Why am I stuck with crappy computers and ocd parents?
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So my dad's thinking about password-protecting our wi-fi, because my brother has some kind of issues and apparently can't handle the Internet without the (excessive) filters my parents put on our computers (Norton Anti-Virus fricking sucks.) The school gave every kid a freaking netbook (they have 2gb hard drives and 8" screens, which is fail to begin with and they kill any network you try to hook them up to) and expect them to take them home to complete their assignments and expect their parents to watch them on the Internet. My parents are of course completely OCD to begin with about computers (my dad is some sort of it support/systems programmer) and they just don't get it. I've been meaning to get a job for some time, but who's going to hire a 15 year old who doesn't have a license in this economy? Plus I wouldn't apply for any sort of manual labor job; I'm not cut out for that. I'd like to set up a commission art/graphic design/costume business but I really think my parents would flip out or completely take over.
Anyway, back to the wi-fi issue. We've got a Wii; I've got a DSi, and they both need to be connected to the Internet on a regular basis to function properly. If he secures the network, I'm going to need to hack it to get the password because there's no way he'll give it to me. I've recently started thinking that even if I bought my own laptop (I've built one on the Dell website, a Studio 15 I believe, with decent stuff, for $943) they'd try to restrict what I did on it.
The computer I'm currently using is around ten years old, at least. It's running Windows 2000, and sadly has IE 6 on it (though I finally got him to break down and put Firefox 3.5 on it a few months ago). It's got a bunch of pictures and crap that's supposedly 'important' and so we can't just buy a new one and put Linux on this one (because my parents are stupid about these things).
Hating my situation at the moment. If you're actually reading this, I commend you.
Signing off for now.
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