Always keep a \"Backdoor\" into any system you build, because someone is bound to change the password without telling you.
What would you say to yourself at 17?
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Always keep a \"Backdoor\" into any system you build, because someone is bound to change the password without telling you.
Wren
Member
What I would have told my 17-year-old self about smoking is how much the government was going to hit those puppies with taxes even just a few years later, and to add up all the money spent on even a modest smoking habit and think about what I could have spent it on instead... Ah well, I\'m free of them now, guess that counts for something.
hamhamlunchbox
New member
a lot of things:
finish school asap.
dont think that everybody has to like u
never ever cheat on ur girlfriend(never did--->advice
if u love smbdy,show it sometimes
if theres a job u really want,try to get.if it doesnt work,u still can do smthg else
when ur done with school,move to another country for at least 6 months(europe is a good choice)
no drugs!!
never drink and drive
well,theres a lot more and a lot has been said but u still have to make ur own mistakes to get your own experience,but dont make the same we did.not all of them^_^
finish school asap.
dont think that everybody has to like u
never ever cheat on ur girlfriend(never did--->advice
if u love smbdy,show it sometimes
if theres a job u really want,try to get.if it doesnt work,u still can do smthg else
when ur done with school,move to another country for at least 6 months(europe is a good choice)
no drugs!!
never drink and drive
well,theres a lot more and a lot has been said but u still have to make ur own mistakes to get your own experience,but dont make the same we did.not all of them^_^
freakinacage
Well-known member
i found this on t\'internet randomly. it certainly fits here. some good stuff:
50 things I\'ve learned in 50 years, a partial list in no particular order
I’m turning 50 next week. So I thought I’d take the opportunity here to list 50 things I’ve learned in 50 years—truths gleaned from experience and the words of others that guide, inspire and sometimes haunt me:
1. It’s better to sing off key than not to sing at all.
2. Promptness shows respect.
3. You can’t avoid offending people from time to time. When you don’t mean it, apologize. When you do mean it, accept the consequences.
4. The first person to use the expression “Get a life!” in any dispute is the loser.
5. The medium is not the message. Those who issue blanket condemnations of any form of communication—be it TV, tabloids, text messages or blogs—simply aren’t paying attention.
6. The most valuable thing to have is a good reputation, and it’s neither hard nor expensive to acquire one: Be fair. Be honest. Be trustworthy. Be generous. Respect others.
7. Prejudice and bigotry is hard-wired into us. You can’t overcome it until you acknowledge it.
8. Don’t be bothered when people don’t share your tastes in music, sports, literature, food and fashion. Be glad. You’d never get tickets to anything otherwise.
9. Cough syrup doesn’t work.
10. Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.
11. The Golden Rule is the greatest moral truth. If you don’t believe in it, at least try to fake it.
12. Keeping perspective is the greatest key to happiness. From a distance, even a bumpy road looks smooth.
13. You can’t win arguing with police officers or referees, but every so often you can fight City Hall.
14. It’s not “political correctness” that dictates that we try not to insult others’ beliefs and identities. It’s common decency.
15. It may not feel like it, but it’s good luck when you have people at home and at work who aren’t afraid to tell you when you’re wrong.
16. It’s 10 times easier to fall in love than to stay in love. And no matter what the sad songs say about romance, broken hearts do mend.
17. Don’t waste your breath proclaiming what’s really important to you. How you spend your time says it all.
18. Keeping an open mind is as big a challenge as you get older as keeping a consistent waistline.
19. It’s never a shame when you admit you don’t know something, and often a shame when you assume that you do.
20. Wounds heal faster under bandages than they do in the open air.
21. Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if you’re not pushing yourself, you’re coasting.
22. Anyone who judges you by the kind of car you drive or shoes you wear isn’t someone worth impressing.
23. Grudges are poison. The only antidote is to let them go.
24. If you’re in a conversation and you’re not asking questions, then it’s not a conversation, it’s a monologue.
25. In everyday life, most “talent” is simply hard work in disguise.
26. Great parents can have rotten kids and rotten parents can have great kids. But even though biology plays a huge role in destiny, that’s no excuse to give up or stop trying.
