Even better - you can now troll Bill Gates by reminding him that Linux was both more successful than and outlasted his marriage:)
I come to Hacker News to avoid garbage like this.
Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
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Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#32The 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 ad…
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#33True Hackers use Compuserve or Prodigy.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#34>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 so…
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#35Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#36The 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 ad…
Despite being satire, it's an important topic and "trust in the family" (and in your parents in particular) is the keystone issue here. Everything else is secondary.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#37Wow, amazing satire. Can someone provide some context - what is this website? I tried to go to Front Page but I think we're hugging the site to death.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#38Wow, amazing satire. Can someone provide some context - what is this website? I tried to go to Front Page but I think we're hugging the site to death.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
You would be an asshole though.
Maybe, but billionaires shouldn’t exist even if they are philanthropic. There’s a reason Bill Gates is a household name and many other innovators are not, and it involves a lot of zeroes. If you are going to be a billionaire, you surrender your life to being on the front page of the tabloids. In my mind the only reason to continue working after making around $10 million is greed. Bill Gates himself cites his busy sch…
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#40The 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 ad…