When I was a little kid, I was at a department store and saw a guy doing something with a television. Or so I thought.
Me: What are you doing?
He: I am programming. What's your name?
Me: MG
He: Check this out:
10 PRINT "MG"
20 GOTO 10
Me: Woah!
I picked a book from a shelf about "Basic" and started to try figuring out how this worked. And never stopped. Have been looking at these "televisions" more than anything else since then.
Store Manager: It looks like someone hacked our computer, let's call the police, they'll know what to do.
FBI: Our diligent detective work has uncovered the perp is named MG. We will lock him up for 20 years for a CFAA violation.
Store Manager: Isn't that kind of harsh? I've since called the tech support line who told me to turn it off and back on again, and that seems to have fixed it.
Corporate management: We don't support this prosecution.
Prosecutor: Our job is to work in the public interest. Microsoft has suffered because people might think their operating system isn't secure.
MG: All this stress of being persecuted by a bureaucratic meat grinder is making me awfully depressed ...
... talk about a much different type of life changing event.
Me: What are you doing?
He: I am programming. What's your name?
Me: MG
He: Check this out:
Me: Woah!I picked a book from a shelf about "Basic" and started to try figuring out how this worked. And never stopped. Have been looking at these "televisions" more than anything else since then.