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I got called into the administration office for running Linux off a USB stick. It wasn't for anything nefarious, I was hoping could have my development environm
by selpop 7y ago
I got called into the administration office for running Linux off a USB stick. It wasn't for anything nefarious, I was hoping could have my development environment stick around, since the Windows environment would reset everything after you logged off
It was clear the principal had no idea what this "Linux" thing was, but the IT person did his best to make it as spooky and evil as possible unfortunately.
I don't remember what came of it, but later in the year a computer virus hit a few computers in the school, and I distinctly remember a multiple people thinking I had done it...
Of course I would never, I was the last person who would want a run in with that IT guy again all. But no call into the office that time, and in retrospect I wouldn't be surprised if it was a simple misconfiguration being called a "virus" since it allegedly only affected teachers' classroom PCs
- mavhc 7y agoI got told off for typing *H.. on a BBC Master. It listed all the built in help, basically masses of text scrolling down the screen. I assume the teacher thought I was hacking the computers or something, scared them. To be fair, I was hacking the computers, but not when they were watching. Turns out the password file used very simple reversible encryption, but we only used our powers for good, and games. Linux does sound evil, is it from one of those eastern european countries? I hear it's like communism
- kragen 7y agoWitch-burning hasn't gone away; it's just changed its vocabulary.
- opticfluorine 7y agoI was reprimanded for using PuTTY to log into a remote server for a course I was taking through the local community college in high school. The head IT person said that the white text on black background looked too much like "hacking" and that it wasn't allowed. I switched to black text on a white background, and everything was good again.
- bransonf 7y agoGreen text, black background. I’ll open a terminal in my university courses and take notes in vim just to see people’s reactions. Even better, doing anything with a lot of stdout. Fast scrolling text in a terminal freaks out a lot of people.
- mjevans 7y agoThey've obviously never tried using Gentoo before... the faster the text scrolled the better.
- voldacar 7y ago> Fast scrolling text in a terminal freaks out a lot of people. Try compiling GCC during your lecture
- cardiffspaceman 7y agoOMG, that site is called "Hacker News"