from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
Jeff K.
The spiritual successor to {B1FF} and the archetype of {script
kiddies}. Jeff K. is a sixteen-year-old suburbanite who fancies
himself a "l33t haX0r", although his knowledge of computers seems to
be limited to the procedure for getting Quake up and running. His Web
page http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/ features a number of
hopelessly naive articles, essays, and rants, all filled with the kind
of misspellings, {studlycaps}, and number-for-letter substitutions
endemic to the script kiddie and {warez d00dz} communities. Jeff's
offerings, among other things, include hardware advice (such as "AMD
VERSIS PENTIUM" and "HOW TO OVARCLOAK YOUR COMPUTAR"), his own Quake
clan (Clan 40 OUNSCE), and his own comic strip (Wacky Fun Computar
Comic Jokes).
Like B1FF, Jeff K. is (fortunately) a hoax. Jeff K. was created by
internet game journalist Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, whose web site
Something Awful (http://www.somethingawful.com) highlights
unintentionally humorous news items and Web sites, as a parody of the
kind of teenage {luser} who infests Quake servers, chat rooms, and
other places where computer enthusiasts congregate. He is
well-recognized in the PC game community and his influence has spread
to hacker {fora} like Slashdot as well.