I am an idiot
Maybe you haven't seen this yet. But it is unbelievable, and I feel like I am an idiot.
I'm 23 years old. I got my bachelor's degree from a fairly good private school, although it doesn't have the reputation anywhere near of any of the ivy league schools or even some of the more popular private schools. But still, I'm happy with it. But then I see something like that story and I feel like I've already wasted my life.
I can't imagine being responsible for single-handedly cracking copy-protection technology on DVD's. I consider myself somewhat technologically saavy, but I know absolutely nothing about hacking. It would be cool to learn, but then you get into the whole 'government is after me' thing, and I don't want to deal with all that. But then I look at this kid, literally, he's a kid, and I wonder if maybe I made a wrong career choice.
So not only does this kid, somehow legally, provide the software for burning DVD's (which he did at 15!), he now figures out how to get music from iTunes onto non-Apple products, and non-iTunes stuff into iPods.
And he's probably going to make millions off it! And he's got the foresight to constantly talk with lawyers about what he can legally do! At 22!
If I can remember way back to when I was 22, I was just graduating and looking for a job anywhere I could get hired for a good salary. Then I bought a car. Which I'm still making payments on. Then I started drinking a lot. Changed jobs, moved. I didn't even buy an iPod until I was 22!
This kid is a supergenius. I feel like my IQ is less than 1/3 of whatever his is, and that's probably overestimating it. Why isn't this kid working for some government? (Note: If anyone has seen the shitty movie The Core, he should not be used the way that stupid character DJ Qualls played. Damn the movie sucked.) He could be cracking codes and hacking into other governments' data and stuff. Also note, he should be doing it for the U.S., not Norway, where he's from.
I'm just amazed. And I've wasted my life.
I'm 23 years old. I got my bachelor's degree from a fairly good private school, although it doesn't have the reputation anywhere near of any of the ivy league schools or even some of the more popular private schools. But still, I'm happy with it. But then I see something like that story and I feel like I've already wasted my life.
I can't imagine being responsible for single-handedly cracking copy-protection technology on DVD's. I consider myself somewhat technologically saavy, but I know absolutely nothing about hacking. It would be cool to learn, but then you get into the whole 'government is after me' thing, and I don't want to deal with all that. But then I look at this kid, literally, he's a kid, and I wonder if maybe I made a wrong career choice.
So not only does this kid, somehow legally, provide the software for burning DVD's (which he did at 15!), he now figures out how to get music from iTunes onto non-Apple products, and non-iTunes stuff into iPods.
And he's probably going to make millions off it! And he's got the foresight to constantly talk with lawyers about what he can legally do! At 22!
If I can remember way back to when I was 22, I was just graduating and looking for a job anywhere I could get hired for a good salary. Then I bought a car. Which I'm still making payments on. Then I started drinking a lot. Changed jobs, moved. I didn't even buy an iPod until I was 22!
This kid is a supergenius. I feel like my IQ is less than 1/3 of whatever his is, and that's probably overestimating it. Why isn't this kid working for some government? (Note: If anyone has seen the shitty movie The Core, he should not be used the way that stupid character DJ Qualls played. Damn the movie sucked.) He could be cracking codes and hacking into other governments' data and stuff. Also note, he should be doing it for the U.S., not Norway, where he's from.
I'm just amazed. And I've wasted my life.
posted by Jtrouble at 10:22 AM
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