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Like so many others here this really helped me gain an interest in computers at a young age. It's sad to think that the shit most of us did as kids for fun and
by dvno42 5y ago
Like so many others here this really helped me gain an interest in computers at a young age. It's sad to think that the shit most of us did as kids for fun and learning would land today's children in hot water. I lucked out in Jr High, after getting suspended for 'hacking the school computers' as the computer lab admin caught wind and really encouraged me to learn and provided me with a lot of hands on experience that I may not have gotten otherwise. Novell, thick net, etc. Good memories for sure.
- tomc1985 5y agoNot only that, but some in the modern generation seem to genuinely see hackers as the scum of the earth
- derwiki 5y agoI know it’s a movie, but in Hackers they were also seen as the scum of the earth: “Hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned computer systems, infecting them with viruses, and stealing materials for their own ends. These people, they are terrorists.”
- bitwize 5y agoAgent Richard Gill! You're hacker enemy number one, man. You're a boner!
- DrAwdeOccarim 5y agoI lived a very similar story. I fondly remember dialing up to the local BBS on my 2nd grade library computer (92,93) with ATT or ATDT [phone number]. And throughout elementary and middle school getting in tight with the sysadmins, eventually starting a class at my high school of sys admin interns (98-01). What a grand time. So many rules bent via admin rights throughout the entire school's network...so much fun. Basically just helped image and setup/fix like a 300 computer deployment. Def. set the stage of my life's career choices.