Posted by Dotan Cohen on 02/10/05 04:44

Maybe it's not People Hate Perl after all...
Pot, Heroin, Pussy?!?
I think I got suspended for at leat two of those on campus grounds at
some point or another.

Dotan

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 01:31:43 +1100 (EST), daniel@electroteque.org
<daniel@electroteque.org> wrote:
> PHP is bad Mkay.
>
> > I just ran across this interesting article from awhile back. Pretty
> > funny
> >
> > http://bbspot.com/News/2000/6/php_suspend.html
> > <http://bbspot.com/News/2000/6/php_suspend.html>
> >
> > Topeka, KS - High school sophomore Brett Tyson was suspended today
> > after teachers learned he may be using PHP.
> >
> > "A teacher overheard him say that he was using PHP, and as part of our
> > Zero-Tolerance policy against drug use, he was immediately suspended.
> > No questions asked," said Principal Clyde Thurlow. "We're not quite
> > sure what PHP is, but we suspect it may be a derivative of PCP, or
> > maybe a new designer drug like GHB."
> >
> > php_logoParents are frightened by the discovery of this new menace in
> > their children's school, and are demanding the school do something.
> > "We heard that he found out about PHP at school on the internet. There
> > may even be a PHP web ring operating on school grounds," said irate
> > parent Carol Blessing. "School is supposed to be teaching our kids how
> > to read and write. Not about dangerous drugs like PHP."
> >
> > In response to parental demands the school has reconfigured its
> > internet WatchDog software to block access to all internet sites
> > mentioning PHP. Officials say this should prevent any other students
> > from falling prey like Brett Tyson did. They have also stepped up
> > locker searches and brought in drug sniffing dogs.
> >
> > Interviews with students suggested that PHP use is wide spread around
> > the school, but is particularly concentrated in the geeky nerd
> > population. When contacted by BBspot.com, Brett Tyson said, "I don't
> > know what the hell is going on dude, but this suspension gives me more
> > time for fraggin'. Yee haw!"
> >
> > PHP is a hypertext preprocessor, which sounds very dangerous. It is
> > believed that many users started by using Perl and moved on to the more
> > powerful PHP. For more information on how to recognize if your child
> > may be using PHP please visit http://www.php.net <http://www.php.net> .
> >
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