27. Four things that most people think are lame but really are a lot of fun: barn dancing, charades, volleyball and sing-alongs.
28. Two cheap, easy self-improvement projects: Develop a strong handshake and start smiling when you answer the phone.
29. When something that costs less than $200 breaks and it’s not under warranty and you can’t fix it yourself in half an hour, it’s almost certainly more cost-effective to throw it out.
30. Most folk remedies are nonsense, but zinc really does zap colds.
31. Physical attraction is nice, but shared values and a shared sense of humor are the real keys to lasting love.
32. To keep dental visits regular, schedule your next appointment on your way out from your last appointment.
33. The 10-minute jump start is the best way to get going on a big task you’ve been avoiding. Set a timer and begin, promising yourself that you’ll quit after 10 minutes and do something else. The momentum will carry you forward.
34. Laundry day is much easier when all your socks are the same and you don’t have to sort them.
35. Candor is overrated. It’s hard to unsay what you’ve said in anger and almost impossible to take back what you’ve written.
36. Goals that you keep to yourself are just castles on the beach. If you’re determined to achieve something, tell people about it and ask them to help you stick with it.
37. Mental illness is as real as diabetes, arthritis or any other disease, and no more disgraceful. It’s the stigma that’s disgraceful.
38. In crisis or conflict, always think and act strategically. Take time to figure out what the “winning” outcome is for you, then work toward it.
39. All the stuff you have lying around that you’ll never want, need, wear or look at again? It just makes it harder to find what you do want, need or intend to wear. File it, donate it or throw it out.
40. Exercise does not take time. Exercise creates time.
41. Almost no one stretches, flosses or gives compliments often enough.
42. It pays to keep handy a list that includes a trusted plumber, electrician, locksmith, appliance repair specialist and heating contractor. When you really need one is no time to start looking.
43. The store-brand jelly, cereal, paper goods, baking supplies and pharmacy products are good enough.
44. When you mess up, ’fess up. It’s the fastest way, if there is one, to forgiveness.
45. When you’re not the worst-dressed person at a social event, you have nothing to worry about.
46. Be truthful or be quiet. Lies are hard to keep track of.
47. Your education isn’t complete until you’ve learned to take a hint.
48. There’s a good reason to be secretive about your age. People tend to assume things when they know how old you are. “Oh, he’s turning 50,” they might say, for example, “probably full of cranky self-lacerating aphorisms that he thinks qualify as wisdom.” (See \"Bored, Tubby, Mild,\" an animated editorial cartoon along these lines)
49. Whatever your passion, pursue it as though your days were numbered. Because they are.
50. Readers love lists. You got to the bottom of this one, didn’t you?
50 things I\'ve learned in 50 years, a partial list in no particular order
I’m turning 50 next week. So I thought I’d take the opportunity here to list 50 things I’ve learned in 50 years—truths gleaned from experience and the words of others that guide, inspire and sometimes haunt me:
1. It’s better to sing off key than not to sing at all.
2. Promptness shows respect.
3. You can’t avoid offending people from time to time. When you don’t mean it, apologize. When you do mean it, accept the consequences.
4. The first person to use the expression “Get a life!” in any dispute is the loser.
5. The medium is not the message. Those who issue blanket condemnations of any form of communication—be it TV, tabloids, text messages or blogs—simply aren’t paying attention.
6. The most valuable thing to have is a good reputation, and it’s neither hard nor expensive to acquire one: Be fair. Be honest. Be trustworthy. Be generous. Respect others.
7. Prejudice and bigotry is hard-wired into us. You can’t overcome it until you acknowledge it.
8. Don’t be bothered when people don’t share your tastes in music, sports, literature, food and fashion. Be glad. You’d never get tickets to anything otherwise.
9. Cough syrup doesn’t work.
10. Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.
11. The Golden Rule is the greatest moral truth. If you don’t believe in it, at least try to fake it.
12. Keeping perspective is the greatest key to happiness. From a distance, even a bumpy road looks smooth.
13. You can’t win arguing with police officers or referees, but every so often you can fight City Hall.
14. It’s not “political correctness” that dictates that we try not to insult others’ beliefs and identities. It’s common decency.
