal's office. I don't know. I think I got suspended for not taking the situation seriously enough. I'm like, I don't know. I don't even take this seriously. It's a fake cigarette.

It looked like it was actively lit and you blow on it and like, you know, talc, I think powder came out, but it looked like smoke. That got confiscated. We got, friend and I got pulled down to the principal's office. I don't know. I think I got suspended for not taking the situation seriously enough. I'm like, I don't know. I don't even take this seriously. It's a fake cigarette.

But I think my friend pointed out, oh, yeah, that's right. They brought on the cops to test it because some of the talc powder came out. And they're like, that might be cocaine. And my friend made probably an unhelpful comment of like, that's not even how you would smoke cocaine. But, yeah, anyway. Sleight of hand.