[brianpgordon]

I got in a lot of trouble in high school for playing with the DOS prompt in Windows. My teacher told the principal that the scary black window full of monospace text was -and I'm quoting here- a "highly sensitive zone" on the computer that no innocent student would access. Obviously I protested, and predictably the principal didn't believe a word of what I had to say.

I believe I had to stay up late writing a 4-page apology paper to forestall disciplinary proceedings since my family was planning to go on vacation the next day.