Even better - you can now troll Bill Gates by reminding him that Linux was both more successful than and outlasted his marriage:)
You would be an asshole though.
Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
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Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#12Even better - you can now troll Bill Gates by reminding him that Linux was both more successful than and outlasted his marriage:)
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Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#13Adequacy.org is just... it's from a different generation of the Internet. As someone who read this close to publication, and was fifteen at the time... what a read, haha.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#14The Linux being an illegal operating system is only a slight exaggeration of the FUD being put out by Microsoft at the time. Any time Microsoft publicly talks about their love and support of Linux, someone in the room should point out their multi-pronged, multi-year, highly-funded, campaign to poison the well.
And we may remember the "Linux is a cancer" (https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_ca...), or more subtly the SCO "suicide attack" attack against open-source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2563673/update--micros...
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#15"If your son is using Quake, you should make hime understand that this is not acceptable to you. You should ensure all the firearms in your house are carefully locked away, and have trigger locks installed. You should also bring your concerns to the attention of his school."
Holy moly!
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#16Even better - you can now troll Bill Gates by reminding him that Linux was both more successful than and outlasted his marriage:)
Please do not do this
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
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#18Amazing! "If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well. "
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#19The first few sentences were okay-ish, but the more I read,the more it sounded just plain absurd,border line controlling behaviour+ lots of silly assumptions.
Going back to the topic itself, the vast majority of parents wouldn't even know where to start, not even mentioning if a kid has really became a haxor of sorts. Taking away computers, sending them out to the church,or doing others 'let's fix this quickly the adult way' things unlikely to help. I'm not a hacker but by the time I was 16 I was doing things on computer my parents won't ever comprehend or know how to put an end to it. By the time I'm 18,nobody can say anything to me anymore.
The only real solution to this is to build trust in the family in a way that kids would know that no matter how bad they screwed it up, parents won't go after them but will work with them trying to undo it or at least learn from those actions so they won't happen again.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#20Covered by Martin Sargent of TechTV here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkLtXfsPqVQ