`<knock> <knock>' Electron went on, hamming it up.
`Oh! Hello there, Mr Spafford,' Gandalf typed, playing along.
`Hello, I'm Gene and I'm mean!'
Alone in their separate homes on different corners of the globe, the four hackers chuckled to themselves.
`Hello, and is this the man called Patrick?' Pad jumped in.
`Well, Mr Spafford, it seems you're a right fucking idiot for not patching your FTP!' Gandalf proclaimed.
`Not to mention the CHFN bug—saved by a Sequent! Or you'd be very fucking embarrassed,' Phoenix added.
Phoenix was laughing too, but he was a little nervous about Pad's warning and he turned the conversation back to a serious note.
`So, Pad, what else did Shatter tell you?' Phoenix asked anxiously.
`Not much. Except that some of the security investigations might be partly because of UCB.'