How many of you have been told that a gun or a knife is a dangerous thing, kids? How many of you have been told that a computer can be just as dangerous? That's right, that computer on daddy's desk is a dangerous thing. It's not a toy. Under no circumstances are you to use it outside of a very few carefully defined limits. Why how many of you have heard of computer programming? (pause) Good, good. Well something that you all should know is that computer programming can be a good thing or a bad thing. Because it can be bad, it is not something that should be attempted except for a very few professionals. Only they can properly program computers in a good way. What is a computer professional? I'm glag you asked. All of those nice men and women in Redmond who work for Microsoft are good programmers. They write software that is good for everyone. They're not like the bad people we call "Hackers." Hackers don't work for Microsoft. They aren't professional programmers at all. That means that instead of making useful programs, they make viruses. Does anyone know what a virus is? I know you've heard it before, but it seems to me that more and more frequently anyone who isn't a software engineer for a huge corporation is percieved as a near criminal. We're losing the propaganda war.
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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
How many of you have been told that a gun or a knife is a dangerous thing, kids? How many of you have been told that a computer can be just as dangerous? That's right, that computer on daddy's desk is a dangerous thing. It's not a toy. Under no circumstances are you to use it outside of a very few carefully defined limits. Why how many of you have heard of computer programming? (pause) Good, good. Well something that you all should know is that computer programming can be a good thing or a bad thing. Because it can be bad, it is not something that should be attempted except for a very few professionals. Only they can properly program computers in a good way. What is a computer professional? I'm glag you asked. All of those nice men and women in Redmond who work for Microsoft are good programmers. They write software that is good for everyone. They're not like the bad people we call "Hackers." Hackers don't work for Microsoft. They aren't professional programmers at all. That means that instead of making useful programs, they make viruses. Does anyone know what a virus is? I know you've heard it before, but it seems to me that more and more frequently anyone who isn't a software engineer for a huge corporation is percieved as a near criminal. We're losing the propaganda war.