I had a teacher in High School that put her job on the line to pretty much make sure that my friends and I didn't end up doing this sort of thing. She would leave the computer lab unlocked for us at night and kindof look the other way when we would stay there until all hours playing in our own little DMZ.

People everywhere take note: these kids aren't evil, they don't have an outlet for their curiosities and skills. I have a feeling that many of us posting here probably skated a very thin line between where we are now, and ending up a story on a tech news website about teenage hackers or in jail.