You pull out your dusty old terminal, the keys worn from the countless hours of typing. It still has the old acoustic coupler modem that you need to use to connect to the enigmatic hacker BBS. You place the phone's receiver into the modem's rubber cups and begin the process: ``` ATDT 555-0192 ``` The terminal screen starts to flicker, initiating the dial-up sequence. **Simulated Modem Sounds**: ``` beeeep-ksshhhhhhh...KRRR-KRRRR...CHHHHH...beeep-beeeep-bop-bop-kshh ``` After a series of high-pitched beeps and white noise, the connection gets through, the terminal screen goes blank for a moment, and finally the BBS welcome screen starts to load.

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The terminal appears to be an IBM XT. It has a modem connected to a long curly phone cable. The screen is currently displaying the output of a Python script that was recently run.

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Thraeryn examines the old terminal and sees that it is an IBM XT with a modem connected to a long curly phone cable.

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You enter the command to search for new text files. The BBS system responds by displaying a list of available files: ``` —- Available Files —- 1. MissionStatement.txt 2. SecurityMeasures.txt 3. Hacking101.txt 4. AnarchistCookbook.txt Which file would you like to read? ```

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You connect your terminal to the phone line and dial the number for the secret hacker BBS system. As you wait nervously, you hear the sound of the modem dialing and a series of beeps and static. Finally, the connection is established and you see the following message appear on your screen: ``` ———- Welcome to the Secret Hacker BBS System ———- Please enter your login name: ```

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You start writing a Python script in the terminal that uses Selenium to scrape news websites. The script first creates a new instance of the Chrome web driver, navigates to the URL of a popular news website, and logs in if necessary. It then uses various, yet-to-be-decided web scraping techniques to extract article titles, URLs, and other information from the website's HTML. You save the script to a new file in your current directory called `scrape_news.py`.

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You enter the command `find . -type f -executable` into the terminal and it displays no output. This suggests that there are no executable files in the current directory or in any of its subdirectories.

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Texmechs opens the photo album and sees a picture of the crew, smiling and posing in front of the ship before embarking on their journey. As they look at the photo, they type `ls` into the terminal. The system responds with a list of files and folders in the current directory.

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As Texmechs approaches the old terminal, they can see the screen flickering with green letters and numbers. The terminal prompts them for a login and password. Without knowing the credentials, Texmechs won't be able to log in to the system.

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Wrewdison approaches the terminal and examines it closely. The old dusty keyboard has seen better days, but the screen still flickers to life. Wrewdison notices that it looks like the terminal connects to a secret BBS system.

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