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Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

#31

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.

Well that's a mistake on your part since HN is rife with hubris and garbage.

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

#32

The 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…

This is a classic troll text.

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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>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…

So this is what the CPUBenchmark authors wrote before making CPUBenchmark

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

#36

The 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…

Ok, so he missed the satire, but I give points for stating some simple truths.

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)

#37

Wow, 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.

Whilst it might be, the same traits were being used in active propaganda campaigns by those tech companies invested in killing off Linux (you know who)

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

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Earlier 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…

The idea that governments spend their money responsibly and according to the wishes of their citizens is... The kindest thing I can say is that it's not a universally held opinion (or even, in my experience, a significant-minority held opinion).

Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)

#40

The 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…

It’s a joke …
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