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At Mark Zuckerberg's school I remember a story about him getting in trouble for PHP. The school had a zero tolerance drug policy and PHP was confused with PCP.

Alex3917 6y ago
I got banned from our schools computers for installing "hacking tools." I had NetHack in my personal drive. This is after I got in trouble for "plagiarism," for including a hyperlink in an essay.
Mauricebranagh 6y ago
I know some one in Northern Ireland who got into trouble using FTP :-) FTP is common Protestant insult to Catholics.
- ben_w 6y ago
  In reverse, I wonder how well known Irish and British slang is in the USA: “Bumming” can mean to obtain or make use of something that belongs to someone else by begging; “fag” can mean cigarette; “for the craic” (“craic” pronounced “crack”) is “for fun”. (And thanks to the very early part of my mother’s Alzheimer’s, I also know that an archaic meaning of “glory hole” is a cupboard for miscellaneous items, and the etymology of the sexual reference is that both are where you put your “junk”).
  - asimpletune 6y ago
    Bumming is pretty common here. We don’t say the other word.
  - imwillofficial 6y ago
    The first time you heard her casual use of glory hole must have been alarming, and later hilarious. (I’m sorry to hear about your mother, my condolences.)
    - ben_w 6y ago
      Absolutely, and thank you.
jhgb 6y ago
> The school had a zero tolerance drug policy and PHP was confused with PCP This just shows that even a broken clock is right twice a day.
dharmab 6y ago
A friend nearly got expelled from high school when the VP accused him of hacking grades. His offense? He had a shortcut to Notepad in his shared folder, which was seen as a scripting tool.
edm0nd 6y ago
Mark is actually an old school AOLer and AIMer and used to program CC chat programs and punters. http://patorjk.com/blog/2013/04/09/was-mark-zuckerberg-an-aol-add-on-developer/ http://patorjk.com/blog/2013/04/09/was-mark-zuckerberg-an-ao...

Alex3917 6y ago

I got banned from our schools computers for installing "hacking tools." I had NetHack in my personal drive. This is after I got in trouble for "plagiarism," for including a hyperlink in an essay.

Mauricebranagh 6y ago

I know some one in Northern Ireland who got into trouble using FTP :-) FTP is common Protestant insult to Catholics.

ben_w 6y ago
In reverse, I wonder how well known Irish and British slang is in the USA: “Bumming” can mean to obtain or make use of something that belongs to someone else by begging; “fag” can mean cigarette; “for the craic” (“craic” pronounced “crack”) is “for fun”. (And thanks to the very early part of my mother’s Alzheimer’s, I also know that an archaic meaning of “glory hole” is a cupboard for miscellaneous items, and the etymology of the sexual reference is that both are where you put your “junk”).
- asimpletune 6y ago
  Bumming is pretty common here. We don’t say the other word.
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  The first time you heard her casual use of glory hole must have been alarming, and later hilarious. (I’m sorry to hear about your mother, my condolences.)
  - ben_w 6y ago
    Absolutely, and thank you.

jhgb 6y ago

> The school had a zero tolerance drug policy and PHP was confused with PCP This just shows that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

dharmab 6y ago

A friend nearly got expelled from high school when the VP accused him of hacking grades. His offense? He had a shortcut to Notepad in his shared folder, which was seen as a scripting tool.

edm0nd 6y ago

Mark is actually an old school AOLer and AIMer and used to program CC chat programs and punters. http://patorjk.com/blog/2013/04/09/was-mark-zuckerberg-an-aol-add-on-developer/ http://patorjk.com/blog/2013/04/09/was-mark-zuckerberg-an-ao...