15. It may not feel like it, but it’s good luck when you have people at home and at work who aren’t afraid to tell you when you’re wrong.
16. It’s 10 times easier to fall in love than to stay in love. And no matter what the sad songs say about romance, broken hearts do mend.
17. Don’t waste your breath proclaiming what’s really important to you. How you spend your time says it all.
18. Keeping an open mind is as big a challenge as you get older as keeping a consistent waistline.
19. It’s never a shame when you admit you don’t know something, and often a shame when you assume that you do.
20. Wounds heal faster under bandages than they do in the open air.
21. Fear of failure is a ticket to mediocrity. If you’re not failing from time to time, you’re not pushing yourself. And if you’re not pushing yourself, you’re coasting.
22. Anyone who judges you by the kind of car you drive or shoes you wear isn’t someone worth impressing.
23. Grudges are poison. The only antidote is to let them go.
24. If you’re in a conversation and you’re not asking questions, then it’s not a conversation, it’s a monologue.
25. In everyday life, most “talent” is simply hard work in disguise.
26. Great parents can have rotten kids and rotten parents can have great kids. But even though biology plays a huge role in destiny, that’s no excuse to give up or stop trying.
27. Four things that most people think are lame but really are a lot of fun: barn dancing, charades, volleyball and sing-alongs.
28. Two cheap, easy self-improvement projects: Develop a strong handshake and start smiling when you answer the phone.
29. When something that costs less than $200 breaks and it’s not under warranty and you can’t fix it yourself in half an hour, it’s almost certainly more cost-effective to throw it out.
30. Most folk remedies are nonsense, but zinc really does zap colds.
31. Physical attraction is nice, but shared values and a shared sense of humor are the real keys to lasting love.
32. To keep dental visits regular, schedule your next appointment on your way out from your last appointment.
33. The 10-minute jump start is the best way to get going on a big task you’ve been avoiding. Set a timer and begin, promising yourself that you’ll quit after 10 minutes and do something else. The momentum will carry you forward.
34. Laundry day is much easier when all your socks are the same and you don’t have to sort them.
35. Candor is overrated. It’s hard to unsay what you’ve said in anger and almost impossible to take back what you’ve written.
36. Goals that you keep to yourself are just castles on the beach. If you’re determined to achieve something, tell people about it and ask them to help you stick with it.
37. Mental illness is as real as diabetes, arthritis or any other disease, and no more disgraceful. It’s the stigma that’s disgraceful.
38. In crisis or conflict, always think and act strategically. Take time to figure out what the “winning” outcome is for you, then work toward it.
39. All the stuff you have lying around that you’ll never want, need, wear or look at again? It just makes it harder to find what you do want, need or intend to wear. File it, donate it or throw it out.
40. Exercise does not take time. Exercise creates time.
41. Almost no one stretches, flosses or gives compliments often enough.
42. It pays to keep handy a list that includes a trusted plumber, electrician, locksmith, appliance repair specialist and heating contractor. When you really need one is no time to start looking.
43. The store-brand jelly, cereal, paper goods, baking supplies and pharmacy products are good enough.
44. When you mess up, ’fess up. It’s the fastest way, if there is one, to forgiveness.
45. When you’re not the worst-dressed person at a social event, you have nothing to worry about.
46. Be truthful or be quiet. Lies are hard to keep track of.
47. Your education isn’t complete until you’ve learned to take a hint.
48. There’s a good reason to be secretive about your age. People tend to assume things when they know how old you are. “Oh, he’s turning 50,” they might say, for example, “probably full of cranky self-lacerating aphorisms that he thinks qualify as wisdom.” (See \"Bored, Tubby, Mild,\" an animated editorial cartoon along these lines)
49. Whatever your passion, pursue it as though your days were numbered. Because they are.
50. Readers love lists. You got to the bottom of this one, didn’t you?
mrrocknroll
New member
Things id say would be:
* \"For gods sake shave that hamster off your chin\".
* \"Don\'t Put your paint brush down!!!\"
* \"Yes that Arsenal ticket is worth the £50 asking price, we win the league that day!!!!\"
* \"For gods sake shave that hamster off your chin\".
