Tushar Samant (lists.advocacy):
>I am happy someone's saying it (and find the name "Raymondism" quite
>hilarious). The ridiculous shrieking style and the embarrassing lack
>of political sophistication are two of the most unpleasant things
>about the so-called "hacker mentality". IMO they hurt the "hacker"
>image quite a lot.
Hi, you're screamingly wrong.
There's nothing so-called about the hacker mentality. It exists. I live
it.
It encompasses a "ridiculous shrieking style", if that's what you want
to call it. I just call it "knowing who's right".
It also encompasses an "embarrassing lack of political sophistication",
which I guess is what you're calling the extreme political cynicism that
hackers show. Embarrassing to whom, exactly? To you, maybe. But I don't
care. Not to me.
They don't hurt the hacker image at all.
They are the hacker image.
Have a nice day.
Simon
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"In space 'cat scream.au | tee /dev/null > /dev/audio'..."
- Ben, in the monastery.
