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I was just about to post the same quote, and say that making bold claims that something can't be done will always been seen as a challenge. Reminded me of when

I was just about to post the same quote, and say that making bold claims that something can't be done will always been seen as a challenge. Reminded me of when my computer teacher in high school said there was a game on the computers, but it was impossible for us to play because he had it 'locked down'... I had to sit at a special desk in the front of the class for a week.

knodi123 11y ago
Haha, that's awesome. Our teacher told us each school had a different game, and ours was some lame math puzzle. I found out how to get on the district-wide network (back in DOS days) and access the moonbase sim game at a neighboring school. Eventually he instituted a policy of "no games unless you write them yourselves", which likewise prompted me to code up pong, light cycles, and breakout, all in turbo pascal. Good memories! I don't know if he was intentionally trying to inspire me to a career in programming, but that's what happened.