Hacker


	Jeff arrived at his apartment after a long day at work.  His boss
wanted him to get more familiar with the computer system.  Jeff didn't
know where to begin.  But, after checking his mail, he found a solution.
Among the bills was a CD-ROM.  The packet read, "Become a hacker in three
easy steps."  He read on.  The CD was instructional software to get
familiar with the hacking concept of computers.  "This will get me more
familiar with the computer system at work," he thought.

	He ran up the stairs to his apartment and hurriedly unlocked the
door.  He couldn't wait to see if the software would help him.  He turned
on his computer and stuck the CD-ROM into the drive.  He launched the
program and waited for it to start up.

	The program had many advertisements before it started.  I guess
that is how the company was able to send the disks out for free.  He
didn't pay any attention to the ads.  Finally the actually program
started.  "Want to be a hacker?  Then follow these three easy steps."

	More hype popped up on the screen.  "Come on.  I want to see the
steps.  I don't want to see an info-mercial," Jeff yelled at the computer
screen.

	The screen flashed and the first step appeared on the screen.
"Step 1:  Enter in your personal information."  It was followed by blanks
where Jeff filled in his name, address, etc.

	"Step 2:  What level do you want?"  There was a list of different
levels of information.  Jeff wanted to learn it all.  His job depended on
it.  He clicked on the "Complete Hack" button.

	"Step 3:  Wait for lesson to start"

	Jeff waited for a few minutes.  The screen changed and another
message came up.  "Beginning lesson."

	The screen rapidly flashed on and off.  "Great, my computer is
messing up."  Jeff reached to the keyboard to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to
reboot the computer.  What he saw shocked him.  His hands weren't hands
anymore.  They were solid pulsating lumps.  They reshaped and hardened
into black hooves.  He examined his former hands and saw that brown fur
was sprouting from his writs.  It moved up his arms reshaping them along
the way.  The fur continued to spread and reshape his body.  His clothes
split at the seams.  He fell out of his chair and landed on all four of
his hooves.  He turned his head around to look at his body.  He was a
horse.  "What the...." Jeff tried to say, but his vocal cords could only
produce a whinny.

	Jeff looked around in panic.  He saw the new message on the
computer screen.  "You are now a full hack," it said.  Then he heard his
modem dial up to another computer.

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	Louis was sitting at his computer at work.  A message flashed
across his screen.  "New customer information received."

	Louis opened up a folder and read the information that was just
sent to his computer across the network.  A Jeff Cummings had just used
the program and is now a full hack.  Louis shook his head.  "That poor
man is now a horse," he thought.  "We should have checked for type-o's
better."