After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind • Hacker News Board

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by glurgh » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 5:22 AM UTC

aashaykumar92 wrote: post #7

The story is amazing. But what continuously went through my head was how different our world will be 25 years from now. It'll be 2038...what will technology be like? If you take a second to realize what it was 25 years ago, what it is now, and then ask yourself what it WILL be in 25 years...well shit, I was left speechless.

There will be no complex digital technology in 2038. Unix time will have ended. If you are particularly well-prepared, you may be able to trade 37 bushels of unhulled oats for a hand-cranked shortwave radio receiver. An even, disembodied voice on it will remind you to remain indoors.

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by zalew » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 5:29 AM UTC

Houshalter wrote: post #5

colmvp wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While in prison, he divorced, got married... Wow, even prisoners get more life progress than I do lol

In all seriousness how does one date in prison?

the wiki references 'got married' to this article http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Inmate-shares-prison-s... (haven't read it yet)

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by cmircea » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 5:35 AM UTC

glurgh wrote: post #11

aashaykumar92 wrote: post #7

The story is amazing. But what continuously went through my head was how different our world will be 25 years from now. It'll be 2038...what will technology be like? If you take a second to realize what it was 25 years ago, what it is now, and then ask yourself what it WILL be in 25 years...well shit, I was left speechless.

There will be no complex digital technology in 2038. Unix time will have ended. If you are particularly well-prepared, you may be able to trade 37 bushels of unhulled oats for a hand-cranked shortwave radio receiver. An even, disembodied voice on it will remind you to remain indoors.

Old joke...

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by SmokyBorbon » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 5:40 AM UTC

aashaykumar92 wrote: post #7

The story is amazing. But what continuously went through my head was how different our world will be 25 years from now. It'll be 2038...what will technology be like? If you take a second to realize what it was 25 years ago, what it is now, and then ask yourself what it WILL be in 25 years...well shit, I was left speechless.

Except for computers and the internet, science and technology have been stagnant for the past 50 years. Our civilization is in decline. In 25 years, we will only have slightly refined versions of what we have today.

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by warmwaffles » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 5:42 AM UTC

cmircea wrote: post #13

glurgh wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There will be no complex digital technology in 2038. Unix time will have ended. If you are particularly well-prepared, you may be able to trade 37 bushels of unhulled oats for a hand-cranked shortwave radio receiver. An even, disembodied voice on it will remind you to remain indoors.

Old joke...

Still got a good laugh from it.

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by CatMtKing » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 5:42 AM UTC

http://youtu.be/A1mhhtpmXfo -- last mile in Norway.

Instead of condemning inmates, rehabilitate them.

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by asveikau » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 5:42 AM UTC

zalew wrote: post #2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Santos While in prison, he divorced, got married, received a college degree from Mercer University in 1992, a master's degree from Hofstra University in 1995, began a doctorate, and developed programs and resources for inmates and their families. well, you can say he got a lot of time for that in there, but still, wow.

The whole time reading this article, I thought, sounds good, but having spent 25 years in jail he must have done something pretty bad.

Then I read that Wikipedia article and it turns out he was caught selling cocaine in his 20s...

Man, say whatever you want for drugs being bad, but that's kind of a BS reason to rob someone of their youth like that. For 25 years I thought maybe he'd killed a guy.

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by jbrooksuk » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 6:04 AM UTC

Another page about the exact same thing was here the other day. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5593659

Re: After 25 years in jail, the Internet blew my mind

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Post by brc » Sun, Apr 28, 2013, 6:07 AM UTC

Houshalter wrote: post #5

colmvp wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While in prison, he divorced, got married... Wow, even prisoners get more life progress than I do lol

In all seriousness how does one date in prison?

It takes all types. Women who like men in prison is a pretty well know phenomenon. It's no more bizarre than worldwide romances started via email with physical contact. If you're prepared to forgive someone for whatever landed them in jail in the first place, then it's just like any other long distance relationship.