* \"Don\'t Put your paint brush down!!!\"
* \"Yes that Arsenal ticket is worth the £50 asking price, we win the league that day!!!!\"
Torn blue sky
New member
Ohhhh Tetchy!
I agree whole heartedly with the love one, been saying it for aaaaages...No one believed me lol
EclypseDesigns
New member
Dont get emotionally involved with girls. Girls smell of wee, and are VERY demanding.
lol
lol
Torn blue sky
New member
Originally posted by Undave
Dammit DaN where were you when I was 17?
I dunno, but I was telling a 17 year old undave to go and talk to a brunette girl and quit studying :beer:
Albert Moreto Font
Member
I\'m 20 now, and to myself at 17 i\'d have said: \"keep working hard and fight for your dreams, because you will achieve them all!\". Sounds cheesy, but it\'s just true I\'m a lucky and happy guy hehehehehe
I\'m a lucky and happy guy hehehehehe 
Infidel Castro
New member
Has he discovered a cure for cancer or something? This sounds big!
Albert Moreto Font
Member
hehe that\'s right, but minis are just part of my life I\'d agree too on that of spending lots of time with your grandpas
I\'d agree too on that of spending lots of time with your grandpas
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Lady Kito
Guest
I\'d tell to past myself:
- Don\'t overload with school and other academic work... think about your body, relax, and most of all think about what you enjoy, and do it.
- People react in very misterious ways, don\'t take it personally if one of your friends suddenly stops talking to you, you haven\'t done anything wrong, and you will see that he\'ll come back soon.
- Don\'t study industrial design! go for art now!
- Don\'t overload with school and other academic work... think about your body, relax, and most of all think about what you enjoy, and do it.
- People react in very misterious ways, don\'t take it personally if one of your friends suddenly stops talking to you
, you haven\'t done anything wrong, and you will see that he\'ll come back soon.- Don\'t study industrial design! go for art now!
Dr. Tachyon
New member
As 17 was a fair bit over a decade ago for me, I\'d tell myself the following:
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
In a year or so, it will be cool that you took that guy punching you in the face to the ground, got full mount and started to ground and pound him, but you forgot about his 20 stone friend who used your head as a football (soccer ball).
In your early 20\'s (early-mid 1990\'s), you have an idea for a comic book about a world where reality is a computer generated lie and people can download skills into themselves, etc and another one for a line of children\'s books where there is a shadow war/conspiracy between cats and dogs. Do something with them. For the love of God, do something with them.
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
Take that opportunity to train in Tae Kwon Do in Korea instead of wussing out, and while you\'re there look into training for Pancrase.
That guy who moves in next door and calls your mum a whore gets what\'s coming to him, but take the opportunity to give him a few digs.
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
And lastly:
Here is a printout of the best techniques for painting minis, including transparancy painting and how to get them looking realistic. Practice like Billy-o because if I get back to my time and don\'t have at least a couple of minis that made the initial cut at a GD, I\'m coming back to show you some moves I learned, you insufferable, proto-emo dickhead.
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
In a year or so, it will be cool that you took that guy punching you in the face to the ground, got full mount and started to ground and pound him, but you forgot about his 20 stone friend who used your head as a football (soccer ball).
In your early 20\'s (early-mid 1990\'s), you have an idea for a comic book about a world where reality is a computer generated lie and people can download skills into themselves, etc and another one for a line of children\'s books where there is a shadow war/conspiracy between cats and dogs. Do something with them. For the love of God, do something with them.
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
Take that opportunity to train in Tae Kwon Do in Korea instead of wussing out, and while you\'re there look into training for Pancrase.
That guy who moves in next door and calls your mum a whore gets what\'s coming to him, but take the opportunity to give him a few digs.
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
And lastly:
Here is a printout of the best techniques for painting minis, including transparancy painting and how to get them looking realistic. Practice like Billy-o because if I get back to my time and don\'t have at least a couple of minis that made the initial cut at a GD, I\'m coming back to show you some moves I learned, you insufferable, proto-emo dickhead.
Don\'t worry, you will NOT die a virgin.
