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Why the Sun 2 has a message “Love your country, but never trust its government”

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266 points longwave | 7 comments | 25 Jan 16 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 2.587s | source | bottom
1. _0ffh ◴[25 Jan 16 12:42 UTC] No.10966835[source]▶
When digging inside my Acorn Risc-PC I once found a message along the lines of "Help! We are being kept in a cellar and forced to write software!"... :-)
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2. _0ffh ◴[25 Jan 16 13:06 UTC] No.10966928[source]▶
Okay, I checked on the details. The verbatim message was "Help! We're being held prisoner in a software factory!". Close enough! :)
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3. rwmj ◴[25 Jan 16 13:40 UTC] No.10967069[source]▶
A reference to this story? https://store.bbc.com/jackanory/help-i-am-a-prisoner-in-a-to...
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4. _0ffh ◴[25 Jan 16 13:48 UTC] No.10967106{3}[source]▶
Hah, I didn't know about that story, but it certainly sounds plausible!
5. edwintorok ◴[25 Jan 16 14:11 UTC] No.10967231[source]▶
Is it similar to this easter egg? http://www.mackido.com/EasterEggs/BlueMeanies.html
6. mikeash ◴[25 Jan 16 16:01 UTC] No.10967853[source]▶
That's good, it's more obviously a joke. Your original could almost be confused with a legitimate cry for help!
7. mikeash ◴[25 Jan 16 16:05 UTC] No.10967890{3}[source]▶
The general form of this joke apparently goes back to at least the 1950s:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264228