Toronto high school expels Linux lab

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

> Psssst, hey kid, wantta try the hard stuff, the stuff
> the school and you folks don't want ya to have. Well,
> I gotta a Knoppix CD here, best thing is first hit is
> free... Yea, it has all the good stuff, a gcc compiler
> even, we are talking the hard core GNU stuff... If you
> find this stuff lights up your brain I can get ya the
> real hard core Debian stuff, which will really blow
> your mind.... Yea, the BSA thugs will bust your chops
> if they see you with this stuff, but hey you can live
> a little...
>
> Yea, you too can become a dealer, I can cut you get a
> percentage...

Sure, and instead of a handgun the kid gets a rolled up copy of the GPL to
defend himself with.

Incidentally, 'Freakonomics' has some interesting material on the
economics of crack dealing. For front line 'workers', the pay is crummy -
about the same as working at McDonalds - and the life expectancy very,
very poor.

-- 
Peter Hiscocks
Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto
http://www.syscompdesign.com
USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
647-839-0325

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