It doesn't offer anything new but it does offer an opportunity to reflect. This story has been around a long while (this dates from '99 but I suspect it's older) and I think comes from a time when hackers had a whole lot less options. Seems to me it's a pretty good time to be a hacker right now.

EDIT: Couldn't beat curiosity, it's from March 20, 1985 according to http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Audienc...