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[IP] Torvalds: geeky kids need dates [risks] Risks Digest 22.92
Topic: Computer Security 10:39 pm EDT, Oct  6, 2003

] Should we blame the teenager? Sure, we can point the
] finger at him and say, 'Bad boy!' and slap him for it. Will that
] actually fix anything? No. The next geeky kid frustrated about not
] getting a date on Saturday night will come along and do the same thing
] without really understanding the consequences. So either we should make
] it a law that all geeks have dates -- I'd have supported such a law when I
] was a teenager -- or the blame is really on the companies who sell and
] install the systems that are quite that fragile."

Linus is in a position to say things directly that some of us cannot be trusted to say objectively.

[IP] Torvalds: geeky kids need dates [risks] Risks Digest 22.92



 
 
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