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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Jeff K.</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../J.html" title="J"/><link rel="previous" href="JEDR.html" title="JEDR"/><link rel="next" href="jello.html" title="jello"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Jeff K.</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="JEDR.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">J</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jello.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Jeff-K-"/><dt xmlns="" id="Jeff-K-"><b>Jeff K.</b></dt></dt><dd><p> The spiritual successor to <a href="../B/B1FF.html"><i class="glossterm">B1FF</i></a> and the
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archetype of <a href="../S/script-kiddies.html"><i class="glossterm">script kiddies</i></a>. Jeff K. is a
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sixteen-year-old suburbanite who fancies himself a “<span class="quote">l33t
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haX0r</span>”, although his knowledge of computers seems to be limited to
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the procedure for getting Quake up and running. His Web page <a href="http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/" target="_top">http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/</a>
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features a number of hopelessly naive articles, essays, and rants, all
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filled with the kind of misspellings, <a href="../S/studlycaps.html"><i class="glossterm">studlycaps</i></a>,
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and number-for-letter substitutions endemic to the script kiddie and
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<a href="../W/warez-d00dz.html"><i class="glossterm">warez d00dz</i></a> communities. Jeff's offerings, among
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other things, include hardware advice (such as “<span class="quote">AMD VERSIS
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PENTIUM</span>” and “<span class="quote">HOW TO OVARCLOAK YOUR COMPUTAR</span>”), his own
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Quake clan (Clan 40 OUNSCE), and his own comic strip (Wacky Fun Computar
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Comic Jokes).</p><p>Like B1FF, Jeff K. is (fortunately) a hoax. Jeff K. was created by
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internet game journalist Richard “<span class="quote">Lowtax</span>” Kyanka, whose web
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site Something Awful (http://www.somethingawful.com) highlights
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unintentionally humorous news items and Web sites, as a parody of the kind
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of teenage <a href="../L/luser.html"><i class="glossterm">luser</i></a> who infests Quake servers, chat
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rooms, and other places where computer enthusiasts congregate. He is
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well-recognized in the PC game community and his influence has spread to
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hacker <a href="../F/fora.html"><i class="glossterm">fora</i></a> like Slashdot as well.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="JEDR.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../J.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="jello.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">JEDR </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> jello</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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