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乔布斯传:第二章:恶作剧中有存在感(5)

2011-12-24 13:00
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图:1979年,史蒂夫·乔布斯和史蒂夫沃兹尼亚克

沃兹尼亚克是影响乔布斯的重要人物之一。乔布斯与沃兹尼亚克初遇时,他们就很快发现了彼此都有着许多共同点,很快两人因为共同的兴趣交融到一起。

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Woz became more of a loner when the boys his age began going out with girls and partying, endeavors that he found far more complex than designing circuits. "Where before I was popular and riding bikes and everything, suddenly I was socially shut out," he recalled. "It seemed like nobody spoke to me for the longest time." He found an outlet by playing juvenile pranks. In 12th grade he built an electronic metronome, one of those tick-tick-tick devices that keep time in music class, and realized it sounded like a bomb. So he took the labels off some big batteries, taped them together, and put it in a school locker; he rigged it to start ticking faster when the locker opened. Later that day he got called to the principal's office. He thought it was because he had won, yet again, the school's top math prize. Instead he was confronted by the police. The principal had been summoned when the device was found, bravely ran onto the football field clutching it to his chest, and pulled the wires off. Woz tried and failed to suppress his laughter. He actually got sent to the juvenile detention center, where he spent the night. It was a memorable experience. He taught the other prisoners how to disconnect the wires leading to the ceiling fans and connect them to the bars so people got shocked when touching them.
与沃兹同龄的男孩已经开始跟女孩约会、参加各种派对,而他觉得这些都比设计电路更为复杂,他显得更加不合群了。“之前我还挺受欢迎的,但突然间我就被孤立了,”他回忆说,“很长的一段时间没有人跟我说话。”他找到了一个发泄的办法:搞些幼稚的恶作剧。高中四年级的时候,他做了一个电子节拍器——音乐教室里用来打拍子的、会发出“滴答”声的装置——然后他意识到“滴答”声听上去很像是炸弹定时器的声音。于是他把一些大块电池的标签撕掉,把它们绑在一起,然后放进了学校的储物柜里。他设定好装置,一旦柜门被打开,“滴答”频率就会变高。那天晚些的时候,他被叫到了校长办公室。他还以为是因为他又一次获得了学校的最高数学奖。然而,等待他的是警察。校长布吕德先生在装置刚被发现时就被叫到了现场,他一把抓起那个玩意儿,紧贴胸口,抱着它勇敢地跑到了操场,然后把上面的电线拆掉。沃兹强忍着,但还是控制不住笑了出来。那天他真的被送到了青少年拘留中心,在那儿过了一晚上。沃兹认为那是一段难忘的经历。他在里面教其他犯人把通到天花板上的风扇电线接到铁窗上,这样一旦有人碰到就会被电击一下。
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