Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self?

urbazewski asks: "If you could send a message back to your nerdy unpopular 12 year old self, what would you say? I've been asking this one for several years, and the replies sound suspiciously like the lame advice I got from adults at that age ('just be yourself, dear'). The most creative answer was from an American-born Buddhist monk, who didn't think his 12 year old self would listen to a message along the lines of 'Hey, what you're doing is kind of making things suck for me right now' --- he would send a message to himself by adding extra lyrics to a song he really liked when he was in junior high school. I got the best replies from a large class at UC Santa Cruz. The modal answer was 'Buy Microsoft.' About 7% of the class said 'Enjoy yourself in high school because college is really hard.' Another 7% said "Study harder in high school because college is really hard.' (The best variant on that theme: 'Try to figure out what "studying" is'). In the hindsight-is-20/20 dept. there was a girl who said 'Do not date the following people...' and then listed six names and a guy who said 'You know how you're thinking about trying to drive your dad's car? Don't!.' My personal favorite: 'You're a dork now, but don't worry, you'll be cool when you're in college.'"

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How to Lose Your Network Connection at RIT

[TedCheshireAcad]

To: All students in RIT housing From: Resnet There are many ways that students can lose their network connection in the RIT Residence Halls and Apartments. Here are the most common: 1. Do you use DirectConnect, KaZaA, or other file-sharing programs to share copyright protected material (MP3, movies, games)? then you may lose your network connection because you have been turned in for copyright violations. ITS regularly receives reports of copyright violations from the Business Software Alliance, MediaForce, and even from your fellow students. Follow this link to learn how to disable your applications sharing feature: http://resnet.rit.edu/modules.php?name=News&file=a rticle&sid=99> 2. Do you have a computer or other device on the network that is not registered for network access? then you may lose your network connection for "stealing" an IP address and preventing a student who did register their computer from getting on the network. All devices connected to the Residential Network MUST BE REGISTERED. 3. Do you have a computer without a password or accounts on your computer that do not have a password? then you may lose your network connection because a "hacker" has taken control of your system and is serving illegal material, attacking other computers on campus, or consuming massive amounts of RIT's bandwidth. Follow this link for tips on securing your Windows computer: http://resnet.rit.edu/modules.php?name=News&file=a rticle&sid=107> and http://resnet.rit.edu/modules.php?name=News&file=a rticle&sid=106> 4. Did you install the FREE Virus software available to all RIT Students? No? then you may lose your network connection because you are sending viruses to everyone in your address book. Follow this link for FREE SOFTWARE: http://www.rit.edu/~wwwits/services/security/> 5. Are you running a server on your computer that facilitates the theft of copyright protected material or Commercial Use of the RIT network? Such as exams, solution guides, serial numbers, MP3's, Movies, Warez, SPAM MailServer, etc. then you may lose your network connection for violations of the RIT Code of Conduct: http://www.rit.edu/computerconduct/> Residential Computing 1034 Nathaniel Rochester Hall Rochester Institute of Technology 716.475.2600 voice 716.475.4927 tty resnet@rit.edu http://resnet.rit.edu/ http://www.rit.edu/~resnet/

Re:register? Domain name? WTF?

[ichimunki]

Hey what? You sure you're a nerd yourself? The first Macintosh was released in 1984. Before that there was Commodore Pet, Vic-20, and C-64, TRS-80, Sinclairs, Apple II(e), Apple IIgs, and a host of other very general purpose home computers. Many of my friends had one, as did we. And before I had a computer at home I played with everything from a teletype to a card-based system to a Pet. In 5th grade I was changing the BASIC code to a little game called "Oregon Trails" so that I wouldn't lose. That would have been before I was 12 and before 1982 (considering I turned 12 in 1981).

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Re:hrm..

[shadowbearer]

and the 80s S&L Scandal has what to do with this? ;-)

SB

No it isn't

[hayden]

science is a religion

No it isn't. If it were it would have more funding.