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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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> . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > HTC Disclaimer: The information contained in this message may be > > privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the > > reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or > > agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended > > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > > or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > > replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
