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The world finally clues in: In the age of the Internet, the school computer geeks are now the popular kids: (BBC News)
"The expert in the family is, typically, a boy aged 14-16, and he knows all there is to know," she said. "Once thought of as a geek by his peers, he is now the really cool kid in the class and will teach parents, siblings and teachers."

Wonder how computer skills rate alongside traditional teenage coolness signifiers, such as smoking, drinking and sexual promiscuity?

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